Events
11th October 2025 - 1st August 2026
The Harlem of Europe
Victoria Gallery and Museum
A new photographic exhibition in Liverpool is set to tell the story of Toxteth’s Black musicians of the 1950s and 1960s, whose influence reached The Beatles and beyond. This autumn, the University of Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery & Museum (VG&M) presents Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe. Running from 11 October 2025 to 26 April 2026, the...
23rd January 2026 - 24th December 2026
Beyond the Brotherhood: The Legacies of the Pre-Raphaelites
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum Slatey Road Birkenhead Wirral CH43 4UE
Formed in 1848, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, shook the foundations of the British art world with their bold colour palettes, truth to nature, and symbolism. The Williamson collection holds some of the finest examples of works showing this artistic legacy. The exhibition will also showcase the various ways in which Merseyside has been influenced by, and...
4th February 2026 - 24th December 2026
Echoes of the Floating World
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum Slatey Road Birkenhead Wirral CH43 4UE
The Williamson possesses a small but notable collection of woodblock prints in the Japanese Ukiyo-e style. These were made by some of the most important names in the period, from Hiroshige to Hokusai. Their motifs of flat perspectives, high vantage points, and bold colour distinctions, were a radical influence across European art, including by artists...
9th March 2026 - 4th July 2026
Frances Carlile: Passage
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum Slatey Road Birkenhead Wirral CH43 4UE
Passage is an installation of beautiful and delicate vessel and house structures by environmental artist Frances Carlile. Together they evoke the many types of journeys taken by individuals during their lifetime, and symbolise the transient passage between life and death. Each one has been handcrafted using organic material collected during the artist’s own journeys through...
12th March 2026 - 21st July 2026
NU NOIZE: Join our 12-week music programme!
Toxteth TV, Windsor Street, L8 1XE
Are you interested in singing, spoken word, making music or writing songs? Then this opportunity is for you! Nu Noize is a brand new music project starting March 2026, for young people that brings music, storytelling and performance together through co-creation, mentorship and live sharings for all to enjoy! Make beats, write lyrics, experiment with...
20th March 2026 - 16th August 2026
Rachel Maclean
FACT Liverpool
Celebrated Scottish artist Rachel Maclean premieres a new theatrical exhibition, They’ve Got Your Eyes, a satirical and eerie exploration of authorship, identity, and the power structures behind artificial intelligence.
20th March 2026 - 16th August 2026
ONLY SLIME
FACT Liverpool
Boundary-pushing artist duo ONLY SLIME presents an expansion of their interactive game-opera, AFTERLIFE, inviting visitors to embody on-screen characters through motion capture and journey between fantasy computer-game worlds in search of a higher purpose. AFTERLIFE by ONLY SLIME (Toby Pfeil and Claudia Cox) transforms their 2023 computer-game opera into an expansive new installation that transports audiences to a...
28th March 2026 - 31st December 2026
Murder Mystery Adventure
2A Derby Square, Liverpool L2 9XW, UK
Get ready to immerse yourself in a murder mystery adventure around Liverpool! You are a private investigator, tasked with solving the most high profile murder case to hit Liverpool in years. The victim? The infamous politician, Chester Monte. Explore Liverpool like never before with our mobile app as your trusty guide. Trek through the streets,...
22nd April 2026 - 3rd July 2026
George Hallett: Home and Exile
Exhibition Research Lab, John Lennon Art and Design Building, Duckinfield Street, Liverpool L3 5RD
Exhibition Research Lab (ERL) presents ‘George Hallett: Home and Exile’, an exhibition curated by Christine Eyene, featuring works by Cape Town-born South African photographer George Hallett (1942-2020) who lived in exile in Europe from 1970 to the mid-1990s. Introduced to literature, music and visual arts in South Africa, Hallett developed his practice as a self-taught...
26th April 2026 - 1st November 2026
May Morris: Crafting a Legacy
Lady Lever Art Gallery
This exhibition is a celebration of the wide-ranging creative output of Arts and Crafts designer and maker, May Morris, the younger daughter of William Morris. A vibrant display of embroideries, wallpapers, watercolour designs, costume and jewellery will showcase her many talents. Today she is regarded as one of the most pioneering artists of the Arts...
