Liverpool Events
Liverpool Events and things to do in the City
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St Luke’s Bombed Out Church Gardens Re-Opening In Style On 17th June
The much-loved St Luke’s – better known as the Bombed Out Church – will reopen its Gardens for the first time in nearly two years. To celebrate the Stratford Festival Orchestra & Choir will be performing a live version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. There will be two recitals at 1.00pm and 5.00pm. Fresh from recording a number of Beatles tracks at Abbey Road Studios, London in their own homage to the Fab…
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The Craft Beer Expo Returns To Constellations 15th – 18th June
The Craft Beer Expo returns to Constellations, celebrating its fifth year for what promises to be another fantastic event. For those that haven’t experienced the expo before, expect over 300 beers, 20+ bars and over 80 breweries, sumptuous street food and a specially curated live-music programme. Come rain or shine the festival never disappoints. The Craft Beer Expo is a modern craft beer festival, featuring a new breed of ground-breaking and innovative breweries from the UK,…
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Folk On The Dock Festival Announce First Acts
Folk Festival on the Dock will bring together the city’s rich music and maritime heritage in an exuberant celebration of live acoustic folk, sea shanty and folk rock over the August bank holiday weekend. 2016 saw BBC’s Janice Long host the inaugural event, seeing the Dock welcome over 100 folk, roots, acoustic and sea shanty acts and almost 450 performers and she will return this year to host her own segment across the three days…
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Granby Four Streets Market Returns For The Summer
The Granby Four Streets story is an inspiring one, one of community spirit and determination. The incredible work of the residents has bred new life into the area and that hard work continues each and every day with more exciting developments planned. The return of the Granby Street Market only highlights the spirit of the volunteers and allows us all to get involved in supporting the area. The market has become a much loved part…
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Al Fresco FINCA Paladar Returns To Constellations; Tickets On Sale Now
The city’s most unusual dining experience is back again this month. After a brilliant debut al fresco event, the FINCA Paladar will be returning on Wednesday 28 June in the garden of Greenland Street venue, Constellations, where diners will be treated to an unique three-course menu of Cuban dishes. The Paladar is a nod to the restaurant’s Cuban roots as paladares – or home-run restaurants – are extremely popular in the Caribbean country. From dining at an…
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Free Dance, Music & Instrument Workshops At Africa Oyé’s Anniversary Festival
Liverpool’s leading world dance company Movema are back to rock Africa Oyé’s 25th anniversary festival with a bumper Active Zone full of free workshops for all ages. The Oyé Active Zone is FREE and open to everyone with the whole cultural programme focused on promoting health and wellbeing, learning and participation. Liverpool dance company Movema will be teaching the latest African dance moves for 2017 and young dancers can put their moves to the test in the Unlock…
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The Merchant Is Hosting A GTA Vice City 80’s Themed Party
To celebrate Grand Theft Auto Vice City’s 15th anniversary the Slater Street bar are throwing one hell of an 80’s party with a massive soundtrack. A game that most of us grew up with is turning 15 and The Merchant is not going to let this anniversary slip by unnoticed. They have lined up a soundtrack that includes: Frankie Goes To Hollywood // Tears For Fears // Blondie // The Human League // Toto //…
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The Metquarter Is Getting A Boutique Cinema
New stylish cinema to open in the Metquater next year. Liverpool’s exclusive shopping area The Metquarter is set to welcome the Everyman Cinema with four screens, sofa seating, at-seat food and drink, a wine bar and a private screening lounge which will be available for private hire and corporate events. Everyman Cinema’s are know for showing a host of screenings including the latest big releases, independent cinema or live broadcast arts eventr such as the National Theatre…
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Award-Winning Positive Vibration Festival Returns This Weekend
Liverpool’s award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican heritage returns in this weekend – 9th & 10th June – for a jam-packed weekend of cultural appreciation and positivity. Winner of Best New Festival – UK Festival Awards, Positive Vibration is set to be even bigger and better in 2017. Taking place over the 9th and 10th June 2017 in various venues across the Baltic Triangle, the festival will play host to a plethora of internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems & selectors,…
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Liverpool Noise Hosts A Whitechapel Centre Fundraiser With Superb Bands At 24 Kitchen Street
Continuing their series of charity fundraising concerts, Liverpool Noise are proud to present their latest gig at 24 Kitchen Street on July 7. With a number of musical styles on offer, the event has something for everyone. There are five acts, all from the Merseyside area, performing on the night. R n’ B duo Deliah, who have a single Waiting For The Rain currently available on most digital platforms, are first on the line up.…
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Celebrate World Gin Day At The Botanical Garden This Saturday 10th June
Now fully in bloom, The Botanical Garden in Liverpool is the city’s most idyllic hideaway, nestled in the backstreets of the Baltic Triangle in the shadow of the Anglican Cathedral. There’s a special day taking place there on Saturday 10th June, as The Botanical Garden celebrates World Gin Day – if ever there were two concepts more suitable together, it is these – featuring a day and night of education and entertainment. Throughout the day…
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DJ Spooky Heads To The Philharmonic For Sgt Pepper At 50 Event ‘Getting Better?’
Paul McCartney sang, “it’s getting better all the time?” Or is it a case, as the laconic John Lennon responded, that it “couldn’t get no worse”? That’s what Paul D Miller, aka DJ Spooky, sets out to answer. The Washington DC-born composer, artist and author will explore the question through a mixture of performance and an audio-visual installation. DJ Spooky will take to the stage at the Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room with Liverpool String Quartet…
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Africa Oyé Announce Main Stage Running Order
Africa Oyé have revealed the running order for their Main Stage acts ahead of the 25th Anniversary Festival on June 17th and 18th in Sefton Park. The host of international stars such as Mokoomba and Max Romeo are complemented by local acts, Nutribe & Butcha B as well as Anwar Ali & Dave Owen and there are also welcome returns from Liverpool community acts such as drumming troupe Beatlife. To keep Sefton Park moving in between the main…
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Chef Gary Usher Smashes UK’s Largest Ever Kickstarter Campaign For A UK Restaurant – Wreckfish Liverpool Is Coming!
Chef owner, Gary Usher, launched an ambitious £200k Kickstarter campaign on 2nd May to open a 100-cover restaurant in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool city centre. With high profile and humbling support from the likes of Tom Kerridge, Simon Rimmer and several other Michelin star chefs, Usher’s campaign reached the £200k goal with 45 hours to go, from the support of 1,441 backers and counting. The record-breaking £200k crowdfunding campaign is the largest ever amount…
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Pier Head Village Announces Programme For This Summer’s Village Festival
Pier Head Village announces its programme of entertainment in the run up to the official opening on 30th June. The festival takes over Liverpool’s iconic waterfront next month with an action-packed, summer-long programme combining a wide range of enticing offers from thrills to music and art to culture with all things in between, and all on the most iconic waterfront in Europe. The Pier Head Village is Liverpool’s newest and most ambitious leisure attraction and will…
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Liverpool Disco Festival Returns Sat 7th October; Tickets Go On Sale This Week
The Liverpool Disco Festival is back, once more taking place across the renascent Baltic Triangle district of the city. The action takes place on Saturday October 7th, and will bring together some of the most iconic global names together from the disco, house, garage, soul and funk spectrums for one magical day and night. Liverpool Disco Festival is a celebration of all things soulful, seductive and scintillating, and following on from May’s epic collaboration with…
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Becky Hill, M.O, Jessie Reyez & More Join The LIMF 2017 Line Up
She Drew The Gun, The Vryll Society, ZuZu, the twenty LIMF Academy ‘Class Of 2017’ and more also announced for the fifth anniversary . Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) has announced the final acts for its 2017 Summer Jam line-up at Sefton Park with Becky Hill, M.O, Jessie Reyez, She Drew The Gun, The Vryll Society, Zuzu, Paris Youth Foundation, Pixey, Pink Kink, Jo Mary, Charlie Straw and the 20 LIMF Academy ‘Class Of 2017’ joining the likes of the…
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New Liverpool Bar YARD Now Open In The Baltic Triangle
YARD – Liverpool’s newest outdoor bar, opened it’s doors on Friday. Situated in the heart of the Baltic Triangle, next to District, YARD is an intimate and vibrant space, offering a fine selection of drink, music, and soon-to-be, food (with ItalFresh bringing back their Thursday night pop-up from 8th June). Using a 15ft shipping container as the bar and scaffolding boards as tables, YARD truly embraces and celebrates its industrial surroundings. YARD will continue the good vibes over the Bank Holiday…
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PreckyFest Preview
Merseyside music festival to mark the ten year anniversary of The Steve Prescott Foundation. After receiving surgery to remove tumors following a diagnosis of pseudomyxoma peritonei, a rare form of cancer, in 2006 Steve Prescott began rising money for charity. This led to the formation of The Steve Prescott Foundation which has to date raised over one million pounds for Try Assist (formally The Rugby League Benevolent Fund) and The Christie Hospital. Before his death…
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LIV Food Market Celebrates Vegan & Plant Based Lifestyles This Sunday
This bank holiday Sunday, LIV Food Market is holding a Plant Based Power Celebration in their cultural home of Radiant House on Bold Street. Promoting the hugely popular plant based diets, LIV will celebrate the power of plants and the many different benefits that this diet and lifestyle comes with. With an array of delicious free samples for customers and locals to try and taste, including lots of their freshly baked vegan cakes, cheeses and…
