Liverpool Arts and Culture magazine
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool’s Iconic Buildings Light Up Rainbow Colours As Part of Liverpool Pride
Liverpool Pride will shine a light on diversity again this summer with the return of the stunning project Come Out of the Shadows. Pride organisers are appealing for as many of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings, venues and city businesses as possible to join the event and be lit up in the colours of the iconic Rainbow Flag – helping make Liverpool the most visibly LGBT+ city in the UK. Last year Come Out of the Shadows grabbed the public’s imagination as more than 30 of…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Ropewalks Lounge; Restaurant Review
This restaurant is attached to the Novotel on Hanover Street, but effort has been made to give it its own identity, which, on the whole it succeeds in doing. The Rope imagery is continued in the décor, as it provides a decorative barrier between eating sections, whilst the waiting staff sport natty Breton t-shirts, which continue the nautical feel. My dining partner – The G – was having difficulty parking the car, so I had…
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Liverpool Events
Brazilica Festival Announce Music Programme
Brazilica Festival has revealed the first names in a magnificent musical line-up which will have Liverpool carnival goers Samba-ing on the city street this summer. Some of the most exciting and talented musicians from home and abroad are set to bring the pulsating sounds of the Latin American beat to the banks of the Mersey thanks to Liverpool’s International Samba Festival. The historic Pier Head on the city’s world heritage waterfront will be transformed by colourful carnival action…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool International Music Festival Returns Next Month With A Huge Line Up
Adding a fifth notch to its belt, Sefton Park welcomes the return of Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) from Thursday 20th July- Sunday 23rd July. Following on from last year’s hugely successful line-up, Liverpool’s four-day festival is set to impress again. Introducing an array of free and ticketed events, LIMF acts as a creative melting pot for artists and music lovers from all corners of the globe. Returning to the city’s green oasis – Sefton Park – LIMF…
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Review
Hope & Glory Festival Preview & One’s To Watch
HOPE & GLORY Festival launches this summer boasting an impressive 12,500 capacity event in the heart of Liverpool, with the stunning Victorian backdrop of the World Museum, City Library and St.George’s Hall and St.John’s Gardens. Try to imagine your favourite bands, huge tunes, combined with a decadent Victoriana carnival, wicked fun, with a heavy dose of outrageous sideshows, and you’ll begin to get a picture of what HOPE & GLORY Festival is. A festival of proper…
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Liverpool Events
St Luke’s Bombed Out Church Gardens Re-Opening In Style On 17th June
The much-loved St Luke’s – better known as the Bombed Out Church – will reopen its Gardens for the first time in nearly two years. To celebrate the Stratford Festival Orchestra & Choir will be performing a live version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. There will be two recitals at 1.00pm and 5.00pm. Fresh from recording a number of Beatles tracks at Abbey Road Studios, London in their own homage to the Fab…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
The Craft Beer Expo Returns To Constellations 15th – 18th June
The Craft Beer Expo returns to Constellations, celebrating its fifth year for what promises to be another fantastic event. For those that haven’t experienced the expo before, expect over 300 beers, 20+ bars and over 80 breweries, sumptuous street food and a specially curated live-music programme. Come rain or shine the festival never disappoints. The Craft Beer Expo is a modern craft beer festival, featuring a new breed of ground-breaking and innovative breweries from the UK,…
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Health and Fitness in Liverpool
The Brink Adds Tai Chi To Ever-Growing Wellbeing Schedule
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…
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Review
Folk On The Dock Festival Announce First Acts
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…
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Review
Granby Four Streets Market Returns For The Summer
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…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Al Fresco FINCA Paladar Returns To Constellations; Tickets On Sale Now
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…
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Liverpool Events
Free Dance, Music & Instrument Workshops At Africa Oyé’s Anniversary Festival
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…
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Liverpool Events
The Merchant Is Hosting A GTA Vice City 80’s Themed Party
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 //…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Liverpool Set To Wake Up To Organic With A Nationwide Celebration Kicking Off In The City This June
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…
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Music
Mike Blue Lays His Innermost Thoughts Bare In a Series of Acoustic Tracks
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…
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Liverpool Events
The Metquarter Is Getting A Boutique Cinema
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…
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Liverpool Events
Award-Winning Positive Vibration Festival Returns This Weekend
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,…
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Music
Takotsubo Men 3rd of 4 Album Review
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…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Noise Hosts A Whitechapel Centre Fundraiser With Superb Bands At 24 Kitchen Street
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.…
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Liverpool Events
Celebrate World Gin Day At The Botanical Garden This Saturday 10th June
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…
