In Conversations & Talks
An Evening with Marina Hyde
Marina Hyde – Guardian columnist, co-host of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast and author of the best-selling What Just Happened? – brings us her new collection “What A Time To Be Alive – Scenes From A Strange Age”. Marina’s new book takes readers on a dizzying tour of the most absurd scenes and characters of...
Irish Women and the Indian Independence Movement
Public lecture by Dr Jyoti Atwal, Associate Professor of Modern Indian History Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. During the freedom struggle in India women emerged as political leaders, aligning with the experience of women in the Irish Independence movement. In both countries self-emancipatory agendas were intertwined with the nationalist cause of political freedom. In...
The Garden As Muse
For centuries, gardens in their myriad forms, from the surreal, to the mystical, contemplative or mythical, have had profound impacts upon artists of all kinds. They act as sources of inspiration and as mirrors reflecting the cultural, social and emotional landscapes in which they were created. This exhibition traces how artists across time have interpreted...
Disabled-led Creative Health OPEN SPACE
Creative Health is firmly on the agenda – for arts organisations, public health bodies, funders, researchers, and local and national government. Alongside this there is a growing emphasis on shared decision-making and co-production with people with lived experience of health inequality, in and outside the arts. However research from Unlimited shows disabled artists are barely...
Distribution of Power: DIY Experimental Performance Evening
An inclusive evening of DIY instruments, live coding, hardware synths, and community-driven experimental art. Led by a team of multidisciplinary artists and engineers, Distribution of Power (d.o.p.) is a collective merging cutting-edge sound and visuals. By prioritising peer-led learning and professional growth, d.o.p. strengthens local creative ecosystems and ensures diverse voices lead the future of...
Our Monstrous Bodies by Emma Clear (Borough Press)
Join us for a special launch event celebrating Our Monstrous Bodies, the debut novel by Emma Cleary. Cleary’s striking first novel blends queer literary fiction with horror, exploring fractured sisterhood, the uncanniness of the female body, and the seductiveness of art. Drawing on visual art and horror cinema, it delves into themes of loneliness, motherhood,...
In conversation with Simona Abdallah: Finding Freedom Through Art
Savera UK, in partnership with Liverpool Arab Arts Festival welcomes internationally recognised percussionist, Simona Abdallah, to Liverpool for an afternoon of thought-provoking conversation intertwined with Simona’s powerful performances on the darbuka, a hand-played traditional percussion instrument. Simona is one of the first female percussionists of Arab heritage to achieve international recognition on the darbuka –...
The Book of Damascus
Join Arab Arts Festival 2026 for a celebration of storytelling, writing, and critical thinking from the Syrian Capital, in association with Comma Press. Damascus is a city of contradictions. Simultaneously the oldest city in the world, rich with Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic architecture, and one of the most modern and developed in the Middle...
WoWFEST26: A Week of Bold Voices
WoWFEST26: New World Disorder moves into its second half this week, with a run of events rooted in community voice, cultural resistance and solidarity, across Liverpool and online. Tomorrow, Joelle Taylor returns to the festival for Maryville – a staged reading excavating fifty years of lesbian counterculture, followed by a post-show conversation chaired by poet...
Four Poets at the Bluecoat
Join us for an evening of live poetry with James Byrne, Jesse Hill, Chris McCabe, and Robert Sheppard. Supported by Liverpool Poetry Space, this event brings together four distinctive voices, each presenting live readings of new and recent work in an intimate setting. Tickets – General Admission: £5 – Concession: £2
