News
River of Light is back – and it’s time to play!
River of Light is turning playful for its latest instalment, and the team behind the FREE, popular event is giving a sneak peek of what to expect from the 2024 trail. This year, 12 large scale installations will be presented by some of the best light artists in the world, all inspired by the theme of...
Must-see one night shows at Liverpool Playhouse Theatre this autumn
A huge range of comedy stars and one-night shows will be visiting the Playhouse this autumn, including the return of Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Danny Beard, and Myra DuBois. They will be joined by television favourites Kane Brown, Andy Parsons, Maisie Adam, and Nish Kumar. Completing the bill are The Tiger Lillies with their signature dark humour...
Festival of Summer returns to the dock and introduces a new bank holiday festival
Having kicked off summer in style with a weekend of jam-packed colourful Pride celebrations, Royal Albert Dock Liverpool is continuing its programme of feel-good activities throughout August with its ‘Festival of Summer’. Offering a brand new music, food and drink festival, family-friendly activities and the perfect summer selfie spots, it’s all here on Liverpool’s iconic...
FIFAe announce first-ever multi title ‘FIFAe Next Gen’ event in Liverpool
FIFAe has announced its first-ever multi-title football esports event which will take place from 28 August to 1 September. The event will feature Football Manager alongside eFootball™, celebrating football and esports alike together with different communities. Following the significant interest generated by the new approach to featuring different football esports titles, the FIFAe Next Gen...
Liverpool looks for next generation of Global Majority creatives
Liverpool’s Royal Court in partnership with Shakespeare North Playhouse, Curious Minds, Everyman & Playhouse Theatres, is launching its Mentor Creatives programme to help develop and nurture Global Majority creatives working right across the artistic sector. The programme is designed to support writers, directors, actors or designers within the artistic community to help them take their...
Young disabled artists and actvitsts challenge the arts sector with a new manifesto
Over 60 Deaf, Disabled, and neurodivergent young people and young adults from across the country have teamed up with Liverpool Theatre Company 20 Stories High and Graeae Theatre Company based in London to create The Access Manifesto: A New Chapter for the Arts. Working with groups from Liverpool, London, Leeds, Chester, and Manchester, Maisy Gordon...
Works by Anish Kapoor Unveiled to celebrate Liverpool Anglican Cathedral’s Centenary
Liverpool Cathedral is set to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024 with a unique exhibition by the celebrated artist Anish Kapoor running from 10 August – 15 September 2024. The exhibition, Monadic Singularity marks Kapoor’s first solo show in a UK cathedral and his first major solo exhibition in Liverpool since his seminal 1983 exhibit...
Biggest ever March with Pride in Liverpool
Liverpool City Region’s LGBT+ community and its allies today called for their voices to ‘Be Heard’ as more people than ever before joined LCR Pride Foundation to March with Pride. A record-breaking 25,000 people marched from St George’s Hall to Liverpool Pier Head with thousands more lining the streets. The annual march ended at Pride...
Splash Tours Liverpool arrives at Royal Albert Dock in time for summer holidays
Liverpool’s newest and most exciting visitor attraction, Splash Tours Liverpool has arrived and will launch next week as one of the best things to do in Liverpool this summer holiday. The eye-catching pink and blue amphibious vehicle will welcome its passengers on board at the Royal Albert Dock and delight them with a 60-minute land...
SGH170 Festival to celebrate the old and the new
St George’s Hall is set to mark its 170th anniversary by inviting a host of Liverpool’s most talented performers into its iconic spaces. From comedians to singer-songwriters from jazz to rock’n’roll, the final programme of events for the SGH170 Festival, curated by Culture Liverpool and the St George’s Hall team, has now been unveiled and...
