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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Liverpool-based singer-songwriter Henry Jones will be releasing Something About Rain, the second single of his solo project on 30 April. The solo project began in 2020, and his debut single, As Soon As I, was extremely well received. The two tracks demonstrate completely different styles and Jones’ desire and ability to blend the boundaries of genre. Having listened to As Soon As I and now Something About Rain you can certainly spot a versatility to…
With the growing number of musicians out there who have chosen to release independently, it’s now even more exciting to be on the lookout for standout artists in that category. Fear not, Liverpool Noise have done some digging for you. Helen Maw has only been on the scene for a relatively short amount of time, but has managed to make an impact straight away shooting to ‘Artist of the Week’ with Mersey Radio in May 2020, following a release…
LightNight Liverpool will unveil seven new commissions when it returns on Friday 21 May 2021, in a combination of online and offline arts activity for the one night only arts festival. With a live drag cabaret event on Church Street, a synth-pop trio becoming a human instrument, a 3D cut out opera and a piece exploring sound waves and social gatherings, the theme of this year’s festival is ‘Play’. The theme ‘Play’ allows a reflection…
Klee Music are very much taking Liverpool’s Folk scene and bringing it back into the spotlight for new releases. Their latest from Visions of Albion is the much anticipated debut 5-track EP, featuring the duo of Daniel Ryan on guitar and Samantha Shields’s vocals which blend together wonderfully having had the chance to evolve together since they met in 2018. The opening track, ‘You’re Not Alone’ is a brilliantly worked piece, linking up with Ryan’s vocals the song’s train-like continuation…
Escape Hunt Liverpool launch outdoor games with the Royal Albert Dock as their backdrop. As everyone in Liverpool flocked to the newly opened bars and pubs under the beautiful April sun, Liverpool Noise instead went undercover with an aim to infiltrate a worldwide organisation, hell bent on taking over the world’s water systems to control the population! The things we do for you, hey! Tucked next to MADRÉ in The Royal Albert Dock, Escape Hunt…
When people think of Liverpool, England, images of enthusiastic football fans, gorgeous architecture, and of course, The Beatles normally come to mind. Although this famous port city is commonly linked to all of these things, nowadays it’s becoming an attractive destination for another reason as well: gaming. As the industry continues to be one of the 21st century’s most explosive and fast-growing businesses, especially in the U.K., Liverpool is responding with various activities, establishments, and…
Liverpool Noise: Visions of Albion is a duo comprising of Samantha Shields and Daniel Ryan. How did you meet, and decide to start writing and performing together? Visions of Albion: We originally met in College. We’d been playing with a few different people over the years until we decided to try out on our own. It wasn’t really until a friend invited us to an open-mic that we got into the swing of things –…