Renshaw Street Food Market has expanded its international food offering with three new independent vendors – alongside a new 10% student discount. The Liverpool city centre food hall has welcomed Aapli Mumbai Street Food, SHINTAKO and K-Kitchen, adding new Indian, Japanese and Korean dishes to its already extensive selection of global street food. First up is Aapli Mumbai Street Food, which specialises in Indian street food including Vada Pav, Samosa Chaat, Frankies and Pani Puri.…
Scouse Girl Social is celebrating its first anniversary after more than 3,500 girls attended its events during its first 12 months. Created to encourage confidence, self-expression and a sense of belonging among young girls, the Liverpool initiative has grown rapidly since launching, bringing together girls and families alongside local businesses, schools and cultural partners. Now, the team behind Scouse Girl Social is marking the milestone with its biggest celebration of the year – a full-day…
Bongo’s Bingo is getting ready for spooky season with the return of its huge Halloween parties to CONTENT Liverpool this October. Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun will take over the Baltic Triangle venue across five Halloween shows, bringing together bingo, rave rounds, dance-offs, ridiculous prizes and plenty of suitably spooky surprises. As ever, audiences can expect all the usual Bongo’s Bingo chaos, but with a Halloween twist. Fancy dress is highly encouraged, with everything from…
Flight Club Liverpool is getting a spooky makeover this Halloween, transforming into Fright Club for a huge Halloween house party filled with Social Darts®, DJs, fancy dress, bottomless pizza and prizes. Taking place on Saturday 31 October, the Halloween takeover will run from 11am until 1am, with guests able to drop in for a few drinks and games or settle in for the full day and night. The venue will be transformed for the occasion,…
An exhibition that begins beneath your feet and eventually arrives at the subject of dying is clearly asking rather more of its audience than simply to look… Opening at Bluecoat this September, Becky Beasley’s A Gentle Man (Part II) (1975– 2029) brings together photography, sculpture, ceramics, furniture and moving image within an installation that transforms the gallery into what Bluecoat describes as a “contemplative and immersive landscape”. It is an ambitious proposition, concerned not only with the…
There is a story about Liverpool Independent Art School (LIAS) that probably tells you more about its philosophy than any mission statement ever could. It involves two artists, a load of drawing equipment, Sefton Park and lots and lots of rain… Founders Paul Gatenby and his colleague Tony O’Connell had been teaching at what was then the Community College for almost twenty years when they began to feel increasingly uncomfortable with the direction education was…
Give Poetry A Chance (GPAC) began, by Dan Cullinan’s own admission, without any grand plan to become a Liverpool poetry institution. He started writing poems as thoughts in the notes section of his phone and had never intended to become a poet, let alone an event organiser. Yet since 2019, Give Poetry A Chance has developed into a regular platform for Liverpool’s poetry community, bringing together established voices, emerging writers and audiences in an environment that feels deliberately different…
Liverpool’s legendary clubbing history is being celebrated on the waterfront with a special projection bringing 35 years of the city’s nightlife, music and culture to Royal Albert Dock. Running until 2 October, the façade of the Maritime Museum will be illuminated each evening from 8pm to 10pm, showcasing photography from In Clubland: 35 Summers of Love, an upcoming book by Liverpool photographer Mark McNulty. The projection offers an exclusive preview of images documenting the people,…
Liverpool’s River of Light is set to return this autumn with an expanded route bringing spectacular light installations further into the city centre. Taking place from 23 October to 1 November 2026, the free festival will transform Liverpool into a huge outdoor illuminated gallery, with 13 artworks appearing across the city during the October half-term. This year’s theme is Together, exploring how light, art and shared experiences can bring people together. Nine new installations will…
Hope Street restaurant continues its run of culinary recognition as chef-owner Dan McGeorge tears up the tasting menu in favour of a more relaxed, ingredient-led style of dining. Vetch, the Hope Street restaurant headed up by Liverpool-born chef-owner Dan McGeorge, has retained its coveted two AA Rosettes for a third consecutive year, recognising the restaurant’s continued commitment to high-quality ingredients, consistency and precision in its cooking. The latest recognition comes at an exciting point in…
Nearly 50 years on, Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet still knows exactly where it hurts. Some stories survive because they are good. Others survive because they refuse to stop hurting. Nearly 50 years after Rudolf Nureyev created his Romeo & Juliet, English National Ballet brings the production to Liverpool Empire for three days this October, opening a national tour that will ultimately culminate at the London Coliseum, where it premiered in 1977. Shakespeare’s tale of forbidden…
Mean Girls is heading to Liverpool this October, bringing the hit musical adaptation of the much-loved 2004 film to the Liverpool Empire for a two-week run. Taking on the iconic role of Regina George is fast-rising musical theatre performer Vivian Panka, who makes history as the first Black woman to play the character. Already familiar to Liverpool audiences through appearances in 9 to 5 and Dear Evan Hansen, Panka now steps into the shoes of…
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Cheryl The Queen will headline a special fundraiser at BOXPARK Liverpool this October, raising money for a permanent statue of The Vivienne in Liverpool’s Pride Quarter. The full line-up has been announced for the Bring The Vivienne Home fundraiser, taking place at BOXPARK Liverpool on Friday 30 October 2026. Cheryl The Queen, who competed alongside The Vivienne on the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, will headline an evening…
Liverpool is getting a new place to skate this Christmas. Skate St George’s will bring an open-air ice rink, Christmas market and live entertainment to St George’s Plateau from Saturday 21 November 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027. The event is free to visit, so you can browse the market, pick up something festive to eat or drink and enjoy the atmosphere without booking a skating session. Tickets are available separately for the ice rink…
Liverpool singer-songwriter Amelia is set to release her new single Marilyn alongside her second EP, Ink Stains, on 16 October 2026. The four-track EP brings together songs written at different points in Amelia’s life, exploring relationships, friendship, vulnerability and self-discovery. It features the previously released Mess That You Made, Chance Encounter and See Through, with Marilyn completing the collection. A high-energy pop track, Marilyn takes its name from Marilyn Monroe and looks at how women…
The Pete Roth Trio, featuring legendary drummer Bill Bruford, will bring its adventurous and highly interactive approach to jazz to The Capstone Theatre in Liverpool on Friday 23 October 2026, for what is an absolute must for jazz enthusiasts. Led by guitarist Pete Roth, with Mike Pratt on bass and Bill Bruford on drums, the trio occupies a musical space somewhere between jazz, rock, funk and contemporary classical music. Rather than treating those genres as…
The UK’s leading Indian Arts organisation Milap continue to pave the way for Indian live music and dance in Liverpool this Autumn, announcing a fresh roster of the world’s finest Indian musicians, unique collaborations and rare instruments. Kicking things off in October, Milap’s very own ensemble Tarang present bespoke arrangements of new contemporary Indian music, as part of The Tung Auditorium’s lunchtime concert series on Wednesday 7 October. Tarang at The Tung Auditorium. Credit: Alan Blundell Tarang is an innovative…
One of Britain’s best-loved Christmas films is coming to Liverpool this December, as Love Actually Live in Concert arrives at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Saturday 5 December 2026. The festive favourite will be shown on the big screen in high definition, accompanied by a full live orchestra performing Craig Armstrong’s celebrated score in perfect synchronisation with the film. It offers Liverpool audiences the chance to revisit Love Actually in a completely different way, combining the…
Liverpool’s Homotopia Festival is back this autumn, bringing more than six weeks of LGBTQIA+ arts and culture to venues across the city. Returning for its 22nd year from 17 October to 1 December 2026, the UK’s longest-running LGBTQIA+ arts and culture festival will present We Come Together – a programme spanning theatre, performance, visual art, film, music, club nights and conversation. This year’s festival will open with a celebration of another major milestone in Liverpool’s…
Liverpool’s Frederiks is launching a new live music night bringing the sound and energy of New York’s disco heyday to Hope Street with Disco Affair. Launching on Friday 25 September, Disco Affair puts a full five-piece band at the heart of the dancefloor, with live musicians and vocalist Sara Toshka working their way through the records that defined disco’s golden era. Expect Donna Summer, Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, Quincy Jones and more; played live, loud…