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YolanDa Brown to headline huge black arts festival
Some of Liverpool’s most iconic venues set the stage for a huge Black Arts festival in the city, showcasing award-winning artists such as YolanDa Brown OBE DL. BlackFest 2023 will feature live music, theatre, film, spoken word, visual arts, fashion and more — with an exciting programme of Black Arts celebrating, centring and representing cultural...
Liverpool Literary Festival returns this October with Stuart Maconie and Melanie Sykes
The Liverpool Literary Festival returns this autumn (Friday 6 to Sunday 8 October) featuring BBC Radio 6 Music’s Stuart Maconie and former TV presenter Melanie Sykes. Now in its eighth year, this well-established festival will include talks from broadcasting legends, Stuart and Melanie, as part of a weekend of inspirational discussions with an exceptional line...
City’s Tourism Sector Continues to Bounce Back
Liverpool’s travel and tourism sector is welcoming a post-Covid resurgence. New figures published have calculated vital information relating to Liverpool’s tourism sector, and show last year’s economic boost of more than £3.5 billion has outstripped previous city records. Reflecting on 2022, the new statistics also highlight the number of visitors the city attracted, the accommodation...
Bamboozling artwork on display in Liverpool
Large artworks made entirely of sustainable bamboo will be showcased in Liverpool for a one-day, FREE family-friendly festival. Imagine Bamboo is Everywhere will take over Great George Square in Chinatown on Sunday 20 August and will feature the intricate, creations of local artists including windmills, giant butterflies, bikes, bridges and other impressive structures. And what...
Solidarity Tablecloth
A new public artwork , the Solidarity Tablecloth, developed by award-winning arts & food organisation Squash Liverpool, is being shared for the first time this week. The artwork was commissioned by Culture Liverpool as part of the EuroStreet community programme for Eurovision. This collaborative artwork will be revealed on Friday August 4 from 12-2pm at...
Macbeth, A Thespian Powerhouse and The Depot
Liverpool’s film studio is getting a theatrical make-over as it prepares to welcome one of the world’s biggest movie stars. The Depot, located off Edge Lane, will be transformed into a custom-built theatre as it hosts the premiere of a brand new production of Macbeth, starring award-winning actor Ralph Fiennes who will play the ruthless...
Liverpool included in unique UK UNESCO sites on new illustrated map
Ignite your summer adventures and discover Liverpool alongside 57 other unique UNESCO sites in the UK and crown dependencies thanks to a newly illustrated map, now available to download for free from the UK National Commission for UNESCO. From expansive mountain ranges and stunning coastlines to vibrant cities and rural landscapes – the UK’s UNESCO...
Liverpool school children’s Eurovision performance released as charity single for Ukraine
A song performed as part of Liverpool’s Eurovision celebrations has been released as a charity single in aid of Ukraine. Pupils from Sandfield Park School in West Derby and Alt Bridge Secondary School in Huyton delivered a message of support to the war-torn country when they sang You Are Not Alone on stage at Liverpool’s...
Happiness! The unique humour and influence of Liverpool legend, Sir Ken Dodd, in the first major exhibition of a British comic in a national museum
A laughter-filled exhibition, celebrating one of the UK’s best-loved and most influential comedians, Sir Ken Dodd, opens at the Museum of Liverpool on 9 September (until 3 March 2024). ‘Happiness!’, the first major exhibition on a comedian in a national museum, is steeped in Doddy’s unique blend of whimsical, physical, surreal and theatrical humour, which...
Liverpool teens perform new show about youth protest written by Sam O’Rourke with 20 Stories High Youth Theatre directed by Ameera Conrad
Award-winning company 20 Stories High Youth Theatre is performing a brand new show, ‘Are you out there, World?’, for three nights at the Unity Theatre, 20th – 22nd July. Promising to be an exciting and uplifting night out, audiences can expect buzzing energy, live music, and honesty with a sprinkling of anti-establishment, pro-environment anarchy. Written...
