Community Post Type: News

L8 Matters Community Land Trust are currently bidding in 2025 for the former Lodge Lane Library and are working with their members and the local community to reimagine this building in support of their Expression of Interest for the Community Asset Transfer Programme.

Having successfully bid into the Community Led Housing Policy for the adjoining former Lodge Lane Baths site to build affordable housing, they have been in discussions with Liverpool City Council regarding this site for over two years.

They registered the former library as an asset of community value in 2024, and are delighted it is now in the second phase of the Community Asset Transfer Programme.

To see more about their vision and aspirations for the wider site have a look at their short video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBvnWq3T8TI

Back by popular demand, London-based music quiz experience Sounds Familiar is bringing an unforgettable throwback party to the city of music.

Coming to Liverpool on Saturday 19^th July, Sounds Familiar will be kickstarting the fun with a brunch event at Cheers Big Ears on Bold Street, the home of cocktails, deep dish pizza, darts and regular live music. Taking place from 12pm-4pm, this iconic brunch event will also be taking place on 21st August.

Cheers Big Ears will be serving up bottomless drinks including prosecco, sex on the beach, passionfruit martini, larger, cider and a range of soft drinks, with buckets of beer available to pre-order.

Hailed as the party disguised as a music quiz, Sounds Familiar is every music lover’s dream. Featuring rounds full of chart classics, old skool anthems, indie bangers, mash-ups and guilty pleasures from the 60s to the current day, expect 100 killer tunes packed into one epic event.

The only music quiz to have played Glastonbury more times than Bowie, Sounds Familiar hosts weekly sell-out events in London. Now, this unique entertainment experience is bringing the bangers up North.

With over 300 five star reviews on Design My Night , Sounds Familiar have hosted shows all over the UK, including at Brighton Fringe Festival and Edinburgh.

DJ and owner of Sounds Familiar Al Scott said: “Liverpool’s legendary music history and fun vibe is a perfect match for Sounds Familiar, and we can’t wait to return!’

Each venue has a capacity of 100 and tickets are priced at £15 per person.

Later in the year, Sounds Familiar will be launching Friday nights at Kaiserkeller sports bar on 12th September, 3rd of October and 7th November, from 6:30pm-11pm.

Join ArtsGroupie for their American History Heritage Walking Tour The history of the United States of America is deeply intwined with that of the city of Liverpool.

Fri 4th, Sat 5th & Sun 6th July at 11am –

A carefully curated walking tour revealing the fascinating details of this incredible heritage.

In association with Ticket Quarter.

Book your ticket here⬇️
https://www.artsgroupie.org/liverpool-american-history…/

Chris Turrell created ‘A Conversation’, an installation consisting of five ‘portraits’ of queer visionaries who profoundly influenced him both as an individual and as an artist which were shown at Somerset House for the Craft Council’s Collect Open in April 2025.

These figures include filmmaker Derek Jarman, raconteur Quentin Crisp, poet Wilfred Owen, performer Leigh Bowery and ceramicist Angus Suttie.

Each of these individuals represents a different facet of queer culture over the past century, from the often suppressed and censored emotions captured in writing and poetry, to bold expressions of anger and defiance against societal norms.

For Bluecoat Display Centre’s In the Window Chris will be showing the water bottle titled ‘You Will Blaze’ (illustrated above) which is in homage to Wilfred Owen alongside 2 unseen works. The bottle features extracts from a letter from Wilfred Owen to Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon encouraged Owen to develop his poetry when they were at Craiglockheart War Hospital. They had a short but intense relationship which obviously had a huge impact on Owen judging by the letter. Many of Owen’s letters were destroyed by Sassoon and Owen’s brother after he died so this only gives us a glimpse of his feelings towards Sassoon.

Traditional and unconventional materials are used with the clay such as watercolour and gold leaf, creating multiple layers of slips, underglazes and paint that are sanded back, repainted and waxed creating richly decorated surfaces.

In-conversation Event – 18th July, 11am.

Chris will be here to chat about his work on Friday 18th July, at 11am. with Nicola Scott, Decorative Arts Curator at the Walker Art Gallery and our Assistant Director, Kate Moult.

This is a free event but tickets are limited so please book via Eventbrite 

Milap are thrilled to announce their next shows for Indika Festival 2025, both at the Tung Auditorium this October!

🎶 The Stringmasters 🎶
featuring Anil Srinivasan and Dr Jayanthi Kumaresh
Saturday 25th October | 7.30pm

🎶 Resonance – Strings Across Borders 🎶
featuring Pandit Ranajit Sengupta, Ashim Chowdhury, Kousic Sen and Andre Krengel
Friday 31st October | 7.30pm

All tickets here.

Are you a LUG’er? Are you into different operating systems?

Liverpool LUG is a group of Linux and Open Source enthusiasts who meet at 19:00 (7pm) on the first Wednesday of every month at DoES Liverpool

Meetings are free and open to all.

See their website for more details.

Get ready! This year’s Knowsley Pride celebrations are getting a major boost with Prescot Pride launching on Saturday 19 July too!

In partnership with Sahir House and Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot town centre will come alive from 2pm offering an alternative for LGBTQ+ adults to engage with creative workshops, activities and LGBTQ+ theatre.

This complements the family-friendly fun at Court Hey Park (12pm-2pm) organised by One Knowsley.

Full details of all the Knowsley Pride events and activities closer to the time on https://orlo.uk/OCBFN, https://orlo.uk/STqkb, and https://orlo.uk/9L7IO

Liverpool MakeFest After Party and Maker Brunch.

Join DoES Liverpool on Sat, 5 July from 18:00 for an Aftershow party, then recover from your hedonistic lifestyle with their Brunch.

Location: DoES Liverpool

Details: https://doesliverpool.com/maker-events/

Liverpool’s RAWD organisation are so pleased to announce that they have officially been shortlisted for the National Diversity Awards 2025!

RAWD has spent over a decade co-creating joyful, inclusive spaces where disabled artists can thrive. They believe creativity is a powerful vehicle for independence, confidence, and expression – enabling people to dream bigger, communicate more freely, and take up space that’s rightfully theirs.

Selected from over 85,000 nominations and votes! They would like to thank everyone who voted for them!

Talented students from Liverpool Theatre School are set to take over the Floral Pavilion Theatre for their end of year showcase, The Performance, on Wednesday 2nd July.

The show promises an uplifting evening of musical theatre and dance, featuring high energy entertainment that will whisk the audience off to the magical world of the Emerald City, then on to the heart of Africa before heading straight into the legendary rock anthems of Queen. There will also be a show-stopping performance of the disco classic It’s Raining Men, guaranteed to bring the house down.

Carefully choreographed to showcase the talent, skills and versatility of performers, the production brings together the whole of Liverpool Theatre School from final year students, who have already completed three years of rigorous professional training, to the rising stars of the junior academy.

“Our students have worked incredibly hard all year, and this is a wonderful opportunity to see their talent and dedication come to life on stage at the Floral Pavilion,” said Maxine Ellis, Principal of Liverpool Theatre School.

She added: “It’s set to be a fantastic evening of musical theatre and dance as our graduating students star in their last Liverpool Theatre School showcase before stepping into the world of professional performing. We’re looking forward to bringing the audience to their feet as graduates share the stage with our brilliant first and second year students, with a special appearance from the young performers in our junior academy who are coming up through the ranks. It’s going to be a real celebration of talent.”

Liverpool Theatre School, whose patrons include dance legend Wayne Sleep OBE and musical theatre star Anita Dobson, provides talented young performers with the skills they need to perform at a professional level. The centre of excellence has shaped the careers of many of the region’s professional dancers, performers and musical theatre stars, with former students going on to appear in shows such as Mamma Mia!, SIX, Frozen, Starlight Express, Blood Brothers and Wicked.

Only the most talented performers are accepted on the elite training programmes at Liverpool Theatre School, which has a strict audition process in place. As part of a commitment to making high level musical theatre and dance training more accessible to gifted performers from working class backgrounds, there are a number of fully funded places and bursaries available every year.

In addition to full-time professional training, Liverpool Theatre School also provides coaching for younger performers at its junior academy, which is open to anyone from the age of four to 16. Established in 1939, Liverpool Theatre School is the city’s longest running performing arts school. It is located on Sefton Street, near the city’s Creative Quarter. For further information, please visit liverpooltheatreschool.co.uk.

The Performance will take place at the Floral Pavilion at 7pm on Wednesday 2nd July. Tickets cost £24 each and are available online at floralpavilion.com.