Community & Participation
Duality Vessels: Voices of Strength Exhibition
The exhibition explores identity, resilience, and the realities of ‘honour’-based abuse and harmful practices. Each artwork holds personal meaning, reflecting journeys of strength, expression, and reclaiming voice. This exhibition is free and open to the public, visitors are welcome from 10th March to 30th April, Monday to Saturday, from 9:30am to 4:30pm.
The GCCF’s 48th Annual Supreme Cat Show & World Cat Congress
Step into Cat-o-Vision at the 2026 GCCF Supreme Cat Show, the UK’s largest competitive cat show. Experience the UK’s most prestigious celebration of pedigree cats as 40 cat breeds compete for the coveted Supreme titles. This spectacular event brings together cat lovers, breeders, and families for an unforgettable celebration of cats. Event highlights include: Watching...
Spectacular celebrations as Liverpool marks the Year of the Horse
Liverpool is set to welcome the Lunar New Year in style with a series of vibrant events and activities taking place across the city centre to mark the Year of the Horse. The main Chinese New Year celebrations will be held on Sunday 22 February in and around Liverpool’s Chinatown – home to the oldest...
Liverpool to host groundbreaking multisport and culture festival
Liverpool’s historic waterfront will host a groundbreaking inclusive sport and culture event in May 2027, bringing together international athletes and artists in a new festival of unity, sport and creativity. Delivered by UKEL, a new, independent company established to host and deliver major international sporting events in the UK, the original para sport event concept...
Loyalty: An Exhibition of Paintings by Steve des Landes
Steve des Landes has been Artist in Residence at the Williamson since early 2025. This major solo exhibition will include new artwork created in the gallery, alongside more than forty paintings from his recent practice. Together they will present an insight into his bold and singular representations of the human condition. The exhibition will focus...
Open Studios with Steve des Landes
From 2025, Steve des Landes has been Artist in Residence at the Williamson. With a studio in our Art Room, his intention starting the residency was to work on larger-scale paintings. He will be hosting Open Studio sessions every Friday evening, 6 – 8:30pm. Between these hours you can drop into his studio, see what...
Books and Banter
Love books? Love talking about books? Love Books & Banter! Books and Banter is an opportunity to talk about books guided by theme, with no specific book set to read. Discussions around the subject are facilitated but not restricted, and tangents are welcome. The theme of February’s meeting is Marmite – books you love or...
New strategy to attract, develop and grow more major cultural, sports and business events in Liverpool City Region
Liverpool City Region is on a mission to attract more major events under a new strategy agreed at today’s Combined Authority meeting. The City Region enjoys a global reputation for delivering high-quality, high-profile cultural, sporting and business events such as Eurovision, the Open Championship and the Labour Party Conference. The sector generates an estimated £900m a...
Rebirth Exhibition
“Rebirth”, a small works exhibition by Liverpool based artists at Heart Liverpool (104 Duke Street), opens on 3 April, Good Friday – a day significant for its role in spiritual transformation. Spring brings renewal and rebirth that we see in nature all around us. Oftentimes pain and joy go hand-in-hand. Painful pruning strips away lifeless...
FACT Announces Double Agents: Play and Performance in Digital Worlds
FACT and Manchester Metropolitan University’s School of Digital Arts (SODA) are delighted to announce Double Agents: Play and Performance in Digital Worlds, a new series of monthly evening seminars exploring the social, political and cultural impacts of working with advanced digital technologies. Running from January to April 2026, the series brings together artists, curators and...
