Entertainment in Liverpool
Explore the best entertainment in Liverpool, including music, theatre, comedy, family activities, and top events across the city.
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Pagoda Presents; Al Dobson Jr To Play 24 Kitchen Street Saturday 7th March
After bringing you the sounds of Glowing Palms, and packing 24 Kitchen Street to the brim with ‘Down To Funk’, Pagoda are about to bring their BIGGEST PARTY YET! Al Dobson Jr ***RHYTHM SECTION*** Making his Liverpool debut is one of the most eclectic artists on Rhythm Section – the label set up by the hugely talented BRADLEY ZERO – Al Dobson Jr brings with him a blend of Hip Hop, Jazz, House and Funk…
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Chibuku Presents; Chibuku Shake Shake 15th Birthday Party 14th March Featuring: Annie Mac, Andy C, David Rodigan MBE, Fourtet & Many More
Featuring: Annie Mac, Andy C, David Rodigan MBE, Fourtet, Joy Orbison b2b George Fitzgerald, Benji B, Oneman, DJ Craze, Jackmaster, Ben UFO, EZ, SG Lewis, Andrew Hill, Harry Sheehan, No Fakin’ & more. After 15 years at the forefront of the UK clubbing scene, Chibuku club night are proud to present the gargantuan line up for their huge 15th Birthday celebration on Saturday 14th March 2015 starting at Liverpool’s impressive Camp & Furnace venue, before moving on to the club’s spiritual home at Arts Club where some very special top secret guest…
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Melodic Distraction At Constellations Friday 13th March
Melodic Distraction is coming to Constellations Room 1: Hackman, Art of Tones, Melodic Distraction Residents Room 2: Slam the poet ( Mad Vibes Collective MVC ), Footshooter, Melodic Distraction Residents Headlining the inside space for Melodic Distraction will be the notorious Hackman. He has been one of the most rewarding artists to emerge from London’s intimate club scene in recent years appearing on such labels as RAMP, Futureboogie and 2020Vision. Hackman’s debut album ‘As Above,…
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Above The Beaten Track Festival Announces 2015 Date At The Bluecoat
Above The Beaten Track returns to the Bluecoat on Saturday 5 September. Save the date as Above The Beaten Track returns on Saturday 5 September with the best in grass-roots live music, DJs, artists, traders, makers and audio visual extravaganzas. Now in it’s eighth year, the festival re-located to the Bluecoat in 2010 to cope with growing demand. Originally conceived to celebrate the range of diverse songwriters in the city, it has since expanded to…
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Brand New 'Matchbox Comedy' At The Lantern Theatre 11th Feb
Matchbox Comedy Club is a brand new, carefully curated showcase of alternative comedy featuring everything from sketch and stand up to clown and storytelling – a collection of new material and work-in-progress sets. Resident compere Alastair Clark introduces acts you won’t see anywhere else in Liverpool in an original, vibrant, anything goes evening of fun and frolics – a little matchbox full of joy. Matchbox Comedy Club is produced by THAT Comedy Productions and Alastair…
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‘Liverpool: Beyond The Beatles': Free Screening at LEAF on February 8th
Liverpool: Beyond The Beatles explores and celebrates the dynamic contemporary music scene of Merseyside, grandstanding the fantastic work of many of the region’s stars of tomorrow, while also featuring in-depth interviews with some of the industry’s leading movers and shakers: Dave Pichilingi, Kevin McManus, Paul Du Noyer, Mike Deane, Craig Pennington, Peter Guy, Dave Lloyd, Dave McTague and Stealing Sheep. The third installment in the ‘Beyond’ Series, the documentary follows the internationally acclaimed ‘Iceland: Beyond…
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Springbok/Falls At Maguires Pizza Bar; Review
Although there were four bands on at Maguires, an illness earlier in the week, which had left me weak as a kitten, meant it was unlikely I was going to see the night out. If the bands I did get to see were anything to go by, the loss was mine, because the first two acts were pretty damn fine. Starting with a set by Springbok, the audience were treated to some weighty sounds by…
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'Disco Glitter Love' At Constellations Friday 13th February
This Valentines weekend, join Constellations for a night that will fill you with joy, wonder and amazement, as they revel in the romance, delight in the disco and glory in the glitter. Inside a venue that will truly sparkle and shine, their resident minister will be on hand to bring you together in a joyous union with those that you love, whilst the music fans those flirtatious flames and passion runs amok. Helping to lure…
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Chibuku Presents; Redlight In The Theatre At Chibuku 30th January
Bristol-born and London-based producer, DJ, composer and remixer Hugh Pescod – aka Redlight – is set to steal the show at the next Chibuku club night at Arts Club Liverpool on 30th January 2015. Navigating the unnamed airspace between house, bass and beyond, this fast rising producer has already crafted a handful of jet-propelled dance floor fillers which have won over fans and followers including Skream, Toddla T, Jack Beats, A Trak, Mark Ronson, Zinc and Annie Mac. His…
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Sound City Announce Third & Final Headliner; The Vaccines
Liverpool Sound City have announced the third and final headliner for this year’s festival, indie rockers, The Vaccines. They join previously announced headliners Belle & Sebastian and The Flaming Lips who will play at the newly located Docklands site. Also announced today were Roni Size Reprazent, The Thurston Moore Band, Gaz Coombes F*cked Up, Evian Christ,Unknown Mortal Orchestra The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Dum Dum Girls, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Stealing Sheep, Dutch Uncles,…
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Hot Water Comedy Club Introduces Crapbattles
Ever wondered what happens when comedians and rap battles collide? Hot water comedy club introduces Crapbattles! With hosts like comedian Tony Carroll and Steven Oshea, the audience were in for a treat, and they had us in stitches all the way through the show. For those of you who are confused here, let me explain exactly what goes down… A pair of contestants will each take a turn to battle for the title, each pair of contestants…
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Threshold V Third Wave of Acts Announced For March 2015
It’s two months to go until Threshold launches its fifth annual festival in The Baltic Triangle of Liverpool. The festival will take over 7 venues in the district on 27th-29th March, with some of Liverpool’s and the UK’s finest grass-roots music and arts. The programme is taking shape, people loved last year’s flowing festival feel and we aim to match and even better that atmosphere in March.” – Chris Herstad Carney, Threshold Producer With an already strong…
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Whiplash; Film Review
The question shared by all – “how much can I enjoy a film about drumming, when I don’t know the first thing about it?” Whether you like music or not, Damien Chazelle’s Oscar nominated WHIPLASH is electrifying, gripping, and shocking in so many ways. It is story of the relationship between 19-year-old Andrew Niemann (Miles Teller), a male protagonist that astounds the audience with his devotion, and his complete dedication to drumming, and his unpredictable…
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The Liverpool Comedy Cellar At The Magnet Launches Their Second Season Of Comedy
The Liverpool Comedy Cellar, Liverpool’s newest and coolest comedy club, returns to The Magnet on Hardman Street at the end of January with its second season of double headline bills. Following a successful opening season of sell out shows, the intimate cellar of the Magnet Bar, voted by the Guardian as “the best venue in Liverpool”, proved a hit with comedians and audiences alike. The Liverpool Comedy Cellar returns with another stellar line up with…
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Camp & Furnace Make Film Screening's A Weekly Feature
Camp & Furnace have announced that ‘Screen’ is going weekly every Thursday beginning on January 22nd with a dystopian future double bill of District 9 and Blade Runner (Directors Cut). Then on January 29th it’s the battle of the comedy hitmen with Grosse Pointe Blank and In Bruges and a double bill of left-field life-affirming loveliness as we show Being John Malkovich then Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. Hardshakes, street food, big screen, big…
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Fiesta Bombarda Heads To St George's Hall 21st February
For what will be the most ambitious Bombarda to date, everisland will be bringing the Fiesta to what is possibly Liverpool’s most breath-taking and epic space; St George’s Hall! Headlining this monolithic carnival will be Mungos’ Hi-Fi with YT on the mic, The Fire Beneath The Sea & Euphony…plus one more very special guest. A cacophony of tropical melodies and radiant rhythms will entwine themselves around the grand architecture, as we bathe the space…
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Alan McGee & Creation Present; Creation Sessions At District Featuring 'Shakedown Stockholm' & More
Continuing the events organised by Creation Management and founder of Creation Records Alan McGee, District hosts a night of music from up and coming bands. Always a man with his finger on the pulse where new music is concerned, this should be high on anyone’s list of essential gigs this February. The evening kicks off with the excellent heavy garage rock and psychedelia of Hull’s Black Delta Movement, who gave a sterling performance at Liverpool Calling last year, followed…
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Anathema Cathedral Concert Tour Heads To Liverpool Anglican 7th March
In the distant past Anathema were the Doom metal darlings of Liverpool, so when I heard they were doing a tour playing a number of cathedrals, including Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, I knew I had to find out what the Cavanagh boys et al were doing now. Always incredibly musically accomplished, Anathema have moved in a softer, more melodic direction. In 2012 the band featured in a film documenting the band’s September 2012 one-off show at the ancient Roman theatre…
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The Critter Shed Announce First Birthday Party 25th January At Zanzibar
The Liverpool-based screen printing collective The Critter Shed have announced their first Birthday launch party we will be held on 25th Jan at The Zanzibar. This event is to celebrate one year since starting The Critter Shed as well bringing party attendees the latest pack, Creatures of the Night, and introducing their new venture into comics. The Critter Shed Press recently announced they are collaborating with some of the best past artists they have worked…
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Hot Water Comedy Presents Crapbattles (Comedy Rap Battles) 15th January
Want to know what happens when comedians and rap battles collide? After exploding onto the scene at this year’s Liverpool Comedy Festival with their first ever live event, Crapbattles is set to take the comedy world by storm! The new format of show is the brainchild of Hot Water Comedy Clubs’ founder Paul Blair who, as a long life fan of the regular format rap battle events thought that it would be great to mix…
Liverpool is a city that knows how to entertain. From live music and theatre to comedy, film, nightlife, and family-friendly attractions, there’s always something happening to keep locals and visitors engaged. Our Entertainment in Liverpool category brings together the best experiences across the city, offering guides, reviews, and insights to help you make the most of your time in Liverpool.
The city’s live music scene is world-renowned, from legendary venues like the Cavern Club to contemporary spaces such as Camp & Furnace, Invisible Wind Factory and Arts Club. Liverpool’s entertainment extends beyond music, with theatre productions, comedy shows, and immersive experiences available across the city. Whether you’re into gripping drama at the Everyman Theatre, experimental performances at FACT, or stand-up comedy at Hot Water Comedy Club, Liverpool has entertainment to suit every taste.
Family-friendly entertainment is also a big part of the city’s offering. Attractions such as museums, science centres, escape rooms, and interactive experiences provide fun days out for all ages. Seasonal events, pop-up attractions, and festivals add extra variety to the city’s entertainment calendar, ensuring there’s always something new to explore.
Food and drink often go hand in hand with entertainment in Liverpool. From bars and cafés offering live music to themed nights at restaurants, the city’s social scene complements its cultural offerings. Our guides highlight the best spots where you can enjoy a full evening out, combining dining and entertainment in one experience.
Liverpool’s entertainment scene is vibrant, diverse, and constantly evolving. Whether you’re seeking the latest events, insider tips, or recommendations for top venues, the Entertainment in Liverpool category is your essential resource. From casual nights out to special experiences, we cover everything you need to enjoy the city to the fullest.