Things to do in Liverpool
Discover the best things to do in Liverpool with our handpicked guides to events, activities, and hidden gems across the city. Whether you’re a local looking for weekend plans or a visitor exploring Liverpool for the first time, you’ll find everything from live music and theatre to food festivals, art exhibitions, nightlife, and family-friendly attractions. Stay up to date with the latest happenings and uncover what makes Liverpool one of the UK’s most vibrant cultural destinations.
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Liverpool Arts Bar Website Launch Announced With Schedule of Online Events
Inspiring creative hotspot, Liverpool Arts Bar, has announced a week of programming for their new website, going live from 7th February. Situated on Hope Street, The Liverpool Arts Bar is a creative hub and gig venue located in the Grade 2 listed Masonic Hall which launched in 2019. The team and venue have successfully adapted during the pandemic, already having embarked on two seasons of online content from a variety of brilliant artists and guests.…
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5 Ways To Make Lockdown 3.0 More Enjoyable
After a mostly rubbish 2020, this year hasn’t got off to the best start either has it! But there’s still plenty to be happy about. Here’s some ways to make Lockdown 3.0 more fun. 1 Order a takeaway from your favourite independent Liverpool Restaurant We know just how much you’re missing sitting in Liverpool restaurants. We’re all desperate to get back out into the real world but for now get the restaurant experience at home.…
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Entertainment Tips for Another Year of Lockdowns in Liverpool
Before we get started, let’s make one thing clear: It may not really be another full year of lockdowns in Liverpool and around the UK. We know that vaccinations are being administered and with patience, effective strategy, and time we should be able to put the coronavirus behind us to some degree by the summer or autumn. However, it’s also become clear that the existence of effective vaccines doesn’t mean we can flip a switch and go…
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TedxLIPA Virtual Event Preview: 31 January 2021
TEDxLIPA is a single day conference that hosts a series of speakers, each presenting a TEDx talk to an audience of 100 thinkers, creators and doers from within the creative LIPA community. The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts sets the stage for a day where innovators from technology, entertainment and design can have meaningful conversations and gain new insights to make their ideas stronger and more global. TEDxLIPA 2021 Speakers Amy Jackson Actress, advocate, spokesperson…
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British Music Experience To Host Temporary Exhibition Celebrating Frankie Goes To Hollywood
The Frankie Say 1984! Exhibition will be at the British Music Experience from 29 May 2021 to 9 January 2022. No band has ever dominated a year like Frankie Goes to Hollywood in 1984. Born out of Liverpool’s post-punk scene with a brash, mischievous, ‘do what you want’ attitude – Frankie were a one-off. With their first three singles all going to No.1 – a feat previously only achieved by fellow Liverpudlians, Gerry and the…
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Christmas Countdown with Milap’s virtual advent calendar of music and dance
Fresh from the success of an incredible programme of events to celebrate Diwali last month, Milap – the UK’s leading Indian Arts and Culture Company – see no sense in slowing down, with their 12 DAYS OF MILAP programme launching in under 2 weeks. 12 DAYS OF MILAP is a series of daily surprises – fresh content and exciting performances, showcasing the best of Indian music and dance. Each day a new door will be…
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Royal Albert Dock launches magical Christmas Light Walk
Visitors to the Royal Albert Dock this winter can now embark on their very own magical Christmas Light Walk. With evening strolls a popular pastime for many during current COVID restrictions, the dock’s stunning light installations take place across the whole estate with nearly 3 million lights, adding an extra element of enjoyment which both adults and children can enjoy. Before embarking on the enchanting trail, visitors can grab their favourite hot drink and head…
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Christmas By Nico: Bongo’s Bingo, Turkey Dinner & More Delivered
Christmas by Nico is a new and innovative way to host a Christmas party with your friends and colleagues – even from a distance. Think of it as a big delicious present containing everything you need for an engaging and enjoyable festive party, packed with virtual entertainment and of course, fabulous food and drink from the team behind Six by Nico restaurants. To ensure your corporate Christmas dinner goes without a hitch, the newly launched…
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Drive-In Cinema Liverpool Showing Classic Christmas Films This December
The Drive-In Cinema Liverpool, the city’s only open air drive-in cinema, will be showing the best Christmas films this December for the ultimate movie night under the stars. They’ll be showing all your favourite festive films including Elf, Home Alone, Home Alone 2, The Holiday, The Grinch, The Polar Express, Frozen and Love Actually. Located at Trinity Rd Car Park, Bootle (L20 3AZ) tickets are available to buy per car for £20 (for up to…
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Milap celebrate Diwali with a packed programme of Indian Arts this November
Milap – the UK’s leading Indian Arts and Culture company – is preparing to celebrate Diwali with a week-long programme of music and dance that can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. Diwali is the Indian festival of lights, usually lasting five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika. One of the most popular festivals of India, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and…
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The Parking Lot Social In Liverpool This Christmas – Drive In Cinema, Silent Disco and more!
You can expect plenty of festive fun with The Parking Lot Social in Liverpool this Christmas. The UK touring event will bring an experience like no other with a Christmas-themed Drive In Cinema, Cindarella Panto, a Silent Disco, a comedy night and more. Expect an evening of entertainemnet beneath the glow of their 60ft tall rainbow-coloured Christmas tree. Pantomimes, huge Christmas parties, festive movie screenings, comedy, food trucks & more. Spread across 5 days there’s…
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Bombed Out Church Halloween Cinema: 30 – 31 October
The Bombed Out Church Halloween cinema will host two classic horror movies up on the big screen in St Luke’s open air cinema. The Bombed Out Church Halloween cinema will be showing The Shining on Friday 30 October and Psycho on Saturday 31 October. Kicking off the Halloween weekend special, will be an open air cinema screening of Stephen King’s The Shining. This 1980’s epic, gothic horror tells the tale about Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson)…
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Royal Albert Dock Shines Bright This Autumn/Winter
The Royal Albert Dock Liverpool will become one of the city’s most scenic evening locations this Autumn and Winter, as each of its 86 iconic columns are illuminated with over 1 million twinkling lights, lighting up the whole of the inner quay. With many of the Dock’s shops, restaurants and cultural attractions open for business, including the Premier Inn for those wanting to extend their visit, the beautifully lit and covered colonnades make it the…
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Homotopia Festival 2020 Preview
Nobody knows how to adapt and survive to strange times like the queer community and Liverpool’s Homotopia Festival is back with a bang for 2020 and a dynamic line-up of physical events and online happenings. In a year where everything has changed, the UK’s longest running LGBTQIA arts and culture festival will reach out into new places and spaces, including a drag promenade down Liverpool’s Hope Street, a ‘Queer the City’ art crawl and a…
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Liverpool Halloween Events Guide
Halloween this year is looking a little bit different thanks to the global pandemic. But fear not, there’s still plenty of awesome events happening that you can get involved with and many that you won’t even have to leave the house for! Here’s our Liverpool Halloween Events Guide. ShOctober Fest – Virtual Horror Film Festival We’ve teamed up with Liverpool film and TV walking tours creators Reel Tours for a virtual Halloween film festival called…
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Liverpool Irish Festival 2020 Preview
Irish comedian and TV presenter Patrick Kielty has been announced as the headliner for the Liverpool Irish Festival this October, as the cultural showcase goes online for 2020. The 10-day festival celebrates the connections between Liverpool and Ireland and although this year’s event will be exclusively virtual, will still feature an exciting line-up of music, film, art and spoken word. Patrick Kielty headlines the programme on 17 October with a special event called ‘Hard Histories,…
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E-Scooters For Hire in Liverpool City Centre As Part of New Trial Scheme
There’s now a faster way to explore the city with E-Scooters for hire in Liverpool City Centre. The year-long pilot scheme, a joint initiative of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Liverpool City Council, will see Swedish-based e-scooter company Voi offer 50 carbon-neutral scooters to the city for public hire, with hopefully more to follow as the scheme progresses. The coral-coloured e-scooters are sure to stand out and will be available to hire from Tuesday…
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Liverpool Disco Festival Plan A Socially-Distanced Halloween Party
2020 has been a real challenge for the the hospitality and arts industry and Liverpool Disco Festival have already had to cancel their epic Easter event due to the pandemic. But they’re battling on to bring you a socially-distanced Halloween party at Camp and Furnace. A statement released earlier in the week said: “We have decided in the best interests of customer safety that we need to POSTPONE our event as planned for Halloween Saturday…
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Tenner Festival – Amazing £10 Offers From Your Favourite Independents In Allerton and Wavertree Throughout October
Tenner Festival will offer consumers some brilliant £10 deals on food, drink, shopping and beauty salons in Allerton and Wavertree this October. It’s been a hugely difficult year for businesses and consumers with the ongoing complications of the Coronavirus, which has seen schemes like the Eat Out To Help Out deal become popular with diners and now residents of South Liverpool can get themselves some more great deals throughout October. Candice Mulligan, co-owner of Bean…
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A Terrifying Halloween Woodland Trail is Happening In Merseyside
If you love being scared silly then this Halloween Woodland Trail in Formby will have you suitably entertained this Autumn. Go Outside have arranged a spine-tingling, mile-long forest excursion in complete darkness where they say ‘anything could happen’. Go Outside Halloween Woodland Trail Bookings of 3-6 people can be made with each group taking to the path together but will not interact with any other parties to ensure the event is Covid-safe. The event takes…
