Entertainment in Liverpool
Looking for ways to entertain yourself and mates in Liverpool, there’s plenty to check out here
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Astral Coast 2014; Review
This was the third annual event of the Astral Coast festival taking place at the Floral Pavilion Theatre in New Brighton which, in its brief period of existence, specialises in showcasing some of Merseyside’s best established and most exciting new musical talent. Although not a frequent visitor to the Wirral, I had only recently returned from Glastonbury and am still very much in the festival spirit and had the taste for some local live music.…
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The Found Footage Festival Comes To Liverpool 24th July
The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event showcasing videos found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters throughout North America. Curators Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Letterman, Colbert) take audiences on a guided tour of their latest and greatest VHS finds, providing live commentary and where-are-they-now updates on the people in these videotaped obscurities. From the curiously-produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie donated to…
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FestEvol Gardens Announce Line Up Including Bird, Natalie McCool & Tea Street Band
The line up for this years Festevol has been announced. A stellar line up of local talent will grace The Kazimier on 9th August. Tickets can be purchased here.
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Artist Feature; Natalie McCool
Natalie McCool’s latest single ‘Wind Blows Harder’ is another hauntingly beautiful release from the singer/songwriter. Winner of Female Artist of the Year award at last year’s Liverpool Music Awards, Natalie McCool is gaining further success since the release of her debut self-titled album and recent follow-up single. Having also received a one-to-one songwriting session with Paul McCartney back in 2009, there is undeniably something special about the LIPA-educated singer/songwriter, which has continued to blossom since.…
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Band Feature; Broken Men
Broken Men are one of the rising stars coming out of Liverpool at the moment. This is a band with the production value and sheer quality of those in the ever changing, big leagues. A well thought out and stylised approach to not only their music, but also their stage presence, has given Broken Men that certain undefinable edge. Riffs that tear through the air and bass that breaks through your body tell of the…
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Liverpool Calling: Final Line-Up Confirmed – Top Venues & Fantastic Talent Added
Saturday July 26th, 2014 Locations; The Bombed Out Church, The Kazimier, Korova, Zanzibar, Maguires Pizza Bar, Sound Food & Drink, Next to Nowhere, Studio 2 Anticipation for Liverpool Calling is rising as the final line-up is confirmed and a whole host of top venues and fantastic talent is added. Amongst all the newly added talent there are also new venues to accommodate them. The Bombed Out Church will host Liverpool Calling for the second year…
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Party In The Palms; Sefton Park Palm House To Play Host To An Assortment Of Music Events This July
With summer in full swing, Sefton Park Palm House is set to host an unmissable line-up of seasonal sound sensations this July. The much adored Victorian glass house will deliver a varied array of audio attractions, which will appeal to both adults and children. Kick starting the merriments on Thursday, 1 will be the Savoy Jazzmen, who will deliver an afternoon filled with classic summer symphonies. The event will be followed by a trio of…
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Milk & No-Wave Presents Sun:Moon At District
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Parquet Courts At The Kazimier; Review
With most people flocking to beer gardens and parks to lap up the sun’s rays and bask in its scorching heat, it’s a wonder why anyone would want to steal themselves away in the halls of Liverpool’s own The Kazimier, with it’s rickety décor and fairground haunted house entrance. Though the weather was a pleasing spectacle, it’s solar might could not distract from another heat seeking creature of mythical proportion, namely, the SunBathing Animal. Not a…
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Flux Festival: A Summer of Art
As many of us well and truly know summer has been christened with the title ‘Festival Season’ and with many people jetting off to the likes of Glastonbury and Leeds it’s very easy to find yourself in a gloom watching the highlights on TV. However never fear because the glory of living in Liverpool is the showcases of culture it provides which includes this year’s fortnight long festival; Flux Festival. What is Flux festival? It…
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‘Peepl’; The New Project From Independent Liverpool Celebrating Independent’s Day
4th July is around the corner, and why is that important to me I hear you say? Well, other than Independence Day there’s something that Independent Liverpool has cooked up for us locals… When the fourth comes around, we will be given the chance to get all kinds of amazing discounts from our original and local shops, bars and restaurants, including The Richmond Hotel, Resurrection, Soul Café, House and Djangos Riff amongst many, many more. In…
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Africa Oyé 2014 Preview; Sefton Park 21st & 22nd June
With the recent spell of glorious weather we’ve been having set to continue, it seems only fitting that this weekend should see the return of Africa Oyé. Now in its 22nd year the African music festival is the largest of its kind in the UK and, without a doubt, one of the cultural highlights of the summer for Liverpool. The two-day event celebrates African music and culture and looks to showcase the very best of…
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Memories Of August 1914 – The Giants Routes 25th-27th July
Memories of August 1914 will run from 23-27 July, however the main walk will take place between 25th-27th. The Full Routes Are Detailed Below; Friday 25 July Little Girl Giant and Xolo 11am – 1.30pm approx Wake up 11.00am and leave Queensway Tunnel entrance via Old Haymarket, St John’s Lane, Queen Square Bus Station, onto Whitechapel, Paradise Street, Hanover Street, Ranelagh Street, Great Charlotte Street, Elliott Street, Lime Street down to Renshaw Street, Berry Street,…
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International Mersey River Festival 13th-15th June
This year’s International Mersey River Festival promises to be bigger and better than last years event. The free three day festival taking place from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th June will stretch from the Echo Arena to Princes Parade. From Thursday a fleet of six tall ships are expected in the Albert and Canning Docks to join three others currently there. With the recently redeveloped pathway at the Albert Dock completed just in time for…
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Paul Weller To Play East Village Arts Club 3rd July
Today it was announced that legend Paul Weller will play an intimate gig at Liverpool’s East Village Arts Club. The show will be part of Be One Percent charity initiative where individuals commit to giving 1% of their income each month to help the world’s poorest people. Paul Weller: East Village Arts Club Thursday 3rd July. Tickets go on sale 4th June at 9am from &
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Liverpool Calling Final Line Up Announcements Include Space & Jetta
Today Liverpool Calling announced their line up for the Bombed Out Church stage with headliner’s the legendary Space. Platinum selling band Space came to prominence in the mid 1990′s, with hit singles such as Female of the Species, Neighbourhood, Avenging Angels, Me and you Verses the World and The Ballad of Tom Jones. They also worked with Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews. Also announced was rising star Jetta. Stepping out of the shadows of…
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Liverpool Team Up With Barcelona To Create First LIV-BCN Music Festival At Kazimier Gardens
‘Focused on music (but also including illustration and gastronomy), LIV-BCN isn’t about bringing Barcelona to Liverpool, it is a real exchange, a cultural meeting between the two places, artists and publics to experience and share.’ LIV-BCN The festival line up includes both local Liverpool artists (Broken Men, Dominic Dunn, Etches & Ghostchant) as well as some of Barcelona’s finest (DJ Coco, Joana Serrat & Begun). LIV-BCN at Kazimier & Kazimier Gardens; Saturday 21st June 3pm-3am.…
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Mad Hatter Brewing Bank Holiday Event 23rd-25th May
Local Brewers Mad Hatter Brewery are holding a special bank holiday event with plenty of beer, snacks,cake and live music. Located in the ever expanding Baltic Triangle, Mad Hatter have found themselves a cosy spot to host their festivities on the corner of Watkinson & Jamaica St (Click the link here for the location http://instagram.com/p/nk7YVTzYBu/) #MadHatSpring is this weekend. Live music // beer cocktails // bar snacks // cakes // raspberry & strawberry beer //…
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Light Night Review
There is a certain charm Liverpool has that is impossible to ignore, and the city certainly lived up to its reputation last Friday night. The annual culture festival, Liverpool Light Night, took place across the city at over 40 venues, showcasing the best arts and culture exhibitions the city has to offer. The exhibitions showed incredible variety, ranging from Chinese calligraphy to ice sculpting,reminding the public just why Liverpool held the ‘city of culture’ title back…
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The Legendary ‘Jungle Brothers’ Play The Kazimier 2nd October ’14
Legendary US daisy-hop merchants, The Jungle Brothers, whose chilled-out funky style and tongue-in-cheek lyrics have a legion of fans, return with a career-spanning live set. The American hip hop group pioneered the fusion of jazz and hip-hop and also became the first hip-hop group to use a house-music producer. The group began performing in the mid-1980s and released its first album, Straight Out the Jungle, in July 1988. With Afrocentric lyrics and innovative beats, the…
