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Liverpool Art Fair 2023 At The Royal Liver Building
This summer will see the much-anticipated return of Liverpool Art Fair, with the highly successful event taking place at the iconic Royal Liver Building for the first time. The event, which is free to attend, will be open to the public from 30 June to 20 August, Tuesday – Sunday, 12-6pm. Visitors will be able to view an amazing array of paintings, sculptures and prints by 175 local artists. Art prices start at £20, there…
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TNT Extreme Wrestling Returns With June Double-Header Show
TNT Extreme Wrestling will be back in Liverpool on 17 June for a huge day of professional wrestling as the company brings their shows “High Voltage” and “Going Off Big Time” to the Hangar34 music venue in the heart of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. Both shows are set to feature a series of exciting bouts and recognised international talent including American star Jordan Oliver, known for his work in Game Changer Wrestling. The event will take…
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Enjoy Art, Sangria, And Sunshine At Arts Bar Hope Street With Their ‘Celebrating Summer’ Event
Summer is here and people have been flocking to outdoor spots to make the most of the sunshine. So how do indoor venues compete in hot weather? In sunnier climates all kinds of businesses have outdoor spaces, including art galleries some of which boast roof top lounges or courtyard bars. However, creative hubs with terraces are rare in the UK and according to Art Bar Hope Street curator, Laura McCann, that’s another good reason to…
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What Is Bongo’s Bingo, And What Should You Expect From It?
There are a lot of things Liverpool is famous for. Steven Gerrard, The Beatles, the Radio City Tower, but more recently, another iconic staple has joined the list: Bongo’s Bingo. Created in 2015 by Jonny Bongo – whose real name is Jonny Lacey, but, you know, Bongo works better – the idea behind the brand was to take an event that was identified as “something for the oldies” and give it a new breath of…
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Gin And Rum Festival Returns To Liverpool This Autumn
The largest gin and rum festival is making a triumphant return to The Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool on Saturday 28 October and it’s already shaping up to be an unmissable event. With an incredible selection of over 120 varieties of gins, rums and tequilas from all over the world, tickets have been selling out fast, with all events almost sold out for the entirety of 2023. But that’s not all; this year, the festival has…
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Laces Out! Trainer Festival Moves To New, Bigger Venue For June Event
Laces Out! Trainer Festival, the ultimate gathering for sneaker enthusiasts, has just announced its relocation to a larger and more spacious venue, the ACC Exhibition Centre at Kings Dock Liverpool. The highly anticipated event on Saturday 17 June promises an even bigger and better experience for attendees and makes this year’s date one of the biggest in Europe. Moving Laces Out! to the ACC Exhibition Centre is fueled by the overwhelming response from previous years…
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Huge Gigs Heading to CONTENT Liverpool This Summer & Beyond
CONTENT is gearing up to launch as a live music venue from next week in Liverpool. And there’s some seriously good gigs coming up to get exciting about. The action kicks off with American icon Caroline Polachek performing on Friday 26 May. Her incredible vocal range and wonderfully diverse pop songs all feature on her Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, already feted as one of the iconic albums of 2023 and she’s all…
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Full Line-Up Revealed For Physical Fest 2023
The full programme of performance, events and workshops for Physical Fest in Liverpool this summer has been announced. The international celebration – taking place from 29 June to 7 July 2023 at venues including Liverpool Everyman, Unity Theatre, and Invisible Wind Factory – is one of only two dedicated physical theatre festivals in the UK. Running since 2005, Physical Fest attracts participants from all over the world with a diverse programme shining a light on physical theatre in all its forms. The festival begins with programme curators Tmesis Theatre and…
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Prescot Elizabethan Fayre Returns
Prescot’s Elizabethan Fayre returns this year to celebrate the town’s Elizabethan heritage and its renaissance, all with a contemporary twist. The free fayre is a popular date in Knowsley’s events calendar and there will be plenty for everyone to enjoy. It will be a fun-filled day packed with theatre and dance performances, circus skills, craft workshops, music, heritage walks, artisan stalls and more. Visitors can also experience a piece of Tudor history, with candle making,…
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The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust Announce Line-up For A One-off Free Gig At The Eurovision Village
Following tickets for the United By Music Tour of Liverpool selling out in less than four minutes, The National Lottery and leading UK charity Music Venue Trust has announced an additional gig taking place the week of Eurovision. Lightning Seeds, Girls Don’t Sync, Miles Kane and Michael Aldag will all take to the stage at a special gig at the Eurovision Village in Liverpool on Wednesday 10 May to celebrate the city’s hosting of the…
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The Coral Revealed As The Mystery Performer On The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust’s United By Music Tour of Liverpool to Celebrate Eurovision
The Liverpool band join Jamie Webster, Lightning Seeds, Miles Kane and more to perform special one-off shows in support of grassroots music venues. The Coral have been revealed as the mystery performer on The National Lottery and leading UK charity Music Venue Trust’s United By Music Tour of Liverpool during the week of Eurovision. The band will play Future Yard on 8 May as part of the tour, which sees over 20 gigs at 20 music venues across…
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Zara Larsson And Cream Classic Join Lineup For The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome
Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson and Liverpool’s electronic music masters Cream Classical will be opening the show and are to join the line-up at The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome. The show, which is being billed as the ‘party of the decade’, will take place in the centre of Liverpool and will officially welcome Eurovision – and the world – to the city. Frankie Goes To Hollywood has also been announced, making their first public appearance together in over 36…
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The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust Announce United By Music Tour of Liverpool to Celebrate Eurovision
Jamie Webster, Lightning Seeds and Miles Kane among artists to perform special one-off shows in support of grassroots music venues. The National Lottery and leading UK charity Music Venue Trust has today announced a United By Music Tour of Liverpool during the week of Eurovision. The tour will see over 20 gigs at 20 music venues across Liverpool to celebrate the city’s hosting of the world’s biggest music event, to showcase the city’s iconic music scene and…
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Arts Bar To Host Solo Exhibition of Former Ukraine-Based Artist Aram Manukyan
Eurovision is everywhere in Liverpool, no matter where you look, somebody is doing something to mark the fact that the city is hosting the event. However, rather than focusing only on the contest itself, Arts Bar Hope Street is hoping to remind us all why Eurovision is here in the first place. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 thousands fled the country as enemy troops advanced. One of the people who had to leave his…
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First Acts Announced To Perform At Big Eurovision Welcome
The final wave of more than 9,000 tickets for ‘The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome’ will be released today (Tuesday 25 April at 12.00 noon). Comedian and TV personality Joel Dommett will join AJ Odudu on stage at the event outside St George’s Hall, Liverpool on Sunday 7 May, alongside the first performers for the 90-minute outdoor spectacle which have today been announced. The first acts to perform have been announced, including Liverpool’s iconic Lightning Seeds will perform…
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Evening of Live Experimental Music Coming To Bluecoat This June
Bluecoat will host a unique evening of special live performances from Adela Mede, Dane Law and Dialect. Three artists exploring the interplay of folk forms, ambient sounds and computer music. Slovak-Hungarian musician Adela Mede creates mesmerising multi-layered pieces of ambient-folk-pop with voice, technology and field recordings. Singing in three languages (Slovak, Hungarian and English) layering ambient compositions with digital vocal manipulations and minimalistic electronica. Her debut album ‘Szabadság’ is filled with folkloric melodies and described…
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Croxtethvision Community Festival Announced
Get ready for a big Bank Holiday extravaganza as North Liverpool’s finest young performers take to the stage at Croxtethvision – an exciting, brand-new community festival funded by the National Lottery. Croxtethvision is being held at La Salle Hotel School, Carr Lane East in Croxteth on Bank Holiday Monday 8 May from 12pm to 5pm – and is set to celebrate the next ‘Superstars of the Community’ with a Eurovision spin-off that’s certainly not to…
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Unique Ukraine & Scouse Supergroup To Launch Liverpool’s Eurovision Party
An iconic synth music legend, a festival favourite and a psychedelic pop queen are the latest artists to be added to Liverpool’s incredible EuroFestival line-up. OMD’s Andy McCluskey will join Liverpool indie rockers Red Rum Club and psychedelic pop queen Jane Weaver as they become members of Welcome To Eurotopia, – a supergroup made up of Liverpool musicians and Ukrainian artists who will take to the stage at 9:30pm on the Pier Head on 5 May in an avant-pop spectacle. The concert will…
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Royal Albert Dock Partners With Olia Hercules For ‘Eat Drink Ukraine’
As part of its exciting programme of events celebrating Liverpool hosting the Eurovision Song Contest, Royal Albert Dock have partnered with leading chef Olia Hercules for its ‘Eat Drink Ukraine’ campaign. Bringing Ukrainian culture to Liverpool’s waterfront, Olia Hercules has developed two recipes for a selection of the dock’s bars and eateries, allowing visitors to experience Ukrainian cuisine minutes from where the city will be hosting Eurovision on behalf of the country. From 1-13 May,…
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The Brain Charity Announces Neurovision Live Music Event Lineup
As the Eurovision Song Contest beckons, The Brain Charity is holding its own neurodiverse contribution to Liverpool’s Eurovision events calendar; Neurovision. Neurovision is a live music event putting neurodiversity on the musical map – on Friday 5 May 2023 at 7pm at the Carnival Brewing taproom in Liverpool city centre. Tickets cost just £17.50 for a fantastic night of live entertainment – click here to buy yours now! The Brain Charity’s own neurodiverse version of the…
