Liverpool Events

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    Gin and Rum Festival Returns to Liverpool for 2023

    Gin And Rum Festival Returns To Liverpool This Autumn

    The largest gin and rum festival is making a triumphant return to The Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool on Saturday 28 October and it’s already shaping up to be an unmissable event. With an incredible selection of over 120 varieties of gins, rums and tequilas from all over the world, tickets have been selling out fast, with all events almost sold out for the entirety of 2023. But that’s not all; this year, the festival has…

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    Laces Out! Trainer Festival Liverpool 2023

    Laces Out! Trainer Festival Moves To New, Bigger Venue For June Event

    Laces Out! Trainer Festival, the ultimate gathering for sneaker enthusiasts, has just announced its relocation to a larger and more spacious venue, the ACC Exhibition Centre at Kings Dock Liverpool. The highly anticipated event on Saturday 17 June promises an even bigger and better experience for attendees and makes this year’s date one of the biggest in Europe. Moving Laces Out! to the ACC Exhibition Centre is fueled by the overwhelming response from previous years…

  • Music
    Caroline Polachek - Photo Credit Aidan Zamiri

    Huge Gigs Heading to CONTENT Liverpool This Summer & Beyond

    CONTENT is gearing up to launch as a live music venue from next week in Liverpool. And there’s some seriously good gigs coming up to get exciting about. The action kicks off with American icon Caroline Polachek performing on Friday 26 May.  Her incredible vocal range and wonderfully diverse pop songs all feature on her Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, already feted as one of the iconic albums of 2023 and she’s all…

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    Prescot Elizabethan Fayre 2023

    Prescot Elizabethan Fayre Returns

    Prescot’s Elizabethan Fayre returns this year to celebrate the town’s Elizabethan heritage and its renaissance, all with a contemporary twist. The free fayre is a popular date in Knowsley’s events calendar and there will be plenty for everyone to enjoy. It will be a fun-filled day packed with theatre and dance performances, circus skills, craft workshops, music, heritage walks, artisan stalls and more. Visitors can also experience a piece of Tudor history, with candle making,…

  • Music
    The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust Announce Line-up For A One-off Free Gig At The Eurovision Village - Jamie Webster

    The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust Announce Line-up For A One-off Free Gig At The Eurovision Village 

    Following tickets for the United By Music Tour of Liverpool selling out in less than four minutes, The National Lottery and leading UK charity Music Venue Trust has announced an additional gig taking place the week of Eurovision.  Lightning Seeds, Girls Don’t Sync, Miles Kane and Michael Aldag will all take to the stage at a special gig at the Eurovision Village in Liverpool on Wednesday 10 May to celebrate the city’s hosting of the…

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    The Coral - The National Lottery's United By Music Tour with the Music Venue Trust

    The Coral Revealed As The Mystery Performer On The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust’s United By Music Tour of Liverpool to Celebrate Eurovision

    The Liverpool band join Jamie Webster, Lightning Seeds, Miles Kane and more to perform special one-off shows in support of grassroots music venues. The Coral have been revealed as the mystery performer on The National Lottery and leading UK charity Music Venue Trust’s United By Music Tour of Liverpool during the week of Eurovision. The band will play Future Yard on 8 May as part of the tour, which sees over 20 gigs at 20 music venues across…

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    Zara Larsson And Cream Classic Join Lineup For The National Lottery's Big Eurovision Welcome

    Zara Larsson And Cream Classic Join Lineup For The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome

    Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson and Liverpool’s electronic music masters Cream Classical will be opening the show and are to join the line-up at The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome. The show, which is being billed as the ‘party of the decade’, will take place in the centre of Liverpool and will officially welcome Eurovision – and the world – to the city. Frankie Goes To Hollywood has also been announced, making their first public appearance together in over 36…

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    Lightning Seeds - United By Music Tour of Liverpool to Celebrate Eurovision

    The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust Announce United By Music Tour of Liverpool to Celebrate Eurovision

    Jamie Webster, Lightning Seeds and Miles Kane among artists to perform special one-off shows in support of grassroots music venues. The National Lottery and leading UK charity Music Venue Trust has today announced a United By Music Tour of Liverpool during the week of Eurovision. The tour will see over 20 gigs at 20 music venues across Liverpool to celebrate the city’s hosting of the world’s biggest music event, to showcase the city’s iconic music scene and…

  • Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
    Arts Bar To Host Solo Exhibition of Former Ukraine-Based Artist Aram Manukyan

    Arts Bar To Host Solo Exhibition of Former Ukraine-Based Artist Aram Manukyan

    Eurovision is everywhere in Liverpool, no matter where you look, somebody is doing something to mark the fact that the city is hosting the event. However, rather than focusing only on the contest itself, Arts Bar Hope Street is hoping to remind us all why Eurovision is here in the first place. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 thousands fled the country as enemy troops advanced. One of the people who had to leave his…

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    The National Lottery Big Eurovision Welcome Details Announced

    First Acts Announced To Perform At Big Eurovision Welcome

    The final wave of more than 9,000 tickets for ‘The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome’ will be released today (Tuesday 25 April at 12.00 noon). Comedian and TV personality Joel Dommett will join AJ Odudu on stage at the event outside St George’s Hall, Liverpool on Sunday 7 May, alongside the first performers for the 90-minute outdoor spectacle which have today been announced. The first acts to perform have been announced, including Liverpool’s iconic Lightning Seeds will perform…

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    An Evening of Live Experimental Music at Bluecoat Liverpool

    Evening of Live Experimental Music Coming To Bluecoat This June

    Bluecoat will host a unique evening of special live performances from Adela Mede, Dane Law and Dialect. Three artists exploring the interplay of folk forms, ambient sounds and computer music. Slovak-Hungarian musician Adela Mede creates mesmerising multi-layered pieces of ambient-folk-pop with voice, technology and field recordings. Singing in three languages (Slovak, Hungarian and English) layering ambient compositions with digital vocal manipulations and minimalistic electronica. Her debut album ‘Szabadság’ is filled with folkloric melodies and described…

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    Croxtethvision Community Festival Announced

    Croxtethvision Community Festival Announced

    Get ready for a big Bank Holiday extravaganza as North Liverpool’s finest young performers take to the stage at Croxtethvision – an exciting, brand-new community festival funded by the National Lottery. Croxtethvision is being held at La Salle Hotel School, Carr Lane East in Croxteth on Bank Holiday Monday 8 May from 12pm to 5pm – and is set to celebrate the next ‘Superstars of the Community’ with a Eurovision spin-off that’s certainly not to…

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    Liverpool Eurovision Party - Welcome To Eurotopia

    Unique Ukraine & Scouse Supergroup To Launch Liverpool’s Eurovision Party

    An iconic synth music legend, a festival favourite and a psychedelic pop queen are the latest artists to be added to Liverpool’s incredible EuroFestival line-up. OMD’s Andy McCluskey will join Liverpool indie rockers Red Rum Club and psychedelic pop queen Jane Weaver as they become members of Welcome To Eurotopia, – a supergroup made up of Liverpool musicians and Ukrainian artists who will take to the stage at 9:30pm on the Pier Head on 5 May in an avant-pop spectacle. The concert will…

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    Eat Drink Ukraine - Olia (c) Joe Woodhouse

    Royal Albert Dock Partners With Olia Hercules For ‘Eat Drink Ukraine’

    As part of its exciting programme of events celebrating Liverpool hosting the Eurovision Song Contest, Royal Albert Dock have partnered with leading chef Olia Hercules for its ‘Eat Drink Ukraine’ campaign.  Bringing Ukrainian culture to Liverpool’s waterfront, Olia Hercules has developed two recipes for a selection of the dock’s bars and eateries, allowing visitors to experience Ukrainian cuisine minutes from where the city will be hosting Eurovision on behalf of the country.  From 1-13 May,…

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    Neurovision Liverpool Event

    The Brain Charity Announces Neurovision Live Music Event Lineup

    As the Eurovision Song Contest beckons, The Brain Charity is holding its own neurodiverse contribution to Liverpool’s Eurovision events calendar; Neurovision. Neurovision is a live music event putting neurodiversity on the musical map – on Friday 5 May 2023 at 7pm at the Carnival Brewing taproom in Liverpool city centre. Tickets cost just £17.50 for a fantastic night of live entertainment – click here to buy yours now! The Brain Charity’s own neurodiverse version of the…

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    Rave UKraine 2nd wave announcement - Jodie Harsh and Human Margareeta

    Rave UKraine Adds Jodie Harsh, Sarah Story And Human Margareeta To Epic Lineup

    Rave UKraine – the historic event taking place in Liverpool and Kyiv simultaneously on Sunday 7 May – has announced further acts confirmed to be performing at the rave. Acclaimed DJ and artist Jodie Harsh will be performing at the event in Liverpool, alongside British DJ and radio presenter Sarah Story. Ukrainian DJ and producer Human Margareeta will also be performing at the UK event. DJ, producer & promoter Jodie Harsh is known for her high-energy…

  • Things to do in Liverpool
    Most Entertaining Events in Liverpool For Summer 2023

    Most Entertaining Events in Liverpool For Summer 2023

    Liverpool is a vibrant city with an incredible history. From the Beatles to a world-class football club, the city attracts many musicians, artists, and event planners from all around the world. Each year, countless live events are hosted in Merseyside – here are some of the best ones to look out for in 2023. Liverpool is also a prime location for gamblers, with a multitude of global sports events being hosted. If you’re partial to…

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    Izyum to Liverpool at Liverpool Cathedral

    Ukrainian Artist’s Powerful Installation ‘Izyum to Liverpool’ Coming To Liverpool Cathedral

    Liverpool Cathedral is preparing to welcome a poignant new art installation, which depicts the one-way journey of escape that has been taken by many Ukrainians since the full-scale Russian invasion began. Izyum to Liverpool by Ukrainian artist, Katya Buchatska, opens on 28 April and is free to experience until 19 May. In her first UK exhibition, Buchatska delivers a heart-wrenching reminder of why the Eurovision Song Contest is being held in Liverpool instead of Ukraine. Commissioned as part…

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    WWE Is Coming To Liverpool

    WWE Is Coming To Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena

    Watch out, Liverpool; there is going to be one hell of a rumble in Liverpool Arena later this year. WWE Live Superstars are bringing the ultimate mix of sport and entertainment to the M&S Bank Arena in June. Mark your diary as busy for 28 June, 2023, and book a date with Bobby Lashley, Bayley, Bianca Belair, Seth “Freakin” Rollins, AJ Styles, Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, Matt Riddle, and so many more. Your favourite WWE…

  • Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
    Liverpool Arts Bar - Hope Street

    Arts Bar Hope Street To Host Earth Day Exhibition

    This month Arts Bar Hope Street is hosting an event to mark Earth Day and you’re all invited. The exhibition, curated by Laura McCann, is free to attend and will showcase four artists who are all inspired by the world around them. Below we introduce the artists to give you a taste of what you can expect from the exhibition. Lena and the Sea Lena Lena (known on Instagram as “Lena and the Sea”), found that…