Festivals
Liverpool’s festivals including music, art, food and drink festivals
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Liverpoool International Festival of Psycadelia Returns To The Blade Factory
British space-psych pioneers Spiritualized are the first headliners for Liverpoool International Festival of Psycadelia 2015. This year’s edition will benefit from an additional performance space, with District – a converted manufacturing facility (formerly The Picket) – joining the existing complex of warehouses across Camp and Furnace and the Blade Factory. Baltic Triangle, Liverpool 25th & 26th September Tickets are available here
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Liverpool Light Night Returns 15th May
LightNight, Liverpool’s one-night arts and culture festival returns to illuminate the city for a sixth year on Friday 15 May from 4pm until late as the launch event of One Magnificent City. You, your friends and your family are invited to explore Liverpool as our world-class galleries, museums and public spaces stay open late for a free showcase of the city’s arts and culture. Follow your own trail of unexpected happenings as the city centre…
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Threshold V: Weekend Review and Bay TV Special Tomorrow Night
It was a festival to remember last weekend as Threshold put on its biggest and most successful event to date at venues all across Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. But don’t just take our word for it…you can catch a special episode of ‘The Guide’ on Bay TV this Thursday night – channel 8 on Freeview and Virgin Media channel 159 – at 8:30pm, which looks at the whole of the weekend’s festivities. Be sure not to…
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Threshold V; Day Three Roundup
The last day of Threshold V seemed a little subdued at first. Perhaps folks were getting over the riotous shenanigans of the previous night, or maybe it was the bitingly windy weather. I had put aside the afternoon session for a suitably restrained look at the static art on show at the festival in The Craft Beer venue. I thought the exhibition, ‘Contrasting Geometries’, had some vital contemporary art and sculpture on show, and that the sophisticated way the…
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Liverpool International Music Festival Announce Big Name Acts For 2015
Basement Jaxx,Labrinth, Laura Mvula, Echo and the Bunnymen, Katy B, Becky Hill, Space, The Real Thing, Bipolar Sunshine, Naughty Boy and loads more will be joining #LIMF2015 Summer Jam in Sefton Park from 29th – 31st August. For More Info & To Keep Up To Date With Artist Announcements Visit www.limfestival.com.
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Threshold V; Day Two Roundup
After the excellent first day at Threshold, I was looking forward to seeing what the festival could bring me to liven up my Saturday. Continuing my plan to see as many diverse acts as possible, I started my viewing in the outside space at Constellations with a set by the excellent Nini. The verve and gusto brought to the stage by this Brazilian singer and her band brightened the grey Liverpool afternoon, bringing a taste…
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X&Y Music Festival 2015 Announce Hudson Taylor As Headliners
Irish Folk Duo Hudson Taylor will headline this year’s X&Y Music Festival at The East Village Arts Club. The Dublin born brother’s Alfie and Harry Hudson Taylor found fame online, with their acoustic sessions getting more than three million hits on Youtube. They released their debut EP ‘Battles’ in August 2012, which reached #1 on iTunes in Ireland and #14 in the UK. This was closely followed up by their second EP ‘CinematicLifestyle’. In October…
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Threshold V: The Full Line-Up For Next Week's Spectacular 3-Day Festival
Stage By Stage Breakdown Here £20 Weekend Passes Available Here
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Farm Feast At Threshold Festival: Constellations To Host Day Of Events On 29th March
At Threshold Festival this March in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle get a taste of what’s in store at this year’s Farm Feast. At Constellations & The Observatory on Greenland Street sample some of the flavours you can expect at Farm Feast 2015 with food, drink, music and an urban market. Farm Feast is a two day festival at Wirral’s Claremont Farm on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of June. Celebrating the best food producers and music,…
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'The Evolution of The Groove' – A Journey Through Dance Music At Threshold Festival
Threshold Presents: The Evolution of The Groove Teaming up with Good Vibrations Magazine and the brand new Fire House Promotions, this year’s Threshold Festival has something special planned for the Baltic Triangle at the end of March… Spread over twelve hours throughout the weekend, ‘The Evolution of The Groove’ will follow modern dance music from its earliest origins in the blues and jazz clubs of the US, to the rich and diverse sounds that have…
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Threshold Laid Bare: Theatre & Performance At Threshold V
The fifth annual Threshold Festival of Music and Arts takes place on 27th-29th March 2015 in venues across the Baltic Triangle district of Liverpool. A strong music and visual arts line-up as always make up the majority of programming at the event, but theatre and performance arts play an increasingly important role for the festival. As a grass-roots, multi-arts event, Threshold aims to platform the very best of what’s happening in the city and a…
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Albert Dock Rum Festival; 7th & 8th March
On Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March Smugglers Cove is taking the lead on the first Albert Dock Rum Festival. Smugglers Cove are offering seven rum tastings throughout the weekend, each with a space for up to ten people so you can bring your friends. Don’t miss out on the steel drum performance in the bar on the Saturday too. If you like a bit of carnival with your rum head along to Circo where…
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'Liverpool Calling' Music Festival Announce First Wave of Acts For 2015
The beautiful and iconic Bombed Out Church remains as Liverpool Calling’s proud hosts, alongside some of the City’s greatest music venues including The Magnet, Sound Food & Drink, and Maguire’s Pizza Bar. Sheffield indie legends Reverend & The Makers will headline the Bombed Out Church to perform a set like no other. Folk acoustic singer Beans on Toast brings his comedic anthems to the Bombed Out Church. They also have the finest local bands on…
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Africa Oye Announces First Acts For 2015 Festival In Sefton Park
UK soul legend Omar will be joined by Mali’s BKO Quintet and Lindigo from Reunion Island. ‘This isn’t just the largest festival of African and Caribbean music in Britain, it’s the best’– The Sunday Times ‘Perhaps Britain’s best free festival’ – Clash Magazine The UK’s largest, free African music festival Africa Oye will grace Sefton Park once again this summer and organisers have unveiled the first 3 acts of a globally acclaimed line up for…
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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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Threshold V: Festival of Music & Arts Calls For Volunteers
Threshold Festival are looking for volunteers to help! The whole festival is completely volunteer led and any help or time anyone is able to give would be invaluable to them. If you are you interested in getting involved behind the scenes with a grassroots music and multi arts festival then please fill out this form: http://form.jotformeu.com/form/42182604111340 If you have any questions please email Sofija here: volunteer@thresholdfestival.co.uk Find out more about the festival here: http://thresholdfestival.co.uk
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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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Threshold Festival 2015 Early Bird Tickets Now Avaliable
Threshold Festival returns for it’s fifth year, 27-29th March 2015, with early bird tickets available now. An annual three day event in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. The focus of festival is collaboration, grass-roots music, first view visual arts & Innovative Performance. Established in 2011, Threshold is dedicated to artist development and driving forward the music and arts industry. Watch the Threshold V Teaser video below; [vimeo 111812420 w=500 h=281] Get Early Bird Tickets Here & For More Info…
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Liverpool Music Week 2014 Closing Party; Review
The 10th annual edition of Liverpool Music Week came to a close on Friday 1st and did it ever reach its conclusion in style. The Camp and Furnace, alongside The Kazimier and the O2 Academy, has hosted a glorious array of musical talent right across LMW14 including the likes of Caribou, Mogwai and Wild Beasts. For the closing party it was the turn of Glasgow synthpop specialists CHVRCHES, playing their first ever show in Liverpool, to take centre stage and…
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Belle & Sebastian Announced As First Liverpool Sound City 2015 Headliners
Liverpool Sound City have announced today that Belle & Sebastian will play Liverpool’s biggest music festival on Sunday 24th May. It was also announced that they would be playing at a brand new Liverpool Sound City venue – Liverpool’s iconic abandoned Docklands. Liverpool Sound City has been shortlisted for the “Best Metropolitan Festival” at this year’s UK Festival Awards. The festival attracts big headline names, rising stars from across the country and showcases artists and…
