Liverpool Arts and Culture magazine
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Liverpool Events
Smithdown Road Festival Announces More Acts For Showcase of Music, Art, Food & Dance
With just a few weeks to go until the annual free Smithdown Road festival, there is no doubting that the program of events has grown considerably this year – and that festival goers are in for a brilliant weekend of music, art, food and dance. Perhaps the biggest news of all is that due to the overwhelming popularity of last year’s festival, there will be a huge outdoor area on the Saturday and Sunday to be held…
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Music
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…
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Music
Band Feature; The Racket – Rebelling With Maximum Effort
The buzz continues apace about this four-piece from Widnes, who in a short period of time have bagged some very nice profile support slots, and who have been quietly honing their stage craft with a series of unannounced gigs and the occasional appearances at the Cavern’s Monday Club. The band got together in August 2015, and as guitarist and backing vocalist Mikey states, the group was born out of boredom and frustration. He had been…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Our Kitchen Restaurant Review
Updated for 2019 – Unfortunately Our Kitchen is now permanently closed. But there’s loads of amazing vegan food places in Liverpool. Have a read of our Best Vegan Places In Liverpool guide. It’s not often that a new vegetarian/vegan restaurant opens in Liverpool so when it happens its big news. The brainchild of former CBBC presenter Tara Maguire, Our Kitchen was designed as an inclusive and holistic venue for people to enjoy organic, nutritious vegetarian…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
The Botanical Garden Re-Opens With Sunshine, Gin & Great Food
The sun was shining – and rightly so – for the re-opening of the Liverpool Botanical Gin Garden, and it was as if the Juniper God was smiling down on us as we celebrated this auspicious occasion. Nothing really has changed; the clientele is a good eclectic mix and the atmosphere is exceptionally friendly with a really cool vibe. The doorman who greeted us with such cheerfulness seemed to have graduated from the British Butler…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Sunday Lunch At The Titanic Hotel
This June marks the Titanic Hotel’s 3rd anniversary, and the minds behind the hotel’s restaurant, the popular Stanley’s Bar and Grill, are keeping us on our toes with their new Sunday Lunch Menu. Located just a 10 minute drive north of the popular Albert Dock and Echo Arena, the hotel offers a peaceful and rustic alternative to the buzzing city centre. The hotel has, fortunately, chosen to combine modern décor with the buildings original skeleton,…
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Review
Liverpool Is Getting It’s First Ever Food Hall In The Baltic Triangle
The Baltic Market will open in Cain’s Brewery warehouse this summer. What have Lisbon, Amsterdam and soon to be Liverpool all got in common? They’ve all got a food hall. From the guys behind Independent Liverpool and street food legend Tim Haggis, chief hot dog perfectionist behind the beloved Meet Frank – a true foodie revolution is upon us in the shape of a 4 days a week food hall. Its a dream come true…
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Liverpool Events
Ditto Live Review Feat. Xamvolo, Little Triggers, The Sneaky Nixons & More
Liverpool based music promotion and distribution company Ditto certainly put together an eclectic lineup on Friday night. Whilst it is almost certainly a cliché to state that the live music scene in the city has never been better it is, none the less true. Camp And Furnace’s “Camp” room played host to a double stage setup whilst in the larger “Furnace” popular food and drink event “Nightgarden” is in full swing. Warrington youngsters Danxia won…
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Liverpool Events
Bongo’s Bingo Announce 2nd Birthday Celebrations With Three Nights At The Olympia
Special live acts joining in the celebrations are Boyzlife and S Club Taking over The Olympia for three nights on Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th April, Bongo’s Bingo’s second birthday weekend in Liverpool promises to be a spectacular celebration. What started as essentially an idea on the back of a beer mat in Merseyside some two years ago is evolving to redefine the concept of a night out for many people across the…
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Liverpool Events
Ninja Warrior UK’s ‘Last Man Standing’ Opens New Obstacle Course At Velocity Trampoline Park
Velocity Trampoline Park has unveiled its unique spin on TV’s toughest assault course, Ninja Warrior UK. As part of the venue’s big reveal to the public, Jonny Urszuly who was named ‘Last Man Standing’ on series three of the hit ITV show, made a star appearance to officially open the Widnes-based site’s new adrenaline-pumping addition. The purpose-build course, which is suitable for ‘contenders’ aged eight and above, features a varied range of challenging obstacles including…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Rejuvenate With The Brink’s New Detoxing Drinks Menu
The Brink is challenging the North West to ‘spring’ into action with its detoxing drinks menu. With springtime just around the corner, the award-winning dry bar and café is encouraging customers to try out its wide variety of fresh presses and smoothies. Devised with wellbeing in mind, each of the recipes boast delicious flavours and notable health benefits to help customers enter the new season with a spring in their step. General Manager of The…
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Music
Band Feature; The Debt Stars
The Debt Stars have been a band bubbling under the surface for some time now, not to be rushed into releasing new music but we’ve heard that things are about to change for the Liverpool-based band. Their current track ‘Shallow Grave’ has been garnering attention on their Soundcloud page just recently; a teaser of what’s to come in the summer. ‘Shallow Grave’ is a punchy, brutal track. There is a nice sinister edge to the guitars…
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Review
New LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner Art Project At FACT
Starting from 22 March 2017, the durational art project HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US by LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner will be adopted by FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool, UK. A flag emblazoned with the words “HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US” will be continuously live-streamed from the arts organisation to www.hewillnotdivide.us for four years, or the duration of the 45th Presidency of the United States. The artwork is conceived by the artists as a resistance to division, and to the…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Print Fair Returns 8th April
It was back in October that Liverpool Noise last spoke to Scott Duffy and Abigail “Abe” Sinclair about the inaugural Liverpool Print Fair. “We had sixty prints to give out to the first people through the door and they went in an hour” Abe tells me in the garden of The Merchant where her and Scott took a few moments away from the latest Print Social to talk to me. “And that was taking into…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Food, Drink & Lifestyle Spring Festival; Saturday 15th – Sunday 16th April
Back for its third year is the sunnier sister of The Liverpool Food & Drink Festival, held on Easter Weekend in Sefton Park. Foodies will be impressed by the wide variety of sweet & sour stalls, displaying their best creations, whilst there will also be numerous opportunities to grab a drink, hopefully in the sunshine! Food stalls at the festival will include Neon Jamon, Mela Street Food, Little Furnace, Reds True BBQ, The Interesting Eating…
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Liverpool Events
Baltic Weekender Announce First Wave of Acts
This June, The Baltic Triangle sees a new cultural event take over their venues, as Abandon Silence and 24 Kitchen Street join forces to celebrate the musical diversity that the area has become renowned for. It’s not been easy for The Baltic Triangle recently; with property developers plans guaranteed to have a negative impact on the alternative venues, the guys behind the driving forces of the alternative music scene in Liverpool have teamed up, promising…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Titanic Hotel Launches New Sunday Roast Menu
Titanic Hotel has stepped into spring with the launch of its new Sunday Lunch menu, which brings together traditional family dining and the iconic surroundings of the city’s leading, luxury destination. Served in the acclaimed Stanley’s Bar & Grill with its unique open theatre-style kitchen, guests can see dishes being prepared as well as enjoying dramatic views of the hotel’s colonnaded terrace and the historic Stanley Dock. Locally-sourced and British ingredients comprise the foundation of…
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Music
Band Feature; Salt The Snail
Salt The Snail’s Caffeine-Fuelled Debut Single Is A Riotous Belter Salt the Snail are clearly no strangers to noise. From the first few seconds of their debut track ‘Coffee’ you can tell that things are about to get a little crazy. Sat, seemingly calm, behind a table of paper cups filled with everyone’s favourite ‘jitter juice’, it doesn’t need a genius to figure out what’s to come in the video. Building momentum with the thundering…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
New Brighton Seaside Festival Full Line-Up Announced
Orb Events have announced the full music line-up for New Brighton Seaside Festival. Man and the Echo, The Shipbuilders, Marc Kenny and Nick Ellis are among the artists performing during the inaugural three-day event in May. The fantastic festival will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday, 27th – 29th May at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton Beach, Marine Lakeand Promenade in New Brighton. Headlining the Saturday night is Man and the Echo. Their debut album skirts numerous musical signposts, spanning the likes of The Smiths, Dexys, Pulp, 50/60s crooning,…
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Liverpool Events
The Countdown Is On For Circo’s Never Ever Land Concept
The team behind the city’s CIRCO brand has unveiled its next generation of entertainment in the form of Never Ever Land. With just over one month to go until the new Seel Street venue’s grand opening, owner Jason McNeill has unveiled a series of teasers, detailing the transformation that has converted the former ‘freak show’ into a ‘kaleidoscope of thrill-seeking enchantment’. Being the first of its kind in the UK, having drawn inspiration from other…
