Live Music

  • Music
    Music Venue Trust Launch #SAVEOURVENUES Campaign

    Music Venue Trust Launch #SAVEOURVENUES Campaign

    The Music Venue Trust has announced #saveourvenues, a new national campaign to save hundreds of grassroots music venues at imminent risk of being closed down – permanently.  Without these independent venues the live music scene in the UK will die. Venues that are at risk in Liverpool include Heebie Jeebies, Phase One, The Caledonia and The Jacaranda. These grassroots venues play a crucial role in the development of British music, nurturing local talent, providing a…

  • Festivals
    Sound City 2020 Festival Extra Day And More Artists Announced

    Sound City 2020 Festival Extra Day And More Artists Announced

    ***Sound City 2020 Cancelled Due To Ongoing Coronavirus Concerns*** Sound City 2020 festival has announcd that it has expanded its re-scheduled event to 25, 26, 27 September. With Friendly Fires headlining on Friday 25 September, Pale Waves on Saturday 26 and Red Rum Club on Sunday 27, the festival will launch on Thursday 24 September with a party at District headlined by Fickle Friends. The Sound City + conference will now include a revised programme…

  • Liverpool Music Scene
    Live Review: Mutant Vinyl at Jimmy's

    Live Review: Mutant Vinyl at Jimmy’s

    Richard Joy was at a packed Jimmy’s on Friday to catch multi-instrumentalist Mutant Vinyl. If 2019 was a busy year for Edwin James Pope -AKA Mutant Vinyl – the chances are that 2020 is shaping up to be equally exciting. His debut album – Daffodils In Angell Town – was critically praised, and to keep up the momentum this March sees the release of his A Year Of Autumn EP, the lead track Faux Rodeo…

  • Bands in Liverpool
    The Cheap Thrills Live at O2 Academy Liverpool Review 1

    The Cheap Thrills Live at O2 Academy Liverpool Review

    There was feel in the air on Saturday. A feel of promise and anticipation. Excitement a plenty. The Liverpool music scene is thriving at the moment. Swaggering more than it has for a long time it feels. Across town, another local hit Jamie Webster is performing in The Jacaranda. At the 02 Academy, 550 adoring fans eagerly arrive to see The Cheap Thrills in a headline gig to unveil their new EP Vue Du Monde.…

  • Liverpool Music Scene
    Mutant Vinyl - Live at Studio 2

    Mutant Vinyl – Live at Studio 2

    Flush from his success of his debut album, the sublime “Daffodils In Angell Town” the gig-machine that is Edwin Pope aka “Mutant Vinyl” bestrode the stage like a prize fighter, a musical Raging Bull. The Mutant Vinyl live show is very much about the sonic experience, with beats drenching he atmosphere, lyrics sharpened to a political point, and virtuoso sax playing from the man himself.  In fact, it’s pretty exhausting for all concerned, as the…

  • Bands in Liverpool
    Damien O'Kane and Ron Block At The Philharmonic: Review 1

    Damien O’Kane and Ron Block At The Philharmonic: Review

    Damien O’Kane and Ron Block live at The Philharmonic Music Room, 24.09.19. The Philharmonic Music Room is perhaps the most civilised and well thought out venue of it’s size in the city. The temporary dividing wall separating the stage area from the bar provides a comfortable place to wait before “doors.” Whilst gig goers at venues such as The Zanzibar and The O2 Academy have to queue outside here you can get a drink and…

  • Bands in Liverpool
    Fiesta Bombarda Announce Constellations Carnival 1

    Fiesta Bombarda Announce Constellations Carnival

    Following their birthday celebrations this summer, Fiesta Bombarda are set to return to Liverpool in September for a packed night at Constellations in the Baltic Triangle. The Fiesta Bombarda Constellations Carnival will feature legendary ragga deejay, General Levy as the headliner. Few people have contributed as much to the urban music scene in the UK as General Levy. Reggae and black culture has come to define what he does and the sets he plays, as…

  • Music
    LIMF 2019 Full Line Up And Set Times

    LIMF 2019 Full Line Up And Set Times

    LIMF 2019 Full line up and set times for Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July. Get ready for Liverpool International Music Festival 2019 as it returns to the stunning Sefton Park for another weekend of unforgettable live music. On 20-21 July, the stage will be set once again to bring global household names alongside the most exciting emerging new talent that LIMF is renowned for. Headlining the Saturday is none other than the multi Grammy-winning…

  • Activities in Liverpool
    Liverpool indie Choir launching at 24 Kitchen St

    Liverpool indie Choir launching at 24 Kitchen St

    Do you fancy learning to sing anthems from the likes of Elbow/Foo Fighters/Jimmy Eat World/Radiohead with a member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir? The Liverpool Indie Choir is here to turn that dream into a reality! Involved in the running of local choirs in North Liverpool for several years, Tim Taylor will be starting a brand new group Liverpool indie Choir. The sessions will be held weekly at 7.30-9.00pm on Thursdays, beginning 6 June…

  • Liverpool Event Reviews
    LIMF First Wave Line Up Announced

    LIMF First Wave Line Up Announced

    Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) has announced hip hop legends De La Soul, chart-topping Ella Eyre and DJ Duo Sigma amongst the line up for 2019’s festival which returns to Sefton Park on 20 & 21 July. Also on the bill is the hugely talented singer-songwriter and rapper Maverick Sabre and electro rnb star NAO. LIMF has also lined up Disco Classical – Camerata Orchestra reworking iconic disco tracks – with special guests Sister Sledge, for…

  • Bands in Liverpool
    Klee Music Acoustic Night 2019 Programme

    Klee Music Acoustic Night 2019 Programme

    The Klee Music Acoustic Night 2019 Programme looks just as good as last year…. This year heralds the second of Klee Music’s annual acoustic night’s programme, with 2018 being an unqualified success. We saw the likes of Elijah James, Esme Bridie, Sophie Whittle, Karen Turley, Chris Layhe, and Tony McCaldon perform throughout the year, an exciting year which was brought to a close by Steve Roberts, Thom Morecroft and Nick Ellis – a tremendous gig. Klee’s…

  • Bands in Liverpool
    Thom Morecroft, Limerance, EJATN and Karen Turley: Jacaranda Phase One Gig Review

    Thom Morecroft, Limerance, EJATN and Karen Turley: Jacaranda Phase One Gig Review

    It was a team effort tonight at The Jacaranda: Phase One as local singer-songwriter, Thom Morecroft performed his last gig of the year with a host of his musical friends. The evening was put together in support of Thom’s ongoing crowdfunding campaign to help produce his most recent full length album, ‘The Feng Shui & The Sushi’ which he is half way through production of. Having had his tracks played on BBC 6 Music by…

  • Liverpool Music Scene
    Threshold Announce First Acts for 2019 Festival

    Threshold Announce First Acts for 2019 Festival

    With 4 months to go until Threshold Festival 2019, the team have revealed 12 artists from their burgeoning  programme set to take over Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle on March 29-30. The line-up is the first information out of the blocks by the event production team behind the festival who last month celebrated Arts Council funding success. Expanding again after the more compact ‘Across the Threshold’ event in 2018, the 2019 event will take place across Baltic…

  • Gigs in Liverpool
    Black Honey Live At Jacaranda Phase One 1

    Black Honey Live At Jacaranda Phase One

    Black Honey Live At Jacaranda Phase One Review…. Two days after the release of their self-titled debut album, Brighton based indie rockers, Black Honey, took to the stage at The Jacaranda: Phase One to share their long awaited foray into psychedelic pop rock. Led by frontwoman, Izzy B Phillips, the eccentric quartet treated the crowd to a small taste of what to expect from the retro world they have been creating for the last four…

  • Liverpool Events
    Seprona E.P Launch Gig: Preview 1

    Seprona E.P Launch Gig: Preview

    It feels like an exciting time for live music in Liverpool with many musicians and bands being propelled into the spotlight on a National level in recent months and one such band making waves across the country are Seprona. Having had a huge summer across the festival circuit this summer, Seprona have announced details of a special homecoming show to celebrate the release of their highly anticipated debut EP, Seprona. Don’t miss them at Liverppol’s…

  • Liverpool Music Scene
    Signature Live Sessions – The Farm and Sub Blue 1

    Signature Live Sessions – The Farm and Sub Blue

    Signature Live Sessions returned to the Shankly Hotel on Wednesday 15th August for its second outing showcasing some of Liverpool’s finest musical talent. Usually set on the Eden roof terrace overlooking the incredible Liverpool skyline, this evening’s gig had to be moved indoors due to the rain – classic British summer time weather at its finest. The rain didn’t dampen the mood however, as Liverpool favourite, The Farm and rising local star Sub Blue took…

  • Music
    Scottish Rising Star Siohban Wilson To Play Liverpool Tour Date

    In Conversation with Siobhan Wilson

    Siobhan Wilson played @81 Renshaw Street, in support of the release of her debut album “There Ain’t No Saints” in 2017, and for those who attended, it was a very special gig. And the album is something special too! It seems that 2018 is going to be another busy year, as she is not only recording a new album, but playing an abundance of dates, with the likes of Aidan Moffat, RM Hubbert, Fleet Foxes,…

  • Gigs in Liverpool
    Liverpool Calling 2018 Guide - 11 Acts You Can't Miss and Set Times 1

    Liverpool Calling 2018 Guide – 11 Acts You Can’t Miss and Set Times

    Liverpool Calling music festival returns this weekend (Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd June) after a two year hiatus and it turns out that it was more definitely worth the wait. First of all we should probably say, compiling a list of just 11 bands you must see this weekend was a near impossible task. The long and short of it is that you should come along to this incredibly good value for money music festival…

  • Liverpool Events
    Home Alone bar transformed into 'movie set bar and live music venue'

    Home Alone bar transformed into ‘movie set bar and live music venue’

    The team behind the Home Alone bar and Ghetto Golf has announced that ‘On Air Liverpool’ cocktail bar and music venue will open on 15th March. On Air takes its guests on a tour of a TV and film studio, with stunning 60ft high film sets. Inside there’s an impressive stage for live music, with a secret garden mezzanine bar area offering views over the action. It has the feeling of an outdoor courtyard music…

  • Music
    Showcasing Liverpool's Independent Music Promoters 8

    Showcasing Liverpool’s Independent Music Promoters

    We decided to put Liverpool’s Independent Music Promoters in the spotlight for a change…. Liverpool seems to be enjoying a musical resurgence of late with an abundance of quality gigs across the city. From attracting big names to the Echo Arena to the sold out shows at the O2 Academy and the fresh musical talent being given the opportunity to shine in small independent venues. Everywhere you turn in the city centre nowadays you are…