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With Love From Me To You – John Lennon’s copy of ‘Rock Island Line’ permanently on show at Liverpool’s British Music Experience
The British Music Experience is delighted to have permanently acquired John Lennon’s personal copy of ‘Rock Island Line’ by Lonnie Donegan from fellow Quarryman Rod Davis. As far as influential records go, Lonnie Donegan’s ‘Rock Island Line’ is hard to beat. The anthem of the British skiffle movement caught the popular imagination of an entire...
Liverpool Celebrates Mathew Street Festival announces family day partnership
Liverpool Celebrates Mathew Street Festival has announced it will welcome families to the final day (Monday 26th August) of the bumper event at the Pier Head to aid a complete refurbishment at Ronald McDonald House Alder Hey. Children’s tickets will be priced at £5 – with 0-5 year olds free – and go on sale from Friday 10th May...
Irish Ambassadors join forces with Liverpool Irish Famine Trail for 165km+ Strokestown-Liverpool fundraising Walk
At the height of An Gorta Mór (The Great Hunger), 1,490 men, women and children set out from Strokestown (Co. Roscommon, Ireland) bound for Canada. Guided by a landlord’s land agent, the walk would see half of them perish, evicted from their original homes. This route is now The National Famine Way. 177-years on 12+...
Eurovision Mersey Magic Returns!
There’s just over a week to go until Eurovision magic captivates Liverpool City Centre all over again! One year on from the city hosting THE most successful Eurovision Song Contest of all time, Liverpool is donning its sequins once again for another musical extravaganza. On Saturday 11 May, Liverpool Loves Eurovision will see a series...
Pride in Liverpool Announces Additional Festival Day with Pride Classical
A world-class 32-piece orchestra will take to the Liverpool Waterfront adding an additional day to the Pride festival. A new dazzling event, Pride Classical will see an ensemble of star LGBT+ artists and an orchestra take to the stage to perform the best Pride anthems of the last 50 years on Friday, 26 July. The...
Unity Theatre welcomes Elinor Randle as Interim Artistic Director
Unity Theatre proudly welcomes the award winning Elinor Randle to its executive leadership team, as Interim Artistic Director, from the 25th March – a role recognised as bringing significant support to Interim CEO, Matthew Brown and Executive Director, Eleanor Mason-Sawko, in the delivery of strategic Theatre recovery plan, following well documented challenges of COVID19 and wider arts industry...
The Warder is set to capture Liverpool’s imagination
Visitors to St George’s Hall will be able to walk in the footsteps of a Victorian prison guard from next week. The iconic hall’s popular visitor experience The History Whisperer has been reimagined and will now also feature a new character – The Warder – as part of an immersive exhibition. Using augmented reality technology,...
Groundbreaking ReMap Report Unveils Insights into Black Music in Liverpool City Region
Liverpool City Region Music Board proudly announces the release of the ReMap report, a comprehensive exploration into the creative and professional experiences of Black music makers and practitioners in the Liverpool City Region. Conducted between 2021 and 2023, the research engaged individuals from the Black music community through interviews, surveys, and focus groups. The report...
Eurovision – The Return!
Liverpool has special plans in place to re-live its hosting of THE most successful Eurovision Song Contest of all time! Liverpool Loves Eurovision – a series of free events – will take place on Saturday 11 May, transporting visitors to that incredible fortnight in May last year by paying homage to elements of 2023’s incredibly...
Olivier Award-Winning Musical Heading to Liverpool
Celebrating fourteen years as an unmissable Edinburgh Fringe phenomenon, after a successful West End run and honored with the Olivier Award, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is coming to Liverpool Playhouse. From Thursday 9 May to Saturday 11 May, audiences will be treated to an ingenious blend of comedy, musical theatre, and spontaneous brilliance. Direct from...
