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…
Folk Festival on the Dock will bring together the city’s rich music and maritime heritage in an exuberant celebration of live acoustic folk, sea shanty and folk rock over the August bank holiday weekend. 2016 saw BBC’s Janice Long host the inaugural event, seeing the Dock welcome over 100 folk, roots, acoustic and sea shanty acts and almost 450 performers and she will return this year to host her own segment across the three days…
The Granby Four Streets story is an inspiring one, one of community spirit and determination. The incredible work of the residents has bred new life into the area and that hard work continues each and every day with more exciting developments planned. The return of the Granby Street Market only highlights the spirit of the volunteers and allows us all to get involved in supporting the area. The market has become a much loved part…
The city’s most unusual dining experience is back again this month. After a brilliant debut al fresco event, the FINCA Paladar will be returning on Wednesday 28 June in the garden of Greenland Street venue, Constellations, where diners will be treated to an unique three-course menu of Cuban dishes. The Paladar is a nod to the restaurant’s Cuban roots as paladares – or home-run restaurants – are extremely popular in the Caribbean country. From dining at an…
Liverpool’s leading world dance company Movema are back to rock Africa Oyé’s 25th anniversary festival with a bumper Active Zone full of free workshops for all ages. The Oyé Active Zone is FREE and open to everyone with the whole cultural programme focused on promoting health and wellbeing, learning and participation. Liverpool dance company Movema will be teaching the latest African dance moves for 2017 and young dancers can put their moves to the test in the Unlock…
To celebrate Grand Theft Auto Vice City’s 15th anniversary the Slater Street bar are throwing one hell of an 80’s party with a massive soundtrack. A game that most of us grew up with is turning 15 and The Merchant is not going to let this anniversary slip by unnoticed. They have lined up a soundtrack that includes: Frankie Goes To Hollywood // Tears For Fears // Blondie // The Human League // Toto //…
This June, people across the city will be waking up to organic with LIV Organic & Natural Food Market, as it prepares to headline Liverpool in a nationwide initiative to celebrate the benefits of an organic lifestyle. With festivities beginning at LIV Organic & Natural Food Market on Bold Street, everyone from city dwellers to office workers can enjoy two hours of organic freebies including cups of coffee, smoothie shots and tasters of delicious…
Musician Mike Blue has been steadily building a name for himself over the past few years. With a selection of gigs at some of the best start-up venues around the UK, as well as regular open mic nights in Liverpool pubs and bars, the young singer has captured the attention of the crowd due to his haunting vocals and stripped-back sets. There’s nothing slick or mastered about his songs – it is precisely this rough…
New stylish cinema to open in the Metquater next year. Liverpool’s exclusive shopping area The Metquarter is set to welcome the Everyman Cinema with four screens, sofa seating, at-seat food and drink, a wine bar and a private screening lounge which will be available for private hire and corporate events. Everyman Cinema’s are know for showing a host of screenings including the latest big releases, independent cinema or live broadcast arts eventr such as the National Theatre…
Liverpool’s award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican heritage returns in this weekend – 9th & 10th June – for a jam-packed weekend of cultural appreciation and positivity. Winner of Best New Festival – UK Festival Awards, Positive Vibration is set to be even bigger and better in 2017. Taking place over the 9th and 10th June 2017 in various venues across the Baltic Triangle, the festival will play host to a plethora of internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems & selectors,…
The debut album from Takotsubo Men is a piece of post punk joy with breathless energetic and passionate music. The Liverpool band appear to have burst onto the local scene following their album launch show with Yeah Buddy DIY last week. The band made up of lead singer and bassist, Ste Williams, guitarist, Paddy Harrison and drummer Stu Carswell have been delivered an album of real quality and it feels exteremely relevant in the current economic…
Continuing their series of charity fundraising concerts, Liverpool Noise are proud to present their latest gig at 24 Kitchen Street on July 7. With a number of musical styles on offer, the event has something for everyone. There are five acts, all from the Merseyside area, performing on the night. R n’ B duo Deliah, who have a single Waiting For The Rain currently available on most digital platforms, are first on the line up.…
Now fully in bloom, The Botanical Garden in Liverpool is the city’s most idyllic hideaway, nestled in the backstreets of the Baltic Triangle in the shadow of the Anglican Cathedral. There’s a special day taking place there on Saturday 10th June, as The Botanical Garden celebrates World Gin Day – if ever there were two concepts more suitable together, it is these – featuring a day and night of education and entertainment. Throughout the day…
When the Executive Chef has a past that spans the QE2, Sydney Olympics, Chester Grosvenor and the DoubleTree in Chester you can pretty much guarantee that the food is going to be good. And we were not disappointed by the new summer menu at Stanley’s Bar & Grill at the Titanic Hotel. With everything from Fish and Chips to duck breast, pork chops and scallops there’s something for all tastes. The hotel itself is luxury…
Paul McCartney sang, “it’s getting better all the time?” Or is it a case, as the laconic John Lennon responded, that it “couldn’t get no worse”? That’s what Paul D Miller, aka DJ Spooky, sets out to answer. The Washington DC-born composer, artist and author will explore the question through a mixture of performance and an audio-visual installation. DJ Spooky will take to the stage at the Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room with Liverpool String Quartet…
Africa Oyé have revealed the running order for their Main Stage acts ahead of the 25th Anniversary Festival on June 17th and 18th in Sefton Park. The host of international stars such as Mokoomba and Max Romeo are complemented by local acts, Nutribe & Butcha B as well as Anwar Ali & Dave Owen and there are also welcome returns from Liverpool community acts such as drumming troupe Beatlife. To keep Sefton Park moving in between the main…
RnB duo Deliah released their new track ‘Waiting For The Rain’ on Monday, tying in the release in conjunction with water charity Pump Aid. Hailing from Liverpool, Deliah is fronted by lead singer Michelle Harris and instrumentalist Alex Dopierala. Having had previous releases premiered by Fortitude Magazine and GigSlutz, as well as being featured on The Only Way Is Essex and Hollyoaks, the new single, Waiting For The Rain, is out now, available on all platforms including…
Chef owner, Gary Usher, launched an ambitious £200k Kickstarter campaign on 2nd May to open a 100-cover restaurant in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool city centre. With high profile and humbling support from the likes of Tom Kerridge, Simon Rimmer and several other Michelin star chefs, Usher’s campaign reached the £200k goal with 45 hours to go, from the support of 1,441 backers and counting. The record-breaking £200k crowdfunding campaign is the largest ever amount…
Pier Head Village announces its programme of entertainment in the run up to the official opening on 30th June. The festival takes over Liverpool’s iconic waterfront next month with an action-packed, summer-long programme combining a wide range of enticing offers from thrills to music and art to culture with all things in between, and all on the most iconic waterfront in Europe. The Pier Head Village is Liverpool’s newest and most ambitious leisure attraction and will…
The Liverpool Disco Festival is back, once more taking place across the renascent Baltic Triangle district of the city. The action takes place on Saturday October 7th, and will bring together some of the most iconic global names together from the disco, house, garage, soul and funk spectrums for one magical day and night. Liverpool Disco Festival is a celebration of all things soulful, seductive and scintillating, and following on from May’s epic collaboration with…