Festivals
Liverpool’s festivals including music, art, food and drink festivals
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Liverpool Disco Festival – 30 Years of Southport Weekender Set Times & Site Map
After its spectacular debut last October, the Liverpool Disco Festival returns in May 2017, this time uniting with the Southport Weekender across their 30th anniversary year, set across the renascent Baltic Triangle district of the city. Bringing together some of the most iconic global names together from the disco, house, garage, soul and funk spectrum for one magical day and night, Liverpool Disco Festival is a celebration of all things soulful, seductive and scintillating. The…
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World Premiere of ‘Garage Classical’ Live With A 40 Piece Orchestra At LIMF 2017
In a world premiere, DJ Spoony will present a UK Garage classics live with the backing of the 40 piece RNCM Session Orchestra as part of the LIMF Presents programme in 2017. As the performance curator, he will be joined for an unforgettable experience by UK Garage legends Kele Le Roc, Elizabeth Troy, Lonyo, Master Of Ceremonies, Lifford, Richie Dan, Nay Nay and Sweet Female Attitude, with additional performances on the evening from So Solid Crew, Donaeo,…
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Physical Fest Brings Williamson Square To Life With Colourful Street Theatre This Bank Holiday
Now in its 13th year. Liverpool’s international physical theatre festival is the only festival in Europespecialising solely in physical theatre and the Street Theatre Day line-up has now been announced. Catch Highly Sprung’s acclaimed performance Urban Astronaut between 12 noon to 2pm. It is a walkabout and physical theatre performance that provides glimpse of a future that might be… Where problems surrounding air pollution have grown to a crisis point, is there any way back? The answer is found in a simple encounter with a young girl…
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Liverpool’s Award-Winning Reggae Festival Returns With The Selecter & Jah Shaka
Liverpool’s award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican heritage, Positive Vibration, returns in June for a jam-packed weekend of cultural appreciation and positivity. Winner of ‘Best New Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards 2016, Positive Vibration will play host to a plethora of internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems & selectors, a Reggae Q&A, creative workshops, a record fair & market, and plenty of tasty Caribbean food & drink. Headlining this year’s festival will be…
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Pop-Up Film Festival Will Be Taking Over Smithdown Road’s Handyman Supermarket
Liverpool’s Empty Spaces Cinema will be taking over Wavertree’s Handyman Supermarket on 6th & 7th May for The Hammer and Nail Pop-Up Film Festival. The not-for-profit organisation will host a series of screenings in the location of the former Sefton Park Picturedrome, before the Handyman Supermarket is turned into a microbrewery and pub. The back room space that will be used for the screenings can seat up to 50 people. Chris from Empty Spaces Cinema…
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New North West Festival Announced Featuring The Coral, The Sugarhill Gang & More
Cotton Clouds Festival At Saddleworth Cricket Club, Lancashire, 12th August 2017. Featuring a stacked line up and set amidst the heavenly vista of the stunning Peak District National Park, Cotton Clouds is a wonderful new addition to the UK festival scene. Taking place on 12th of August and boasting a bill that’s simply bursting with pop pedigree, the one-day extravaganza in Saddleworth (Greater Manchester) will host radiant performances from the likes of The Coral, The Sugarhill Gang, Nick Heyward, The…
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New Photography Exhibition & Live Music Festival Announced For The Summer
Shout About It Live will host a hybrid festival of photography and live music in the Baltic Triangle’s District venue on Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th August. The music line up is looking huge with The Cheap Thrills, Astles, Silent Cities, Eleanor Nelly, LUCA, Brothers of Mine, Cal Ruddy, Motherhood, Wildfires, Black Mountain Lights, Sly Antics, The Buffalo Riot, Riviera and Diamonds In The Dark all announced to play. Shout About It is primarily a…
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Skeleton Coast Festival Line Up 2017
Skeleton Coast festival returns to the Hoylake Community Centre this year after a successful debut last summer. Skeleton Coast is the brainchild of Skeleton Key Records – an independent record label founded by The Coral’s James Skelly. After it’s inaugural event last August which saw the likes of The Wytches, Marvin Powell, She Drew The Gun, Wicked Whispers, Psycho Comedy and The Floormen amongst the lineup they return with another impressive bill. Arguably one of…
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New Brighton Seaside Festival Announces Mouthwatering Food & Drink Programme
New Brighton Seaside Festival organisers Orb Events, have announced a little taster of the food and drink programme to whet festival goers’ appetites. The first large scale seaside festival of its kind in the area, the weekender taking place over the Spring Bank Holiday (27-29 May) promises to dish up cocktail of amazing street food, chef demos and fun foodie activities for little chefs to get involved in. There will be a hive of fun foodie activities taking…
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Smithdown Road Festival Announces More Acts For Showcase of Music, Art, Food & Dance
With just a few weeks to go until the annual free Smithdown Road festival, there is no doubting that the program of events has grown considerably this year – and that festival goers are in for a brilliant weekend of music, art, food and dance. Perhaps the biggest news of all is that due to the overwhelming popularity of last year’s festival, there will be a huge outdoor area on the Saturday and Sunday to be held…
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Liverpool Food, Drink & Lifestyle Spring Festival; Saturday 15th – Sunday 16th April
Back for its third year is the sunnier sister of The Liverpool Food & Drink Festival, held on Easter Weekend in Sefton Park. Foodies will be impressed by the wide variety of sweet & sour stalls, displaying their best creations, whilst there will also be numerous opportunities to grab a drink, hopefully in the sunshine! Food stalls at the festival will include Neon Jamon, Mela Street Food, Little Furnace, Reds True BBQ, The Interesting Eating…
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Baltic Weekender Announce First Wave of Acts
This June, The Baltic Triangle sees a new cultural event take over their venues, as Abandon Silence and 24 Kitchen Street join forces to celebrate the musical diversity that the area has become renowned for. It’s not been easy for The Baltic Triangle recently; with property developers plans guaranteed to have a negative impact on the alternative venues, the guys behind the driving forces of the alternative music scene in Liverpool have teamed up, promising…
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New Brighton Seaside Festival Full Line-Up Announced
Orb Events have announced the full music line-up for New Brighton Seaside Festival. Man and the Echo, The Shipbuilders, Marc Kenny and Nick Ellis are among the artists performing during the inaugural three-day event in May. The fantastic festival will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday, 27th – 29th May at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton Beach, Marine Lakeand Promenade in New Brighton. Headlining the Saturday night is Man and the Echo. Their debut album skirts numerous musical signposts, spanning the likes of The Smiths, Dexys, Pulp, 50/60s crooning,…
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Gorgon City, Naughty Boy, Fleur East, Kate Nash & Many More Announced For Liverpool International Music Festival 2017
The Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) returns in 2017 for its fifth anniversary. Taking place between Thursday 20th and Sunday 23rd July 2017, the LIMF programme is a grand-scale celebration of Liverpool’s rich musical history, diversity and continued relevance, reflected in its title as a Unesco City of Music. LIMF is made up of LIMF Summer Jam, a series of ticketed events LIMF Presents and the award-winning LIMF Academy. LIMF Summer Jam returns for a free three day musical extravaganza at Sefton Park with…
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Brazilica Festival 2017 Date Confirmed
Liverpool Carnival Company have announced that one of Liverpool’s favourite events, Brazilica Festival will return for 2017 and will be celebrating a tenth consecutive year, this year’s dates are confirmed as Friday 14 to Sunday 16 July. Last year’s festival included a packed programme of events leading up to the main Carnival Day on the Saturday – and this year promises to be even bigger, bursting with colour and with plenty of sights, sounds and tastes of Brazil to get you into the carnival atmosphere.…
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Hope & Glory Festival Announce Hacienda Classical, Reverend & The Makers For New Summer festival
A brand new music & arts festival will launch this summer at St George’s Hall with Hacienda Classical and Reverend & The Makers announced to play. The two day festival will take place on 4th & 5th August at St George’s Plateau with over 50 performers to be announced. The festival will include music, art, exhibitions, magic shows, spoken word poetry and more as the festival aims for a Victorian Carnival Theme. Hacienda Classical will…
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FestEVOL Gardens 2017 Preview
FestEVOL Gardens returns to Liverpool in its new home at The Invisible Wind Factory on 30th April with headliners Wild Beasts, Parrots & Ulrika Spacek and more than 20 other names on the bill. Indie rockers Wild Beasts will return to Liverpool with their infectious sound after the release of their fifth album Boy King in August ‘16. After a successful show at The Magnet in August, The Parrots join the lineup along with Ulrika…
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Festival No 6 Announce Headliners The Flaming Lips, Bloc Party & Mogwai
Festival No 6 have announced an impressive first waves of acts for this year’s four day music, arts & culture festival in Portmeirion. Rock legends The Flaming Lips will no doubt perform a high energy set filled with surprises. After 16 years as a band and over three million albums sold Indie rock band Bloc Party and post rock favourites Mogwai make up the headliners. The festival will also see performances from Brit award winner…
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Your Guide To What’s On In Liverpool In 2017
We’re well and truly into 2017, but don’t worry; there is so much to look forward to. 2017 is looking to be one of Liverpool’s biggest years yet! As well as recently being named the UK’s friendliest city, this year’s upcoming events display just why Liverpool is so full of warmth, culture and excitement. MUSIC Threshold Festival; Friday 31st March – Sunday 2nd April The annual event takes over numerous events in the Baltic Triangle…
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Threshold Launch Crowdfund Campaign For 2017 Festival
Ahead of their 7th annual festival of music and arts in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, Threshold Festival have launched a new crowdfunding campaign with a variety of rewards on offer for those who pledge. Threshold Festival of Music & Arts was started by artists for artists and has its roots in the creative industries of Liverpool and the North West. Since 2011, they have held annual festivals bringing together a diverse wealth of artists, musicians, promoters, academics and…
