Entertainment in Liverpool
Looking for ways to entertain yourself and mates in Liverpool, there’s plenty to check out here
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Goonies Theme Bar Opening In Liverpool In 2018
A themed bar will be opening in the city in early 2018, paying homage to the cult classic 80’s movie The Goonies. Following the arrival of the likes of the Home Alone and Peaky Blinders themed bars this year, Liverpool will be home to another quirky venue. In case you’ve never watched the film, The Goonies is a classic coming of age tale of two brothers’ adventure to find pirate’s treasure in order to save…
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Pete Price is the Bad Santa at Camp & Furnace’s grown-up Grotto
Legendary city DJ Pete Price will be getting into the festive spirit next week as he pulls on the classic red suit and white beard, to make his debut at Camp and Furnace’s six-day Snö Garden winter festival. However, anyone that expects Pete to appear at the Baltic Triangle venue as a traditional Father Christmas figure may be disappointed – this Santa has claws. Sharp-tongued Pete, who’s known for his trademark ‘tell it like it…
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Threshold Festival Returns with ‘Across the Threshold 2018’ – 13th -14th April
Following the success and building on the legacy of seven consecutive years of their Festival of Music & Arts, Threshold are returning to the Baltic Triangle on April 13th & 14th to bring you a special, scaled down mini-festival and industry event. “We’ve been doing Threshold Festival since 2011 in the Baltic Triangle and over these years the district and the city as a whole has changed exponentially, for the better. 2018 is a big development year for…
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Sound City Reveals First 10 Artists For 2018 Festival
One of Europe’s leading metropolitan festivals of music and arts, Sound City, is making its much anticipated return to the city centre across the first spring bank holiday Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May. Taking place across the Baltic Triangle and Cains Brewery in Liverpool, the festival is very much returning to its roots for its 11th year, focused on discovering an abundance of emerging new talent for everyone to savour whilst experiencing many iconic…
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Pop-up Pug Cafe Is Coming To Liverpool
Pug Cafe & HUS have joined forces to invite pugs and their humans to visit the pop up Pug Cafe on Saturday 20th January 2018. HUS will be transformed into puggy paradise and if you’re a proud pug or pug cross owner (pugs, jugs, pugzus, pugaliers and more all welcome) then you can bring your curly-tailed pals to the cafe to meet some new puggy friends and tuck into some delicious doggy treats. There will…
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There’s A Massive Six Day Winter Festival Coming To Camp & Furnace – With Guaranteed Snow!
Leading city venue Camp and Furnace have announced their plans for a giant indoor winter festival today and they promise snow every day of the event – even when it’s not forecast! Launching on Monday 18th December and running for six days until Saturday 23rd December, Snö Garden is a seasonal spin on the venue’s popular Nightgarden event, which combines music, drinks and live music. Billed as an event for the whole family, Snö Garden…
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Sound City + Conference 2018 Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets are now on sale for next year’s Sound City + conference, which will take place onFriday 4th May across Liverpool city centre’s Baltic Triangle. The Sound City + conference is the destination business event of the North for music and the arts, and will be a pre-cursor to 2018’s Liverpool Sound City festival. In celebration of Sound City’s move to the Baltic Triangle, Early Birds can get conference only tickets for the discounted rate of…
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Miracle on 83 Seel Street Will Bring Adult Christmas Grotto For An Amazing Night Out
This Christmas, independent Liverpool restaurant and bar group, Graffiti Spirits Group, has announced it will be launching Miracle on Seel Street, taking place from Thursday-Sunday in 83, from mid-November to January. 83 is a secretive venue tucked above both Salt Dog Slims and 81LTD, in the heart of Liverpool’s bustling drinking and dining district. Miracle on Seel Street will see the hidden bar completely transformed into a festive den of treats and delicacies, with an array of Christmas cocktails and delicious food offerings on offer,…
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Austin Collings and By The Sea Collab on Out-of-this-World Soundscape, Blade Jogger
In a realm saturated with regurgitations and ‘same old’ releases every month, By The Sea’s latest collaboration really shakes the music scene up, on a cosmic scale. The Wirral-based four-piece – featuring Liam Power on vocals and guitar, Steven Campbell on guitar, Andrew Royden on drums, and Christopher Pickering on bass – have a history of compiling tracks that don’t stick to the norm. This is a band working very much towards their own agenda,…
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Thom Morecroft Live at 81 Renshaw Street:Review
This was the home coming gig for Thom Morecroft and Chris Tavener’s The Long Way Home tour which closes finally on Sunday 26th Manchester at The Castle in Manchester. What has to be my favourite Liverpool venue at the moment, 81 Renshaw Street, was rammed to witness this triumphant home gig. Ably supported by Elle Rose Smith, Thom Morecroft finally took to the stage and took what was already a great night to another level…
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Peter J Smyth To Play Free, Live Show at Craft Taproom
Mugstar frontman Peter J Smyth will be playing an exclusive free show at Smithdown Road’s Craft Taproom on Wednesday 15th November. Mugstar might have been known for their hard hitting psychadelic rock but Smyth’s solo project shows a more mellow side to the musician. Peter will be playing songs from his acclaimed solo record Black Smoke, and more. John Peel was a fan of Smyth’s work, and you wouldn’t be hard pressed to find out why. Support…
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Epic Trainer Festival Laces Out! is back in Liverpool – Sat 11th November at Camp and Furnace
Laces Out! is returning to Liverpool this winter, taking place at the Camp and Furnace on Saturday 11th November. A celebration of sneaker culture, lifestyle and fashion featuring a panel of special guests, traders, DJ’s, competitions, and an exclusive preview of Neal Heard’s “The Art of the Football Shirt” exhibition. The one-day festival brings together independent sneaker collectors from across the globe and will feature thousands of rare, vintage and deadstock trainers for collectors to…
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Cain’s Brewery Bars Set For A Winter Makeover
Dockleaf and Kiosk announce new plans for winter in Liverpool. From November to February, Kiosk will turn into a winter ski-lodge – Kiosk Presents Bar Mont Blanc will bring resplendent festive magic to the Baltic Triangle, launching on Thursday 9th November. While Dockleaf announces a series of collaborations and partnerships in the coming weeks, and will launch a brand-new drinks menu in late November. Dockleaf and Kiosk are both impressive venues for very different reasons; each…
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Sound City will take place across Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle in the spring 2018
Sound City has announced its 2018 festival will be located across the Baltic Triangle and the Cain’s Brewery area. Taking place across the first spring bank holiday Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May, Sound City will be taking over the iconic warehouses, intimate spaces, outdoor stages and pop-up places which form the renascent Baltic Triangle and Cain’s Brewery areas of the city. It is here which is the catalyst for much of Liverpool’s creative and…
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Watch Jaws With A Live Score From Czech National Symphony Orchestra
John Williams’ iconic score for Steven Spielberg’s Jaws will be played live in its entirety by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, following four sold out performances at the Royal Albert Hall. Based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, this masterpiece of suspense tells the tale of a small New England seaside community terrorised by a predatory great white shark. Upon its release, Jaws became the most successful movie of all time, and Spielberg has often credited Williams’ iconic score…
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The Merchant Is Celebrating The 25th Anniversary of F.R.I.E.N.D.S With A Huge Quiz
Can you tell us one person who hasn’t seen and doesn’t love Friends? Well now is the time to prove just how much you love them, in the ultimate F.r.i.e.n.d.s Quiz taking place at Liverpool bar The Merchant. Unbelievably, F.r.i.e.n.d.s is celebrating is almost 25 years old so what better way to celebrate the classic 90’s, endlessly quotable show. So if you know the answer to vital questions like What’s Chandler Bing’s job? then we think…
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Flight of the Conchords Announce Date At Liverpool Echo Arena As Part of 2018 UK Tour
Band Meeting! Musical comedy duo Bret McKenzie and Jermaine Clement have announced a string of UK tour dates for 2018 including the Echo Arena, after a seven year hiatus. The New Zeland pair will be hitting the road in Spring to perform classic hits including Hiphopapotamus v Rhymenocerous, Business Time, Hurt Feelings and Inner City Pressure. After meeting at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, the duo began writing and composing spoof songs which led…
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Sound City 2018 Artist Applications Now Open
Artists can now apply to play at Sound City 2018, which will take place from May 4 – 6 in the heart of Liverpool. Voted the UK’s best metropolitan festival and best festival for emerging talent at the UK Festival Awards, Sound City combines two days of incredible live music and arts with a one-day music and digital industry conference. The event has grown over the past 20 years into one of the most important events on…
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Festival No.6 Announce First Headliner for 2018 – THE THE
Multi-award winning Festival No.6 (6-9 September ‘18) has today announced legendary post-punk outfit THE THE as the first headliners on the bill for next year’s festival – the bands only confirmed UK date outside London. One of the most important acts of the new wave era, the cult band were a beacon of passion and truth in Thatcher’s Britain and influenced an entire genre. After a long hiatus of 15 years Matt Johnson has returned…
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Beauty & The Beast At The BLACK-E Liverpool This Christmas
This Christmas, The Black-E Liverpool will transform in to an enchanted castle as Liverpool based theatre company Drops of Light CIC present their festive offering for 2017, Beauty & the Beast. Book your tickets for the show throughout October and pay no booking fee. Beauty and the Beast is written by Jessica Lea and directed by Sam Donovan. Jessica currently writes for Hollyoaks and Eastenders and enjoys writing for children’s television with credits including The…
