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An ‘event’ful weekend for Liverpool

The two FREE major events will take place side by side on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June, with the majority of the action being on the waterfront. Armed Forces…

£27m boost for city from its cultural organisations

The Social Impact of the Arts in Liverpool 2015/16 report looks at 36 cultural organisations in the city which are funded through the city council’s Culture Liverpool Investment Programme (CLIP).…

Marc Almond Exhibition

Marc Almond's 60th birthday celebration remarkably coincides with the 50th year anniversary of the legalisation of homosexuality in the UK. This exhibition fuses imagery, artefacts, photographs and paintings from a…

Lights, camera, action for Liverpool filmmaking project

This Liverpool-based group use screenwriting, filmmaking and acting as tools to empower people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. The new grant will fund a three year project ‘Recovery Reel’…

Liverpool unveils transformation plan to host 2022 Commonwealth Games

Mixing existing world-class venues, its iconic Mersey waterfront setting, exciting new planned facilities and an innovative partnership with Manchester, Liverpool – a city known the world over for its warm…

A look inside the Summer Arts Market

    This weekend Open Culture and Liverpool Cathedral stage the North West’s biggest arts, crafts and design market. The Summer Arts Market is an independent shopping experience like no…

HRH The Earl of Wessex KG KCVO (The Prince Edward) to visit Liverpool arts centre to mark its 300th anniversary

  The visit will be a highlight of the arts centre’s 300th anniversary programme, as it celebrates its landmark birthday throughout 2017 with a series of special events and exhibitions.…

A Rita Riot on Hope Street for Sgt Pepper

Attention turns to Lovely Rita - the tenth song on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band penned by Paul McCartney after a chance encounter with a ‘meter maid’. On Saturday…

64 choirs hit the right note for Sgt Pepper celebrations

Choirs will be at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, in supermarkets, in schools and in flash mobs on the streets as they join together to sing When I’m Sixty-Four as part…

CRUISE TERMINAL’S 10TH SEASON OFF TO RECORD BREAKING START

The city’s 2017 cruise season will see 10 vessels berth on the Mersey in the first 11 days including the biggest turnaround ship to ever visit Liverpool   Almost 20,000…

A very Good Morning in Liverpool

From 7.30am to midday on Friday 9 June, surprise performances and cultural treats will be taking place across the city centre, inspired by the Lennon-penned song. There are a mix…

The Musicircus has rolled into town!

On Sunday 4 June from 2pm to 5.50pm, Aintree Racecourse will host a FREE event called Mr Kite’s MUSICIRCUS - an event inspired by the Sgt Pepper album track Being…