In the Window is an exceptional opportunity for a maker to show at one of Britain’s best loved display centres for an entire month.
Continuing our annual partnership, Bluecoat Display Centre, Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCI) and Liverpool Irish Festival collaborated as a panel, to select a talented maker, to show throughout October, coinciding with the Festival.
This year, the winning artist is Lithuanian-Irish artist, Laura Matikaite, whose ceramic series juxtapose polychromatic collections with monochromatic versions. Consumed by one palette for a time, Laura grows to miss the other, switching between the two as her hunger demands.
This exhibition is run in partnership with Bluecoat Display Centre, with support from Design and Craft Council of Ireland.
Standby for an interesting article with Laura on the work she does, her process and what ‘hunger’ means to her.
For more now, visit the Bluecoat Display Centre’s site.
Festival work strands this sits within, include In:Visible Women and Family. ♀️❤️
A regular meeting of Irish and Northern Irish artists, and the organisations that commission Irish and Northern Irish work, this session will revisit CCEN’s culture calendar and theme tracker.
To submit your Irish cultural and creative events and themes please email Emma Smith (Liverpool Irish Festival Artistic Director and CEO) on emma@liverpoolirishfestival.com
Next meetings are 25 Jan, 8 Mar, 12 Apr and 24 May 2022.
Find out more about the network here.
The draft agenda for this session runs thus:
Tour of the Zoom room – intros and opportunities
Review CCEN cultural calendar and theme tracker
Review active collaborations within the network
Confirm agenda for Mar 2022 meeting.
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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A regular meeting of Irish and Northern Irish artists, and the organisations that commission Irish and Northern Irish work, this session will reflect on the Cultural Connectedness Day and session that featured as part of the Fetsival in October. We will beging to hone creative plans for the year ahead, looking to St Brigid’s Day and St Patrick’s, as well as programmes across the country that artists may be able to tap in to.
Find out more about the network here.
Draft agenda for this session runs thus:
Tour of the Zoom room – intros and opportunities
Reflect on Festival and network connections
Review clash calendar of events for 2022 and think about common themes
Confirm next meetings for 2022.
Join Family Keegan for an evening of festive music. Plus a trip around some of Dublin’s most iconic landmarks at Christmas.
https://www.facebook.com/ColmKeeganSinger/videos/6702066526531458
Award-winning musicians -Colm and Laura Keegan- are hosting their annual Christmas concert, online. Despite the virtual setting, this year promises to be their biggest yet.
In partnership with Liverpool Irish Festival; sponsored by Culture Ireland and Creative Scotland, Colm and Laura will perform some festive favourites from Colm’s hometown, Dublin. The show lets viewers sit back and relax in the comfort of their own home whilst Colm and Laura perform alongside the Musical Director of the world-music hit show Celtic Thunder (in which Colm and Laura made their names)and the hauntingly stunning Habemus Chamber Choir.
For the special event, the team took a camera crew and sound engineer to record the concert at Colm’s school in Dublin, Gonzaga College, with the addition of special guest David Munro.
Join the duo for an evening of Christmas classics, as well as a view of just how stunning Dublin is at this time of year. Trust us, you won’t want to miss this one, folks.
StageIt is an online concert platform that allows people to engage witht he action in real time. To purchase a ticket and watch the show, you will need to make a user account. Then, you’ll need to log-in ready for the event.
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.
??????
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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