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A new blockbuster exhibition, 70 Years of The Cavern Club will open at Museum of Liverpool on Saturday 16 January 2027 – 70 years to the day since the Cavern opened.

Created in collaboration with The Cavern Club, the exhibition charts the club’s journey from a post-war jazz club in a Mathew Street cellar to a global cultural phenomenon and thriving live music venue synonymous with the city. At its heart are the people who have shaped the Cavern across seven decades – from the performers to the fans. Their stories are brought to life through rare photographs, instruments, personal objects and memorabilia that capture the relationships and moments behind its remarkable history.

The Cavern Club began life in 1957 as a jazz cellar, but it did not stay one for long. From lunchtime sessions that gave young Liverpool bands a stage to the arrival of the city’s new ‘beat groups’, the club became a place where new sounds could find an audience.

The Beatles played there a staggering 292 times between 1961 and 1963, while a young Cilla Black worked in the cloakroom. Gerry and the Pacemakers helped carry the sound spilling out of Liverpool’s best-known cellar across the Atlantic, becoming part of the Merseybeat phenomenon and scoring US Billboard hits with songs including ‘Ferry Cross the Mersey.’

Also on display will be a brown suede jacket worn by John Lennon as The Beatles embarked on their first North American tour, with Beatlemania surging across the world. The jacket was made by Cecil Gee, the Lithuanian-born Jewish tailor who helped shape the global fashion scene of the 1960s.

A recreation of the iconic Cavern stage sits at the centre of the exhibition. The design takes its cues from the Cavern’s front and backstage worlds, inviting visitors to discover the people, music and stories that have played a part in the venue’s legacy and helped cement Liverpool as a world-renowned city of music.

As a working music venue, The Cavern Club remains a place of pilgrimage for emerging bands, who come not only to see where The Beatles once played, but to follow in their footsteps and take to the iconic stage. Over the decades, it has welcomed everyone from The Rolling Stones, The Who, Queen and Elton John to Oasis and Arctic Monkeys, while home-grown acts including Jamie Webster and Red Rum Club continue that story today.

That tradition of nurturing young talent continues. In July 2026, 12-year-old Irish Beatles superfan Riordan Hopwood made his Cavern Club debut, fulfilling his dream of performing at this world-famous venue.

Jon Keats, Cavern Club Director, said: “70 Years of The Cavern Club is a reminder that our story is not only about preserving musical history, but also about inspiring its future. We continue to welcome and showcase talented performers from around the world to play on our famous stage. Young artists like Riordan represent the next generation of musicians who are discovering The Beatles and keeping their legacy alive.”

The Cavern’s legendary status and intimate atmosphere feel inseparable from the spirit of Liverpool. As Paul McCartney put it when he returned for a surprise gig in 2018: “Liverpool! Cavern! These are words that go together well.”

Karen O’Rourke, Curator of Sport, Music and Performance at Museum of Liverpool, added: “This exhibition is our chance to tell that fuller story of the Cavern: the rise, the fall, the emotion, the people and its life today. We want visitors to leave our exhibition feeling The Cavern Club the way generations from across the globe have felt it, not only as a historic place, but as a living, breathing part of our amazing city.”

70 Years of The Cavern Club opens at the Museum of Liverpool on Saturday 16 January 2027 and runs until Sunday 31 October 2027. A programme of events and learning activities will run alongside the exhibition, with further details to be announced. Priority booking is now open to National Museums Liverpool members, with general tickets on sale from 14 September. All memberships include unlimited free entry to charged exhibitions.

To find out more about and to sign up to become a National Museums Liverpool member, visit: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/cavern-club-70

The Tung Auditorium’s Autumn/Winter 2026 Season returns this September – and as ever, the programme is shaping up to be another incredibly diverse lineup of live music and performance…

Just announced for Autumn 2026, British pop trailblazers Cleopatra bring infectious energy, soulful harmonies and powerhouse vocals on Friday 25th September, presented in partnership with BlackFest. The Tung also welcome back five-time Grammy-winning pianist Bill Laurence for a masterclass in jazz improvisation on Saturday 31st October. Join legendary Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce and co-producer Stephen Street for an insightful and joyful conversation, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of The Queen Is Dead on Sunday 8th November.

Shining a spotlight on international artists and diverse genres, The Tung Auditorium partners with African Night Fever and Africa Oyé to present a special collaboration between Mali’s legendary guitarist, singer and composer Habib Koité, and charismatic Gambian kora maestro, Sura Susso on Sunday 25th October.

Presenting new music from their upcoming album Manding Melodies, Koité and Susso – both internationally celebrated and modern griots – delve into the rich heritage of traditional Manding folk tales and songs, reinterpreting them for contemporary audiences. Their creative approach honours the roots and legacy of the griot tradition while forging new musical expressions that speak to the diaspora and younger generations.

Returning for Autumn 2026, Manchester Collective collaborate with percussionist Sidiki Dembélé and his band for Constellations on Friday 2nd October.

Dembélé will present a joyful musical journey of folksong and storytelling from the Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal, while Manchester Collective’s violinist Rakhi Singh breathes new life into familiar classical pieces. The ensemble will also be complemented by new works from composer and multidisciplinary artist Nwando Ebizie, filtered through her very own Afrofuturist vision and sonic rituals, hurtling us into the future.

The Tung Auditorium’s longstanding partnership with Milap also continues this Autumn, as incredible sitarist Roopa Panesar makes her Tung debut on Friday 27th November, alongside Merseyside’s favourite tabla maestro, Kousic Sen. Originally collaborating on Roopa’s debut album Khoj in 2011, the pair continue to create a musical dialogue onstage that is both incredibly nuanced and striking in its versatility.

New for 2026, Music meets ‘Industry’ in the upcoming programme…

Kicking things off on Friday 18th September, the Heswall Concert Band commemorate 200 years since the start of the construction of the Liverpool–Manchester railway with new works by alumnus composer Matthew Holroyd. The project is especially fitting at The Tung Auditorium, as the world’s first modern inter-city railway began nearby at Crown Street in 1826, just around the corner from the venue!

Returning favourites Solem Quartet present Industry on Saturday 10th October, with a programme inspired by the communities central to the industrial revolution, the undeniable beating heart of the UK since the nineteenth century. Also returning in October is Liverpool Philharmonic’s 10:10, revisiting Steve Reich’s poignant Different Trains. Ten years since the project’s debut at Edge Hill station, they will perform alongside Bill Morrison’s film accompaniment.

This Autumn, the season will see an exciting fusion of music & the wider arts in a variety of capacities…

Shattering the boundaries between concert hall and cinema, the silent film Metropolis is given a theatrical rock workout by award-winning ensemble Vox Lumiere on Saturday 19th September. Expect an explosive live music experience, with thrilling original new music, a live band and powerhouse vocals.

Then on Friday 23rd October, Divine Intimacies by Tangram combines music, philosophy and a multi-faceted art installation in a mesmerising exploration of the earliest texts of Chinese philosophy. During the performance, the musicians will be surrounded by both visualisations of the I-Ching, generated in real time by visual artist Chang Meng and a responsive LED art installation by Ke Peng. The concert will be an array of colour, sound and light – a true multi-sensory experience.

Get closer to live performances with an intimate folk-rock feel…

Back on tour by popular demand, Crash Test Dummies return on Friday 9th October with their distinctive folk-tinged sound and unmistakable baritone vocals. Set to deliver another high-energy show, the original band members will play their most iconic songs, alongside longtime collaborators and newcomers.

Also in October, Folk-Rock legends Fairport Convention are back for a third visit ahead of their 60th Anniversary celebrations as a band; not to be confused with Fairground Attraction, as Eddi Reader also makes a solo appearance later that weekend!

The Tung Auditorium is also delighted to welcome back both of their Affiliate Ensembles for a second year.

Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats explore jazz luminaries on Saturday 14th November with leading saxophonist Alex Clarke (BBC’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year (2020) finalist and 2019 British Jazz Awards Rising Star winner), whilst Liverpool String Academy are making two appearances – the first with phenomenal oboist Fabio Bagnoli on Sunday 4th October and then on Wednesday 18th November, with their very own Chamber Ensemble.

One of the liveliest and most loved parts of The Tung Auditorium’s programme is back for Autumn 2026 – the free Yoko Ono Lennon Lunchtime Concert Series platforms local and emerging musicians, international artists and creative projects from a multitude of genres and styles.

Due to such high demand, the venue is changing how tickets are released going forward. Whilst booking your free ticket via the Tung Auditorium website or Box Office will remain the same, tickets will now be available in two stages rather than all at once; half when the season went on sale, and the remaining half four weeks before each respective concert.

This change follows feedback from audience members and The Tung are hopeful that this new system will make it easier for more people to attend, including both those who like to plan ahead and those who want to book spontaneously for a musical lunchtime treat!

Make sure to sign up to The Tung’s newsletter via https://thetungauditorium.com/newsletter to stay up to date with on-sale dates for upcoming Wednesday lunchtime concerts.

Whether you like jazz, folk, pop, hip-hop, classical, Indian ragas or experimental music, the lunchtime concerts offer something for everybody, inviting you to take a risk and explore new live music that you might not have ever considered going to before.

Liverpool’s Capstone Theatre is set to become a hub for adventurous sound this autumn with a trilogy of live electronic music performances featuring three of the UK’s most acclaimed and innovative artists.

Across October and November, audiences will be treated to performances from Pye Corner Audio, an Electronic Music Double Bill featuring Jo Johnson and Polypores, and pioneering electronic musician Scanner, offering a rare opportunity to experience some of the most exciting names in contemporary electronic music in an intimate setting.

The series begins on Saturday 10th October with Pye Corner Audio, the acclaimed project of British producer Martin Jenkins.

Known for his haunting blend of vintage synthesisers, post-punk influences and retro-futurist electronics, Jenkins has built an international following through his distinctive sound that evokes forgotten television broadcasts, library music and the pioneering work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. His atmospheric live performances combine nostalgic visuals with analogue-inspired soundscapes, creating an immersive experience that feels both unsettling and strangely familiar.

On Saturday 14th November, the theatre hosts an Electronic Music Double Bill showcasing two artists at the forefront of experimental electronic composition.

Jo Johnson brings more than three decades of musical exploration, having evolved from punk and techno into deeply expressive electronic minimalism. Her recent work blends improvisation, generative electronics and composed sound, earning performances at prestigious venues including London’s Purcell Room and Café OTO, alongside appearances at festivals across Europe and the United States.

Sharing the bill is Polypores, whose mesmerising live performances are built around modular synthesis, hypnotic rhythms and psychedelic textures. No two performances are ever the same, with each set unfolding as a unique sonic journey through constantly evolving electronic landscapes.

The trilogy concludes on Friday 27th November with an appearance from legendary British electronic artist Robin Rimbaud, better known as Scanner.

Internationally recognised for transforming intercepted transmissions, field recordings and everyday sounds into immersive musical experiences, Scanner’s work sits at the intersection of music, technology and storytelling. Each performance is created in the moment, responding to the venue and audience to produce a completely unique concert experience.

Supporting Scanner will be The Metamorph (Gavin Brick), whose ambient synthesiser performances draw inspiration from classic science fiction soundtracks and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Brick has previously performed at venues including FACT Liverpool and Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art, and has collaborated with artists including Pete Wylie and The Mighty Wah.

With all three concerts beginning at 7.30pm and tickets priced at £16.50, the series offers Liverpool audiences the chance to experience a diverse spectrum of electronic music — from analogue nostalgia and cinematic atmospheres to improvised modular synthesis and boundary-pushing sound art.

Hosted at Liverpool Hope University’s Capstone Theatre, the trilogy reinforces the venue’s reputation for presenting adventurous and thought-provoking performances that introduce audiences to some of the most innovative artists working in contemporary music today.

Electronic Music Trilogy / The Capstone Theatre, 17 Shaw Street, Liverpool, L6 1HP

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO THE SHOWS

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The North West Duke Ellington Orchestra does what it says on the tin – plays the fantastic music written and arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

Directed by Phil Shotton, the 15 piece big band celebrates the music of Duke Ellington playing music from all eras of Ellington’s output, from his Cotton Club days to the swinging suites.

Held: Friday 13 November, The Capstone Theatre, 17 Shaw St, Liverpool

Tickets: https://capstone.hope.ac.uk/whatson/north-west-duke-ellington-orchestra.html

Performing Recovery: Addiction, Vulnerability and the Ethics of Representation Wednesday 30 September 1-3pm | Everyman Theatre, Liverpool | Free

Join the team for a live performative book launch exploring how art, recovery and representation unsettles stigma for new knowledge, with Dr Zoe Zontou, performance artist WilL Dickie, and hosted by the legendary avant-garde, David Hoyle.

Book your free place here: https://portraitsofrecovery.org.uk/whats-on/performing-recovery-addiction-vulnerability-and-the-ethics-of-representation/

Liverpool Irish Festival, the UK’s largest Irish arts and culture led festival, today releases its full 2026 programme of close to 40 events and exhibits. Run across ten days (Thurs 15–Sun 25 Oct 2026), with satellite events extending from 1 Oct–2 Nov, the Festival anticipates visits of 7,500–10,000.

Rooted in the story of the 1.8 million Irish Famine poor who entered Liverpool through Clarence Dock between 1845-1853 and those that have followed, this year’s theme — I Am Here — asks what it means to arrive, to stay, and to be seen.

Headline acts include the return of Dublin seven-piece Kíla for the first time in eight years (Fri 16 Oct) and Téada (Fri 23 Oct), celebrating 25 years on the road, both at Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room; the launch of Professor Frank Shovlin’s authorised biography of John McGahern, published by Faber (Sun 18 Oct); and Don Wycherley in the award-winning The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong (Fri 30–Sat 31 Oct, Unity Theatre). The Festival is opened by someone who really knows what it costs to say I Am Here, transplant survivor, storyteller and musician Enda McCabe (Wed 14 Oct, Liverpool Irish Centre).

This year’s theme, I Am Here, is a declaration of presence. Stating it is an act of arrival, a claim on space and the right to be seen, named and recognised on your own terms. As well as providing rich entertainment and creativity, this year’s programme explores histories that remain painful or contested, including An Gorta Mór (the Great Hunger), the Troubles and institutional abuse in Ireland. The Festival approaches these with care, guided by its published Philosophy for Practice, providing care notices, post-show conversations and signposted support services throughout. New for 2026, access social stories are available for Festival venues, supporting neurodivergent visitors and those with access needs. Bursary places remain available for anyone for whom ticket prices would prevent attendance.

Programme Highlights

Heritage at the heart: The An Gorta Mór vigil (Sun 25 Oct, 10am) retraces The Walk of the Bronze Shoes route from Clarence Dock — entry point for over 1.8 million Irish Famine poor — to St Luke’s Bombed Out Church, leading into the annual An Gorta Mór memorial (1pm), where the commissioned song The Ullaloo will be led by the Liverpool Irish Centre choir. Trail work has been supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. New Liverpool Irish Famine Trail tours (Sat 24 Oct) use our trail app and headsets, while a Scotland Road community tour (Sun 18 Oct) visits Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council, St Anthony’s Church and The Rotunda, alongside a South Liverpool walking tour the same afternoon. Shared Lands (Mon 26 Oct, LJMU) shares new research on the Choctaw Nation’s extraordinary 1847 gift to the starving in Ireland sharing an act of solidarity from a people sixteen years into their own forced removal. Our annual Tony Birtill memorial lecture will allow our community to reflect on his legacy (Tue 20 Oct, Liverpool Irish Centre).

Theatre and performance: The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong (Fri 30–Sat 31 Oct, Unity Theatre) stars Don Wycherley as a man wrongfully convicted fifty years ago, with post-show conversations. Victoria Fradgley’s High Tea (Sat 17 Oct, Liverpool Irish Centre) is a sharp reckoning between two estranged sisters; Geraldine Moloney Judge performs her sell-out Obscured View (Wed 21 Oct, Hope Street Theatre), celebrating Liverpool and Ireland’s shared love of football. New for 2026, Movema and live band The Saltcutters lead a gender-free everyone-dances-with-everyone céilí (Sat 17 Oct, St Bride’s Church).

Music and tradition: Kíla bring three decades of genre-defying sound — from uilleann pipes to djembe — to Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room (Fri 16 Oct). Téada follow (Fri 23 Oct), presented with Return to London Town and supported by Culture Ireland. I Am Here (Thurs 22 Oct, Sefton Park Palm House) gathers over 50 musicians and dancers from the George Ferguson Irish Dance School and Melody Makers. The Phogues (Sat 24 Oct, Liverpool Irish Centre) mark 40 years since The Pogues‘ debut album Red Roses for Me, and two seisiúns (Fri 16 and 23 Oct) offer traditional music at Peter Kavanagh’s, whilst an Irish set dancing course begins Tue 27 Oct at Liverpool Cricket Club.

Literary voices: A full Central Library author day (Sat 17 Oct) offers four free events: Vitor Vicente on a writer’s decade in Ireland; Sue Divin presenting her border-set novel Runaway Road; Doug Devaney on inherited diaspora identity through Black Vinyl; and PJ McKeown’s punk memoir By Acting the Fool. Faber publish Professor Frank Shovlin’s authorised biography of John McGahern (Sun 18 Oct, Victoria Gallery and Museum), followed by the seventh John McGahern Annual Book Prize. Historian Sonja Tiernan celebrates Eva Gore-Booth: Irish radical poet, rebel and reformer (Mon 19 Oct, The Black-E).

Family focus: Family Day (Sat 24 Oct, Museum of Liverpool) features The Armagh Rhymers‘ exclusive Liver Bird story, Merseyside dance schools, Melody Makers and Brave Maeve children’s activities. The Samhain Céilí (Sun 25 Oct, Liverpool Irish Centre) closes the Festival with costume competitions, music and gift bags.

Visual arts and film: In the Window: Adam Frew and Maureen Lynch (1–31 Oct, Bluecoat Display Centre) pairs County Derry porcelain with Dún Laoghaire silver. The St Brigid’s Arms (from 2 Oct, Victoria Gallery and Museum) opens a fictional Irish pub created by and for women of Irish heritage, with tours and Q&As (20 and 22 Oct). Testimony (Sat 2 Nov, The Bluecoat), Aoife Kelleher’s documentary on survivors of the Magdalene Laundries and Mother and Baby Homes, screens with Fréa‘s Renewing Roots programme, followed by conversation.

The Festival previews at 6pm on Wed 14 Oct at Liverpool Irish Centre, featuring musician Enda McCabe — back performing after a kidney transplant — a living embodiment of I Am Here. The Festival’s Cultural Connectedness Exchange Network (#CCEN) gathers for its annual practice day the following morning (Thurs 15 Oct, Victoria Gallery and Museum).

Liverpool Irish Festival Artistic Director and CEO, Emma Smith says: “I Am Here is one of the most political statements a human being can make and one of the most necessary. This year’s programme celebrates presence in all its forms. From Kíla‘s once-in-a-decade return to the women of The St Brigid’s Arms and Testimony, each telling their own stories. We are not afraid to sit with the harder parts of the Irish story, because we have learned silence does not protect people from pain. Everything we programme, we programme with care and everyone with a will to listen, learn and play is warmly invited”.

Programme Information

The full programme is now live. Search by art form, location or chronologically: liverpoolirishfestival.com/events

Join the opening of two exhibitions at the Bluecoat and the Bluecoat Display Centre, part of a programme celebrating the life and work of Liverpool ceramicist Julia Carter Preston who had a long relationship with the arts centre.

Made from Scratch at Bluecoat Display Centre brings together a selection of Julia’s work from local collections, alongside contemporary artists using her sgraffito technique and printmakers and jewellers expanding the conversation into surface and pattern. Upstairs at the Bluecoat, Julia at the Bluecoat presents archival photographs and films together with a selection of commissioned ceramics and portraits of Julia in paint, sculpture and drawing, most of them never publicly exhibited before.

These two exhibitions are part of Celebrating Julia Carter Preston, Ceramicist, a programme marking the centenary of her birth. Coordinated by the Liverpool Hope Carter Preston Foundation, the exhibitions – also taking place at Hope University Creative Campus, Victoria Gallery & Museum and the Walker Art Gallery, are accompanied by a symposium exploring Julia’s art and its significance to post-war British ceramics, which you can book tickets for here.

Find out more about the whole programme here.

An integral part of an already heady line-up of events scheduled for Southport this year (The Open Golf Championship, Southport Flower Show, Southport Air Show and the British Musical Fireworks Championship), as part of the return of the much anticipated Southport Heritage Open Days Festival (11^th-20^th September) a group of local artists (Becky Atherton, Marion Bayliss, Serah Stringer Grech & Lynn Thompson) have been investigating the legacy of Southport’s rich artistic culture as inspiration for their new exhibition at The ArtHouse in EastBank Street.

As Becky Atherton from Burscough explains: “While being part of the SCA Heritage Group we explored number 479-481 on Lord Street, a beautiful blue tiled, Victorian eclectic building. During the making part of the project our interest was sparked by the female head situated at the top of the building often surrounded by pigeons! Research named her as Salus the Roman Goddess of safety, welfare, health and prosperity. I wonder is Salus still protecting the people of Southport today and in turn are the pigeons protecting her?” 

Originally from Lancashire, Becky has only recently found time to focus on her own creative practice after working as a community artist for 25 years. Subsequent to completing her MA in Fine Art at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston in 2021, Becky received a ‘developing your creative practice’ grant from the Arts Council in 2023: “I have collaged different parts of the Salus building into my two paintings, areas that I have found most interesting such as Salus herself, with the striking red brick and pale blue glazed brick, the sandstone carved keystone tiger with leaves and the  star-shaped windows. I have tried to evoke a story within my work, how the pigeons and tigers are protecting their Goddess Salus and all the fertility of a floral stone carving that celebrate her power and status.”

Moving from the rolling hills of Somerset to the industrial heritage of Lancashire four years ago, Marion Bayliss never imagined that Southport’s architecture would ever become part of her creative journey: “When a local project invited me to explore one of Southport’s most distinctive landmarks – affectionately known as the Blue Building and more formally as the Salus Building on Lord Street – something shifted. What began as a simple attempt to learn more about my new surroundings quickly became a doorway into community, history, and artistic inspiration.”

She explains: “The building’s striking Victorian façade immediately caught my attention. Its unusual beauty, the elegant blue tiles and especially the sculpted head crowning the frontage all hinted at stories waiting to be uncovered. Inside, those stories deepened. A stained‑glass window in one of the apartments – hidden from public view – revealed a world of colour and craftsmanship that felt too special to keep to myself”.

One detail in particular – a flower motif – triggered her latest artistic endeavours: “I began sketching, letting its curves guide the design for a scarf that could carry a small piece of the building out into the world. I paired the flower with oak leaves, echoing details from the same window and framed the composition with a mosaic pattern inspired by the tiled floor visible through the shopfront. The final border drawn directly from the building’s iconic blue tiles, tying the whole piece back to its architectural muse”.

Multi discipline installation artist, Serah Stringer Grech, is also a newcomer to Southport having moved from Malta to complete her MA in Fine Art at LJMU in 2021. Her artistic practice originates in the habitual collection of objects and a desire to intervene in and build with organic forms. Serah’s collected objects, materials arrangement and meticulously researched narratives are usually used in order to heighten the sensorial awareness of the participant in the spaces in which they are shown.

The historic Grade ll-listed building has further triggered Serah’s own investigations into Southport’s heritage: “This body of work is a reaction to the research and architectural grandeur of the blue Salus Building on Lord Street. As part of the architectural research, I was intrigued by a Victorian technique of glazing bricks to decorate buildings that was fashionable then thus contributing the blue colour to the building. I enjoyed the modular regularity of the brick patterns and I allowed this to drive my jewellery design and material choice”. 

Currently exploring the world of print making at Southport College, Lynn Thompson originally from Liverpool, is also a keen potter: “I have always loved to draw and paint and I use these skills to create ‘sgraffito’ designs on clay usually influenced by the natural world. The Heritage Project has given me a different focus through access to one of the most iconic buildings on Lord Street – The Blue Building. The inside of the building with it’s stained glass and mosaic floor have inspired me to create ceramic works which echo the colours and shapes found there.  In particular, looking at the patterns of brickwork and embellishments on the façade, I have produced ceramic tiles and plaster castings”.

In addition to the exhibited display the team are offering several free show & tells that can be pre-booked via the SCA website (arthousesca@gmail.com):

Tuesday 15th Show and Tell 10.00am-12.00pm: The making of the ceramic Salus tile, led by Lynn Thompson.

Wednesday 16th Show and Tell 1.00pm -3.00pm: The Gelli Printing of the Salus Building, led by Marion Bayliss.

Thursday 17th Show and Tell 11.00am-12.15pm: The making of Salus inspired jewellery, led by Serah Stringer Grech.

Friday 18th Sketching Salus 10.00am-12.00pm: Come and sketch Salus who will be appearing in person in the window of the gallery, led by Becky Atherton.

Certainly not one to be missed, “Hidden Spaces and Silent Voices” will be on display at the ArtHouse, Eastbank Street, Southport from 8^th– 26^th September 2026.  The gallery is open Tuesday – Friday 10.00-15.00.  Saturday 11.00-16.00.