Festivals
Liverpool’s festivals including music, art, food and drink festivals
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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…
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Parklife Line-Up; The 1975 & Frank Ocean To Headline
Manchester’s Parklife has announced Frank Ocean and The 1975 as headliners at the two day festival. After the release of Ocean’s hotly anticipated sophomore album, ‘Blonde’ last year it will be an opportunity for fans to see him perform tracks off the album as well as his critically acclaimed debut album ‘Channel Orange’ with his first UK performance since 2014. Saturday’s headliners The 1975 will perform a homecoming show to remember at Heaton Park after…
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New Brighton Seaside Festival Reveals First Details For Entertainment Programme
New Brighton Seaside Festival has announced a taste of what you can expect from their brand-new attraction for Spring 2017. The three-day family event will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday (27-29 May). It will take over a huge space in front of Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton Beach, Marine Lake and Promenade in New Brighton. The first large scale seaside festival of its kind in the area, the weekender is the brainchild of…
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WRONG Festival Announce Full Line Up
North West independent record label Loner Noise have unveiled the full line up for WRONG Festival – A Festival For The Freakscene, a one day happening on the 22nd April 2017 at the newly formed creative hub of the Liverpool Docklands. Aiming to create something truly unique and very special for the first time in Liverpool, organisers are proud to announce that Japanese psych legends Bo Ningen will be topping a bill which brings together the disparate scenes from the heavier and stranger…
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Liverpool Disco Festival & Southport Weekender’s 30th Anniversary Announce First Wave of Acts
Liverpool Disco Festival returns on Saturday 6th May 2017, following on from last October’s incredible debut event. The weekend carries a special resonance across the UK and beyond, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the legendary Southport Weekender, who along with Hustle and SUNcéBeat present an epic showcase of music in the city’s thriving creative quarter, the Baltic Triangle. SUNcéBeat and Hustle are bringing together not only all the best parts that made the first Liverpool…
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Threshold Festival Reveal Second Wave of Artists
Threshold Festival organisers have announced the second wave of acts that will be performing at the seventh annual celebration. Throwing a spotlight on the North West’s grassroots music and arts, the festival will return to the city from March 31st to April 2nd. Following the reveal of the likes of Hannah Peel, Nils Bech, XamVolo and Lilium, nineteen more acts have now been added to the line-up. Thrash heavy Manchester trio False Advertising will take the Threshold stage, playing their first set since…
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Sound City Announce Festival Headliners
Sound City have announced The Human League, John Cale, Metronomy & The Kooks as headliners for their 10th Anniversary. Having already announced a move to the larger Clarence Dock for 2017, Sound City has also revealed that it will host four days of festivities to mark its special birthday. The festival launches on Thursday with a celebration of the English avant-garde featuring a trio of some of the most influential British electronic artists of the modern…
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Africa Oyé 2017 Dates Announced
Africa Oyé’s 25th Anniversary Festival The dates have been announced for the UK’s largest FREE celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture as Africa Oyé celebrates its silver anniversary. On 17th & 18th June, a handpicked line-up of acts from Oyé’s 25-year history will descend on Liverpool’s Sefton Park for a weekend of incredible music and cultural celebrations. Oyé‘s Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney is confident that the festival can live up to expectations for such a milestone this…
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New Brighton To Host First Ever Seaside Bank Holiday Festival
Orb Events is delighted to announce a brand-new festival for Spring 2017 – the New Brighton Seaside Festival. The fantastic three-day family festival will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday (27-29 May). It will take over a huge space between Fort Perch Rock and the Floral Pavilion Theatre on the Marine Promenade in New Brighton. As well as offering an exciting programme of fun seaside-themed entertainment, the event is set to showcase the best of homegrown seasonal fayre featuring a host of regional producers and introducing a raft of new…
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Threshold Festival Announces Hannah Peel As First Artist For 2017
Threshold Festival have announced Hannah Peel as the first artist on the bill for their 2017 festival of grass roots music and arts. Hannah has strong ties to Liverpool having studied in the city at LIPA. She has since gone on to great success since and Threshold are honoured to welcome her back to her adopted city. Hannah said: “Liverpool has a wonderful energy and passion for the arts and Threshold Festival is a big part of this great…
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Evol Announce FestEvol Gardens 2017
FestEvol Gardens returns on Bank Holiday Sunday 30th April 2017 at The invisible Wind Factory. Indie rockers Wild Beasts will return to Liverpool with their infectious sound after the release of their fifth album Boy King in August. After a successful show at The Magnet in August, The Parrots join the line up along with Ulrika Spacek who also impressed with their set at Liverpool Psych Fest. The Parrots will bring plenty of energy to their…
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Laces Out! Trainer Festival Returns To Camp and Furnace
Liverpool has an undisputed long and storied history with trainer culture. Therefore it is obvious that the city would play host to one of the most exciting trainer festivals in Europe, Laces Out!, which presents its autumn-winter edition on Saturday 19th November at Camp and Furnace in the Baltic Triangle. The one-day festival enjoyed unprecedented success for its spring edition in March, where highlights included an eclectic display and sale of new, rare and vintage…
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Liverpool Music Week 2016 Reveal Full Final Line Up
All We Are, Zuzu, Trudy & The Romance, VYNCE, Feral Love, Pink Kink, Seawitches, Whitecliff, Elevant, Indigo Moon, Queen Zee + The Sasstones, AGP, Bathymetry, HAARM, Luna, Mary Miller, Man & The Echo, Lumen, We Are Catchers, Jalen N’gonda, Mysterines, James Canty, Tom Low, The AV Society have all been added to the bill today. Liverpool Music Week have today revealed the complete and final line up for this year’s festival, which begins with the opening party headlined…
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Liverpool Music Week October 26th – 4th November; Preview
Since it’s inception in 2003 Liverpool Music Week has brought the city a variety of acclaimed acts. These include Mogwai, Richard Hawley, Evian Christ and Dizzie Rascal. This years festival takes place over four venues and the acts are no less eclectic. The bill features talent from our fine city and further afield. The week begins with the welcome return to the city of Warpaint who play the much underused Dome at Grand Central Hall on…
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Top Ten Things To Do In Liverpool In October
Here’s our guide to the top ten things to do in Liverpool this October. Stranger Things Themed 80’s Night at the Merchant – An 80’s themed club night based on the hit Netflix show. Hurry tickets are close to selling out here. Liverpool Organic Brewery Tour – A chance to take a tour of the brewery with unlimited cask beer? Yes please! More info and tickets here. Liverpool Disco Festival – A brand new festival…
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Liverpool Music Week 2016 Add Dinosaur JR, Louis Berry & Announce DIY Breaking Out Series
Liverpool Music Week recently announced the second round of acts for their 2016 line up set to take place across various venues in Liverpool from 26th October – 4th November 2016, including new headline shows from Dinosaur JR and Louis Berry. Amherst, Massachusetts alt-rock legends Dinosaur Jr. recently released their first new album in four years, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, via Jagjaguwar. Headlining Arts Club Theatre on 27th October you can expect unrelenting, instrumental-leaning freak-outs and guitar solos galore from front man J Mascis and the rest of…
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Smithdown Road Festival Returns With Huge Student Party Event
The Smithdown Road Festival returns for a special student party on 24th September with a fantastic line-up of local talent. In the heart of student-land, Smithdown Road, the party starts early afternoon until the early hours of the morning with bands including Disastronauts, Elevant, Killaflaw, Voo, The Floormen and a certain one to watch – Lumen. The usual suspects are involved in hosting all the music; The Brookhouse, Kellys, Evil Eye, Franks, Naked Lunch, Fat…
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Old Pulteney Returns To Liverpool Food & Drink Festival With Local Chef Aiden Byrne
Following their successful debut at the Liverpool Food and Drink Festival in 2015, Old Pulteney single malt Scotch whisky and leading local chef Aiden Byrne have teamed up again to bring fine drams and delicious food pairings to this year’s event (17th – 18th September). ‘The Old Pulteney Drifter’, the whisky’s hand-crafted, boat-shaped bar featuring original nautical details and an eye-catching sail-like canopy, will be anchored at Sefton Park throughout the festival. It pays homage…
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City Bartenders All Set To Shake Up Liverpool’s Food & Drink Festival
Bartenders from across Liverpool will be channelling their inner Tom Cruise at The Liverpool Food and Drink Festival this weekend, as the event’s Cocktail Competition makes a popular return. The Liverpool Food and Drink Festival is an annual large-scale event, now in its ninth year. Attracting food lovers from across the North West, it saw over 45,000 visitors descend on its home in Sefton Park in 2015. As part of the event, bartenders from across the city are being…
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7 Reasons Why You Need To Go To The Liverpool Food & Drink Festival
The Liverpool Food & Drink Festival is back for its 9th year and you don’t want to miss out on the biggest foodie event of the season. We’ve put together 7 reasons why you need to get yourself down to Sefton Park next weekend. The Spirit Theatre – pieced together by 5 delicious spirit brands, all offering a unique tale and taster of their tipple! You’ll recognise a number of well-known British and European brands like Snow Queen Vodka, Hayman’s Gin, Pinkster Gin, Bourbon Brothers…
