Liverpool Arts and Culture magazine
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Bars in Liverpool
City Chefs Celebrate Launch of New Liverpool Food & Drink Taxi
Chefs taking part in Liverpool Food and Drink Festival launched the official festival taxi today which features celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo and Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain – both who are appearing at next month’s event. Liverpool is one of only a few large-scale food festivals in the UK to promote its own city’s bars and restaurants and over 70 will be taking part, when it returns to Sefton Park on 17th and…
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Activities in Liverpool
The Grass Is Greener At The Brink Thanks To New Allotment & Garden Space
The Brink is set to offer its visitors a breath of fresh air with the introduction of its new allotment and garden. Located on Parr Street, the revolutionary social initiative has become the first in the city to have been selected by Bluegreen Liverpool, which is a Big Lottery funded project that aims to encourage and maximise the use of green-space. In a bid to provide a unique arm to the recovery process, the venue’s courtyard…
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Bars in Liverpool
Finca To Bring A Taste of Cuba To Slater Street
Cuban Street Food Concept to Begin Residency at The Merchant. Cuban street food eatery FINCA is set to begin its second residency of the year in September when it takes over the kitchen at Slater Street venue, The Merchant. Launched in March, FINCA has spent the summer months located within The Baltic Triangle’s Botanical Gin Garden – where it has been serving a range of tasty Cuban dishes from cubanos, traditional Cuban sandwiches, and tacos to…
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Activities in Liverpool
Liverpool Girl Geeks & FACT Partner With CoopDigital To Tackle Gender Diversity
Liverpool Girl Geeks and FACT to launch The Girl Geek Academy this September at leading media arts centre FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) on Wood Street in Liverpool. Girls aged 11 to 16 will get to grips with basic digital skills and web design as part of a free eight-week course led by Jayne Moore Media’s digital marketing specialist, Dolly Williams. Currently only 17% of the UK technology workforce is female – the…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
From The Beach To The Banquet; Buyers Club Launches Series of Locally Foraged Dinners with Shoreline
Liverpool restaurant Buyers Club has taken things one step further when it comes to sourcing fresh, local ingredients for its next series of dinners – with the chefs heading out on expeditions and foraging key elements for themselves. Shoreline – the first in the series, which takes place on Saturday 3 September – will showcase an array of exquisite ingredients that can be found on the North Wales coast. Anglesey was the main destination for…
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Bands in Liverpool
Sneaky Nixons Return With Their Provocative Rock ‘n’ Roll, Belting Out New Single ‘Schadenfreunde’
Always one to draw a crowd for their wild performances, the Sneaky Nixons have returned with a new single that’s exactly not what the doctor ordered. Their reputation as Liverpool’s ‘bad boys’ intact, ‘Schadenfreunde’ is the kind of belter you’ve come to expect from the band. The name says it all, with the single being a two-edged sword – both riotously loud yet sickly sweet at times. Catchy riffs, a steady drum progression, and lyrics…
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Bands in Liverpool
Red Bull Music Academy UK Tour Comes To Liverpool October 2016
Tour hits city for the first time as part of 32-date series featuring shows, lectures and workshops across some of the city’s most iconic venues. Red Bull Music Academy today announces plans for its month-long 2016 UK Tour, stopping in Liverpool, Glasgow, London, and Leeds for a series of back-to-back mini-festivals. The Tour will visit Liverpool for the first time, recognising the city’s place as a vital hub for music and culture in the UK.…
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Activities in Liverpool
Square Pegs To Host All-Day Event For Families In Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle
To celebrate turning one, Square Pegs invite you to party with them at their spiritual home, Constellations. As it’s their birthday they’ve got a little something extra for mums and dads; we’re talking full bar, street food and global grooves from world-renowned DJs. The kids will be kept entertained with a whole host of creative workshops, from collaging to DJ-ing and body-grooving to storytelling; whatever their creative preference, the Pegs will provide a day to…
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Bands in Liverpool
Liverpool Based National Music Website To Host Gig In Maguire’s Pizza Bar
The Pentatonic has today announced that it will be hosting what will hopefully be the first of many showcases of new talent from the city, and further afield. The gig, which is set to take place on the 28th September, will be in Maguire’s Pizza Bar, with all bands receiving payment before they have played a single note. The idea to have the show hosted in Maguire’s Pizza Bar is to have this back-to-basics approach…
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Bars in Liverpool
Prom! Retro Disco Coming To Camp & Furnace; 1st October
If your school prom was one huge disappointment then Camp & Furnace are giving you the chance to really do it right with a special prom night featuring; 80’s 90’s music from Jonny Bongo. Optional fancy dress (shoulder pads, dodgy ball gowns and big hair) Party food and punch Limo service available (party of 8 £150 for a VIP ticket) Live band Prizes of prom queen/prom king (awarded to best dressed) Proffesional photographer for you and…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Miss Creamfields 2016
This year’s Creamfield’s line up includes Chase & Status, Knife Party, Avicci, Jack U, Calvin Harris, Armin Van Buuren, Fat Boy Slim, Four Tet & Tiesto. As far as Merseyside festivals go, Creamfields is one of the most well established and renowned in the region. The line up for this year is crackling full of heavy hitters from the dance/electronic music scene, guaranteed to draw in the huge crowds. So here’s our top 5 reason’s…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
Liverpool Food & Drink Autumn Festival 2016
The annual Liverpool Food & Drink Festival returns to Sefton Park to celebrate another year of the best food and drink Liverpool has to offer. The event is rated as one of the best autumn food and drink festivals in the UK and this year looks to be bigger and better than the rest. The festival will have over 100 stalls showcasing and selling a wide variety of cuisines and drinks from across the globe.…
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Bars in Liverpool
All Hands On Deck For New City Centre Pirate Inspired Rum Bar Man’s Ruin
A new pirate inspired rum bar is set to open in the heart of Liverpool’s vibrant Stanley Street. Man’s Ruin will be unveiled on Thursday, August 25, and will provide a refreshing new dimension to the city’s bar scene by combining the look and feel of a pirate ship with aptly paired inventive mixology. As the brainchild of owners Joe McMahon, Adam Ramsey and Dan Friend, whose ever-expanding hospitality portfolio also contains Graffiti and Wall…
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Bands in Liverpool
Julian ‘Ju Ju’ Marley Live In Liverpool 20th August
Punch Touring and Africa Oyé are bringing internationally acclaimed Roots Reggae superstar Julian ‘Ju Ju’ Marley to Liverpool this August. Grammy-nominated Marley will play hits like “Boom Draw”, “Systems”, “Lemme Go” and “Violence in the Streets”, complete with his 11 piece band alongside a very special support act, Iba Mahr. Julian Marley, son of reggae legend Bob Marley and Barbados-born Lucy Pounder, is a Grammy award nominated, roots-reggae musician, singer-songwriter, producer and humanitarian. In the…
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Bars in Liverpool
Hard Days Night Hotel Introduces Afternoon ‘Tea For Two’
Hard Days Night Hotel has added to its ever-popular Afternoon Tea offering with the introduction of Tea for Two. The Beatles-inspired hotel located on North John Street will now provide a quintessential experience, ideal for couples and duos wanting to while away a warm summer’s afternoon. Served in the venue’s exclusive Lounge & Bar, the new menu addition will accompany signature choices including Traditional Afternoon Tea and High Tea. General Manager of Hard Days Night…
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Bands in Liverpool
Darma Headline New Liverpool Noise Presents; Band Night At Brink – 17th September
Manchester masters of grunge perform with SPQR and Elijah James and the Nightmares at this exciting new event. Darma Darma are building a rock-solid following in their hometown of Manchester. The trio led by frontman Harry Corbett hit the stage like a rock hurricane, tearing through their high octane set, dragging the crowd with them. Having already released two EPs in 2016, Darma have more releases planned before the end of the year. They have already had…
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Activities in Liverpool
Summer Garden Party To Take Over Stanley Park
Stanley Park and The Isla Gladstone will come alive for the August bank holiday weekend as Liverpool prepares for a Summer Garden Party that all the family can enjoy. The free event will see plenty of entertainment for all ages, including live music, workshops, performances, screenprinting, storytelling, facepainting and a wellbeing tent ran by Positivity Inc.CIC who will be offering taster sessions of yoga, meditation and mindfulness for children and grownups. Other highlights include: –…
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Comedy Clubs
The Liverpool Comedy Club, Liverpool’s New Home of Comedy At Camp And Furnace
The Liverpool Comedy Club, Liverpool’s new home of stand-up comedy, will open its doors to the public on Saturday 17th September in one of the city’s most exciting venues. From the unique and ultra-trendy Camp and Furnace in the Baltic Triangle, The Liverpool Comedy Club will host the very best comedians from the international Comedy Circuit every Saturday night. The people behind this new venture are husband and wife team Brendan Riley and Val Brady…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Mark Leckey Creates A Unique Film For Liverpool Biennial 2016
For this year’s Biennial, Mark Leckey has assembled a film using archival material from television shows, advertisements and music, to create a record of all the significant events of his life from the 1970s until the 1990s. Dream English Kid is presented in an environment that contains new sculptural works connected to material in the film. In Liverpool Biennial 2016 unfolds throughout the landscape of the city. It is organised as a story narrated in several…
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Activities in Liverpool
Grrrl Power Exhibition and Workshops – Aug 5th and Aug 7th At Constellations
Grrrl Power Liverpool emphasises the importance of encouraging creative women to work together. The initiative has been created in response to the problems and potential pitfalls faced by women in the arts. The group feel women are hugely underrepresented in comparison to their male counterparts within this sector, and their aim to address this imbalance by encouraging and developing safe environments in Liverpool where women have the capacity to thrive creatively. Friday 5th August sees the launch…
