Festivals
Liverpool’s festivals including music, art, food and drink festivals
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Hope Fest Day One At The Brink
Constrained by my usual need to work to pay the bills, I didn’t reach Brink until half way through the set by Eleanor, so deepest apologies to the acts I didn’t manage to see. Eleanor Nellie has a strong, clear voice which contains a controlled passion. The way she delivers her lyrics shows a maturity beyond her years. Her emphatic set and soaring vocals made a great start to my evening. The next performer,…
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Hope Fest 19th-21st September Full Line Up
Wristbands for the whole weekend & all venues can be obtained by donating a ‘Hope Pack’ which must include: socks, jumper, toothbrush, toothpaste and soap. Wristbands can be obtained at any venue on the door over the festival weekend. Alternatively donate an item on the door to access that venue. We can take non perishable food, clothing (small sizes preferred, underwear and socks must be new), household goods such as kettle, toaster, microwave, radio,…
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Recovery Street Film Festival Set To Showcase In Liverpool City Centre
Following its successful launch in London, the Recovery Street Film Festival is set to showcase in Paradise Street next Friday (September, 19). Organised by a consortium of treatment providers including Action on Addiction, Phoenix Futures, Turning Point, CRI, Blenheim, supported by Public Health England and Drugscope – the festival aims to celebrate and promote recovery from substance misuse. At 12:30pm, the festival will welcome Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Cllr Erica Kemp, who will deliver an…
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The Liverpool Irish Festival Returns With Film, Arts, Music, Food & Football
The 12th Liverpool Irish Festival returns to the city this October celebrating Liverpool’s unique relationship with Ireland and showcasing the finest in contemporary and traditional Irish culture. From the English première of Seamus Heaney’s final works to a celebration of Gaelic football with the first Liverpool Irish Festival Cup and a talk by John Larkin QC, Attorney General for Northern Ireland, this year’s Festival is bigger than ever spreading across ten days in a cavalcade…
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Hope Fest: The Big One – 3 Day Music Festival In Aid Of The Whitechapel Centre & The Basement
Black Seasons, Cousin Avi, TJ & Murphy, The Amazing Kappa & Western Promise to Headline The Festival. Following the success of the first ever HOPE Fest in March, HOPE FEST: The Big one, in aid of the Merseyside’s homeless, will feature eighty bands and be held over five venues in three days which are The Brink, The Lomax, The Magnet, The Baltic Social & The Albert Lark Lane. All acts donate their time, all staff are volunteers. But…
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Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia 26th & 27th September; Preview
Set in the vibrant and creative Baltic Triangle, Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia (or Liverpool Psych Fest for short) is only two-years young but already looking like one hell of an event. On the 26th & 27th of September, Camp and Furnace and Blade Factory will be awash with all things psychedelic; bands, films and visuals will engulf the former 18th century storage warehouse and almost definitely our minds. This year they play host to some…
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Liverpool Calling Part Two; More Action From The Bombed Out Church
Whilst hundreds of thousands of people from Liverpool, and visitors from outside the city, gathered to watch three colossal creatures roam through town, the question is what were the rest of us doing? One such alternative was only the second Liverpool Calling Festival, which took place throughout the Saturday of the Giants’ visit, and was spread across multiple venues including The Kazimier, The Zanzibar, Magnet, Sound Food and Drink and Maguire’s Pizza Bar. Giants were…
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FestEVOL Is Back With A Stellar Line Up For It's Second Year
FestEVOL is nearly with us again. The second edition of FestEVOL showcases the best of Merseyside music including Stealing Sheep, By The Sea, Bird and Tea Street Band. The hugely anticipated Liverpool festival has firmly made its mark with festival goers for bringing the musical best of Liverpool together in 2013. Now, Festevol is back, just in time for the August sun. The line up once again highlights the varied and talented musicians of Liverpool,…
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Liverpool Calling Part One; Featuring Sound Food & Drink Acoustic Stage To Bombed Out Church Headliners Space
Though most were concerned about the return of those monolithic marionettes, the ‘Giants’ meandering around town and in some cases ‘farting’ and losing their head to the delight of thousands, 26th July also marked the return of a more subtle spectacle, namely Liverpool Calling. Like the ‘Giants’ Liverpool Calling is an event still in it’s infancy, with this being only its second year, but any music fans who failed to answer it’s call, in favour of…
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Astral Coast 2014; Review
This was the third annual event of the Astral Coast festival taking place at the Floral Pavilion Theatre in New Brighton which, in its brief period of existence, specialises in showcasing some of Merseyside’s best established and most exciting new musical talent. Although not a frequent visitor to the Wirral, I had only recently returned from Glastonbury and am still very much in the festival spirit and had the taste for some local live music.…
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FestEvol Gardens Announce Line Up Including Bird, Natalie McCool & Tea Street Band
The line up for this years Festevol has been announced. A stellar line up of local talent will grace The Kazimier on 9th August. Tickets can be purchased here.
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Liverpool Calling: Final Line-Up Confirmed – Top Venues & Fantastic Talent Added
Saturday July 26th, 2014 Locations; The Bombed Out Church, The Kazimier, Korova, Zanzibar, Maguires Pizza Bar, Sound Food & Drink, Next to Nowhere, Studio 2 Anticipation for Liverpool Calling is rising as the final line-up is confirmed and a whole host of top venues and fantastic talent is added. Amongst all the newly added talent there are also new venues to accommodate them. The Bombed Out Church will host Liverpool Calling for the second year…
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Flux Festival: A Summer of Art
As many of us well and truly know summer has been christened with the title ‘Festival Season’ and with many people jetting off to the likes of Glastonbury and Leeds it’s very easy to find yourself in a gloom watching the highlights on TV. However never fear because the glory of living in Liverpool is the showcases of culture it provides which includes this year’s fortnight long festival; Flux Festival. What is Flux festival? It…
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Africa Oyé 2014 Preview; Sefton Park 21st & 22nd June
With the recent spell of glorious weather we’ve been having set to continue, it seems only fitting that this weekend should see the return of Africa Oyé. Now in its 22nd year the African music festival is the largest of its kind in the UK and, without a doubt, one of the cultural highlights of the summer for Liverpool. The two-day event celebrates African music and culture and looks to showcase the very best of…
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Memories Of August 1914 – The Giants Routes 25th-27th July
Memories of August 1914 will run from 23-27 July, however the main walk will take place between 25th-27th. The Full Routes Are Detailed Below; Friday 25 July Little Girl Giant and Xolo 11am – 1.30pm approx Wake up 11.00am and leave Queensway Tunnel entrance via Old Haymarket, St John’s Lane, Queen Square Bus Station, onto Whitechapel, Paradise Street, Hanover Street, Ranelagh Street, Great Charlotte Street, Elliott Street, Lime Street down to Renshaw Street, Berry Street,…
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International Mersey River Festival 13th-15th June
This year’s International Mersey River Festival promises to be bigger and better than last years event. The free three day festival taking place from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th June will stretch from the Echo Arena to Princes Parade. From Thursday a fleet of six tall ships are expected in the Albert and Canning Docks to join three others currently there. With the recently redeveloped pathway at the Albert Dock completed just in time for…
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Liverpool Calling Final Line Up Announcements Include Space & Jetta
Today Liverpool Calling announced their line up for the Bombed Out Church stage with headliner’s the legendary Space. Platinum selling band Space came to prominence in the mid 1990′s, with hit singles such as Female of the Species, Neighbourhood, Avenging Angels, Me and you Verses the World and The Ballad of Tom Jones. They also worked with Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews. Also announced was rising star Jetta. Stepping out of the shadows of…
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Liverpool Sound City 2014 Preview
On the 1st-3rd May 2014, some of Liverpool’s best intimate music venues will be host to more than 360 of the industries finest artists for the Sound City Festival. Around 400 music fans and 300 industry professionals will be pouring into some of the city’s top spots, from the Liverpool Cathedral to the renowned cavern club for a weekend of music, digital and film. The three day festival including conferences with celebrity keynote speakers is now…
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Liverpool Calling Announces First Wave Of Acts For Its 2nd Annual Festival
Saturday July 26th, 2014 Locations; The Kazimier, Korova, Maguires Pizza Bar Liverpool Calling storms into its second year, announcing a mighty first wave of acts “Liverpool Calling was another event that drew all kinds of people from far and wide to partake in a very modern form of worship” – Liverpool Echo/Getintothis Rating * * * * * – Liverpool Sound and Vision Having sold out across St. Luke’s Bombed Out Church and The Shipping Forecast in its…
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Threshold Festival; Part One
Last weekend Threshold Festival returned for it’s fourth year and has come a long way in that time. Located around the ever expanding bars and cafes and music venues of the Baltic Triangle. It was a unique weekend which delivered some of the best up and coming talent the city has to offer. With all the locations within a sensible walking distance it was a fun weekend of dashing from venue to venue trying to…
