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.

LEAP Dance Festival

Leap Dance Festival presents two weeks of dance events showcasing the Liverpool City Region’s talent across seven key venues this spring. From 26th April to 10th May 2024, Liverpool will come alive with dance, with performances taking place in theatres, cultural venues and public spaces on the streets of Liverpool city centre.  Established local dance...

Travel in Style Online Exhibition

Following on from the success of the exhibition ‘Travel in Style: Iconic Cunard Advertising in the 1920s and 1930s’ exhibition, the University of Liverpool is thrilled to announce that an online version is now available and accessible via their Digital Heritage Lab website.  The University is home to a huge range of unique heritage collections...

Shuffle X Tobacco Warehouse

Shuffle, an artist-led initiative, presents a dynamic exhibition opening with a curated showcase of works by emerging and established artists – alongside a roster of local DJs drinks and food. Shuffle X Tobacco Warehouse will launch with an opening event, running into the evening with DJ sets, art performances, delicious food, and a licensed bar....

Live Performances from Ka Baird, Rosie Terry Toogood & Dialect, and Ancient Plastix

Join us this April for an evening of special live music and dance performances from Ka Baird, Rosie Terry Toogood & Dialect and Ancient Plastix. Ka Baird is an American recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and performer based in New York City. They bring their raw, ecstatic, and boundary pushing live performance to Bluecoat this spring...

Griff Rhys Jones: The Cat’s Pyjamas

Griff Rhys Jones is back on the road with his much-anticipated brand new stand-up tour for 2024. Join Griff as he shares more funny observations and comic stories. The show always varies as Griff rambles on the developing national permacrisis. Age. Family. Fraud. Nostalgia. The Tik Tok generation. Crocodile smuggling and noodling in Australia. Travel,...

WoWFEST: Fahrenheit 2024

In the grip of a climate emergency, while culture wars and real wars rage, ‘WOWFEST: Fahrenheit 2024 – The temperature at which the world burns’ is an arena for ideas and a call to action. The festival programme draws inspiration from Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, reflecting on the urgency of preserving knowledge and...

In The Sky With Diamonds

Acclaimed London artist Lucy Temple is bringing her extraordinary hand painted, geometric water colours to the iconic Royal Liver Building in Liverpool. This is Lucy’s first solo show outside London and she feels honoured and excited to introduce her work to the city’s creative and innovative audience. “Everything starts with a circle” Lucy reminds us. ...

Tim Rice: My Life in Musicals – I Know Him So Well

Sir Tim Rice, the multi-award winning, internationally renowned lyricist, will return to theatre stages across the UK in 2024 with a very special live musical theatre event – My Life In Musicals – I Know Him So Well. The show will see Tim Rice reflect on his illustrious career at the heart of musical theatre,...

Morgan Rees: Turning Thirsty

Award-nominated online sensation Morgan Rees embarks on his first ever UK tour with Turning Thirsty! Hitting the milestone of his 30th birthday has made him develop a thirst… for life. He’s about to begin his first decade living truly authentically – and he can’t wait to get going. A show about the unshackling of shame,...

Three Minutes to Save The Planet

One Night. Ten speakers. Three Minutes Each. One Planet to save… We’re all well aware of the urgency the climate crisis is placing on humanity. The odds are continuing to narrow (the Domesday Clock is at 90 seconds). We only have to glance in the news, at the extraordinary statistics, the unprecedented weather, the political...

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