Liverpool Event Reviews

Get the lowdown on Liverpool events with impartial reviews so you can plan your next day or night out in the city

  • Sound City 2019 Review 1

    Sound City 2019 Review

    Sound City’s best decision was bringing the annual festival back to the city centre and its second year in the Baltic Triangle has proved to be a big success with stand out moments from Liverpool’s own Clean Cut Kid, Salford’s The Lottery Winners and headliner Loyle Carner. Saturday saw a big turnout in the Baltic Triangle and a buzz that typifies the festival, with people (us included) briskly walking from stage to stage to catch the…

  • New Roxy Ball Room Super-Venue Now Open 1

    New Roxy Ball Room Super-Venue Now Open

    The second Roxy Ball Room opened in style on Friday, the new super-venue, which is housed on the site of the old BHS café is the company’s 8th and largest site to date. The new venue features a host of leisure and gaming facilities including a four-lane bowling alley and nine-hole mini golf course along with ping pong, pool, shuffleboard, beer pong, arcade games and more. Ideal for those who want a bit of action on…

  • The world’s largest collection of original football shirts is coming to Royal Albert Dock Liverpool

    The world’s largest collection of original football shirts is coming to Royal Albert Dock Liverpool

    Football fans are in for a treat as a limited edition pop-up store opens for one-month only at the iconic Royal Albert Dock Liverpool. Classic Football Shirts is the home of classic, rare, retro and vintage football shirts, and will be opening its doors at 11am on Friday 3 May at Unit 3, Britannia Pavilion. Founded in 2006 by friends Matt Dale and Doug Brierton who set up the company as students, Classic Football Shirts…

  • Free Dance, Music & Instrument Workshops At Africa Oyé's Anniversary Festival

    Africa Oyé announce third wave of acts for 2019 festival

    The Garifuna Collective from Belize and legendary reggae artist Horace Andy will headline the 27th annual Africa Oyé 2019 festival this summer. Taking place in Liverpool’s Sefton Park on the 22nd and 23rd of June, the music and culture of Africa and the Diaspora will once again take centre stage for two free days of fantastic live performances, DJ sets and multi-arts workshops. Leading the way for this latest announcement, and performing as part of…

  • Birdies Bar Ready To Welcome In The Summer Following Cains Brewery Takeover

    Birdies Bar Ready To Welcome In The Summer Following Cains Brewery Takeover

    Birdies Bar has officially celebrated its new look in style serving up more than 6,000 cocktails in its first four days of opening. The much-loved hotspot has doubled in size at its Cains Brewery Village home and offers a revamped image, complete with additional dining, drinking and live entertainment space spanning 8,000 sq. ft. With an all new cocktail menu and a delicious BBQ menu courtesy of in-house street food vendor Apocalypse Cow, the venue…

  • LightNight 2019 Guide 1

    LightNight 2019 Guide

    LightNight returns for its 10th year on 17 May with over 100 free events happening across 50 venues in the city. LightNight is a free, diverse, late-night cultural programme which celebrates different art forms in one spectacular night of entertainment and this year the theme is ‘Ritual’. “For LightNight 2019, we will consider ritual as a universal phenomenon, spanning the breadth of human history, and also as an artistic process by which we shift our…

  • Pizza Making Masterclasses At Crazy Pedro's

    Pizza Making Masterclasses At Crazy Pedro’s

    The part-time pizza parlour and full-time party bar, Crazy Pedro’s on Parr Street, has relaunched its masterclasses dedicated to pizza making priced at £25 per person. Famed for its outlandish pizza toppings and most enviable selection of mezcal and tequila outside of Mexico, Crazy Pedro’s classes are geared towards  anyone looking to have some fun with friends or colleagues while stretching pizzas like pros – and creating the endless topping combinations. Learn the art of pizza…

  • Junkyard Golf Club: First Look Inside 2

    Junkyard Golf Club: First Look Inside

    From humble beginnings Junkyard Golf Club has become one of the UK’s most popular crazy golf destinations with locations in Leeds, Manchester, Oxford, London and now Liverpool. We were invited down for a first look of the venue last week and we can honestly say it’s one of the coolest new places in the city and an absolute must for crazy golf fans. Liverpool has a reputation as a fun city and so it’s a…

  • Spring Art Classes and Creative Workshops from dot-art

    Spring Art Classes and Creative Workshops from dot-art

    Looking for art classes in Liverpool? dot-art are offering a range of classes starting this spring. Spring is just around the corner! Take advantage of the longer and lighter days and treat yourself to a creative course or art workshop in an inspiring location in Liverpool’s city centre. dot-art run fun, friendly evening and weekend courses which are open to everyone and take place in a range of locations across the city. This season they have…

  • Fiesta Bombarda Birthday Celebration in the Williamson Tunnels

    Fiesta Bombarda Birthday Celebration in the Williamson Tunnels

    Fiesta Bombarda have announced their 7th birthday party plans. Taking place on 1st June, the celebration will take over the intimate settings of the Williamson Tunnels. Tickets are expected to sell out quickly for this one so don’t delay. The vibrant travelling carnival Fiesta Bombarda celebrates seven years of throwing parties on Saturday 1st June by hosting a special and very intimate event in the Williamson Tunnels. After the sellout Sefton Park Palm House carnival, Bombarda returns…

  • Threshold Festival Celebrates Arts Council Success 1

    Liverpool Threshold Festival 2019

    The Threshold Festival of Music and Arts 2019 is almost upon us – having leap-frogged Brexit – and this year it has to be said is simply sensational. Being incorporated into the BBC6 Fringe, the latest and last artistic announcement is an absolute corker! Our very own and very excellent Popped Music are bringing us the mighty “Bang Band Romeo”, but that’s only the icing on the festival cake. Other highlights come thick and fast.…

  • How We Spent A Spontaneous Day In Liverpool 1

    How We Spent A Spontaneous Day In Liverpool

    There’s a hundred different ways you could spend a spontaneous day in Liverpool…here’s just one way. As you might have guessed already there’s nothing we love more than exploring our city and discovering everything that’s happening, from the opening of new venues to events and exhibitions we’re lucky that Liverpool is a city that is constantly evolving and there’s new bars, restaurants and experiences popping up all the time. So we challenged ourselves to step out…

  • Liverpool Museums and Art Galleries Guide 2

    Celebrate Mother’s Day In Liverpool’s Maritime Museum

    Hosted by National Museums Liverpool has launched its exclusive Mother’s Day offering set to take place in the iconic Merseyside Maritime Museum on 31 March. Located in the Maritime Dining Room on the Museum’s fourth floor, the ticketed dining experience will include a glass of fizz on arrival, followed by a Sunday feast comprising of a specially-curated two-course sharing menu, ideal for the whole family. As part of the occasion, the event will showcase a…

  • New Liver Building Clock Tower Audio Visual Experience Revealed

    New Liver Building Clock Tower Audio Visual Experience Revealed

    A world-class audio-visual experience within the Clock Tower of Liverpool’s Royal Liver Building has been revealed, ahead of the new RLB360 visitor attraction’s official opening early next month. The immersive experience, backed by an original music score, is digitally-projected directly onto the walls of the historic clock tower within the 322ft Grade I-listed structure and explores the building’s significance to Liverpool and how the city has changed in the 108-years since the Liver Building was…

  • LIMF First Wave Line Up Announced

    LIMF First Wave Line Up Announced

    Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) has announced hip hop legends De La Soul, chart-topping Ella Eyre and DJ Duo Sigma amongst the line up for 2019’s festival which returns to Sefton Park on 20 & 21 July. Also on the bill is the hugely talented singer-songwriter and rapper Maverick Sabre and electro rnb star NAO. LIMF has also lined up Disco Classical – Camerata Orchestra reworking iconic disco tracks – with special guests Sister Sledge, for…

  • Bongo's Bingo Team Open Bongo’s Bungalow Bar

    Bongo’s Bingo Team Open Bongo’s Bungalow Bar

    Jonny Bongo and Joshua Burke are very proud to announce the launch of Bongo’s Bungalow. It’s all set to be Cains Brewery Village’s most intimate hideaway, opening for business over the incoming St Patrick’s Weekend. Whilst the transient Festive Party House kept the red-eyed spirit of Xmas staggering all the way to NYE, Bongo’s Bungalow is a permanent abode on the fringe of the site, and it launches on Thursday 14 March just in time for…

  • Red Dog Saloon Launches ‘Meating Places’ Sunday

    Red Dog Saloon Launches ‘Meating Places’ Sunday

    The authentic Austin barbecue will offer a Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich and a schooner of Samuel Adams beer for £10 every Sunday evening across all Red Dog Saloon sites. The Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich is an indulgent classic; a mouth-watering combination of thinly sliced steak, caramelised onions, dripping with melted American cheese in a small loaf of bread. Accompanied with a schooner of the refreshing Samuel Adams Boston lager, the combo makes the perfect snack to enjoy…

  • Weekend-long Paddy's Day Festival Coming To Camp and Furnace 1

    Weekend-long Paddy’s Day Festival Coming To Camp and Furnace

    From green lager to free parties and 10,000 pints of Guinness – plans are announced for city venue’s WEEKEND-LONG St. Patrick’s Day extravaganza Camp and Furnace today revealed that their Paddy’s Day celebrations this year and they’re bigger than ever before. Running across an entire weekend on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March, the Baltic Triangle venue will be kicking things off in style with a traditional Irish breakfast on both days, including including white…

  • The Roman's Activity Park: The Ultimate Day Out In Liverpool 1

    The Roman’s Activity Park: The Ultimate Day Out In Liverpool

    Ever wanted to try your hand at Roman boxing, Goat Milking or Giant Sandal Racing? Ok, maybe you’ve never really thought about it, but we think you might want to thanks to The Roman’s Activity Park! The Romans is a bespoke 1,500 sq metre park which includes eight games stations, a purpose-built coliseum, six Instagram stations and an outdoor gin garden. All participants will receive costumes, face painting and will meet and be hosted by…

  • Pieminister To Celebrate National Pie Week In Style 1

    Pieminister To Celebrate National Pie Week In Style

    There’s loads of delicious deals happening at Pieminister this week (4-10 March). From Mothership Monday to Sunday Funday, Pieminister will be bringing you seven days of amazing pie deals that will make you think you’ve died and gone to pie heaven. And on Pieday Friday (8 March) someone right here in Liverpool will win a year’s supply of pies!  Just buy a pie from Pieminister that day (to eat in, takeaway or have delivered to…