Cunard’s spiritual home is to host the spectacular Naming Ceremony for its newest ship Queen Anne. The event will take place on the world-famous Mersey waterfront at Liverpool on Monday 3 June during an introductory ‘lap of honour’ voyage around the British Isles. And Cunard’s hosts for the…
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Sefton Council has unveiled a new mural dedicated to local band Red Rum Club at its Salt and Tar site in Bootle. The news comes as part of Independent Venue Week, which runs from Monday 29th January to Sunday 4th February. The annual event highlights the important work that takes place at…
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Just days after officially handing over Eurovision hosting duties to Malmö, Liverpool is announcing plans to stage a new festival to celebrate the 2024 contest. ‘Liverpool Loves Eurovision’ will be a city-wide campaign to help cement its position as the UK’s Capital of Eurovision. A number of major…
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Get ready for some prehistoric fun when Southport becomes 'DinoTown' in Spring 2024! Visitors will get the chance to come face-to-face with fifteen brick-built dinosaurs, made using over 550,000 toy bricks. The beasts will be roaring into the town centre between 29 March and 14 April. The…
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From 1 March - 2 June 2024, FACT presents On the other side — a group exhibition featuring new artworks by Melanie Crean and Katrina Palmer, alongside an existing film work by Pilvi Takala. The exhibition considers the impact of systems of control on those who design them, those who administer them…
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This February, National Museums Liverpool (NML) are marking LGBTQ+ History Month with a range of events, activities and new online content - exploring the untold stories of LGBTQ+ people across the Liverpool City Region and beyond. With events ranging from panel discussions on the art of drag, to…
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Marking the 40th anniversary of Yoko Ono Lennon and Sean Ono Lennon’s visit to The Salvation Army’s Strawberry Field in Liverpool in 1984, a commemorative stone in honour of John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono and their son Sean has been unveiled by Major Kathleen Versfeld, Mission Director at Strawberry…
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Liverpool Biennial is excited to announce the appointment of Marie-Anne McQuay as Curator for the 13th edition, taking place 7 June – 14 September 2025. McQuay will be seconded to curate the Biennial - the largest festival of contemporary visual art in the UK – returning to her current role as…
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Liverpool has been named as 7th in the annual list of the Best Cities in the World by Time Out. Liverpool scored 89 percent for the affordability of its art and culture scene, more so than any other city on the list. Still riding on the wave of hosting Eurovision last year, there’s plenty of music…
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Girl Power! Spice Girls at 30 at the British Music Experience is a temporary exhibition charting the history of the most important girl band in British history. In March 1994 an ad was placed in The Stage asking "Are you street smart, extrovert, ambitious, and able to sing and dance?". The rest is…
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Plans are under way to stage Liverpool’s biggest-ever Lunar New Year celebrations, not only to welcome in the Year of the Dragon, but also to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s twinning with Shanghai. Taking place from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 February, for the first time the FREE…
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Artists, presenters and sporting legends including Rebecca Ferguson, Heather Small, John Barnes and Peter Reid are set to join Mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham for their charity ‘DJ Battle’ in Liverpool next month. This follows their epic encounter last year in Manchester when both claimed…
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