What’s On
Liverpool is a vibrant city, with plenty of activities to suit all tastes. Find out what’s happening and when with our handy ‘What’s On’ calendar.
Chinese New Year: Saturday Activities in Chinatown
A small number of family-friendly activity workshops and craft stalls will take place in Chinatown on Saturday 1 February, 12pm – 4pm. This programme will offer a quieter alternative to Sunday’s proceedings, without firecrackers and loud music performances, ensuring everyone can join in the fun. Visitors can get a sneak preview of the main event...
Lunar New Year at Royal Albert Dock Liverpool
Celebrate Lunar New Year at Royal Albert Dock Liverpool. Welcome the Year of the Snake at Royal Albert Dock Liverpool with a weekend of exciting activities. From Saturday 1 February to Sunday 2 February, enjoy free art workshops in Anchor Courtyard, perfect for the whole family. Get creative, take part in hands-on activities and take...
Chinese Painting onto Paper Lanterns
We’re back at Duke street Market where we will teach you how to create your own Lantern and decorate it using Chinese Brush Painting. You will use materials such as Bamboo Brushes, Sumi Ink and Mineral Paints. Painting Lunar New Year themed topics onto your own hand crafted paper lantern. First of all we’ll build...
Chinese New Year in Chinatown
The Lunar New Year celebrations will culminate with a day of free fun for all the family on Sunday 2 February. From 11am until 5pm Chinatown will once again play host to the Chinese Dragon, Unicorn and Lion procession, food stalls, art workshops with make and do activities as well as street theatre, storytelling and...
Bring The Fire Finale
Liverpool’s own Bring the Fire Project returning to celebrate the lunar New Year 2025 with their latest spectacular fire production, ‘Serpentine Flames: A Fiery Tribute to the Year of the Snake’ during the finale at Great Georges Square at 4:30pm. Bring the Fire Project, with Renegade Snares will create a unique blend of fire skills...
The Merchant of Venice 1936
Ambition, power and political unrest explode onto the stage in The Merchant of Venice 1936, direct from selling out the RSC and London’s West End. Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders, Doctor Who) as Shylock, Shakespeare’s classic is transported to 1930s Britain in this “striking and impactful” (Guardian) new production that “makes theatre history” (The Telegraph). It is adapted by Brigid Larmour and Tracy-Ann...
Aparna Raguraman
Following a fantastic Autumn season, Milap are once again showcasing some of India’s most acclaimed Hindustani and Carnatic musicians as part of their special 40th Anniversary, alongside both established and emerging talent from the UK. The opening show sees Milap head to The Tung Auditorium for a lunchtime concert, to present rising star Aparna Raguraman...
Exposed
Exposed is a powerful, painful but truthful comedic-monodrama that exposes grief for what it really is – lonely, agonising, and complete and utter bullsh*t. When thirty-something Charlotte suddenly loses her dad to cancer, her whole life dramatically changes. Charlotte invites an audience to observe her journey through grief, heartache, crippling mental health, finding joy, and...
The Plant that Stowed Away
Through art in the Tate Collection, The Plant that Stowed Away traces the connections between the trading history of cities like Liverpool and the global movements of plants and people. This display is inspired by the Weeds of Wallasey series by Wirral-born photographer Chris Shaw which highlights the battle between nature and the post-industrial landscape...
PVTV Fringe Flicks: David Lynch’s The Grandmother + Short Films
Join us for a night of bold, surreal cinema as Fringe Flicks returns with a special screening of David Lynch’s The Grandmother (1970). This haunting mix of live-action and animation delves into themes of isolation, trauma, and solace, through Lynch’s signature dreamlike lens. When: Friday, 7 February 2025, 7:30 PM Where: DoES Liverpool, 1st Floor, The Tapestry, 68-76...
