Liverpool Arts and Culture magazine
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Liverpool Events
MCM Comic Con Liverpool 2017
After the success of the MCM Comic Con 2016, the event returns to Liverpool with fancy dress cult movie characters and superheros set to take over the city once more. The event which pays homage to movies, video games, comics, anime, online video and cosplay attracts thousands of visitors to unleash their inner geek and is ever growing in popularity. There will be the chance to buy the very best from the worlds of Movies, Anime,…
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Review
The Soul Rays At Chester Live Rooms; Review
January – the weirdest month of the year where everyone is super tired and skint from the Christmas madness but also hopeful for what is to come in the New Year. As I stepped in to Chester Live Rooms, it wasn’t clear exactly how the night would pan out. With the DJ playing some old school tracks whilst individuals stood dancing with one hand clutching their pint and the other in the air. The Soul…
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Liverpool Events
FACT Exhibition ‘How Much of This Is Fiction’ Opens 2nd March
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) has announced their next exhibition How Much of This Is Fiction; open from 2 March until 21 May, and focusing on politically inspired media art that uses deception in all its forms. The exhibition shows the artist as trickster, using a variety of hoaxes and hacks to reveal the hidden workings of power structures. One local example of a media hoax to make a statement which the Echo…
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Liverpool Events
Trashmouth Records Event Featuring Wild Fruit Art Collective & More
District host a mix of bands from Liverpool and London on January 28th. Partially The night features bands with a variety of musical styles and will be a high quality, must-see event. The evening starts with a set by Liverpool band Rongorongo. Their sound has a beautiful shoe-gaze quality yet has enough groove to lift it far above the mainstream. Like the ancient cypher the band are named after, they have a mysterious quality. Wild…
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Music
Amanda Brown & The Common Ears EP Review
For those loving a heavy dose of nostalgia, Amanda Brown and The Common Ears produce beautifully crafted jazz and blues that would not seem out of place in a prohibition speakeasy. Their six track album Medicinal Biscuit may differ greatly from the majority of music currently on offer, but it is an intriguing offering. The vocals are sweet and eminently suitable for the music. The band have kept things strictly retro rather than fusing bluesy…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Liverpool Set For Fine Dining Restaurant
Liverpool is set to get a new fine dining restaurant later this month – however, it will only be open for 3-nights. At the end of January, Buyers Club’s renowned Head Chef Daniel Heffy will be going on a European culinary adventure. Already a huge talent in the city, Heffy – who at just 22 years old became head chef at the restaurant – will be taking a sabbatical and heading onto the continent…
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Liverpool Events
British Music Experience To Open In March
Liverpool’s Cunard Building will soon be home to a brand new music museum. The British Music Experience is dedicated to the history of post-war British music. Liverpool is an ideal home for this permanent music exhibition, with a wealth of musical talent hailing from the city. However, the museum is not just celebrating music from Merseyside, this will be a national museum of British rock and pop music. The attraction promises to be a fun-packed interactive…
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Liverpool Events
Ditto Live Music Event At Camp & Furnace
Award-winning independent global music distributor, Ditto Music has announced that the launch of it’s first major live event – Ditto Live will take place in Liverpool on Friday 24th March 2017. Hosted by BBC Introducing’s Dave Monks, Ditto Live will showcase some of the best independent artists and record labels from across Merseyside and will take place in Liverpool’s Camp and Furnace; a venue which has previously hosted Psychfest, Liverpool Biennial and Music Week’s Closing Party. With a great line-up that already features XamVolo,…
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Liverpool Events
Buyers Club Introduce Unique Brunch Menu
Buyers Club – the firm favourite among foodies in the city – has the perfect remedy for those suffering from the blues this January with the introduction of a brand new brunch offering. The Hardman Street restaurant and bar is kicking off 2017 with a range of unique brunch dishes including baked eggs with nduja, smoked haddock kedgeree, and coconut French toast to name just a few of the additions. Available from 12pm-3pm, Tuesday to Saturday, the dishes will…
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Liverpool Events
Smithdown Road Festival Announce First Wave of Acts For 2017 Event
Smithdown Road Festival has announced the first wave of acts ahead of this years festival in April. Former Zutons frontman Dave McCabe is the most notable announcement to play the free, three day event along with London rockers Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind. Former frontman of indie band The Bluetones, Mark Morriss is also on the bill and HAARM will be performing off the back of supporting Bloc Party at the Roundhouse in London. The…
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Activities in Liverpool
13 Sporting Challenges To Sign Up For In 2017
It’s the start of a brand new year and time to gear yourself up for a fresh set of challenges for the year. We’ve compiled 13 challenges to sign up for this year to keep your health goals firmly on track. Spring City Spring 5k or 10k (Sefton Park) – The 2017 event takes place over the weekend of Sat 6th May (5k and Kids 1k) and Sun 7th May (10k). Sign up here. Swim…
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Liverpool Events
Harry Potter Screening With Live Orchestra At Echo Arena
Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone Screening with Live Orchestra comes to the Echo Arena on 18th May. The Harry Potter™ film series is one of those once-in-a-lifetime cultural phenomena that continues to delight millions of fans around the world. Audiences will now be able to relive the magic of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone in high-definition on a giant screen while hearing a full live orchestra perform John Williams’ unforgettable score. It is…
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Liverpool Events
Award-Winning Positive Vibration Festival Returns June 2017
Liverpool’s award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican heritage returns in June 2017 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, a Reggae Q&A, creative workshops,…
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Liverpool Events
St George’s Hall Winter Ales Festival
If you haven’t had enough booze over the festive season then St George’s Hall Winter Ales Festival is a great way to overcome the January blues. There will be over 200 real ales and ciders available as well as continental beers and lagers, wine and prosecco. A visit to the Liverpool Distillery bar is a must for spirit lovers with Liverpool Gin, Vodka and Rum. There will also be local food traders on hand to…
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Liverpool Events
Leonard Cohen Live At Woolton Picture House
2016 seen the passing of the legend Leonard Cohen, ‘The God Father of Gloom’ and Woolton Picture House are throwing a fitting tribute to him all in aid of CALM; Campaign Against Living Miserably. The art deco cinema will be showing Leonard Cohen; Live at the Isle of Wight 1970. Tickets are £6.50 each (if you wish to donate more you can) with profits going to CALM. This a charity dedicated to preventing male suicide, the biggest…
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Liverpool Events
Circo Bookings Start For New 2017 Concept
The team behind the city’s Circo brand has been welcomed with record demand for its new concept that is set to be launched next year. More than 400 Circo supporters have already secured bookings for the venue’s new ‘dinner show with a difference’, which will take place in its new Seel Street home in early 2017. Owner Jason McNeill said: “2017 looks to be a very exciting year for everyone that is involved in the…
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Liverpool Events
Fiesta Bombarda At Liverpool Cathedral
Fiesta Bombarda to host their biggest carnival to date in Liverpool Cathedral Prepare yourselves for the biggest Fiesta Bombarda to date, as radiant brass melodies and rousing African rhythms are set to entwine themselves around one of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings for two days in January 2017. In assocation with Africa Oyé, organisers are excited to reveal that Ibibio Sound Machine will be playing on the Friday of the festival at Liverpool Cathedral. Fronted by London-born Nigerian…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Yard & Coop; Restaurant Review
New Fried Chicken Restaurant In Liverpool City Centre. Yard & Coop have burst onto the scene, opening a swanky new restaurant in Liverpool specialising in buttermilk fried chicken, on Hanover Street – and it’s 100% delicious. As we descended the steps from street level down into this basement venue we were offered a tour of the place by one of the staff. It’s not something you get offered when entering a restaurant usually but the…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
Abandon Silence At The Buyers Club This NYE
Liverpool venue Buyers Club is set to see the New Year in style later this month as local promoter Abandon Silence takes the helm of the occasion for the second year running. For this year’s edition, Dan Shake – the first ever non-Detroit artist to be signed to Moodymann’s prestigious label Mahogani Music – will be joining resident Abandon Silence DJs Andrew Hill, Harry Sheehan and Tom Lye to kick off the new year at the Hardman…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
Beyond The Beaten Track Celebration 28th January
On Saturday January 28th, The Bluecoat will host BEYOND THE BEATEN TRACK – a one-off closing party event, to celebrate Liverpool’s Above the Beaten Track festivals. The celebration will feature a daytime programme of panels, workshops, talks, roundtable discussions and informal networking, aimed at young people looking to work in the music and creative industries. A free evening gig will close the day’s activity, featuring a selection of acts from previous festivals. The event grew and diversified from a small music festival into a large multi-arts…
