News · 23 October 2021
Road closures for Rock n Roll Marathon
The Rock n Roll Marathon and Half Marathon is taking place in Liverpool on Sunday 24 October and there will be road closures in place in and around the route.
Culture
News · 20 October 2021
Black Music Celebrated as ON RECORD Returns
A brand new programme celebrating and exploring Black music on Merseyside launches this weekend (Sunday 24 October). ON RECORD, returns for the second year with a raft of brand new in-person, online and audio commissions looking at the impact of Black music on the city region’s communities over the past 70 years. Running from Sunday
News · 1 October 2021
Liverpool marks Black History Month 2021
ARTS and community organisations across Liverpool will be coming together throughout October to mark this year’s Black History Month. Driven by the Creative Organisations of Liverpool (COoL) and supported by Culture Liverpool, the annual programme of events is a whole-city approach to creatively examining the role of black people in the city and beyond. Workshops,
News · 1 October 2021
Stage set for opening of new film studios
Liverpool’s status as the “Hollywood of the North” has taken a step closer as its new film & high-end TV drama studios open for business on Monday (4 October).
News · 30 September 2021
“We will never underestimate the word European” Mayor to address culture forum
MAYOR of Liverpool Joanne Anderson will tomorrow (Friday 1 October) address the Eurocities culture forum on culture and recovery. The culture and creative economy across Europe lost about 31 per cent of its turnover in 2020, making it one of the hardest hit sectors. Mayor Joanne will be sharing Liverpool’s experience and approach to culture
Culture · 20 September 2021
Liverpool appoints new Heritage Chief
Liverpool City Council has made its first major move since the city lost its UNESCO World Heritage status. The city council has created a new role – Head of Heritage Preservation and Development – to manage, curate and promote its historic assets and to act as a champion for the city’s heritage sector. Despite the
News · 15 September 2021
River of Light is back!
River of Light is back to illuminate Liverpool’s waterfront this autumn. After the event’s huge success in March which saw around 120,000 people safely enjoy the River of Light Trail, demand has been high for this spectacular outdoor art gallery to return to the city. From Friday 22 October to Sunday 7 November, light
Culture · 14 September 2021
Waterfront road closures: Thursday 16 – Sunday 19 September
Cream ‘On the Waterfront’ is bringing four concerts to Liverpool’s Pier Head later this week.
News · 10 September 2021
Award-winning talent development programme returns
Calling local music creators – Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) Academy is back for 2021/22! Applications to be part of the award-winning programme are now open and the team are on the hunt for the best artists, bands and producer-artists aged 16-25 based in Liverpool City Region, to take part. Since its inception in 2013,
News · 4 September 2021
Liverpool ‘beetle’ to help us ‘come together’ to protect wildlife
The important role of bio-diversity in tackling climate change is being highlighted in a new piece of artwork in Toxteth. A large mural of a Northern Dune Tiger Beetle has been painted on Grafton Street in Liverpool to draw attention to the impact that the climate crisis is having on local wildlife. The ‘UK Youth
News · 3 September 2021
Latin American celebration taking place in the city
A festival of Latin American Arts and Culture is set to take over city centre venues in Liverpool this month. For their 10th Anniversary activities, local arts organisation LUMA Creations will present LA FERIA, an innovative and colourful celebration of Latin American Arts and Culture. Forming part of the Liverpool Without Walls initiative, the programme of events, features an exciting
News · 19 August 2021
Unique TV call out for Beatles fans
Beatles fans and hat lovers are being invited to put on their most flamboyant Fab Four headwear this Bank Holiday Monday and take part in a unique TV show being made in Liverpool. ‘Hats Off to The Beatles’ is part of Statues Redressed – a project where statues across the city have been given a temporary new look by artists and designers to celebrate and debate their place in the city today. As
News · 11 August 2021
Liverpool goes platinum with International Song for Kindness Contest
An international song contest launched last year in memory of John Lennon to inspire new songs about kindness has received more than 1500 entries from 18 countries. International charity tuff.earth started the search for the world’s best new song of hope and optimism on what would have been the former Beatle’s 80th birthday with the
News · 4 August 2021
Everything you need to know about the Bridge event
Liverpool is gearing up to host its first major outdoor cultural event post lockdown. Bridge is set to takeover Walton from Thursday 5 to Saturday 7 August with a focus on bringing together the community and celebrating civic pride. The 72ft long and 19ft high structure located at Breeze Hill, Millennium Green – known locally
News · 1 August 2021
More Liverpool statues receive an artistic transformation
Sky Arts’ unique summer long project following a collection of inspiring artists as they creatively reimagine some of Liverpool’s most iconic statues continues. Part of Culture Liverpool’s Very Public Art campaign, the next phase of reveals sees Queen Victoria placed in a ‘Gone With the Wind’ inspired dress by Karen Arthur working in collaboration with historian Laurence Westgaph; the Gladstone statue in St John’s Gardens wrapped
News · 28 July 2021
Liverpool’s Very Public With Its Art
Some Liverpool locations are getting new artistic additions thanks to an inspiring cultural campaign. Very Public Art will see a series of brand new art commissions land across the city which will showcase the local creative community and give the creators the chance to tell stories through their work. Each individual project will pop up
News · 27 July 2021
Turner Prize returns to Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool today announced that it will host the Turner Prize in 2022, marking a return to the city for one of the world’s best-known art prizes for the first time in 15 years. Over the summer of 2022 the gallery will also stage a major exhibition, Radical Landscapes, which will explore our individual and
News · 26 July 2021
Art draws on anti-hate message
Liverpool is set to use its cultural credentials to send out the message that homophobia, transphobia and biphobia have no place in the city. The city’s largest LGBT+ organisations are working in partnership with Liverpool City Council’s Culture Liverpool team to curate visible projects that not only celebrate the community, but emphasise the importance of
News · 22 July 2021
Culture back with a bang as NINE new festivals announced
A Halloween carnival, a celebration of black culture, a giant advent calendar and fiery street theatre are just some of the brand new events coming to Liverpool. Nine new festivals are taking place in the city over the next year thanks to the latest round of Liverpool Without Walls funding. In June, a call-out was
News · 16 July 2021
City’s statues get a temporary makeover in unique arts project
Some of Liverpool's most iconic statues are getting a whole new look this summer as part of a unique Sky Arts project.
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