Black History Month
Reclaiming Narratives: Celebrating Black History Month in Liverpool 2024
Liverpool is to celebrate Black History Month with its biggest and most vibrant line-up of artistic and community events yet! As the city stands tall as a beacon of resilience, creativity, and community spirit, an exciting and eclectic range of events and activities will shine a light on Black heritage and culture. Under the theme...
Conversations
This ambitious exhibition brings together work by nearly 50 leading Black women and non-binary artists who are transforming contemporary British art today. The exhibition will ask poignant questions about the present and aims to provide a moment of celebration and joy centred around artists working in the UK. Conversations will include paintings, sculpture and video...
Stitching Souls: Threads of Silence
Stitching Souls: Threads of Silence is an installation by British Trinidadian artist Karen McLean. It proudly celebrates and showcases the Walker Art Gallery’s newest acquisition by the artist. McLean has been working closely with the Walker since 2022, drawing inspiration directly from the gallery’s internationally renowned art collections. The display explores Liverpool’s colonial legacies, exploring...
Barrie Keeffe’s SUS
Acclaimed writer Barrie Keefe’s powerful 1979 political drama SUS is set to be revived in Liverpool by Sidehammer Productions at the Hope Street Theatre and will be performed on 2nd and 3rd of February 2024. The play, set on election night 1979, and named after the sus laws of the time which made it legal...
Hip Hop Workshops
Taster workshops with Liverpool Hip Hop Festival at FireFit Youth and Community Hub. Join Nikki Blaze and Tony Broke plus special guests for a series of taster sessions with beatboxers, MCs, break dancers and graffiti artists. The sessions will be celebrating 50 years of hip hop and are open to young people aged 11-18. If you’re coming...
Celebration of Mary Seacole In Performance, Poetry & Prose
St George’s Hall Charitable Trust is on a mission to create and install a statue of health pioneer, Mary Jane Seacole (1805-1881). Mary was voted the greatest black Briton in 2004 and the Trust believes that her outstanding achievements, as an influential black woman, a nurse, businesswoman and healer, deserve an enduring testament to our...
Patrick and the Superheroes
Calling all super heroes – Diverse Stories for a Diverse World! The WoW super squad is back in action and ready to defeat those pesky Book Worms at Toxteth Library. As part of Black History Month we’re celebrating with live performances and readings promoting and celebrating diverse charatcers and stories in children’s literature. Have you...
The Eric Lynch Memorial Slavery Walking Tour
The Eric Lynch Memorial Slavery Walking Tour, following in the footsteps of Eric Scott Lynch’s pioneering work, will continue to serve as an important educational tool to showcase the history of slavery in Liverpool. This tour offers participants the opportunity to walk through the city and witness first-hand the historical sites and buildings that are...
Medicine, Mistrust & Making Change
The Museum of Liverpool are proud to present a unique event which will explore specific challenges around equity in health within Black communities, the extraordinary people who have been involved in effecting change, and next steps. What can we do to make a difference? Campaign, get involved and find out how to get support in...
A Creative Wellness Experience
Words are foundational to how we as individuals think about ourselves and our perceptions of others. Be inspired by words and stories and express your own thoughts and feelings during this special edition Black History Month event which looks at ‘Black Essence’ in a creative painting session with a twist. Get involved in an evening...
