Liverpool Events
Liverpool Events and things to do in the City
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Hey McFly! Back To The Future Exhibition At Constellations To Celebrate Future Day 21st October
21.10.2015 is the date Marty McFly and the Doc travelled to in the iconic Back to the Future. Join Twin Pines Creative Council at an an exhibition of art and installations to commemorate this date and celebrate this awesome trilogy. Taking place at Constellations – in the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, the team from CPL Animate are joined by a host of other artists exhibiting their love of the film in print, animation and sculpture. You also have the chance to see…
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‘Back To The Future 2’ Screening At FACT 21st October
With 21st October 2015 being the date that Doc Brown and Marty McFly came back to the future, what’s a better excuse than to screen Back To The Future Part II again in cinemas? In order to stop a series of events that could ruin the McFly family name, Doc quickly wisks Marty and his girlfriend off to the future, 2015. It’s in 2015 that Marty must pose as his own son in order to…
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Tower of London Weeping Window Poppies Coming To Liverpool’s St George’s Hall From 7th November
The Weeping Window artwork on display at The Tower of London is coming to Liverpool in November. It is a section of ceramic artist Paul Cummins’ Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation which is a tribute to the fallen in World War One. It is made up of 888,246 poppies, each one representing a life lost in the conflict. It has attracted millions of visitors in London. Liverpool is one of only three locations to…
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New Nail Spa & Cafe; ‘Lifestyle Collective’ Bringing New Life To Liverpool’s Beauty Scene On Allerton Road
Lifestyle Collective sits snugly towards the Mossley Hill end of Allerton Road, it’s signage on the outside is an early indicator of what to expect from this stylish new nail spa and cafe, on the inside. Lifestyle Collective is here to promote ‘a fresh new concept for Liverpool’s beauty scene’ – and that is to create more than just another nail spa. They are creating an environment where you can meet up with friends, relax…
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Zanele Muholi – VUKANI/RISE Exhibition At The Open Eye Gallery
Open Eye Gallery present the first major presentation of Zanele Muholi’s work in the UK. Muholi is a South African photographer and visual activist whose work explores gender, race and sexuality, particularly in relation to South African society and political landscape. In 2009, Muholi wrote a thesis mapping the visual history of black lesbian identity and politics in post Apartheid South Africa as part of her MFA in Documentary Media from Ryerson University, Toronto. Since 2004…
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Apply to Play Liverpool Sound City 2016 Now
Artist applications are now officially open in partnership with Gigmit – the entire process is completely free and the Sound City team of promoters listen to every application. Apply to play here.
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Local Musicians Respond To Radio Merseyside’s Call-Out For Space Music
This autumn long-established BBC Radio Merseyside music programme PMS is presenting a series of commissions from local musicians which draw attention to empty spaces on Merseyside. Fifteen original pieces of music, some from bands, others from studio artists, will be broadcast on the Popular Music Show at midnight on Sunday 1st November. Each is a response to a location in the Liverpool area which is empty, some quite naturally others by dereliction and neglect. The Project, Music For…
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Liverpool World Mental Health Day Takes Over City With Professor Green & More 10th October
World Mental Health Day 2015 (Saturday 10th October) is almost upon us but this year’s World Mental Health Day Festival is already up and running. The festival includes nearly 50 free events throughout the city during October and will offer music, dance, art, comedy, film, circus skills, creative writing, neighbourhood events, training, advice, information and support… and more! The central hub on Saturday 10th October will be Williamson Square, where activities will be taking place…
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No Homers Club Presents Isla Nublar, A Jurassic Park Inspired Event and Art Exhibition Launch Night Friday 9th October
Following No Homers Club’s first sell out event inspired by everyone’s favourite sitcom, The Simpsons, they are back with an event of prehistoric proportions. The Jurassic Park inspired, Isla Nublar, launches 7pm Friday, October 9th. Teaming up again with the highly creative crew at Constellations, No Homers Club are creating an island experience influenced by the location of the Jurassic Park novel and film franchise. Once you enter through the famous gates, get ready to start…
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Liverpool Music Week 2015; 23rd to 31st October
Liverpool Music Week is the UK’s biggest indoor music festival, with shows spread over nine days and some of the cities best music and arts venues, it is a truly independent jewel in the musical crown. This years bountiful bill opens with Richard Hawley at The Dome and an Opening Party at the Kazimier featuring Micachu & The Shapes, Holly Herndon and Darkstar. Through the week their is a unique Stealing Sheep & The Immix Ensemble collaboration at the Bluecoat, Health and…
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Matchbox Comedy Club Comedy Festival Special 19th October
In a Liverpool Comedy Festival special edition, Matchbox Comedy Club have cherry picked a selection of the best acts that the festival has to offer. A night of mini-previews, little tasters of shows you can see throughout the festival, every single one of the acts on our bill comes with the Lantern’s personal recommendation. Join The Lantern Theatre for character comedy in the form of Terry Arlarse, Liverpool’s favourite “friendly but aggressive” scouse-as-nails beat poet.…
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Let It Be – The Fastest Selling Show In Royal Court History
The Beatles have got another number one as Let It Be becomes the fastest selling show in Royal Court Liverpool’s history. The West End smash hit opens next week and has had Box Office phones ringing louder than ever. Last week it became the quickest show to sell more than 10,000 tickets, knocking the 2010 Christmas hit Little Scouse On The Prairie back into second place. It also surpassed the biggest show of all Brick…
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Emilio Pinchi To Launch Folk-Punk EP At ‘Songwriters At The Lantern’
Singer/Songwriter, Emilio Pinchi carves his own perspective on folk-punk and offers a stark outlook on everyday life, love and the purgatorial phase of moving from adolescence to adulthood with his latest offering, the ‘Trying Man EP’, due to be released on 4th November 2015. Heavily influenced by the likes of Elliot Smith and The Antlers, Pinchi’s ‘Trying Man EP’ is insightful and effortlessly fresh, yet possesses character and deliberations that are wise beyond his years, only building…
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Psycho Film With Live Orchestra At The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 30th October
Don’t miss the chance to see director Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Psycho with a live orchestra. Fifty years on from its release, this cinematic masterpiece comes alive in a big-screen presentation accompanied by a live performance of Bernard Herrmann’s most famous spine-tingling score. The score, and in particular the chilling slasher motif, is critical to the film’s power. Hitchcock himself remarked that ‘33% of the effect of Psycho was due to the music’. One of the greatest…
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Secret Diners Get First Look At Buyers Club
Diners at the unconventional pop-up restaurant Secret Diners Club got an exclusive and private preview of brand new Liverpool venue Buyers Club this weekend. Continuing its streak of surprising guests, Secret Diners Club kept diners in the dark about the exact location of the dinner right up until the day of the event. Only when the gates were opened to the Hardman Street venue did the gathered crowd have any idea of where they would…
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The Voodoo Ball – Revenge of El Coco At The Kazimier 31st October
In the desolate depths of a perilous place, the bogeyman lurks, with a snarl on his face. Never dare, never dare to approach his dark lair, for he’s waiting . . . just waiting . . . to get you. HEAR! The raucous sounds of backstreet Latin swing with the maverick Voodoo Love Orchestra. Cosmadelic 12-tone jazz from the peerless United Vibrations. A carnival of up-tempo afrobeat provided by the deliciously danceable7Suns. A musical odyssey…
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Freeze Pres. ‘Scenery’ – Liverpool’s Brand New Party feat. Levon Vincent, Redshape, DJ TLR & More – 2nd Oct
A brand new party is launching in Liverpool on Friday 2nd October. Taking place at The Garage in the renascent Baltic Triangle, Scenery is brought to the city by Freeze, who have been celebrating their huge tenth anniversary year throughout the summer. Rob Casson from Freeze explains: “We have had a fantastic summer in the city and hit new heights with our 10th birthday, with the run of shows at the Bombed Out Church as…
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Threshold Festival Opens Submissions For 2016 Festival Of Music & Arts
Threshold Festival 2016 takes place on April 1,2 & 3rd in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. Musicians can apply through official partners Reverbnation here. Musicians, Artists & Performers can apply via Jotform here Deadline 15th December 2015.
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International Festival of Psychedelia Hits Liverpool This Friday & Saturday
Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia 2015 have unveiled the full running orders and set times for this year’s festival. This follows on from their announcement last week of the final swathe of artists, installations, projects and happenings for their two-day head music happening this weekend (25th + 26th September 2015). Hosted in the warehouses and recesses of Camp and Furnace, Blade Factory and District, in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, the festival kicks of on Friday afternoon, with…
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Withnail & I Screening + Q&A With Paul McGann At Odeon Cinema Liverpool One
Paul McGann will return to Liverpool on Saturday 26th September for a special screening of Withnail & I, featuring a Q&A session with the star, as part of Liverpool Comedy Week. The cult classic British black comedy starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann. ‘Withnail & I’ follows two out-of-work actors who spend their days drifting between their flat, the unemployment office and the pub, until they decide to leave London for the countryside. When…
