To celebrate the building of a new memorial to Nelson Mandela in Liverpool’s Princes Park, Africa Oyé will bring South African stars BCUC to the city for a special one-off performance this October. The seven-piece band’s indigenous funk and high-energy performances have fast made them one of South Africa’s most successful musical exports. Artistic heirs […]
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After the phenomenal popularity of last years festival, Indika, Europe’s finest festival of Indian arts, returns to venues across Liverpool for 2018, bigger and better than ever! Since the first year of the event, 8 years ago, Indika has grown at a rapid pace and meaning that this year’s festival not only hosts two weeks of […]
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As we reach the first few dreary days of September and the kids head back to school, the whole family needs something to look forward to. Luckily, The Lantern Company, famous for their awe-inspiring arts events, have provided just the thing! Across the October half-term the beautiful Palm House in Liverpool’s Sefton Park will play […]
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Carnival kingpins Fiesta Bombarda and WAH will be joining forces again as they bring a rave from beyond the grave with reggae royalty, MUNGO’S HIFI to Liverpool this Halloween. Get your costumes ready for Friday 26th October as Camp & Furnace is transformed into a haunted crypt with gut-wrenching Reggae, Dub, Jungle and carnival sounds. […]
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Fresh off the release of their second studio album, Tuareg band, IMARHAN bring their Saharan traditional folk and Algerian rai music to District in Liverpool this September. Imarhan released their self-titled debut album in 2016, when their tender, soulful, intense vision of a genre that was already flooded with talent and exposure still managed to float to […]
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Digging up rare vinyl grooves in the city of gold, DJ Okapi brings a forgotten era of South African pop music back to life, specifically the synth-fuelled 80s disco-funk known as bubblegum and the unique house-inspired kwaito grooves of the early 90s, connecting them to their contemporaries in other parts of Africa and its diaspora. […]
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The Buyers Club Gallery and and RedHouse Originals Gallery are excited to present an exhibition by Thomas James Butler to coincide with the launch of the 2018 Liverpool Comedy Festival. The exhibition features surreal portraits of legendary faces from the world of comedy including Laurel & Hardy, Spike Milligan and Victoria Wood as well as new works […]
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The 20th year of the Independents Biennial will see Liverpool flooded with over 250 works created by 200 Liverpool and UK based artists. Running from 14 July – 28 October the festival, celebrating grassroots and emerging artists, will include five special commissions in the Wirral, St Helens, Sefton, Knowsley and Liverpool. The Independents Biennial runs […]
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The UK’s biggest annual celebration of Arab culture will bring three of the Arab world’s most ground-breaking and internationally renowned artists to the city for the opening weekend of its 20th anniversary festival. Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) 5th – 15th July, 2018 Book tickets Liverpool Arab Arts Festival’s (LAAF) enhanced musical programme will enjoy […]
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In honour of the ultimate anti-footballer, socio-political activist and godfather of football cool, DISCO SÓCRATES is an exploration of music culture and its social and political impact around the globe. Anchored around a one-day festival that will take place in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle on Saturday June 30th, it will see LIVE performances from artists drawn from […]
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