Liverpool Events
Liverpool Events and things to do in the City
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Bongo’s Bingo Live Stream Shows Set To Continue Throughout Coronavirus Lockdown
After a string of successful Bongo’s Bingo live stream shows the team has announced that they will be continuing to live stream as often as they can during the Coronavirus lockdown. During last night’s (Tuesday 24 March) show Jonny ‘Bongo’ Lacey said that they would aim to live stream twice a week while the country is on lockdown. Jonny Bongo will be lifting people’s spirits again on Thursday Tuesday 26 March, 8pm with the fourth…
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Bongo’s Bingo On Twitch: Second Live Show Will Be Streamed This Week
Here’s how you can watch and play Bongo’s Bingo on Twitch for free… Jonny Bongo will be lifting people’s spirits again tomorrow night (Tuesday 24 March, 8pm) with a second edition of Bongo’s Bingo to be broadcast on live streaming platform Twitch. The Bongo’s Bingo team decided to do a live show on Saturday night to cheer people up following the governement’s guidance to close all pubs, bars and restaurants until further notice due to…
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Sound City 2020 Announces New Festival Dates: 25-27 September
Sound City 2020 rearranged dates have been announced due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The festival is now scheduled to take place 25 – 27 September 2020. Returning to the Baltic Triangle for its third year Sound City 2020 edition will feature an exclusive Friendly Fires headline show. Picture the music festival, which was established in 2008 as a sprawling block party where pop-up bars, clubs and warehouses make way for the hottest new music talent…
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Record Store Day 2020 In Liverpool: New Date 20 June
Record Store Day 2020 officially announced that there will be releases from Gorillaz, Eminem, The Cure, Biffy Clyro and Robyn. Plus, U2, Manic Sreet Preachers and David Bowie will release exclusive vinyls in aid of War Child. We’ll be looking at what releases you can expect for Record Store Day 2020 in Liverpool. RSD 2020 will return on Saturday 20 June, rather than 18 April, due to the Coronavirus outbreak, with hundreds of cassette and…
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The Best Film And Cinema Events Happening In Liverpool This March
Film fans it’s time to assemble once more – we’ve hand picked our highlights of what’s on the big screens to bring you the best film and cinema events in Liverpool in March. Persepolis: Blackburne House, 18 March Based on Satrapi’s graphic novel about her life in pre and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe. A must watch for avid film fans. Tickets are free, but you can donate any amount you wish – and…
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The Baltic Farm Set To Create Urban Farm And Cultural Events Space In The Baltic
Liverpool City Council has approved plans for an urban farm project, the Baltic Farm, in the Baltic Triangle. The Baltic Farm started operating in the Baltic area last year and now plans have been approved for a space behind The Wedding House building to become their permanent home. The project is a joint venture of Great George Street and Farm Urban, currently based in the CIC Building, where the city’s first Vertical Hydroponic Farm is…
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Doc’n Roll Music Documentary Festival Returns 26 – 29 March
Doc’n Roll Music Documentary Festival, returns to the Mersey for its biggest and best event yet: the 5th Liverpool edition, which runs from from 26 to 29 March 2020 at Picturehouse at FACT and The British Music Experience (BME). From Zambian rock to MySpace-spawned waves of electronic creativity, Doc’n Roll Liverpool 2020’s five acclaimed full-length feature films each spotlight a unique musical landscape. Witness the births of movements both musical (Drum & Bass and the…
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FACT’s Year of The Living Planet Launches With New Exhibition 20 March – 14 June 2020
On 19 March, FACT’s Year of The Living Planet launches with the opening of a major new art exhibition, And Say the Animal Responded? What would animals say to us if we listened to them? What might we learn about the state of our shared planet? At a time when billions of animals are being lost because of human activity, we still place the interests of humans above those of animals. Studies show that animals feel…
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Ghostbusters Documentary Screening At VideOdyssey
One of the best films of the 80’s can be seen in a whole new light thanks to a new Ghostbusters documentary screening at VideOdyssey on Saturday 14 March. Having celebrated the 35th anniversary of Ivan Reitman’s cult favourite with its European premiere at BFI IMAX, CLEANIN’ UP THE TOWN: Remembering Ghostbusters is heading for VideOdyssey. Directed and produced by the brother and sister team of Anthony and Claire Bueno, the film pays a fitting…
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Stranger Things Themed Bar Coming To Liverpool
A Stranger Things themed bar in Liverpool this October could coniside with the Season 4 premiere… A Stranger Things themed bar will be popping up in Liverpool later this year allowing fans the chance to hang out in The Upside Down. Brought you you by “Something A Little Different” themed nights the bars location is still top secret but you can expect Stranger Things themed cocktails and bar snacks in a venue decked out to…
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Liverpool One Celebrates World Book Day With Hundreds of Free Books
Liverpool One Celebrates World Book Day by spreading free books across the shopping centre… Bookworms of all ages can enjoy a special treat today (Thursday 5 March) as Liverpool ONE fills its streets with hundreds of books to celebrate World Book Day. The retail and leisure destination has teamed up with book sharing organisation The Book Fairies Liverpool to encourage visitors to discover a new story or pick up their favourite tale. As part of…
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Future Yard Festival Announce Series of 2020 Events
The team behind Future Yard Festival has announced Near Future, a pop-up music venue and Birkenhead’s only dedicated live music space. Initially Near Future will be showcasing a series of live events between 25th April – 20th June 2020. It will present some of the most exciting emerging new artists from across the UK – and very special returning local icons. The success of the first Future Yard Festival last year proved that there is…
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Positive Vibration Announce Second Wave of Acts for 2020 Festival
The award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican culture, Positive Vibration Festival has announced even more acts ahead of the festival’s return to the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool on 12 and 13 June 2020. Since its inception in 2016, Positive Vibration Festival of Reggae has established itself as one of the country’s most exciting and eclectic reggae festivals, playing host to internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems + selectors and some of the brightest new talent.…
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Milo Seabird To Launch New EP ‘I Lie Low’ At Parr Street Studio 2
Liverpool’s Milo Seabird will follow up on their 2019 debut single with I Lie Low, a 5 track EP of brand new material to be released on 19 March. Last year ex – Lumin Bells front man Nico Hercules teamed up with Ollie Hawes to start a new musical project. After adding Jamie Maguire on lead guitar, Dave Pye on bass and Wez Clarke on drums, Milo Seabird were born. Focusing on songwriting and recording for most of 2019, the…
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Africa Oyé Announce First Wave of Artists Including Female Supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique
Africa Oyé have revealed the first three live music acts for their 2020 festival of music and culture in Liverpool. Female pan-African supergroup, Les Amazones D’Afrique, Ghanian highlife stars,Santrofi and Cameroonian songstress Valerie Ekoume will all grace the Sefton Park stage when the festival returns for its 28th annual event on 20th and 21st June, 2020. An all-female collective of West African musicians, Les Amazones D’Afrique made a huge impact across the globe with their 2017 debut album, République Amazone. Singing out against gender…
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LightNight To Return On 15 May With ‘Home’ Theme
LightNight will return on Friday 15 May, once again keeping the doors to the city’s unique venues, museums and galleries open late to celebrate the arts and culture scene in Liverpool. LightNight is Liverpool’s one-night arts festival giving visitors the chance to see the city in a new light. The event presents new and ambitious artistic commissions amidst a vibrant programme of more than 100 events happening across the city. There’s everything from large-scale light…
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Cream Classical 2020 Lineup Announced
Cream Classical 2020 has announced the lineup for its return to Sefton Park on 18 July. The 2020 edition will include DJ sets from Basement Jaxx, Faithless and Leftfield. There will also be appearances from Cream legends including David Morales, Roger Sanchez, Danny Rampling, Seb Fontaine, John Kelly, Tall Paul, Paul Bleasdale and Andy Carroll. One of the highlights of the event will be the 50-piece Kaleidoscope Orchestra – an orchestra made for the 21st…
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30 Reasons Why Vilnius is Amazing
Vilnius: you may have heard of it but can you pinpoint where it really is? Maybe it’s in Turkey? No wonder you thought that – Vilnius is one of few capitals where hot air balloons can fly freely over it. But guess again. Somewhere next to Chernobyl? Well, Chernobyl was filmed in Vilnius but take another guess. Germany, right? Ah, glasses all over the city are definitely overflowing with beer, so Cheers! Close call –…
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Zombie Nightmare Event Heading For St Johns Shopping Centre
Do you like the idea of being chased by zombies around St John Shopping Centre? Of course you do. The award-winning Zombie Nightmare is arriving in Liverpool on 27 and 28 March and it promises to be a frightfully good night. If you’re feeling brave enough to buy tickets then you’ll experience a 60 minute zombie survival experience inside St Johns Shopping Centre. With the military defeated and civilisation left in ruins, in a post-apocalyptic…
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There’s A Quentin Tarantino Themed Party Coming To Camp & Furnace
Camp & Furnace has announced a Quentin Tarantino themed party featuring a two-course American diner themed dinner, a bottomless fizz hour, themed cocktails, Tarantino soundtracks, visuals, film clips and more. Happening on Saturday 11 April from 5pm, you can expect an evening filled dedicated to the legendary Hollywood film director. Tickets go on sale on Thursday 20th February and you can sign up for ticket alerts via Skiddle. Tarantino is known for his often violent,…
