As many of us well and truly know summer has been christened with the title ‘Festival Season’ and with many people jetting off to the likes of Glastonbury and Leeds it’s very easy to find yourself in a gloom watching the highlights on TV. However never fear because the glory of living in Liverpool is the showcases of culture it provides which includes this year’s fortnight long festival; Flux Festival. What is Flux festival? It…
Your nan would be horrified by Maray- unfinished wooden tables, school chairs, bare concrete floor and pictures on the walls that are definitely NOT horses running through the waves on a beach. Everyone else will love it. It’s kind of ace. Achingly hip but friendly and unsnooty. Seating is mainly one long table through the middle, with some smaller tables towards the back and some bench seating round the sides. There’s a short, sharp lunchtime…
With the recent spell of glorious weather we’ve been having set to continue, it seems only fitting that this weekend should see the return of Africa Oyé. Now in its 22nd year the African music festival is the largest of its kind in the UK and, without a doubt, one of the cultural highlights of the summer for Liverpool. The two-day event celebrates African music and culture and looks to showcase the very best of…
Burgers. Great, aren’t they? Not on a first date or if you give even an iota about your waistline. But otherwise, they’re great. Well, they’re not great if you wanted a salad, obviously. But, taking all of that into account, they’re great. And they are pretty freekin great at the little gem that is Free State Kitchen. Nestled just off Hope St, near the Everyman, on Maryland St, its signage is pretty low key but…
‘FUTURE CITY’ invites you to explore the future of our city’s empty and underused buildings and how they could be creatively and sustainably utilised. Hidden Liverpool is an exciting year long project from PLACED that unlocks memories behind Liverpool’s empty buildings to create a vision for its future. The project focuses on some of the fantastic buildings that have played a part in the history of the city but are currently lying empty. The aim of the…
Memories of August 1914 will run from 23-27 July, however the main walk will take place between 25th-27th. The Full Routes Are Detailed Below; Friday 25 July Little Girl Giant and Xolo 11am – 1.30pm approx Wake up 11.00am and leave Queensway Tunnel entrance via Old Haymarket, St John’s Lane, Queen Square Bus Station, onto Whitechapel, Paradise Street, Hanover Street, Ranelagh Street, Great Charlotte Street, Elliott Street, Lime Street down to Renshaw Street, Berry Street,…
This year’s International Mersey River Festival promises to be bigger and better than last years event. The free three day festival taking place from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th June will stretch from the Echo Arena to Princes Parade. From Thursday a fleet of six tall ships are expected in the Albert and Canning Docks to join three others currently there. With the recently redeveloped pathway at the Albert Dock completed just in time for…
Today it was announced that legend Paul Weller will play an intimate gig at Liverpool’s East Village Arts Club. The show will be part of Be One Percent charity initiative where individuals commit to giving 1% of their income each month to help the world’s poorest people. Paul Weller: East Village Arts Club Thursday 3rd July. Tickets go on sale 4th June at 9am from &Â
Today Liverpool Calling announced their line up for the Bombed Out Church stage with headliner’s the legendary Space. Platinum selling band Space came to prominence in the mid 1990′s, with hit singles such as Female of the Species, Neighbourhood, Avenging Angels, Me and you Verses the World and The Ballad of Tom Jones. They also worked with Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews. Also announced was rising star Jetta. Stepping out of the shadows of…
Updated for 2019: This tour is currently unavailable. Read the LFC Stadium Tour feature. If you want to find out about all things LFC, read our Ultimate Liverpool FC Fan Guide, with recommended LFC Fansites, Podcasts, Matchday pubs, Street Art and much more. Liverpool Football Club have already built themselves a creditable reputation of being a very fan-friendly club, with supporters not just feeling a part of the fans, but a part of the Liverpool…
There is a certain charm Liverpool has that is impossible to ignore, and the city certainly lived up to its reputation last Friday night. The annual culture festival, Liverpool Light Night, took place across the city at over 40 venues, showcasing the best arts and culture exhibitions the city has to offer. The exhibitions showed incredible variety, ranging from Chinese calligraphy to ice sculpting,reminding the public just why Liverpool held the ‘city of culture’ title back…
Bold Street is booming. It has an embarrassingly good selection of places to eat right now and that is something to celebrate. And everybody knows that the best way to celebrate is with Lebanese street food. And, as luck would have it, you can fill your boots with it at Bakchich. Open from 8 in the morning if you’re in need of a full Lebanese breakfast or Breakfast Beiruty, it then segues into a selection…
We look at some of our highlights for this years Light Night; Friends of the Flyover & BEGAN Lighting The Way (Churchill Way Flyover, Cuerden Street, L3,10pm-11.30pm) Friends of the flyover invite you to join design professionals and students in creating a light installation on the walkways of Churchill way flyover. Carnival Show (St Peter’s Sq, 9pm-10pm) Liverpool Samba School and dancers take to the streets to celebrate LightNight. Experience a Rio style carnival show. Make A Liver Bird…
On the 1st-3rd  May 2014, some of Liverpool’s best intimate music venues will be host to more than 360 of the industries finest artists for the Sound City Festival. Around 400 music fans and 300 industry professionals will be pouring into some of the city’s top spots, from the Liverpool Cathedral to the renowned cavern club for a weekend of music, digital and film. The three day festival including conferences with celebrity keynote speakers is now…
Saturday July 26th, 2014 Locations; The Kazimier, Korova, Maguires Pizza Bar Liverpool Calling storms into its second year, announcing a mighty first wave of acts “Liverpool Calling was another event that drew all kinds of people from far and wide to partake in a very modern form of worship” – Liverpool Echo/Getintothis Rating * * * * * – Liverpool Sound and Vision Having sold out across St. Luke’s Bombed Out Church and The Shipping Forecast in its…
A new project commissioned by FACT and The Mersey Forest is encouraging people throughout the North West to explore the forgotten woodlands of Bidston Moss. ‘Zone’ is an innovative performance and film by the highly renowned international artists, Close and Remote, and is inspired by the Russian film, Stalker and 1971 science fiction novel Roadside Picnic. The unique creative project, which will run between now until the end of June, is set to capture the…
People’s History Exhibition; Sharing the secrets that lie behind Liverpool’s closed doors. What lies behind the closed doors of Liverpool’s empty buildings? What stories and memories do these fantastic buildings hold? How long have they lain empty and why? This Easter Hidden Liverpool, a year-long programme funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund delivered by Liverpool based social enterprise PLACED, will launch its’ second exhibition – People’s History Exhibition at Liverpool Albert Dock. The interactive exhibition will…
Whilst out and about in Liverpool, any vegan, or even vegetarian, may find it fairly difficult to discover a café or restaurant skilled in this specific meatless cuisine and dietary requirement. However, open 9am-10:30pm on the weekdays and 10am-10:30pm on the weekend, located a stone’s throw away from the central train station and down a quiet street covered in creative street art, The Egg Café can be found behind a rustic entrance and up two flights…
The rule of Sapporo Teppanyaki is it’s all about spectacle. It’s about those places we saw on American TV in the mid to late 90’s where things were cooked in the middle of your table, and it took us staunch Brits a while to catch up. Me and the boyfriend took full advantage of one of the menu’s special offers by going on a Monday. This is the day when Sapporo’s offers customers a steak…
It’s hard to see how things could be going better for LIPA’s own Dan Croll at the moment. With a coveted GIT nomination, Radio 1 airplay and support slots with the likes of Bastille and London Grammar, there’s a sense that Sweet Disarray, his debut album, might just be the catalyst for super-stardom. Having said that, history is littered with almost-rans, and the significant hype surrounding the release has also served to put tremendous pressure on the…