Music

FestEvol 2021 All Dayer’s Announced At Invisible Wind Factory This August

FestEvol 2021 Liverpool All Dayers Announced after Birkenhead Future Yard event sells out in 2 hours.   Headline artists announced for the Liverpool editions at Invisible Wind Factory.   Saturday 7 August 2021 – Part 1 KELLY LEE OWENS – WORKING MEN’S CLUB – STEALING SHEEP – TEA STREET BAND   Saturday 14 August 2021 – Part 2 THE BIG MOON – THE ORIELLES – BLACK HONEY – SELF ESTEEM   Following selling out their July…

Food and Drink in Liverpool

Ma Boyles Restaurant Review

We experience Ma Boyles delightful outdoor dining. If you google “time-slips” a reference comes up about an ex-policeman who states that he travelled back in time whilst walking up Bold Street in the early eighties. The experience left him shaken and confused. I suppose that if you were lucky, or unlucky enough to share the same experience, then Bold Street would be an ideal candidate. The street’s origins hark back to Jonas Bold, a noted…

Fun Things to do in Liverpool

Escape Hunt Liverpool Pop Open The Bubbly To Celebrate Reopening

Want some bubbles with your bubble? Escape Hunt are uncorking the fizz and the fun this May as they are offering complimentary glasses of fizz to all adult players who attend an esacpe room experience during the first week of reopening. Expect a briefing with an expert games master, followed by an adrenaline-filled escape room experience of your choice and seal the deal with a glass of fizz as you debrief with your team. Whether…

Art Exhibitions in Liverpool

Heavy Gardening Art Trail to Launch on LightNight

Heavy Gardening is a trail of seven art works, running from the back of FACT on Fleet Street, along the Baltic Corridor to Wapping Dock, produced by internationally renowned artist Andrew Merritt of Something & Son, in partnership with dot-art, Open Eye Gallery and First Take, as part of Liverpool City Council’s Urban GreenUP project which seeks to raise awareness about the future predicted impacts of climate change. Andrew has transformed seven small pieces of…

Culture in Liverpool

In Conversation – Mark McNulty

Pictured above: The original Baa Bar signage is carried down Bold Street to it’s home on Fleet Street. In the first of a series on interviews with local photographers, we start with Mark McNulty, the Walton born photographer who for well over 30 years has been at the forefront of documenting Merseyside’s cultural events… Liverpool Noise: What first drew you to the art of photography?   Mark McNulty: It was a hobby at first, from…

Liverpool News

Klarna brightens up Liverpool with Ignasi Monreal mural

Klarna, the leading global payments and shopping service, has launched a new campaign playfully setting the record straight by inviting UK consumers to discover the truth about the  brand with famous Spanish artist Ignasi Monreal.   With over 14m consumers in the UK, and 13k retailers, Klarna is the leading buy now pay later provider  in the UK, however, in the past few years – the brand has seen a rise in the number of misconceptions. …

Food and Drink in Liverpool

Indoor dining & attractions reopen at the Royal Albert Dock on 17 May

Indoor dining and a number of attractions will be reopening at the Royal Albert Dock on 17 May. Check out our listings below and get yourself booked in pronto. Beatles Story – 17 May The award-winning Beatles Story, which marked their 30th anniversary on 3rd May 2020, will reopen its doors with never-before seen photographs, exciting new displays and immersive animations in the replica Cavern Club and John Lennon’s White Room as part of its anniversary celebrations. …

Food and Drink in Liverpool

New French Restaurant Brasserie Loup launches on Berry Street

The team behind Berrington’s and Wolf & Waffle are excited to announce they are launching a new  French restaurant, Brasserie Loup, which will open its doors on Tuesday 18 May. Serving a delectable menu of classic French fare cooked to perfection, diners can expect great tasting simple dishes, hearty portions and a lively atmosphere.  Located above Wolf & Waffle on Berry Street, the 60 cover restaurant offers traditional French dishes exquisitely cooked using simple flavours…

Music

FestEvol 2021 Music Festival All Dayer Heading To Future Yard This Summer

Liverpool live music promoters EVOL present the FestEvol2021 All Dayer on Saturday 3 July 2021 at the superb brand new Future Yard venue in Birkenhead in what will be the first full venue audience attended event since the beginning of the pandemic. Merseyside artists The Mysterines, ZUZU and All We Are will headline the day long festival supported by a diverse line up of new and emerging artists from the region including Natalie McCool, Pixey, Peaness,…

Food and Drink in Liverpool

Menu from 1913 discovered in wall of Liverpool’s LEAF Bold Street

An incredibly historic discovery has been made at LEAF Bold Street, Liverpool – and entirely by chance – which is over a century old. More than 100 years ago, Liverpool’s Bold Street was the equivalent to London’s Bond Street – the city’s opulent and thriving centre along which resided car show rooms, extravagant retail and some of the region’s finest eateries.  One restaurant, The Yamen Café, operated from the same location as LEAF during this…

Liverpool Events

‘Good Market’ to bring some of the city’s latest independents all under one roof this May

Who doesn’t love a little shop on a Sunday to cleanse the soul and spend your pennies?  Look no further as we have found the perfect place to shop until you drop. So, you might ask yourself what’s better than a market?  A GOOD Market! That’s exactly what locals from around the city region will get from Good Liverpool’s first offline event being held at super-cool venue Chapters of Us. Located on Simpson Street, this…

Liverpool Events

The Knowsley Social LGBT+ Social partners with LCR Pride Foundation for LGBT+ summer extravaganza

The Knowsley Social LGBT+ Social is happening this summer. The Knowsley Social – a nine-week festival featuring big name music and family events – has announced a partnership with LCR Pride Foundation for a one-off LGBT+ summer celebration this June. A celebration of lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer life in Knowsley! TKS aims to promote awareness through top class entertainment for the LGBT+ community. Expect drag acts, pop stars and international artists will be…

Things to do in Liverpool

Everyone is invited out to ‘Play’ for LightNight Liverpool

Liverpool’s annual ‘culture-crawl’ LightNight returns to the city on Friday 21 May, when arts venues will throw open their doors until late at night to shine a spotlight on the region’s world-class artistic offer.  Open Culture revealed the line-up of over 75 free arts events across the 30 venues taking part in the one-night only arts festival. With a combination of in-person events in Liverpool city centre, and an online events programme, the theme of…

Bars in Liverpool

Have you heard about new Baltic Triangle Hideout Sub Rosa?

The Baltic Triangle is undisputedly one of the best areas in the city for outdoor hangouts. And there’s always room for more, especially when they are as amazing as Sub Rosa. Nestled in the Baltic Triangle on Kings Dock Street, created by the team behind The Botanical Garden, Sub Rosa is a light and airy bar which uses repurposed bus shelters into drinking and dining areas. The bar has also teamed up with their neighbours at…

Fun Things to do in Liverpool

Boom: Battle Bar Set To Open In Liverpool

Liverpool is set to welcome a new bar and entertainment venue with axe throwing, crazy golf, shuffleboard, Skee-Ball and more. Boom: Battle Bar is due to open its doors on 21 May, inside St Johns Shopping Centre. The bar, which has venues across the UK including Norwich and Cardiff, is expanding with more locations due to open in London and Glasgow, as well as the new Liverpool site. Boom: Battle Bar host a numerous gaming…

Music

In Conversation – Scrubs Studio

We caught up with Scrubs Studio CIC, a non-profit organisation that will offer subsidised recording sessions as well as unique artist development programmes. Liverpool Noise: The Scrubs Studio Initiative is an exciting concept. How did it come about?   Scrubs Studio: We’ve been making and recording music for a long time now and it was similar artist development projects that allowed us to get started, giving us the resources and encouragement to do so. The concept…

Review

Expert Tips for Getting Over a Breakup

Being in a relationship is a wonderful thing that can fill both partners with love and life. On the other hand, being involved in a breakup is never easy and can be sometimes devastating. The fact is that you will have to get over a breakup if you need to move on with your life and fall in love again. If you are getting over a breakup and feel stuck, the following are tips from…

Fun Things to do in Liverpool

Point Blank Simulation Shooting Range Is Opening In Liverpool This Month

Point Blank, a simulation shooting range is opening in Liverpool on 20 May. Following the success of their locations in Manchester and Newcastle, Point Blank is bringing its simulation shooting game to Liverpool. Visitors can take part in this experience which requires both speed and accuracy. It’s the latest gaming centre to open in the city, but the first simulation shooting range that we’ve seen. Point Blank will also be jumping on board with the…

Music

New Noise: May Liverpool Music Roundup

New Noise: May Roundup Well, we haven’t exactly been donning our Davie Crocket hats in an Alamo –  style way of fighting against the deluge of submissions for the May 2021 roundup, but if we have lacked quantity, the quality has been exceptional. The two tracks that book-end this months releases are Fiona Lennon’s You Really Got a Hold On Me and Birthday Girl’s Dizzy.  At first pass La Lennon’s composition may appear to be…

Editorials

Everton in the Community Blue Family initiative will continue post-pandemic

Everton in the Community has marked more than one year since the launch of its Blue Family scheme, thanking fans, local businesses and volunteers for their unprecedented support, pledging to continue the vital support for local families. The charity, part of Everton Football Club, created the initiative at the beginning of the first lockdown last year to help combat social isolation and give much-needed support to some of society’s most vulnerable people. And, at a…