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Northern Music Awards
Liverpool named host of 2025 Nordoff and Robbins Northern Music Awards Awards to take place on 27 March 2025 at iconic Liverpool Olympia Newcomer award shortlist announced today. The UK’s largest music therapy charity Nordoff and Robbins is today announcing Liverpool as the host city of the second Northern Music Awards supported by Ticketmaster and...
Merseyside care homes to benefit from Christmas cheer
A theatre production created by and for people living in care homes will be spreading joy and goodwill this Christmas. Winter Wonderland will see That Theatre Group working with residents living with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Dementia across Merseyside to produce a show before taking it on tour across care homes in Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton and...
Bold new musical about pride and resistance comes to the Playhouse
After the Act is a new documentary musical that examines the long shadow of Section 28, the UK legislation that prohibited the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools. Following its record-breaking, sold-out run in London and a critically acclaimed transfer to Edinburgh, After the Act will take to the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse from Thursday...
It’s a Williamson SCARE for Halloween
Get ready for a SCARE at Williamson Square as Halloween blows into Liverpool on October 30th and 31st with creepy crafts happening across the city centre to help turn your home into spooky central. It’s the oldest square in the city centre, and will turn into Williamson SCARE on Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st October...
Young people to be given a helping hand on the creative industries ladder
Budding young actors, musicians, photographers, fashion designers and film directors from across Liverpool are being invited to sign up to Rambert’s Future Movement, a creative programme that could give them a head-start in their chosen career. Commissioned by Liverpool City Council’s Culture Liverpool team as part of its Creative Neighbourhoods programme and funded through the...
Planning approved for International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum redevelopment
National Museums Liverpool is a step closer to realising its ambition for the city’s waterfront, after planning permission was approved to redevelop the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum. The transformed museums will centre around people – past, present and future, local, national and international – to create dynamic, welcoming spaces that meaningfully address contemporary...
Bedazzled at Lady Lever Art Gallery Opens Soon
A selection of glamorous evening wear dating from the 1920s to today will be shown at Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight, Wirral. Showcasing 20 outfits, Bedazzled (26 October 2024 to 26 January 2025) celebrates the enduring popularity of beaded garments and explores the skills involved in making them. The exhibition also provides an...
DaDa marks 40 years of cutting-edge disability arts action
Apioneering disability and Deaf arts-led organisation which receives funding from Liverpool City Council, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. DaDa is an award-winning, cutting-edge multi artform charity was founded in 1984 and since then has become an integral part of the campaign for greater equality and access for disabled artists across the arts and cultural sector. It...
Writing on the Wall announce contributions to Liverpool Black History Month
October 2024’s Black History Month arrives on the back of some of the most shocking race riots the UK has seen in many years; the weaponisation of the brutal and tragic attack on young girls and their tutors in Southport, which ignited riots across the UK and racist and Islamophobic attacks on people, communities and...
Liverpool ONE to host spooky Halloween Party
Ghosts, pirates, witches – and everything in between – are set to take over Liverpool ONE as part of a spooktacular Halloween party. The event, which takes place on Sunday 27 October from 11am until 5pm, offers a full day of family-friendly thrills and entertainment, from spooky characters and performances to the hugely popular children’s...
