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Celebrate Liverpool clubland at the Royal Albert Dock
Liverpool’s legendary club scene is being celebrated in a new night-time projection at the Royal Albert Dock. Visitors to the Grade I listed waterfront location can experience In Clubland: 35 Summers of Love until Friday, October 2. The dockside façade of the Maritime Museum is being illuminated daily from 8-10pm with images from an upcoming book of the same name by acclaimed Liverpool photographer Mark McNulty. And the projection, best viewed from vantage points around the R
Shows on Liverpool stages this October
Autumn, the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness – and also of a plethora of new productions in Liverpool’s theatres. Several productions which opened last month are continuing into October, among them Titanic drama Unsinkable, which runs at the Hope Street Theatre until October 3. You can catch Arthur Miller’s classic Death of a Salesman at the Liverpool Everyman until October 10. And down the road at the Royal Court, the new stage version of Frank Clarke’s Letter to Brez
Liverpool Blackfest 2026 programme of events
Blackfest has returned to Liverpool venues with a series of events planned over the next month – including a visit by trailblazing girl group Cleopatra. The annual festival runs until October 28. Music, theatre, film, visual arts and spoken word are on the month-long programme which in 2026 also spreads outside Liverpool to Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and London. On Thursday, September 24, Blackfest Creative Collective comes to Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot for a
Comedy to catch in Liverpool this autumn
As autumn approaches, the nights start to get darker and the news seems to get bleaker, we all need a laugh. Happily, the nation’s funny men and women are willing to oblige, with a mighty host of comedians descending on Britain’s ‘capital of comedy’ between now and Christmas to give us all a big laugh. Along with comedy clubs and regular comedy nights, star names and rising talent are also appearing at venues like the M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool Playhouse, Philharmonic Hall, Ep
Port Sunlight International Piano Festival brings top class talent to Wirral
Top flight talent from across the world will appear at a new piano festival being staged in Wirral next weekend. The Port Sunlight International Piano Festival runs on the weekend of September 26-27. And all concerts are free to attend. The new festival is the brainchild of concert pianists William Bracken, who grew up in Wirral, and Alexia Daphne Eleftheriadou who are committed to bringing world-class music making to the village. Concerts will be held in the Lady Lever Art G
Liverpool galleries to mark Julia Carter Preston centenary
The centenary of the birth of acclaimed Liverpool ceramicist Julia Carter Preston will be celebrated with a series of exhibitions at Liverpool galleries this autumn. The Bluecoat, Bluecoat Display Centre, Walker Art Gallery, Victoria Gallery & Museum and Liverpool Hope University will all showcase the work of the late artist who was best known for her ‘sgraffito’ (scratched) style of pottery design. The programme of events - titled Julia Carter Preston, Ceramicist – starts on
About
Catherine jones
Arts City Liverpool
I'm a lover of Liverpool and its cornucopia of cultural events and adventures. A journalist with 25 years' experience, including nearly a decade as Echo arts editor.
Now a freelance arts writer, theatre addict, music lover and champion of the city I'm proud to call home.
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