Liverpool Events
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Liverpool Food, Drink & Lifestyle Spring Festival; Saturday 15th – Sunday 16th April
Back for its third year is the sunnier sister of The Liverpool Food & Drink Festival, held on Easter Weekend in Sefton Park. Foodies will be impressed by the wide variety of sweet & sour stalls, displaying their best creations, whilst there will also be numerous opportunities to grab a drink, hopefully in the sunshine! Food stalls at the festival will include Neon Jamon, Mela Street Food, Little Furnace, Reds True BBQ, The Interesting Eating…
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Baltic Weekender Announce First Wave of Acts
This June, The Baltic Triangle sees a new cultural event take over their venues, as Abandon Silence and 24 Kitchen Street join forces to celebrate the musical diversity that the area has become renowned for. It’s not been easy for The Baltic Triangle recently; with property developers plans guaranteed to have a negative impact on the alternative venues, the guys behind the driving forces of the alternative music scene in Liverpool have teamed up, promising…
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New Brighton Seaside Festival Full Line-Up Announced
Orb Events have announced the full music line-up for New Brighton Seaside Festival. Man and the Echo, The Shipbuilders, Marc Kenny and Nick Ellis are among the artists performing during the inaugural three-day event in May. The fantastic festival will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday, 27th – 29th May at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton Beach, Marine Lakeand Promenade in New Brighton. Headlining the Saturday night is Man and the Echo. Their debut album skirts numerous musical signposts, spanning the likes of The Smiths, Dexys, Pulp, 50/60s crooning,…
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The Countdown Is On For Circo’s Never Ever Land Concept
The team behind the city’s CIRCO brand has unveiled its next generation of entertainment in the form of Never Ever Land. With just over one month to go until the new Seel Street venue’s grand opening, owner Jason McNeill has unveiled a series of teasers, detailing the transformation that has converted the former ‘freak show’ into a ‘kaleidoscope of thrill-seeking enchantment’. Being the first of its kind in the UK, having drawn inspiration from other…
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Threshold Reveal Full Line-Up Following Crowdfunder Campaign Success
With less than three weeks to go before they take over Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle and following a hugely successful Crowdfunder campaign, Threshold Festival have now revealed the full line-up of acts that will be performing at their seventh annual celebration. Throwing a spotlight on the North West’s grassroots music and arts, the festival will return to Liverpool from March 31st to April 2nd. Following a shortfall in funding this year, organisers turned to the festival’s fans to help raise the £9000 needed for this…
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Liverpool Gets A New Poetry Magazine ‘Jarg’
One is never short of a good quality free read in this city. If you frequent a decent independent bar or coffee shop it is possible to pick up a complementary copy of Bido Lito, Good News or the north west edition of Scottish cultural newspaper The Skinny. Adding their name to this list of titles come Easter time will be the second issue of Liverpool based poetry magazine Jarg. Jarg began over two years…
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Whitechapel Centre Launch Online Raffle For A Chance To Win A Cruise Holiday
Liverpool’s homelessness charity, The Whitechapel Centre, has launched its first online raffle to raise funds to help tackle homelessness in the city. The raffle is offering a fantastic first prize of a 7 night Scottish Highlights & Faroes cruise for two people. The cruise has been donated by Cruise & Maritime Voyages and departs from Liverpool on 15th July 2017. The company decided to donate the prize in order to support the excellent work performed…
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Gorgon City, Naughty Boy, Fleur East, Kate Nash & Many More Announced For Liverpool International Music Festival 2017
The Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) returns in 2017 for its fifth anniversary. Taking place between Thursday 20th and Sunday 23rd July 2017, the LIMF programme is a grand-scale celebration of Liverpool’s rich musical history, diversity and continued relevance, reflected in its title as a Unesco City of Music. LIMF is made up of LIMF Summer Jam, a series of ticketed events LIMF Presents and the award-winning LIMF Academy. LIMF Summer Jam returns for a free three day musical extravaganza at Sefton Park with…
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Boot Music Live Launch At The Zanzibar; Review
Let’s get straight to the point: promoters are the unsung heroes of any live music scene. Their drive, energy and commitment are vital for it to grow and flourish. Without them – taking risks, both financial and creative, muso’s will be confined to bedrooms, probably designing the front cover of that difficult second album….In other words, promoters are pivotal to the music industry. And having had some experience of the nerve-racking world of putting on…
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MCM Comic Con Liverpool 2017 Round-Up
TV, film, anime, comic book fans and gamerss turned out in their thousands for this year’s MCM Comic Con event in Liverpool which featured special guests including Flash Gordon (Sam J Jones) and the stars of Starsky & Hutch, Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky), David Soul (Hutch) and Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear). There was an incredible selection of comic creators in the Comic Village from comic book classics to independent unique publications on offer. It was…
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Doc’n Roll Film Festival At FACT March 31st – 2nd April
Grammy winning jazz vocals, Orb-riginal beats, hard rockin’ DIY action, cosmic disco’s northern origins, a moving elegy for a Southern songsmith, and a bunch of kunst from Nottingham: Doc’n Roll Film Festival returns to Liverpool for an exclusive season of unique music documentaries from March 31st – 2nd April. Featuring an all premiere selection of six music documentaries on subjects including Sleaford Mods, The Orb, The Melvins, Gregory Porter, Norwegian House, and Sparklehorse, plus Q&As…
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The Botanical Garden Re-Opens Sat 25th March
Liverpool’s The Botanical Garden returns for its 3rd season in 2017. Liverpool’s only dedicated gin garden is ready to bloom for its third year, with the opening weekend taking place over Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March. Widely regarded as the hidden jewel amid the warehouses and creative industries the area now harbours, at the Baltic Triangle’s heart beats The Botanical Garden. It’s a little piece of escapism in the city, a sublime sanctuary tucked…
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Brazilica Festival 2017 Date Confirmed
Liverpool Carnival Company have announced that one of Liverpool’s favourite events, Brazilica Festival will return for 2017 and will be celebrating a tenth consecutive year, this year’s dates are confirmed as Friday 14 to Sunday 16 July. Last year’s festival included a packed programme of events leading up to the main Carnival Day on the Saturday – and this year promises to be even bigger, bursting with colour and with plenty of sights, sounds and tastes of Brazil to get you into the carnival atmosphere.…
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Found Footage Fest Returns To Liverpool At FACT
The Found Footage Festival, showcasing weird and usually hilarious found-footage VHS videos from all corners of the U.S, will be bringing its new show to Liverpool’s FACT on 23rd March. Hosts Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett whose credits include The Late Show with David Letterman will debut their new show for one night in Liverpool, taking the audience on a guided tour latest and greatest VHS finds, providing live commentary and where-they-are-now updates on the people featured…
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Rongorongo, Mary Miller & More At HUS 11th March
Fresh from opening for the likes of The Vryll Society and The Underground Youth, as well as a single premiere with NME, GIT Award Nominees Rongorongo will headline HUS’ new KOLBOX space on March 11 with some of Liverpool’s finest new talent. Support on the night comes from newcomers Hannah’s Little Sister, To Eva, Broom of The System & Pal. Those who are fans of synth, electro, experimental sounds will enjoy what’s on offer here. The night will…
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Hope & Glory Festival Announce Hacienda Classical, Reverend & The Makers For New Summer festival
A brand new music & arts festival will launch this summer at St George’s Hall with Hacienda Classical and Reverend & The Makers announced to play. The two day festival will take place on 4th & 5th August at St George’s Plateau with over 50 performers to be announced. The festival will include music, art, exhibitions, magic shows, spoken word poetry and more as the festival aims for a Victorian Carnival Theme. Hacienda Classical will…
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Bold Street Is Getting A New Veggie, Vegan Restaurant & Juice Bar
Liverpool’s burgeoning Bold Street restaurant scene is about to witness the opening of one of the most innovative concepts in eating drinking & socialising next week. Our Kitchen, the brainchild of former CBBC presenter Tara Maguire will offer quirky veggie and vegan cuisine that she believes will appeal to the staunchest meat-eaters as it will fans of the veggie & vegan scene. She said: “The project began when I decided to satisfy a long-held ambition…
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FestEVOL Gardens 2017 Preview
FestEVOL Gardens returns to Liverpool in its new home at The Invisible Wind Factory on 30th April with headliners Wild Beasts, Parrots & Ulrika Spacek and more than 20 other names on the bill. Indie rockers Wild Beasts will return to Liverpool with their infectious sound after the release of their fifth album Boy King in August ‘16. After a successful show at The Magnet in August, The Parrots join the lineup along with Ulrika…
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Guilty Pleasures Pop Party Comes To Camp & Furnace 7th April
Are you tired of getting your cheesy pop fix at 3am on a Saturday night in Popworld? Well look no further as the UK’s biggest pop party is heading to Camp & Furnace in April. Guilty Pleasures is a night like no other. Immersive, unashamedly unapologetic and includes you in its quest to make your big night out great again. Get ready to worship at the altar of mind-blowingly awesome party bangers, at the greatest pop night…
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MCM Comic Con Liverpool Announces Flash Gordon, Starsky & Hutch and Huggy Bear To Appear
MCM Comic Con has announced some very special guests for the Liverpool event taking place on 11th & 12th March at the Exhibition Centre. Sam J. Jones, best known for playing the iconic hero of 1980 sci-fi classic Flash Gordon, is among the special guests for the event as well as former Doctor Who Peter Davison. Former Starsky and Hutch stars David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser and Antonio Fargas have also been confirmed on the bill at Liverpool. After…
