Liverpool Festivals
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Liverpool Festivals
DaDaFest Hailed Huge Success For ‘International Reach’
DaDaFest International Festival 2022 – which celebrates the talents of disabled, Deaf, and neurodivergent artists and performers – has been hailed a huge success. The six-week inspiring Hybrid themed programme was officially launched in late October at Liverpool’s Unity Theatre, with a diverse mix of live in-person and online events which took place through to early December. DaDaFest International Festival 2022 dates were specifically chosen to coincide with UK Disability History Month 2022 and International Day Of People With…
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Festivals
Liverpool Festivals Rescheduled Dates Due To Coronavirus
With Coronavirus looking to upset most of our summer plans, we’ve compiled a list of Liverpool festivals rescheduled dates and cancellations. Melon Yellow: Saturday 19 September 2020 Threshold Festival: Postponed until further notice Sound City: 25 – 27 September 2020 Smithdown Road Festival: Postponed until further notice. Smithdown Virtual Festival news TBA LightNight: Postponed until further notice Liverpool Psych Fest (PZYK): Postponed until 15 – 16 May 2021 Baltic Weekender: Postponed until 4 – 5…
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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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Activities in Liverpool
Music For The Mind & Soul Festival
Much loved concert series Music for the Mind & Soul Festival returns to Liverpool in a brand new format this year. The one day festival will take place on 25 April and will offer an array of events. Inspired by Milap’s 35 year history, the new festival day will offer both loyal and new audiences a fresh and holistic experience of Indian Arts and Culture through a newly conceptualised day of performance, talks, workshops, yoga…
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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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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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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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Culture in Liverpool
Liverpool Chinese New Year 2020 Celebrations – What’s On Guide
We’ll be welcoming the Year of the Rat during the Liverpool Chinese New Year 2020 celebrations in the heart of Chinatown this Sunday. You’ve probably already noticed thousands of Chinese lanterns adorning the city centre as we prepare to celebrate the Chinese New Year on Sunday 26th January. And as the first established Chinatown in Europe you can guarantee we will be celebrating in style. Like we’ve seen previously, a number of buildings including Central…
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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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Festivals
Krewe Liverpool 2020 – The Mardi Gras Experience: Krewes Announced and How To Get Involved
Krewe Liverpool is a surreal masquerade ball with music, dance, costume and carnival, housed in Sefton Park’s iconic Palm House and ahead of the inaugural event organisers have announced more information about how you can get involved with their surrealist masquerade ball. Traditionally the festivities, balls and parades arranged for the New Orleans’ Mardi Gras were created by social organisations or clubs known as “Krewes”. The term “Krewe” was originally coined by ‘The Mystic Krewe of…
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Activities in Liverpool
Royal Albert Dock Food Festival ‘Feast’ Preview
Royal Albert Dock Liverpool has announced its incredible programme of jam-packed activities for its brand new free food and drink festival, FEAST, taking place from 7-8th September 2019. Offering a variety of chef demos, interactive masterclasses, children’s activities and much more spanning over the two days, this festival will showcase the amazing food and drink line up at the Dock, encompassing some of Liverpool’s finest and most innovative independents. Kicking off the festivities on the…
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Festivals
Brazilica Festival Returns This July
Brazilica Festival 2019 from Liverpool Carnival Company will feature a packed programme taking over Liverpool’s city streets from Friday 12 – Sunday 14 July. A variety of fringe events including club nights, live music, film programme, workshops and the Carnival Queen competition all form part of this year’s festival. Organisers will be releasing the full line-up over the coming weeks. New for 2019 will see the addition of a Carnival King who, along with this year’s crowned Carnival Queen, will lead the sensational night-time…
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Festivals
Leasowe Castle To Host Skeleton Coast Music Festival 2019
Leasowe Castle is set to host Wirral’s premier music festival, Skeleton Coast Festival 2019, for the second consecutive year on Saturday, August 31 as part of its ongoing events offering. The 16th century hotel will welcome headline act Miles Kane and artists such as Dream Wife, The Mysterines, The Snuts, The Fernweh and The Peach Fuzz with more to be announced as part of the annual music event. General Manager of Leasowe Castle Mike Dewey…
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Liverpool Events
WRONG Festival 2018 Announces First Wave of Artists: Future Of The Left & More
WRONG Festival 2018 has announced their return to the Liverpool Docklands on the 28th of April 2018 for a second-year outing of vital oddball rock music from both the burgeoning local and UK-wide Freakscene. £12 Super Early Bird tickets are now sold out, with the next allocation of £15 Early Bird on sale now via Skiddle, See Tickets and Dice FM from:https://wrongfestival.com/tickets Following the success of last year’s debut event, which saw the likes of Bo Ningen, The…
