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Southport Will Bloom With Success This Week As Flower Show Returns
Southport Flower Show returns this week for four days of horticultural highlights, celebrity guests, television chefs, and even a real-life Gladiator. The finishing touches are being made to show gardens, exhibits, and trade areas at the town’s 34-acre Victoria Park. Competition judging takes place later this week. Last year the event reached its milestone 100th...
FACT Celebrates Creative Exploration and Development One Year On From Opening Artist Studios
This autumn, FACT reflects on a year of experimentation, innovation, and creativity, inviting audiences to experience a new exhibition showcasing artworks developed in Studio/Lab. Located on the top floor of the building, Studio/Lab is a vibrant creative hub shaped by artists, for artists—where ideas are sparked, shared, and developed through collaboration and play. Designed to...
World Premiere of Syncopated Explores Historical Narratives and Relationships Through Jazz Rhythms
Part of Talawa’s Black Joy season, Syncopated, a co-commission with Liverpool Playhouse and Talawa Theatre Company, is a moving two-hander offering a soul-stirring tale of music, memory and the ghosts history forgets. Using live music, award-winning writer Varaidzo (Bus Stop, The Guardian and 4th Estate 2018 4th Write Prize shortlist; The Good Immigrant; Manny and...
John Moores Painting Prize Announces Five Shortlisted Artists for 2025 Prize
Walker Art Gallery and John Moores Painting Prize Trust have announced the five painters shortlisted for the prestigious First Prize in the John Moores Painting Prize 2025 from among the 71 contemporary painters selected to exhibit. The five shortlisted artists are: Ally Fallon is a graduate of the Manchester School of Art and was the...
Bowring Park unveils packed August programme of family fun, live music and community events
Bowring Park & Golf Course is set to be the heart of Liverpool’s summer activity with a full month of free and affordable events for families, children, and the wider community. With everything from superhero visits and Taylor Swift singalongs, to dog shows, creative workshops and pop-up food and drink experiences, August promises to be...
Liverpool to host inaugural Location Managers Awards
The spotlight is finally turning to the unsung heroes of the UK film and television industry. Location Managers, Scouts, Studio Managers and Unit Managers—those who shape the visual identity of every production—will be honoured for the first time at the Location Managers Awards UK, set to take place on Saturday, 4th October 2025 at the historic St George’s Hall,...
British Science Festival in Liverpool programme launches
The British Science Association, founders of the British Science Festival, have announced the programme for the 194th annual celebration of science, running in Liverpool from 10-14 September 2025. From comedy shows to art installations, dynamic performances to hands-on workshops, insightful talks to interactive experiences, the British Science Festival programme of over 100 events is FREE...
Music Academy Celebrates a Decade of Development
LIMF Academy – Liverpool City Council’s pioneering music talent development programme – is marking its 10th anniversary with the release of a landmark impact report that highlights a decade of nurturing the city region’s most exciting emerging music creators. Founded in 2014 as part of Liverpool International Music Festival to showcase local talent, the Academy...
Ambitious strategy for Liverpool’s libraries unveiled
Liverpool City Council has launched a bold and forward-thinking draft strategy that will shape the future of the city’s Library and Information Service over the next five years – and residents are urged to have their say on it. The draft Liverpool Library Strategy 2025-2030 sets out a clear vision to transform libraries into vibrant, inclusive, and...
GB Boxing selects 16 boxers to compete at World Boxing Championships in Liverpool in September 2025
GB Boxing has selected 16 men and women from the World Class Programme (WCP) for boxing to compete at the forthcoming World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool, 4-14 September 2025. The selection is made-up of nine men and seven women who will all represent England at the World Boxing Championships where boxers from Great Britain...
