What’s On
Liverpool is a vibrant city, with plenty of activities to suit all tastes. Find out what’s happening and when with our handy ‘What’s On’ calendar.
Julia Midgley: Drawing a Record
Kirkby Gallery is delighted to announce our new exhibition – Julia Midgley: Drawing a Record, opening 15th April and running until 17th August 2024. Julia Midgley is a Printmaker and Reportage artist. Over decades of practice, Julia’s drawings have recorded society at large, illustrating her observations on location. By acting as a fly on the...
In Concert: Concerts Square 2013-2023
Having spent more than a decade documenting Concert Square area of Liverpool City Centre and the three streets that encase it. Wood Street, Fleet Street and Slater Street, I thought it would be a good time to take a look back at some of the fascinating and often hilarious people that I have crossed paths...
University of Liverpool Cunard Archives
The University of Liverpool Library is home to a special and unique collection of Cunard archives, containing most of the surviving business records produced by Cunard since it became a limited company in 1878 – an invaluable resource for researching Cunard’s growth and development. Occupying over 400 linear metres, the archive is arranged to reflect...
Going To The Match On Tour
Going to the Match, painted in 1953, is LS Lowry’s best-known and most popular picture. Although he painted football-themed scenes before and after this date it is Going to the Match which has become iconic – an enduring representation of what match day means to fans. The 1953 work shows fans arriving for a Bolton...
Boys From the Blackstuff
Alan Bleasdale’s Boys From the Blackstuff by James Graham. Gizza job. Go on, gizzit, go ‘head, giz it if you’ve got it, giz it, I can do it. Giz it then. Go ‘head, gizza job. This is 80s’ Liverpool. Chrissie, Loggo, George, Dixie and Yosser are used to hard work and providing for their families....
Reshaping the Past
An exhibition of new works by Catherine Harrison, Sufea Mohamad Noor and Wendy Williams. Reshaping the Past present found objects embodied in paintings, sculptures and prints. Harrison, Mohamad Noor and Williams are interested in the imagined and factual histories of objects. All three artists have practices that repurpose old things in new works to tell...
The Legend of Ned Ludd
When there’s no more work… what then? Machines can make our work easier. They can also make it vanish overnight. The Legend of Ned Ludd is a powerful new play about work, automation and capitalism’s impact – a show for anyone who’s ever put in a hard day’s graft. Join us at the Everyman for...
Tate Liverpool: Sun Tunnels
Sun Tunnels 1978 is artist Nancy Holt’s best known work and this 26-minute film documents the making of her large-scale sculptural installation in the Utah desert. The film shows the construction of four huge concrete tunnels that are positioned to align with the sunrise and sunset of the summer and winter solstices. It features footage...
Up Next Festival 2024
Unity Theatre’s Up Next Festival is back for 2024 for it’s annual celebration of Merseyside artists, and this year it’s bigger than ever. This Spring, join Unity for an extended two-week arts festival featuring brand-new shows from Merseyside’s most exciting artists and companies. This year’s festival includes newly commissioned works across a range of artforms...
Liverpool Book Market
Book fairs are back at the Bluecoat! Browse a fantastic selection of books from a range of local book sellers, including Kernaghan Books and still Out-of-Print of Smithdown Road. More stallholders to be announced soon. 11am – 5pm. Free entry. Fri 26 – Sat 27 April Fri 24 – Sat 25 May Fri 21 –...
