One of Liverpool’s most popular events is back next month to light up the city centre. River of Light is set to illuminate the waterfront across 17 nights from Friday 21 October to Sunday 6 November, and will showcase ten artworks from a host of local, national and international artists along a 2km route. The … Read more
It’s been a busy couple of months for new Cabinet Member, Councillor Harry Doyle. With a brief covering culture and visitor economy, it’s a demanding and high profile portfolio. Read how he is getting to grips with all things culture and his reaction to attending his first event in his new role. When I took … Read more
A spectacular bridge is set to mesmerise north Liverpool – bringing together culture, communities and civic pride. The 72ft long and 19ft high structure will be located in Walton and will be the focal point of a three-day (5-7 August) event called Bridge. Each day it will play host to a series of free activities, … Read more
Director of Culture Liverpool Claire McColgan MBE explains how Liverpool has taken the future of the city’s cultural offer into its own hands… Pandemic… this isn’t something that has been in any cultural risk assessment I’ve ever done. We ‘do’ culture and plan events here really well but COVID-19 hit like a slow motion car … Read more
A brand new £200,000 fund has been created to bring energy, culture and vibrancy on to the streets of Liverpool. Following recent announcements from central Government that socially distanced live performances are now allowed, Liverpool City Council and Arts Council England are launching a £200,000 pilot project to fund performing and visual art in the … Read more
Culture guru Phil Redmond reflects on the threat Covid-19 poses to the cultural sector we know and love and the importance of a recovery plan to ensure its future. “It has been estimated that a worst case scenario for the cultural industries would be a loss of 400,000 jobs and £74bn in annual revenue across … Read more
Eight weeks ago I witnessed the closure and cancellation of our cultural sector – organisations, venues, festivals and events all ground to a standstill with months’ worth of plans and years of ambitions seemingly obliterated in a matter of days. But these lockdown weeks haven’t resulted in surrender or self-pity. In fact, it has triggered … Read more
For so many of us, this crisis feels like it is unfolding in slow motion. I am used to a world of major events where you make decisions quickly. You plan for everything in advance. You live off adrenaline and making choices based on trust in your team. But this crisis is not like the … Read more
Liverpool playwright, BAFTA and International Emmy Award winning screenwriter, Helen Blakeman, shares her story from childhood dreams to international success. Liverpool is a city of writers, especially for screen. But being a writer is not what I grew up thinking that I could become. In fact, age 5, when asked what I wanted to be … Read more
Latest reports show just six female CEOs run the UK’s largest companies, and in the FTSE 100 just 28% companies have women in executive leadership roles. But when it comes to Liverpool’s cultural organisations – the majority of them are run by women. We talk to three of those women to try and find out … Read more
Ahead of a reduced run of European show dates next year, Massive Attack announce a large scale super-low carbon emissions live show for 2020, to be held in Liverpool. The show, which will take place next Summer- will be produced to support development of the band’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research project announced last … Read more
Liverpool Biennial 2020: The Stomach and the Port looks at the body and ways of connecting with the world More than 50 leading international and emerging artists commissioned, including Lamin Fofana, Jadé Fadojutimi, Sonia Gomes, Camille Henrot, Rashid Johnson, Linder, Haroon Mirza, and Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Liverpool Biennial is pleased to reveal the artistic concept and … Read more
To coincide with the Liverpool-Shanghai 20th Sister Cities Anniversary Celebration, four new and acclaimed Shanghai produced films are screening in Liverpool this month at Liverpool Hope University and Everyman Cinema. Shanghai in partnership with Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool Screen School, Liverpool China Partnership and the UK-China Film Collaboration Project funded by the … Read more
An arts project designed to inspire local communities to rediscover their local neighbourhoods and spend time stargazing is being launched across Liverpool City Region. Constellations Presents brings a different artist to Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral to present a work inspired by a specific constellation and its relationship to local stories. It … Read more
A light festival and extraordinary fireworks – a new-look River of Light is back for 2019, bigger and better than ever! From Friday 1 to Saturday 9 November the Liverpool waterfront will be transformed with light, colour and sound as ten incredible art commissions by some of the most exciting international light artists will be on … Read more
Written by Leila Jones on behalf of TransPennine Express. Liverpool is known for its culture. Whether it’s music, football or even a hybrid between a lamb and a banana sculpture, it’s all welcome. Street art is no exception, and Liverpool might just be the only place where you can see John Lennon, Mo Salah and … Read more
Liverpool’s British Music Experience (BME) is set to screen astonishing missing-believed-wiped tapes from television performances from The Beatles and other legendary acts. On Saturday 24 August, the Cunard Building venue will showcase what has been hailed as the ‘Holy Grail’ of lost tapes which contains footage of the only ever live appearance of The Beatles … Read more
A blockbuster filming complex set to transform the historic Littlewoods Building, creating nearly 4,000 new jobs, is to open in 2021. The former home to Littlewoods pools had been derelict for years until it was purchased by the City Council and subsequently sold to Capital and Centric property developers in 2017. A September 2018 fire threatened … Read more
Everyone’s talking about Liverpool City Centre’s latest iconic piece of public art – the eye-catching Pride flag-inspired rainbow coloured steps at Clayton Square. Liverpool City Council has brought colour to the steps to show its support for this weekend’s Pride march through the city centre. Images of the steps have already been viewed more than … Read more
Liverpool’s library service is setting young people across the city a summer reading challenge that is out of this world.