Liverpool Arts and Culture magazine
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Review
New Discount Card Launching Soon For Music Fans
A new discount card will be launching in Liverpool for music fans to take advantage of discounted gig tickets, new album and EP releases and even discounts on food and drink venues in the city. The Key Card is designed to encourage people to support the local music scene whilst saving them some of their hard earned cash along the way. Founder of The Key Card, J Fairhurst said “It’s about getting people out to…
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Review
Beauty In The Baltic: Woodlands Beauty Clinic
Woodlands Beauty Clinic Provides Timely Treatments In The Heart of The City Centre. Woodlands Beauty Clinic, located on Jamaica Street, is providing a one-stop beauty pit-stop with its range of timely treatments, ideal for those who are often on the go. Specialising in shellac, waxing and eyelashes to name a few, the conveniently located salon welcomes professionals, students and local residents alike. Managing Director of Woodlands Beauty Clinic Alison Stananought said: “Here at Woodlands Beauty Clinic,…
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Liverpool Events
UK’s First Revolving Theatre Planned For Liverpool
Plans to develop a new creative district at Liverpool’s North Docklands could include the UK’s first Stage-Around Theatre performance space. The proposed theatre venue is based around a similar space in Amsterdam where the revolving auditorium (seats move around the stage) is designed to give audiences “a genuinely immersive experience”. The city’s plans to turn the docklands area into a creative quarter with the likes of venues such as the Invisible Wind Factory and Drop…
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Liverpool Events
The Worry Dolls Live At The Zanzibar; Preview
Since opening it’s doors in 1996 in the former Liverpool Institute for Boys the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts counts many notable figures amongst it’s alumni. In addition to actors and presenters former students include members of The Staves, The Wombats, Clean Cut Kid and “United States Of Whatever” singer Liam Lynch. This list also includes the now London based country/folk/americana duo of The Worry Dolls. Zoe Nicol and Rosie Jones met at an open…
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Liverpool Events
WRONG Festival Announce Full Line Up
North West independent record label Loner Noise have unveiled the full line up for WRONG Festival – A Festival For The Freakscene, a one day happening on the 22nd April 2017 at the newly formed creative hub of the Liverpool Docklands. Aiming to create something truly unique and very special for the first time in Liverpool, organisers are proud to announce that Japanese psych legends Bo Ningen will be topping a bill which brings together the disparate scenes from the heavier and stranger…
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Music
Ayawaska ‘The Ride’ Single Review
Melodic guitars lead to a fine piece of indie rock with retro leanings on this track. The Ride is upbeat and cheerful with an edge of cool that makes it a little bit special. It feels more like the sound of summer than a track released in chilly January – the sound of things to come; a release from the current drabness. Describing themselves as Indie, Rock, Alternative, Psychedelic their sound most definitely encompasses all…
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Liverpool Events
Secret Diners Club’s Valentine’s Pop-Up; Tickets On Sale Now
What better way to celebrate the romantic holiday than with a Secret Diners Club dinner in one of our favourite unique spaces? The appropriately named Love Lane Lock-up. The Secret Diners Club pop-up will be open on Thursday 9, Friday 10 and Saturday 11 February. There will be one sitting on Thursday, and two two-hour sittings on Friday and Saturday, with a secret three-course meal served each time. Please double check the ticket timings before purchasing to ensure you purchase…
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Liverpool Events
Independent Liverpool St Patrick’s Day Weekender
Independent Liverpool make a welcome return to The Great Baltic Warehouse to bring us their St Patrick’s Day Weekender on 17th & 18th March. They will be bringing a little bit of Dublin to The Baltic Triangle where once again they will transform The Great Baltic Warehouse into something special. Expect Guinness, Irish whiskey, gin and more to get you suitably merry and plenty of irish stew and soda bread to soak it all up with.…
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Liverpool Events
Liverpool Disco Festival & Southport Weekender’s 30th Anniversary Announce First Wave of Acts
Liverpool Disco Festival returns on Saturday 6th May 2017, following on from last October’s incredible debut event. The weekend carries a special resonance across the UK and beyond, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the legendary Southport Weekender, who along with Hustle and SUNcéBeat present an epic showcase of music in the city’s thriving creative quarter, the Baltic Triangle. SUNcéBeat and Hustle are bringing together not only all the best parts that made the first Liverpool…
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Liverpool Events
Threshold Festival Reveal Second Wave of Artists
Threshold Festival organisers have announced the second wave of acts that will be performing at the seventh annual celebration. Throwing a spotlight on the North West’s grassroots music and arts, the festival will return to the city from March 31st to April 2nd. Following the reveal of the likes of Hannah Peel, Nils Bech, XamVolo and Lilium, nineteen more acts have now been added to the line-up. Thrash heavy Manchester trio False Advertising will take the Threshold stage, playing their first set since…
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Liverpool Events
Sing-a-Long-a Dirty Dancing Screening At St George’s Hall
Get your dancing shoes at the ready and prepare to go back in time and dance the Merengue and Mambo when St George’s Hall bring Sing-a-Long-a Dirty Dancing on Friday 24 March. The producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a GREASE present their next instalment, the brand new Sing-a-Long-a interactive screening of the classic film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. It’s the Summer of 1963, it’s college boys versus dancing hunks, it’s one of the best loved movies of all time which tells the high…
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Liverpool Events
Organic Food Market Opening On Bold Street
Liverpool will soon be home to a brand new organic food market, bakery and eatery. LIV Food Market, opening on Bold Street in March, will be offering the best in organic, natural and free from food. LIV’s core concept is to promote healthy eating and living to help customers’ live longer, healthier lives and they aim to do this by offering organic and natural products including fresh fruit and vegetables as well as home and…
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Liverpool Events
Sound City Announce Festival Headliners
Sound City have announced The Human League, John Cale, Metronomy & The Kooks as headliners for their 10th Anniversary. Having already announced a move to the larger Clarence Dock for 2017, Sound City has also revealed that it will host four days of festivities to mark its special birthday. The festival launches on Thursday with a celebration of the English avant-garde featuring a trio of some of the most influential British electronic artists of the modern…
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Liverpool Events
SPINN To Support The Sherlocks At The 02 Academy In February
Young, indie upstarts, SPINN, have just been booked to support the band on everyone’s lips at the moment, The Sherlocks in Liverpool’s 02 Academy on the 11th February. The Sherlocks have played sold-out show up and down the country, SXSW, Reading and Leeds. The band have also been pushed heavily by Radio one, two, and six, as well as, This Feeling. The band, who originate from Sheffield, have also just hit number one for vinyl sales in the country. And…
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Liverpool Events
Where To Watch Super Bowl 51 In Liverpool
It’s the biggest event in American sport and it’s been gaining in popularity over this side of the pond over the last few years; here’s where you can watch the Super Bowl in Liverpool. Camp & Furnace – As always we can rely on Camp & Furnace’s fan park to create a great atmosphere to watch America’s biggest sporting spectacle. Free entry. Last entry midnight. Rack & Dollar – Berry Street’s American themed bar and…
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Music
The Shipbuilders’ Debut EP; Review
After giving fans a taster of what was to come, with their first single ‘Feeling In My Pocket’, The Shipbuilders’ debut EP Something In The Water was released at the close of 2016. The four-piece, comprising Matty Loughlin, Danny Lee, Nicky McGrane and Graeme Sully, were busy at the end of last year tying up all the loose strings for their album, so 2017 is set to be an exciting year of gigs and festivals…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
HUS; Restaurant, Bar & Venue Space
HUS has only been open a couple of months, but it is quickly establishing itself a reputation for quality food and a great environment to gather in, kick back, fill and chill. Its home is in the Tempest Building on Tithebarn Street, and succeeds in its ambition to bring a relaxed feel that can be missing in the business district of Liverpool. It boasts a bar, restaurant, conference and party facilities. All this and a…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Meet Frank Gourmet Hot Dogs; Food Review
Now we’ve previously hyped about Liverpool’s Ghetto Golf -crazy golf at it’s best – but the mistake we made last time was not paying a visit to Meet Frank. Meet Frank is the on-site gourmet hot dog eatery serving up a range of dogs which are all handmade using free range pork shoulder and prime beef. They are also gluten free and extremely tasty! After a round of golf and a few drinks along the course…
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Liverpool Events
Africa Oyé 2017 Dates Announced
Africa Oyé’s 25th Anniversary Festival The dates have been announced for the UK’s largest FREE celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture as Africa Oyé celebrates its silver anniversary. On 17th & 18th June, a handpicked line-up of acts from Oyé’s 25-year history will descend on Liverpool’s Sefton Park for a weekend of incredible music and cultural celebrations. Oyé‘s Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney is confident that the festival can live up to expectations for such a milestone this…
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Liverpool Events
New Brighton To Host First Ever Seaside Bank Holiday Festival
Orb Events is delighted to announce a brand-new festival for Spring 2017 – the New Brighton Seaside Festival. The fantastic three-day family festival will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday (27-29 May). It will take over a huge space between Fort Perch Rock and the Floral Pavilion Theatre on the Marine Promenade in New Brighton. As well as offering an exciting programme of fun seaside-themed entertainment, the event is set to showcase the best of homegrown seasonal fayre featuring a host of regional producers and introducing a raft of new…
