Liverpool Events
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Bands in Liverpool
Future Yard Festival Announce Series of 2020 Events
The team behind Future Yard Festival has announced Near Future, a pop-up music venue and Birkenhead’s only dedicated live music space. Initially Near Future will be showcasing a series of live events between 25th April – 20th June 2020. It will present some of the most exciting emerging new artists from across the UK – and very special returning local icons. The success of the first Future Yard Festival last year proved that there is…
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Festivals
Positive Vibration Announce Second Wave of Acts for 2020 Festival
The award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican culture, Positive Vibration Festival has announced even more acts ahead of the festival’s return to the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool on 12 and 13 June 2020. Since its inception in 2016, Positive Vibration Festival of Reggae has established itself as one of the country’s most exciting and eclectic reggae festivals, playing host to internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems + selectors and some of the brightest new talent.…
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Culture in Liverpool
Africa Oyé Announce First Wave of Artists Including Female Supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique
Africa Oyé have revealed the first three live music acts for their 2020 festival of music and culture in Liverpool. Female pan-African supergroup, Les Amazones D’Afrique, Ghanian highlife stars,Santrofi and Cameroonian songstress Valerie Ekoume will all grace the Sefton Park stage when the festival returns for its 28th annual event on 20th and 21st June, 2020. An all-female collective of West African musicians, Les Amazones D’Afrique made a huge impact across the globe with their 2017 debut album, République Amazone. Singing out against gender…
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Activities in Liverpool
LightNight To Return On 15 May With ‘Home’ Theme
LightNight will return on Friday 15 May, once again keeping the doors to the city’s unique venues, museums and galleries open late to celebrate the arts and culture scene in Liverpool. LightNight is Liverpool’s one-night arts festival giving visitors the chance to see the city in a new light. The event presents new and ambitious artistic commissions amidst a vibrant programme of more than 100 events happening across the city. There’s everything from large-scale light…
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Festivals
Cream Classical 2020 Lineup Announced
Cream Classical 2020 has announced the lineup for its return to Sefton Park on 18 July. The 2020 edition will include DJ sets from Basement Jaxx, Faithless and Leftfield. There will also be appearances from Cream legends including David Morales, Roger Sanchez, Danny Rampling, Seb Fontaine, John Kelly, Tall Paul, Paul Bleasdale and Andy Carroll. One of the highlights of the event will be the 50-piece Kaleidoscope Orchestra – an orchestra made for the 21st…
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Activities in Liverpool
Zombie Nightmare Event Heading For St Johns Shopping Centre
Do you like the idea of being chased by zombies around St John Shopping Centre? Of course you do. The award-winning Zombie Nightmare is arriving in Liverpool on 27 and 28 March and it promises to be a frightfully good night. If you’re feeling brave enough to buy tickets then you’ll experience a 60 minute zombie survival experience inside St Johns Shopping Centre. With the military defeated and civilisation left in ruins, in a post-apocalyptic…
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Activities in Liverpool
New Outdoor Escape Game Turns City Into A Playground
A new interactive outdoor escape experience, The Big Escape, is coming to Liverpool after its creators picked the city as its first location to launch in the UK. The Big Escape sees teams move around the city centre’s streets solving puzzles, cracking codes and completing challenges to take down Big Al’s casino in a classic heist. The GPS activated game, which can be played any time has already proved a success in Ireland with thousands…
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Entertainment in Liverpool
Found Footage Festival Comes To VideOdyssey
The Found Footage Festival, the acclaimed touring showcase of odd and hilarious found videos, is coming to the Liverpool’s VideOdyssey with a brand-new show, on 12 March. Hosts Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, whose credits include The Onion and The Colbert Report, will celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Found Footage Festival in a nine date tour across England. The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind celebration of the videos that time forgot, dredged up…
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Bands in Liverpool
Threshold Festival Announces First Wave of Artists Including Nick Ellis and Empathy Test
Threshold Festival looks set to go out on a high with the final instalment of the grassroots music festival taking place on 3-4 April. The festival organisers announced the first wave of acts for the two-day event which takes place across venues in the Baltic Triangle. Accomplished musician and story teller Nick Ellis, urban pop artist Chinchilla and electro pop outfit Empathy Test are some of the highlights from the announement. Barberos, The Lutras, TEE,…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Live Music Photography Exhibition Coming To British Music Experience
The British Music Experience will present Capturing Live Music Through Photography, a solo exhibition by photographer Realm of Pixels/Charlotte Wellings. The exhibition will run from Friday 6 March – Sunday 3 May 2020. The exhibition features a striking series of photographs captured by Charlotte, featuring some of the world’s most iconic musicians – from high-calibre international artists Cher, KISS, Grace Jones and Lizzo to renowned UK acts Iron Maiden, The Charlatans, James Bay and many…
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Activities in Liverpool
Pins Social Club; The Social Hangout That’s More Than Just A Bowling Alley
Pins Social Club is bringing a ‘competitive and immersive social experience’ to the city. Pins Social Club features 12 custom-built full-sized bowling lanes split across two floors, an amazing casual dining area (brought to you by the team behind Rocket & Ruby and Bacaro Pizza), a karaoke booth, shuffleboard, pool, table tennis, beer pong, live music, DJ’s and one of Liverpool’s longest and most impressive bars. The former indoor multi-story car park on Duke Street has been…
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Bands in Liverpool
Liverpool Psych Fest 2020 Announces Lineup including Altın Gün , Snapped Ankles & More
Liverpool Psych Fest 2020 has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s event which they’ve described as a 16-hour immersive journey through the sights and sounds of future psychedelia. Altın Gün, the Anatolian rock and Turkish Psychedelic Folk band from Amsterdam will be performing along with London post-punk outfit Snapped Ankles. Lo-fi psychedelic duo The Lovely Eggs and Boston psych rockers Sunburned Hand of the Man are also highlights of this year’s event. After a…
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Liverpool Events
The Best Film and Cinema Events Happening In Liverpool This February
Film fans assemble – we’ve hand picked our highlights of what’s on the big screens to bring you the best film and cinema events in Liverpool. Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters: Picturehouse at FACT, 12 February Cleanin’ Up The Town is the definitive retrospective documentary charting the making of Ghostbusters, featuring Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver. Insightful, entertaining and heartfelt cast and crew interviews accompany a wealth of…
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Bands in Liverpool
Circa Waves Release ‘Sad Happy’ and Curate Festival Supporting Local Emerging Liverpool Acts
It’s been a busy few days for Liverpool natives Circa Waves following the announcement of their specially curated music festival, Circa Fest. We know that small independent venues across the country are being forced to close their doors, making it more and more difficult for budding new bands to be discovered, so the support of established bands like Circa Waves can have a big impact on the local scene. The band decided to take action…
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Activities in Liverpool
Axe Throwing In Liverpool With Timberjacks
Axe throwing has become a popular activity over the last 12 months with venues opening up across the UK where you can put your lumberjack skills to the test. And now you can do axe throwing in Liverpool thanks to Timberjacks. What is axe throwing you ask? It’s where a competitor throws an axe at a target, attempting to hit the bulls eye as near as possible. The closer you get the the bullseye the…
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Bands in Liverpool
New Music Festival Melon Yellow Coming To Invisible Wind Factory
Liverpool music promoters I Love Live Events’ new music festival, Melon Yellow, is set to take place this Spring. The festival is described as a celebration of Shoegaze, Punk, Arts & Sustainability. Taking place on Saturday 14th March at the Invisible Wind Factory, legendary shoegazers Ride have been announced as headliners. Other acts announced for the inaugural event are The Regrettes, Turnover, St Martiins, Lauren Hibberd and NewMoon with more names set to be announced soon. …
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Liverpool Events
The Flaming Lips Announce Liverpool Show At Invisible Wind Factory
The Flaming Lips will return to Liverpool this summer as part of their UK tour. The American rock band will playing the Invisible Wind Factory on 20 July. The last time The Flaming Lips were in Liverpool they were headlining Sound City in 2015 at the Bramley Moore Dock for what was a hugely memorable performance. Their live shows are famously eccentric, colourful and energetic. At Sound City their massive silver ‘Fuck Yeah Liverpool’ helium…
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Festivals
Award-winning Reggae Festival, Positive Vibration Returns This June
After a year-long hiatus, the UK’s award-winning celebration of reggae music and Jamaican culture, Positive Vibration Festival returns to the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool on 12 and 13 June 2020. Since its inception in 2016, Positive Vibration Festival of Reggae has established itself as one of the country’s most exciting and eclectic reggae festivals, playing host to internationally renowned bands, legendary sound systems + selectors and some of the brightest new talent. This year’s festival is…
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Liverpool Events
Baltic Green Plans Look Set To Go Ahead In 2020
The Baltic Triangle team is a step closer to transforming an underused space in the heart of the area into an urban park known as the Baltic Green. The Baltic Triangle has seen an enormous amount of growth over the last ten years and over it’s history it has transformed from a traditional industrial area into a hub of creative and digital businesses. It’s also home to a raft of popular music venues, bars and…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
January Food & Drink Offers In Liverpool
Read our January Food and Drink Deals for 2023 feature here. We’ve compiled loads of January food and drink offers in Liverpool so you can grab yourself a great deal or two this month whilst supporting our local restaurants and bars. Check out the offers below for your January #FoodGoals. Albert’s Schenke 50% off Cook Haus Classics menu, available Monday-Friday. Book here: https://www.albertsschenke.co.uk/50off/ The Alchemist 50% off all food in January when you book online…
