Event type: Comedy

Late addition to event listings
Taking in Liverpool’s waterfront in the way many migrants will have over centuries, this tour tells much about the formation of Liverpool’s waterways and those who had a hand in the developments.

Due to scheduled works on the waterways, we are unable to take visitors to Clarence Dock, where many Irish migrants entered the city, this time. Instead, passengers start their tour in the Royal Albert Dock, sailing to Canning Dock, Salthouse Dock, Duke’s Dock, Wapping Dock, Queens Dock, Coburg Dock and Brunswick Dock before returning to the mooring. Lasting almost an hour, passengers will hear about the birth of the docks, their history and the people that made them, transforming a sleepy fishing village in to a City of Empire.

Children must be supervised by those that bring them.
Bookings and timings
Tickets are extremely limited (no more than 12 per journey) so booking is essential. Please be mindful of the limited ticket numbers available and to return unwanted tickets in advance so that other people can take advantage of this free offer.

Tours will leave The Pride of Sefton mooring at 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm on Sat 30 Oct 2021 only.

Please be sure to book for the tour time you want and note the departure time. You are asked to be at the mooring site 10mins before expected departure.

The boat will have to leave on time in order to return and depart for its next tour. It will leave without ticket holders if they are not present.

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Late addition to event listings
Taking in Liverpool’s waterfront in the way many migrants will have over centuries, this tour tells much about the formation of Liverpool’s waterways and those who had a hand in the developments.

Due to scheduled works on the waterways, we are unable to take visitors to Clarence Dock, where many Irish migrants entered the city, this time. Instead, passengers start their tour in the Royal Albert Dock, sailing to Canning Dock, Salthouse Dock, Duke’s Dock, Wapping Dock, Queens Dock, Coburg Dock and Brunswick Dock before returning to the mooring. Lasting almost an hour, passengers will hear about the birth of the docks, their history and the people that made them, transforming a sleepy fishing village in to a City of Empire.

Children must be supervised by those that bring them.
Bookings and timings
Tickets are extremely limited (no more than 12 per journey) so booking is essential. Please be mindful of the limited ticket numbers available and to return unwanted tickets in advance so that other people can take advantage of this free offer.

Tours will leave The Pride of Sefton mooring at 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm on Sat 30 Oct 2021 only.

Please be sure to book for the tour time you want and note the departure time. You are asked to be at the mooring site 10mins before expected departure.

The boat will have to leave on time in order to return and depart for its next tour. It will leave without ticket holders if they are not present.

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We have prepared a Festival overview for audiences to take a look at.

It works just like a calendar, but for the 10 days of the Festival, giving you a quick overview of all of the events and exhibitions.

If you download the PDF it will show over two pages for you.
Click here to download the PDF.

When using our events listing, remember you can search by art form, too. Simply, hover over the ‘event’ menu and select “Choose events by art form” (or click this link); this will help reduce the selection meaning you don’t need to look at all the events at once.

 

Have you got post-Festival blues? You have?

Well, why not help us to help you, by buying a ticket to our November Fundraising Céilí?

Run by the Festival’s Board of Trustees, it will feature live music from the ‘legendary’ Finn’s Hotel; ceílí dancing and a bar in the incredible surrounds of Ullet Road’s Unitarian Church. Easy parking on neighbouring streets, close to the 86 and 75 bus routes and a barrel of laughs to boot. All proceeds go to the Liverpool Irish Festival (charity number 1100126) to help sustain our commitment to advancing Irish creativity and public work.

The Liverpool Irish Festival runs many events each year (usually over 50!), the majority of which are free or -at the very least- subsidised. An event like this, help us to show our funders, sponsors and audiences that we raise money from other sources. Commercial ticket income, like this, allows us to show people a good time, whilst giving us an income to use as ‘match’ against public funds.

The performers and venue have volunteered their time in support of the Festival. Every penny helps. Donations can be made on top of online ticket purchases, in cash in person, or by cheque or online payment. We are extremely grateful for all support we receive. We promise to reinvest this in to more arts and cultural activities in future.

Late addition to event listings
Taking in Liverpool’s waterfront in the way many migrants will have over centuries, this tour tells much about the formation of Liverpool’s waterways and those who had a hand in the developments.

Due to scheduled works on the waterways, we are unable to take visitors to Clarence Dock, where many Irish migrants entered the city, this time. Instead, passengers start their tour in the Royal Albert Dock, sailing to Canning Dock, Salthouse Dock, Duke’s Dock, Wapping Dock, Queens Dock, Coburg Dock and Brunswick Dock before returning to the mooring. Lasting almost an hour, passengers will hear about the birth of the docks, their history and the people that made them, transforming a sleepy fishing village in to a City of Empire.

Children must be supervised by those that bring them.
Bookings and timings
Tickets are extremely limited (no more than 12 per journey) so booking is essential. Please be mindful of the limited ticket numbers available and to return unwanted tickets in advance so that other people can take advantage of this free offer.

Tours will leave The Pride of Sefton mooring at 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm on Sat 30 Oct 2021 only.

Please be sure to book for the tour time you want and note the departure time. You are asked to be at the mooring site 10mins before expected departure.

The boat will have to leave on time in order to return and depart for its next tour. It will leave without ticket holders if they are not present.

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Event cancellation notice
We are sorry to advise that all the #LIF2021 The Mersey Mash events have had to be postponed until 2022. This means the community conversations, and recording sessions, can no longer run as part of this year’s Festival.

We remain committed to collecting these stories, and creating the film, but life-circumstances for the project’s owners means we are not able to run the events in October as originally planned. Please stay tuned for further sessions, most likely to be scheduled for 2022’s Festival.

Original listing
As close to the Festival as we can possible make it, Doug will present The Mersey Mash, a magazine-show film that collects and tells the stories you told during #LIF2021, particularly those gathered at Mixers 1-5.

This is an evening to see yourself onscreen and to witness stories from the community you live in. Fresh from the Festival, this is a chance to revel and reflect, chat and critique; in the homely surrounds of the Centre, alongside the people who make it great. This is an exchange between audiences and documentarists; people and places. After this screening, the film will be re-tweaked before its online release, so this is a behind the scenes of the process of filmmaking.

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Image (c) DaBrick.

We are proud to state this event is linked with Black History Month and the Cuture Liverpool programme.

Event cancellation notice
We are sorry to advise that all the #LIF2021 The Mersey Mash events have had to be postponed until 2022. This means the community conversations, and recording sessions, can no longer run as part of this year’s Festival.

We remain committed to collecting these stories, and creating the film, but life-circumstances for the project’s owners means we are not able to run the events in October as originally planned. Please stay tuned for further sessions, most likely to be scheduled for 2022’s Festival.

Original listing
After the interviews, the events, the laugher and the tears, The Mersey Mash reaches its final destination – the end edit. The final cut.

Doug Devaney and camera tech Barry will finally let their 2021 expedition go, free to be watched by all and sundry! A document of the Festival, their findings and of the people that make up Liverpool’s Irish community, The Mersey Mash bears witness to the people, places and events we shared, along with the islands that influenced us all.

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Image © DaBrick.

The streaming link will be available, here, on the day.

We are proud to state this event is linked with Black History Month and the Cuture Liverpool programme.

A sound performance by Derry‐based multidisciplinary artist Edy Fung.

Continuing our annual Art Arcadia residency and virtual work with Edy from 2020 and 2021, we now witness Edy ‘in real life’. Extending her research writing (done for for Liverpool Irish Festival’s St Brigid’s Day programme 2021, see Retrospective Future Gazers), which mapped the Royal Charter’s failed-return to Liverpool against the history of weather forecasting, Edy continues to tell the story of the weather, this time using sound performance.

Press release
26 Oct 2021. Download here.

Event cancellation notice
We are sorry to advise that all the #LIF2021 The Mersey Mash events have had to be postponed until 2022. This means the community conversations, and recording sessions, can no longer run as part of this year’s Festival.

We remain committed to collecting these stories, and creating the film, but life-circumstances for the project’s owners means we are not able to run the events in October as originally planned. Please stay tuned for further sessions, most likely to be scheduled for 2022’s Festival.

In place of the recording, on board the Pride of Sefton, we have organised four boat tours for the same day, whcih document the hostory of the docks including limited sections on slavery and the Black experience. These are free, but must be booked, which you can do using the event links below:

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Original listing
Across the Festival, Doug Devaney (and his camera man and recordist, Barry) will be collecting your stories.

Why? They will be brought together to create a ‘magazine film’ -called The Mersey Mash- which we’ll present to attendees, at the Liverpool Irish Centre, on 2 Nov.  It will form a record of #LIF2021 and give Doug more information for his podcast The Plastic Podcasts (plasticpodcasts.com).

To collect these recordings, Doug et al will run the following drop-ins, which we’re calling Mersey Mash Mixers! You don’t have to sign up, but if you have an interesting or meaningful story to tell about Liverpool, Liverpool Irish or Irish connections, Doug would love to hear from you. You can drop-in to any of the sessions (or more than one if you’ve a few stories and fancy a change of scene) within the times shown. Doug will be there to listen, question and record! Pop along.

Image © timajo
The Mersey Mash: Mixer #5
12pm-5pm, Fri 29 Oct. Onboard the Pride Of Sefton, moored at Albert/Salthouse dock. Free, no booking necessary

Liverpool is famously married to the sea, so this series of story-swaps wouldn’t be complete without spending some time on a boat. We’re finishing our series of drop-ins, bobbing up and down on the water, courtesy of the Pride Of Sefton (a canal barge), taking in the glories of Liverpool’s industrial and maritime history. We’d like to hear what you have to say about Liverpool’s past and its future, so bring your stories -and sea legs- to this historic boat, dock and waterway.

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We are proud to state this event is linked with Black History Month and the Cuture Liverpool programme.

Event cancellation notice
We are sorry to advise that all the #LIF2021 The Mersey Mash events have had to be postponed until 2022. This means the community conversations, and recording sessions, can no longer run as part of this year’s Festival.

We remain committed to collecting these stories, and creating the film, but life-circumstances for the project’s owners means we are not able to run the events in October as originally planned. Please stay tuned for further sessions, most likely to be scheduled for 2022’s Festival.

Original listing
Across the Festival, Doug Devaney (and his camera man and recordist, Barry) will be collecting your stories.

Why? They will be brought together to create a ‘magazine film’ -called The Mersey Mash- which we’ll present to attendees, at the Liverpool Irish Centre, on 2 Nov.  It will form a record of #LIF2021 and give Doug more information for his podcast The Plastic Podcasts (plasticpodcasts.com).

To collect these recordings, Doug et al will run the following drop-ins, which we’re calling Mersey Mash Mixers! You don’t have to sign up, but if you have an interesting or meaningful story to tell about Liverpool, Liverpool Irish or Irish connections, Doug would love to hear from you. You can drop-in to any of the sessions (or more than one if you’ve a few stories and fancy a change of scene) within the times shown. Doug will be there to listen, question and record! Pop along.

Image © timajo
The Mersey Mash: Mixer #3
11am-1pm (not 2pm as in some listings), Thurs 28 Oct. Liverpool Irish Centre. Free, no booking necessary

Wednesdays were traditionally the day for the tea dance at Liverpool Irish Centre, back in the Mount Pleasant days. This Wednesday will see an extra pair take their place on the floor (or near to it) as Doug and Barry set up their talking shop at the Boundary Road Liverpool Irish Centre for three hours of chat, char, and cha-cha-cha. In between waltzes -and seeing whether Liam’s got white pudding in at the shop- they’ll be there to hear your stories of how the Irish changed Liverpool, and how Liverpool changed the Irish.

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We are proud to state this event is linked with Black History Month and the Cuture Liverpool programme.