Liverpool Arts and Culture magazine
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Liverpool Events
The Brink Serves Up ‘Community At Christmas’ Offering
Liverpool’s only and the UK’s first dry-bar is serving up a sense of community this Christmas. In a bid to create an all-inclusive environment, the Parr Street venue has devised a carefully crafted Christmas menu comprising home-made meat, fish and vegetarian dishes. To accompany its culinary offering, the eatery will be serving up a variety of Festive Mocktails and Pitchers including Mulled Mixed Berry Punch, Brink Toddy and Spiced Cherry. General Manager of The Brink Carl…
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Activities in Liverpool
Winter Wonderland Elf Workshops at Constellations in Liverpool
This Sunday, a festive Winter Wonderland lands in the Constellations Garden in Liverpool. An interactive and memorable experience with stories, treats and immersive theatre will be brought to you by Events Live, the team behind the Witches & Wizardry School of Excellence; a huge hit this past Halloween. Enter the magical village, where you will join the cheeky elves, Mrs Claus and Father Christmas in his sleigh. Enjoy a story from Mrs Claus and sample some delicious treats…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Bubble and Squeak, Pasties and Homemade Crumble: Proper British Grub at its Best
Whilst it’s great that our foodie scene is evolving constantly, with innovative menus, exotic ingredients and food rarely served on an actual plate, sometimes we can forget about the traditional menus that we as a nation once knew and loved. It seems that the modern yet traditional Bay Horse Tavern, in Manchester, may have just found a solution if you, like me, have found yourself torn between a dish so inventive it’s topped with a…
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Music
Astles – Full Of Wonder EP: Review
Frankly, this is a collection of compositions which highlight the rich promise of the producer, which I am assuming is Dan Astles. Production wise, it is about evocative risk taking to convey the intensity of the songs. But, isn’t this what the art of musical production is about? That magical ingredient, the nuanced insight that elevates the composition to the listener? Astles, to these ears – its always subjective until you yourself are in a…
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Liverpool Events
Future Boss Club Set To Play Host To Power Panel Event
Future Boss Club is preparing to inspire women from across the North West as part of its upcoming Power Panel event. Taking place on Wednesday, November 29, the event will introduce guests to four of Liverpool’s most influential and successful women who have paved the way for Future Bosses to follow in their footsteps. Exclusive to women aged 18-30, Future Boss Club offers a unique concept that puts a focus on female-specific business matters. From…
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Liverpool Events
Sound City Reveals First 10 Artists For 2018 Festival
One of Europe’s leading metropolitan festivals of music and arts, Sound City, is making its much anticipated return to the city centre across the first spring bank holiday Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May. Taking place across the Baltic Triangle and Cains Brewery in Liverpool, the festival is very much returning to its roots for its 11th year, focused on discovering an abundance of emerging new talent for everyone to savour whilst experiencing many iconic…
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Review
Pop-up Pug Cafe Is Coming To Liverpool
Pug Cafe & HUS have joined forces to invite pugs and their humans to visit the pop up Pug Cafe on Saturday 20th January 2018. HUS will be transformed into puggy paradise and if you’re a proud pug or pug cross owner (pugs, jugs, pugzus, pugaliers and more all welcome) then you can bring your curly-tailed pals to the cafe to meet some new puggy friends and tuck into some delicious doggy treats. There will…
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Review
There’s A Massive Six Day Winter Festival Coming To Camp & Furnace – With Guaranteed Snow!
Leading city venue Camp and Furnace have announced their plans for a giant indoor winter festival today and they promise snow every day of the event – even when it’s not forecast! Launching on Monday 18th December and running for six days until Saturday 23rd December, Snö Garden is a seasonal spin on the venue’s popular Nightgarden event, which combines music, drinks and live music. Billed as an event for the whole family, Snö Garden…
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Liverpool Events
WRONG Festival 2018 Announces First Wave of Artists: Future Of The Left & More
WRONG Festival 2018 has announced their return to the Liverpool Docklands on the 28th of April 2018 for a second-year outing of vital oddball rock music from both the burgeoning local and UK-wide Freakscene. £12 Super Early Bird tickets are now sold out, with the next allocation of £15 Early Bird on sale now via Skiddle, See Tickets and Dice FM from:https://wrongfestival.com/tickets Following the success of last year’s debut event, which saw the likes of Bo Ningen, The…
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Liverpool Events
Izakaya’s Japanese Feasting Experience Is Heading To Constellations
Castle Street’s Izakaya will be hosting a very special evening at Constellations this Sunday (26th November), presenting their immersive Japanese Feasting experience in association with the Baltic triangle venue and Anti Social Jazz Club. Three exciting brands have come up with the perfect fusion of indulgence, experience and atmospherics to make this night a truly unique celebration. Inspired by Japanese sake shops, Shukuens and Izakaya’s of the Edo period (1603-1867) the menu offers a mouth…
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Liverpool Events
Cain’s Brewery Bar Transformed For Winter: Bar Mont Blanc
With the Christmas lights switched on, temperatures plummeting, and the John Lewis advert officially on our TV, it’s no secret that we are now fully into the winter season, whether you like it or not. So what better time for the guys at Kiosk Presents to launch their cosiest venture yet – an alpine lodge complete with faux fur rugs and open fires, right in the heart of Liverpool’s coolest hangout; the iconic Cain’s Brewery.…
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Liverpool Events
Sound City + Conference 2018 Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets are now on sale for next year’s Sound City + conference, which will take place onFriday 4th May across Liverpool city centre’s Baltic Triangle. The Sound City + conference is the destination business event of the North for music and the arts, and will be a pre-cursor to 2018’s Liverpool Sound City festival. In celebration of Sound City’s move to the Baltic Triangle, Early Birds can get conference only tickets for the discounted rate of…
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Liverpool Events
Miracle on 83 Seel Street Will Bring Adult Christmas Grotto For An Amazing Night Out
This Christmas, independent Liverpool restaurant and bar group, Graffiti Spirits Group, has announced it will be launching Miracle on Seel Street, taking place from Thursday-Sunday in 83, from mid-November to January. 83 is a secretive venue tucked above both Salt Dog Slims and 81LTD, in the heart of Liverpool’s bustling drinking and dining district. Miracle on Seel Street will see the hidden bar completely transformed into a festive den of treats and delicacies, with an array of Christmas cocktails and delicious food offerings on offer,…
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Music
KingFast Crowned Sound Station Winner 2017
KingFast, a singer/song writer who was born in Jamaica and raised in Northern Ireland has been crowned the winner of Merseyrail’s Sound Station competition. Kingfast went head to head with nine other aspiring artists in a battle of the bands style showdown on the concourse level of Central Station, last Saturday (11th November). Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and brought up in Belfast, where his name stems from, the singer now lives in Merseyside where he…
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Music
Listen to the debut pop single from Liverpool songwriter KOVA Feat. Tom Anderson
‘You’ll Hear Me’ is the first pop Single release from Liverpool based songwriter-producer Kova (Reece Cairns), featuring singer/songwriter Tom Anderson. The debut Single follows the first official release from Kova, instrumental track ‘I Wanna Be’, released via Liverpool electronic-dance label Duo-tone. Whilst studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), Kova developed himself as a songwriter whilst performing with electro-pop duo, HALEM, working closely with fellow songwriter Katy Alex (Katy Bryson). Listen to…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
Austin Collings and By The Sea Collab on Out-of-this-World Soundscape, Blade Jogger
In a realm saturated with regurgitations and ‘same old’ releases every month, By The Sea’s latest collaboration really shakes the music scene up, on a cosmic scale. The Wirral-based four-piece – featuring Liam Power on vocals and guitar, Steven Campbell on guitar, Andrew Royden on drums, and Christopher Pickering on bass – have a history of compiling tracks that don’t stick to the norm. This is a band working very much towards their own agenda,…
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Liverpool Events
New Bar Will Serve Cocktails In Total Darkness For The Ultimate Sensory Experience
‘Pitch Black’ opens this week with mystery cocktails in a secret location. You’ve probably heard of the restaurants serving up exciting food menus in absolute darkness, where you rely on your taste buds to guide your gastronomical adventure, right? Well now Pitch Black will be extending this concept to cocktails. Developed by drink industry veteran Lee Baker who brings a wealth of knowledge accumulated through running and owning some of the most feted bars in…
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Liverpool Events
Thom Morecroft Live at 81 Renshaw Street:Review
This was the home coming gig for Thom Morecroft and Chris Tavener’s The Long Way Home tour which closes finally on Sunday 26th Manchester at The Castle in Manchester. What has to be my favourite Liverpool venue at the moment, 81 Renshaw Street, was rammed to witness this triumphant home gig. Ably supported by Elle Rose Smith, Thom Morecroft finally took to the stage and took what was already a great night to another level…
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Liverpool Events
Crazy Pedro’s opens in Liverpool, bringing Pizza, Tequila and all-round good times
Junk food lovers rejoice, because there’s some new kids in town and they put hamburgers on their pizza, serve nachos in a bin lid and shake cotton candy flavoured cocktails. If you’re familiar with the Manchester foodie scene then you have probably paid a visit or two to Crazy Pedro’s in the past, and now it has brought its crazy goodness to Liverpool, beginning with a killer launch party which gave us a little taste…
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Music
Peter J Smyth To Play Free, Live Show at Craft Taproom
Mugstar frontman Peter J Smyth will be playing an exclusive free show at Smithdown Road’s Craft Taproom on Wednesday 15th November. Mugstar might have been known for their hard hitting psychadelic rock but Smyth’s solo project shows a more mellow side to the musician. Peter will be playing songs from his acclaimed solo record Black Smoke, and more. John Peel was a fan of Smyth’s work, and you wouldn’t be hard pressed to find out why. Support…
