Unlock the ancient art of apple tree grafting and take your very own tree home with you.
This half day workshop will train you in the skills of grafting apple (and other fruiting) trees. You’ll be grafting scions (young cuttings) to rootstock at Kindling Farm under the guidance and training of Mark Simmonds. Mark has many years of experience managing orchards and looking after fruit trees and can help you get a grip on the science and practice of apple grafting. There are plenty of opportunities to talk through the process and Mark’s training sessions are always full of fascinating theory and history surrounding tree grafting.This is a practical workshop yet grafting is fairly low impact and involves no heavy lifting.
Grafting with knives involves carefully making safe cuts, which can be fiddly, but there will be plenty of opportunity to learn. If you have any access needs please let us know in advance and we will endeavour to meet them where possible. We’ll also be providing safety equipment.Booking is essentail, please visit our website to register your place. If you have any problems booking your place, please email farm@kindling.org.uk
An old fire station in Port Sunlight, a room in a former New Brighton greengrocer’s and a Georgian town house in Hamilton Square are just a few of the exciting spaces visitors are invited to explore during this year’s Wirral Open Studio Tour.
Taking place over the weekend of 13-14 June 2026, the event will see more than 90 artists across the peninsula welcoming the public into their creative spaces.
Founded in 2009, this will be the 16th edition of the annual celebration of Wirral artistic talent, which is a rare opportunity to meet artists, find out more about their creative processes and even take home a piece of unique art.
The artists’ work spans a wide variety of styles, media and subjects, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, glass, textiles, photography, woodworking and jewellery.
A free tour brochure is available online at wirralarts.com or you can pick up a printed copy at galleries, cafes, community centres and libraries in the run-up to the event.
A selection of studios are also open on Friday 12 June 6-9pm.
Pictured: Daniel Meakin in his studio.
Leap Dance Festival’s day of free dance activity in the heart of Liverpool City Centre returns. Enjoy outdoor performances and workshops from the region’s leading dance artists.
Expect to see a wide variety of dance styles and colourful characters throughout the day at Liverpool One.
Produced by Chaos Arts CIC for Leap Dance Festival 2026
Following the hugely successful event last year, our community dance event simply had to return to Sefton Park Palm House.
Groups from across Liverpool City Region, of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, will perform in a range of styles. Last year, we cheered on 14 different groups with performers spanning seven decades in age.
There will also be free taster sessions taking place throughout the day, inside and outside this iconic venue, offering the chance to try something new (and maybe discover a hidden talent!)
Produced by Chaos Arts CIC for Leap Dance Festival
Reflecting on four decades as an artist, Nina Edge is joined by art historian and curator Alice Correia and the Bluecoat’s Bryan Biggs to discuss her long engagement with the arts centre.
The panel will consider the development of Edge’s art as reflected through the archive, from early shows at the Bluecoat to inclusion in Tate Britain’s Women in Revolt. The challenge of documenting such a broad multidisciplinary art practice will be addressed alongside wider questions about how art histories are made and what is excluded from them.
Event supported by DACS whose grant has enabled Edge to develop her own archive, and The National Archives.
Circular Arts Network LCR will be hosting a Destash Sale and Materials Swap in the Events Space at DoES Liverpool on 1st Floor of the Tapestry Building.
Bring along some of your own materials that you no longer want or need, to swap for something exciting and new to you!
There will be a selection of fabrics, haberdashery and other materials available to buy or swap. A great opportunity to go through your stash of materials long forgotten or leftover from some old project. Or the ones that have never found the right project for, but they’re too good to just throw away!
Come and share resources and ideas with members of our crafty community.
Many items also available to buy on a donation basis for those who want to come to shop instead of swap!Book your free tickets here:
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Email: CircularArtsNetworkLCR@gmail.com for any other enquiries
The Williamson is excited to welcome local musician Mike Hughes for a night of Jazz & Guitar.
He is a versatile instrumentalist, specializing in vibraphone and percussion, known as a top curator of the Wirral jazz scene. He is a regular sideman for the best jazz players in the UK and is an established soloist in his own right.
Come along to hear some extraordinary vibraphone music. He will be accompanied by the wonderful jazz guitarist Paul McRae.
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The Williamson café will be open for light bites and refreshments.
Hummingbird Healing CIC drop-in wellbeing session at the Williamson.
We’re looking forward to welcoming you to our new community wellbeing session.
Sessions will take place on the second Monday of each month. We’ll take our inspiration from the surroundings and blend crafting projects – Supplies will be provided – with chat, connection, meditation and mindfulness.
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Hummingbird Healing CIC is a new Community Interest Company (CIC).
We are a small organisation focused on bringing beautiful ancient healing practices like meditation and Reiki into spaces to support wellbeing in a creative and crafty way. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome people of all genders.
We look to the community to guide what we do and how we do it.
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Join Amber Button CIC for a relaxed, friendly short course exploring book folding, decoupage and weaving in the beautiful setting of Williamson Art Gallery.
Funded by National Lottery, Recraft for Change explores creative ways to reuse and repurpose everyday items that might otherwise go to waste.
FREE to attend.
No experience needed and all materials provided. Plus, the lovely Williamson café will be open for delicious refreshments.
To book: WhatsApp 07727 102956
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Dates:
Monday 2, 9 & 16 March
1:00 – 3:00pm
Northwestern is a dynamic duo whose engaging performances and stellar recorded work reflect the considerable skills of both artists.
Chris Howarth is an eloquent singer-songwriter in the classic vein whose compositions have drawn substantive praise, for example, from Sonoro “ a core of compassionate optimism underscores the song-writing…. damn great, a fascinating meditation.”
Adrian Hough is a bottleneck guitarist who is renowned for his sympathetic accompaniment and emotive expression, about whom, Guitarist magazine stated that his “sublime slide-work is as stunning as it is varied.”
Together these two fine artists deliver a set of primarily original songs with interpretations of classics to appreciative audiences, wherever they play.
“Super cool sounds from Northwestern this evening, a duo that works effortlessly together, crafting great songs and delivering them impeccably! Clever and inventive songwriting, delivered superbly, this is a duo at the top of their game, so come check them out.”
[January ’26 The Salty Dog.]
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