Liverpool Arts and Culture magazine
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Sound City 2017 – 10th Anniversary Festival Preview
With each passing year since its inception in 2008, Liverpool Sound City has only grown in stature – and this time around looks to celebrate its 10th anniverasry with a move to Clarence Dock and the most star-studded line up yet. As well as showcasing some of the best emerging talent locally and from across the country, the festival continues to prove itself capable of drawing more ‘heavyweight’ acts to its stage. The likes of The…
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Liverpool Events
Check Out The Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave Taking The City By Storm
Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents; the award-winning Big Fish Little Fish has been helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013. DJ Derek Kaye will be playing (grown up) dance music on the multi-sensory dance floor with glitter cannons, bubbles and giant parachute dance. Craft tables with giant mural, themed crafts and playdoh table. Play area with tents and tunnels and baby chill out space with mats and small ball pool. There’s a…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Disco Festival – 30 Years of Southport Weekender Set Times & Site Map
After its spectacular debut last October, the Liverpool Disco Festival returns in May 2017, this time uniting with the Southport Weekender across their 30th anniversary year, set across the renascent Baltic Triangle district of the city. Bringing together some of the most iconic global names together from the disco, house, garage, soul and funk spectrum for one magical day and night, Liverpool Disco Festival is a celebration of all things soulful, seductive and scintillating. The…
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Liverpool Events
Julian Marley To Play Africa Oyé’s 25th Anniversary Festival
The Grammy-nominated reggae star heads up the latest wave of artists, with Diabel Cissokho and HAJAmadagascar also added to the festival line-up. The UK’s largest FREE celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture will be headlined by reggae royalty this June as Julian Marley is set to close the festival weekend out in style. Marley will play hits like “Boom Draw”, “Systems”, “Lemme Go” and “Violence in the Streets” along with a selection of…
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Liverpool Events
Yeah Buddy! Bring Kalandra To 81 Renshaw This Sunday
Plying their trade between Liverpool and their home country Norway, Kalandra have made a name for themselves in their country of origin and their adopted home of Merseyside. They wowed revellers with an impressive set at Threshold Festival last month and they return to the city, this time at one of Liverpools best new venues, 81 Renshaw. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/292530664″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Kalandra will be joined on the night by their good friends…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Chef & Restaurant Owner Aiming For Crowdfunder Success With New Campaign
Local chef Gary Usher is looking to raise funds for his latest restaurant venture, Wreckfish, in Liverpool. Cutting his teeth at the Michelin starred Chester Grosvenor, followed by time spent at Chapter One, Chez Bruce, York & Albany and Jamie’s Italian, Gary Usher is no stranger to hard work. Opening Sticky Walnut in Hoole, Chester, back in 2011 on a shoestring budget, he now owns two additional restaurants with a potential fourth in the pipeline.…
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Liverpool Events
Here’s What’s Happening At British Style Collective Presented By The Clothes Show
British Style Collective presented by The Clothes Show lands in Liverpool 7-9 July, embracing some of Liverpool’s most iconic landmarks as part of a citywide event. The event gives you access to 4 venues across the city including a seat at The Alcatel Fashion Arena in association with Glamour Magazine and Capital FM at Echo Arena Liverpool featuring Rock the Runway fashion-meets-music spectacle. Each Rock The Runway will feature a different celebrity presenter with Vogue Williams – Friday 7 July, Kimberley…
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Föllakzoid Are Bringing Their Chilean Alt Rock Sound To The Magnet
Chilean alt-rockers Föllakzoid are heading to The Magnet on 17th May for what promises to be a trippy, immersive night of music. Föllakzoid began seven years ago as a trance experience between childhood friends Diego, Juan Pablo, and Domingo from Santiago, Chile. Influenced by the heritage of the ancient music of the Andes, the band manage to integrate this influence with contemporary sounds, creating a rich yet minimal atmosphere. They first came to the attention across the world…
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Liverpool Events
Hot Water Comedy Club; Liverpool’s Home of Humour, Seven Days A Week
Liverpool isn’t exactly short on comedy, scousers are a pretty funny bunch of people in general so you’ve probably got to be pretty good to get genuine laughs out of a crowd who have come to be entertained. Luckily for Hot Water Comedy Club, the city’s only purpose built comedy club, they have the laughs all wrapped up. Operating seven nights a week from their Seel Street home they are pros at the comedy game.…
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Music
Band Feature; Oya Paya
Pop your headphones in and give Oya Paya a listen and you’ll be transported to a breezy, carefree summer’s day. Hailing from around the globe (but now based in our very own Merseyside capital), the trio comprising Ashwin, Saam and Maxime have nailed their own spin on indie-rock, with a little bit of smooth rapping on the side. Their music is exactly the right mix of chilled out instrumentals and catchy lyrics. Newest single, ‘Trip…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool One’s Tickle The Ivories Is Back For Its Seventh Year
Calling musicians of all ages and abilities – Liverpool One’s Tickle the Ivories is back. The music festival, now in its seventh year, will take place between July 7 and September 3. Six pianos will once again transform the streets of Liverpool into open-air music boulevards. The pianos will be located across Liverpool ONE including South John Street, Paradise Street, College Lane, Sugar House Steps, Peter’s Square and The Terrace. Anyone who takes part in Tickle…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Castle St Townhouse Welcomes New General Manager As Part of Its Evolved Dining Destination Concept
Castle St Townhouse has welcomed a new General Manager to head its expanding team. Robert Andrew Scott, 37, joins the all day, night and drinking destination following an impressive background in a variety of Rosette, Red Star and Michelin Star properties including Hipping Hall, Lower Slaughter Manor and Manor House Castle Combe. As part of ongoing developments, Castle St Townhouse has also unveiled an eclectic new dinner concept to add to its holistic dining options…
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Liverpool Events
Bongo’s Bingo Launches In Sydney This Summer – Win Flights To Australia Here!
Bongo’s Bingo – the original bingo-rave phenomenon which continues to take the UK by storm with a series of sold out shows in many cities across the county – will make its debut Down Under on Friday 23rd June 2017 in Paddington, Sydney, and launches a national tour shortly after in Melbourne and Brisbane. Bongo’s Bingo is Bingo like it has never experienced before, with rave intervals, dancing on tables and letting loose pretty much compulsory.…
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Liverpool Events
World Premiere of ‘Garage Classical’ Live With A 40 Piece Orchestra At LIMF 2017
In a world premiere, DJ Spoony will present a UK Garage classics live with the backing of the 40 piece RNCM Session Orchestra as part of the LIMF Presents programme in 2017. As the performance curator, he will be joined for an unforgettable experience by UK Garage legends Kele Le Roc, Elizabeth Troy, Lonyo, Master Of Ceremonies, Lifford, Richie Dan, Nay Nay and Sweet Female Attitude, with additional performances on the evening from So Solid Crew, Donaeo,…
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Liverpool Events
Physical Fest Brings Williamson Square To Life With Colourful Street Theatre This Bank Holiday
Now in its 13th year. Liverpool’s international physical theatre festival is the only festival in Europespecialising solely in physical theatre and the Street Theatre Day line-up has now been announced. Catch Highly Sprung’s acclaimed performance Urban Astronaut between 12 noon to 2pm. It is a walkabout and physical theatre performance that provides glimpse of a future that might be… Where problems surrounding air pollution have grown to a crisis point, is there any way back? The answer is found in a simple encounter with a young girl…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
Sgt Pepper At 50; Liverpool Celebrates 50 Years of Iconic Album With Special Events Programme
13 Tracks. 13 Unique Events. 1City. 25th May – 16th June. Liverpool has lined up a series of spectacular events to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’s Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club album. Each track of the album will form a never-seen-before-event in the city which has been backed by £750,000 of investment from the Arts Council England. For more than two weeks, there will be performances, installations, live spectacle and moments of surprise…
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Activities in Liverpool
Velocity Trampoline Park Bounces Into Liverpool
Velocity Trampoline Park has announced the news of its latest acquisition following a £2 million investment. The leisure company has received the green light on a planning application for its third trampoline park, conveniently located just a stone’s throw away from New Mersey Shopping Park in Speke. In collaboration with property giant Peel, the entertainment venue is set to open its doors in late 2017 and will offer a refreshing state-of-the-art concept. Managing Director of…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool’s Award-Winning Reggae Festival Returns With The Selecter & Jah Shaka
Liverpool’s award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican heritage, Positive Vibration, returns in June for a jam-packed weekend of cultural appreciation and positivity. Winner of ‘Best New Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards 2016, Positive Vibration will play host to a plethora of internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems & selectors, a Reggae Q&A, creative workshops, a record fair & market, and plenty of tasty Caribbean food & drink. Headlining this year’s festival will be…
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Liverpool Events
Pop-Up Film Festival Will Be Taking Over Smithdown Road’s Handyman Supermarket
Liverpool’s Empty Spaces Cinema will be taking over Wavertree’s Handyman Supermarket on 6th & 7th May for The Hammer and Nail Pop-Up Film Festival. The not-for-profit organisation will host a series of screenings in the location of the former Sefton Park Picturedrome, before the Handyman Supermarket is turned into a microbrewery and pub. The back room space that will be used for the screenings can seat up to 50 people. Chris from Empty Spaces Cinema…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
West 34 Restaurant Review
Unfortunately, West 34 is now permanently closed. Last week, West 34 welcomed various guests to try out their brand new Seafood menu. The restaurant, situated on Banks Road, offers an eclectic menu looking to entice diners from across the region. Upon entering the restaurant we were greeted with a glass of fizz and asked to take a seat. When we first entered, it was fairly quiet as we had booked for an earlier seating. Although…
