Parr Street will soon be home to a late night bar and unique pizza place, Crazy Pedro’s, famed for its interesting pizza toppings which include sushi, chips and gravy and a hot dog pizza. The Crazy Pedro’s brand was born in Manchester and owners Ross Mackenzie, Lyndon Higginson and Jobe Ferguson are excited to bring their concept to Liverpool. The self-proclaimed ‘part-time pizza parlour and full-time party bar’ will boast seating for 100 people spread…
Cocktails in the City is just around the corner and the Great Baltic Warehouse is girding its iron loins ready for the eagerly anticipated event which promises to be just as great as the venue itself. Popular bars around the city and their magicians of mixology are all prepping for a day full of cocktail cheer and alco-education and we were lucky to be on the guestlist for the pre-event party last night. In fabulous company and in even fabulous-er surroundings,…
Castle St Townhouse is serving up a taste of sophistication with its delicious new cocktail menu. Located in the heart of the city’s thriving Commercial District, the all-day and all-night dining and drinking destination has devised a selection of classic and signature cocktails ideal for the summer months. The delectable blends on offer include the aptly named ‘3 Mirrored Feeling’, ‘The Bow Tie’ and ‘Townhouse Battenberg’ to name a few. General Manager of Castle St…
Organisers of Summer festival Liverpool Loves have confirmed Liverpool ONE as a second new festival site for 2017. The award-winning event is on the move, and this year it will be located in the heart of the city for the very first time. This is the third consecutive year of Liverpool Loves, which takes place on Saturday 5 August and Sunday 6 August. Organisers Orb CIC are thrilled to reveal that the family, community and well-being festival programme and activities will be located at host venue, Liverpool ONE. Liverpool Loves will take place…
In a city like Liverpool you can always expect to hear great guitar bands with electrifying rock/pop sounds and the success story of bands like Clean Cut Kid has been fantastic to see but what about other genres which may not get as much of a look in? That’s where we want to introduce Eyeden. Eyeden is a 21 year old rapper/singer who splits his time between Liverpool and Coventry who has been making accessible…
Foodies rejoice! The team behind Independent Liverpool are bringing the first weekly event of its kind to the city – a brand new food hall called Baltic Market. Taking over the iconic Cains Brewery located in the Baltic Triangle, the free to enter space will showcase a taste of the best offerings from Liverpool’s indie food and drink community. Launching on June 30th from 5pm, Baltic Market will feature a rotating schedule of up to 10 food stalls…
Fleetmac Wood are bringing their Rumours Rave to Constellations. An night of remixes, edits and originals in homage to the reputable album. You are cordially invited to attend the 40th birthday featuring reworks of the band with DJs, Roxanne Roll and Smooth Sailing. Fleetmac Wood (a remix of the original bands name!) will be throwing a series of birthday parties in San Francisco, LA, NYC and Liverpool to celebrate 40 years of Rumours. Since 2012, FleetmacWood have been…
Tiger Rock Hawker is celebrating its first anniversary by announcing the opening of a second site in the heart of the city centre. Set to open its doors in July, the Smithdown Road favourite will bring a unique East Asian dining concept to North John Street with its authentic selection of Thai, Chinese, Malaysian, Singaporean, Vietnamese and Laotian dishes. Owned by husband and wife duo Kean and Vikki Teh, the new addition will also play host…
Earlier this week we were lucky enough to be on the 150-strong guestlist for the grand revealing of the brand new Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa. As an internationally recognised golfing destination and luxury spa sanctuary, Formby Hall is a bit of a local legend already so we were chomping at the bit to see what magic a £2.4million makeover could conjure. Let me tell ya, we weren’t disappointed. Complete with red carpet, champagne…
On 22nd June ‘The New Observatory’ transforms FACT into an observatory for the 21st century, bringing together an international group of artists exploring new and alternative modes of measuring, predicting, and sensing the world. In collaboration with the Open Data Institute, the exhibition engages with Liverpool’s unique history of observation, and showcases works developed with local communities. Highlights include a 40-ft high four-storey wooden watchtower, works allowing us a peek into the lives of a colony…
When Africa Oye’s 25th Anniversary festival wraps up at Sefton Park, those wanting to carry on the party should make the short journey to the city centre where a host of Liverpool-based promoters and venues have put together fantastic Oyé after parties to keep you dancing into the small hours. The parties will feature a dazzling array of African and world styles, including Afrobeat, reggae, dub, highlife, soukous, deep Afro house, disco, dancehall, Afro funk, jazz, huduro,…
It was a highly enjoyable evening last Saturday at The Zanzibar, which comprised of four acts in total. The reason for the assembly was The Racket’s Single Launch Night for their debut 7” vinyl release Faded Days / Don’t Know What To Say, with main support from the Runcorn combo Factory, and highly enjoyable they both were too! But as a subtle counterpoint to the musical muscular workouts of Factory, and the pedal to the…
Liverpool Pride will shine a light on diversity again this summer with the return of the stunning project Come Out of the Shadows. Pride organisers are appealing for as many of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings, venues and city businesses as possible to join the event and be lit up in the colours of the iconic Rainbow Flag – helping make Liverpool the most visibly LGBT+ city in the UK. Last year Come Out of the Shadows grabbed the public’s imagination as more than 30 of…
This restaurant is attached to the Novotel on Hanover Street, but effort has been made to give it its own identity, which, on the whole it succeeds in doing. The Rope imagery is continued in the décor, as it provides a decorative barrier between eating sections, whilst the waiting staff sport natty Breton t-shirts, which continue the nautical feel. My dining partner – The G – was having difficulty parking the car, so I had…
Brazilica Festival has revealed the first names in a magnificent musical line-up which will have Liverpool carnival goers Samba-ing on the city street this summer. Some of the most exciting and talented musicians from home and abroad are set to bring the pulsating sounds of the Latin American beat to the banks of the Mersey thanks to Liverpool’s International Samba Festival. The historic Pier Head on the city’s world heritage waterfront will be transformed by colourful carnival action…
Adding a fifth notch to its belt, Sefton Park welcomes the return of Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) from Thursday 20th July- Sunday 23rd July. Following on from last year’s hugely successful line-up, Liverpool’s four-day festival is set to impress again. Introducing an array of free and ticketed events, LIMF acts as a creative melting pot for artists and music lovers from all corners of the globe. Returning to the city’s green oasis – Sefton Park – LIMF…
HOPE & GLORY Festival launches this summer boasting an impressive 12,500 capacity event in the heart of Liverpool, with the stunning Victorian backdrop of the World Museum, City Library and St.George’s Hall and St.John’s Gardens. Try to imagine your favourite bands, huge tunes, combined with a decadent Victoriana carnival, wicked fun, with a heavy dose of outrageous sideshows, and you’ll begin to get a picture of what HOPE & GLORY Festival is. A festival of proper…
The much-loved St Luke’s – better known as the Bombed Out Church – will reopen its Gardens for the first time in nearly two years. To celebrate the Stratford Festival Orchestra & Choir will be performing a live version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. There will be two recitals at 1.00pm and 5.00pm. Fresh from recording a number of Beatles tracks at Abbey Road Studios, London in their own homage to the Fab…
The Craft Beer Expo returns to Constellations, celebrating its fifth year for what promises to be another fantastic event. For those that haven’t experienced the expo before, expect over 300 beers, 20+ bars and over 80 breweries, sumptuous street food and a specially curated live-music programme. Come rain or shine the festival never disappoints. The Craft Beer Expo is a modern craft beer festival, featuring a new breed of ground-breaking and innovative breweries from the UK,…
The Brink has added an eclectic Tai Chi workshop to its ever-growing wellbeing program. In a bid to offer a creative outlet to its participants, Liverpool’s only dry-bar is set to host a six-week Tai Chi course with a free taster session taking place on Wednesday, June 14. Heading the inaugural workshop at the Parr Street venue is Angela Howarth, who is an internationally acclaimed gold-medalist in the London Competition for Traditional Tai Chi Chuan. The talented trainer has also…