Chris Difford co-wrote the classic Squeeze hits Cool For Cats, Up The Junction, Labeled with Love, Tempted, and Black Coffee In Bed, alongside Squeeze co founder Glenn Tilbrook. He has co written with Elton John, Jools Holland and worked along side such great people as Bryan Ferry while hosting songwriting workshops for over 30 years. He’ll be touring in Spring 2027, armed with a new book, for an evening of classic hits hilarious conversation and readings from the book itself.
Event type: Music
Moolakii Club: Silent Film Soundtracks
An immersive evening of obscure silent films with live electronic soundtracks.
Back this Spring for its third series, Moolakii Club returns with the ever-popular Live Soundtracks to Silent Films – a distinctive audiovisual night blending avant-garde cinema with live experimental electronica.
What to expect
Rare silent films are projected on the big screen while electronic artists perform original soundtracks live, reacting to the visuals in real time.
Nothing is pre-recorded.
No two nights are ever the same.
The result is a shared, immersive experience – cinematic, atmospheric, and deeply engaging.
Featuring
+ Mark Peters
+ Wooden Tape
+ Mayassa
Each artist creates a unique live score, written and performed specifically for the films shown on the night.
Film details to follow
This night is for you if you are:
A fan of experimental, ambient & cinematic electronica
A lover of obscure and early film
Looking for something genuinely different
No prior knowledge needed – just curiosity and an open mind.
First Film 7:30pm
Tickets
Very limited capacity.
Advance booking strongly recommended – these events regularly sell out.
If you’ve experienced it before, you know how special it is.
If you haven’t, this Spring edition is the perfect place to start.
Tell your mates. Grab your tickets. We’ll see you there
Taki Raymi – A Music Celebration
Join Luma Creations for a vibrant celebration of Latin American music, part of Liverpool Music Month, where rhythm, heritage, and passion ignite the stage. Featuring exceptional artists from Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Cuba, and Brazil, this dynamic showcase blends soulful melodies, rich folk traditions, and infectious Afro-Latin grooves into a colourful, high-energy experience.
Get ready to move because Tocha and the band are bringing PURE ENERGY to the stage. Expect infectious Latin rhythms, feel-good melodies, and the kind of vibe that gets everyone dancing from the first beat.
Plus, meet the next generation of talent — Valentino, just 14 years old and already turning heads. He’s a rising star bringing fresh passion and sound to the stage.
Headlining is internationally acclaimed violin virtuoso Omar Puente. Born in Cuba and now based in England, he is renowned for fusing traditional Cuban music with classical and jazz influences. Having performed worldwide and collaborated with legendary artists, Omar delivers a captivating performance full of energy, creativity, and world-class artistry.
? Music Room – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Nana Funk’s Not Night-TIme 90’s Rave
Remember when we use to rave into the wee hours? Want the euphoria of dancing with your arms high above your head to the best 90’s dance tracks, but don’t have a week to recover?
Well the Great Great Grandmother of good times, Nana Funk has teamed together with DJ extraordinaire Chris Herstad Carney to bring you Nana’s Not Night-Time 90’s Rave at The Kabin, Kazimier Garden, Seel Street. Burn off your breakfast and build up your appetite in time for tea.
NANA FUNK is a Cabaret and Burlesque performer who shows that being awesome transcends age. Nana’s mission to challenge ageism is interspersed with a fair amount of body positivity and bringing joy to all around.
“She’s feisty & fabulous.” Catherine Jones, Arts City Liverpool
CHRIS HERSTAD CARNEY is a DJ, radio presenter, event & festival manager, educator and general creative brain from Liverpool. In his DJ career as a solo performer and with renowned collective Mixnots, Chris has played Glastonbury, Creamfields, Isle of Wight, Sound City, Kendal Calling, Standon Calling & Lake of Stars Malawi. Chris co-founded Threshold Festival of Music & Arts which ran for 11 years in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle district. Tickets also available on the door.
Transmission Fest
Transmission are proud to present their first mini festival, comprised of queer and trans music from a selection of heavy genres.
Looking for something to do on alternative pride? Get the train to Birkenhead. Carry on the rage and joy of the march with a lineup of politically charged transgender and queer bands and artists.
Expect transgender excellence in the form of electro punk, cybergrind, hardcore and avant garde.
DJ set after party by Dead Animals included with tickets.
50% off tickets available for the Trans+ community, please dm @Transmission.Presents on instagram here.
Lineup
+ Floralis + Dead Animals + Blondine + sevenyearwaitinglist + Tanzplatz + DA
Tubeway Days Live at The Capstone Theatre
Returning to the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool for the 3rd time, Tubeway Days bring you the best of the electronic era of Gary Numan.
Join us in the TARDIS as Tubeway Days set the dials for 1979. Combining all of the classic hit singles and much loved album tracks, we will take you back to time when Numan was a global sensation!
As the man himself said “Honestly! What you are doing is fantastic!” – GARY NUMAN 2025
Ibibio Sound Machine
Fronted by Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West-African funk & disco and modern post-punk & electro.
The band’s self-titled debut album was released in 2014 on Soundway Records. The follow-up, ‘Uyai’, was released in 2017 on Merge Records.
Ibibio Sound Machine is Eno Williams (vocals), Alfred Kari Bannerman (guitar), Anselmo Netto (percussion), Jose Joyette (drums), Derrick McIntyre (bass), Tony Hayden (trombone, synth), Scott Baylis (trumpet, synth), and Max Grunhard (saxophone, synth)
Radical Joy Cabaret
Join us for a riotous evening to find celebration even in the darkest of times.
Joy can be a radical act of resistance in this time of austerity. Come along to find out how we can use joy to mobilise and fight back.
Performed by Collective Encounters’ Adult Theatre for Social Change group, the cabaret will weave a story of radical joy through songs, sketches and scenes, and will reflect on the world through the lens of our assets, not our deficits.
The Brink, Parr Street, L1 4JN: Saturday 23 May, 7pm
Tickets: pay what you can
Bonnie Trash
Bonnie Trash is the project of twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor, wedding post-punk’s steeley-eyed austerity to goth rock’s brooding grandeur. Rather than fashioning nightmares into reality, the band paints reality as a nightmare; rife with pain, suffering, and gothic theatre. Like their forebears Joy Division, Black Sabbath, or John Carpenter, Bonnie Trash understands that everyday atrocities haunt the periphery of our lives. A black cloud looming on the edge of our vision. Curses abound. You can’t ward them off. You’d best make an unholy racket. Where their first full length, Malocchio (2022), shrouded Bonnie Trash’s nightmares in dusky dreamlike reverb, Mourning You (2025) is vivid and immediate. Mourning You is less a post-mortem fantasia than a sudden, swift dagger to the heart. This is sorrow not as a lingering bruise, but a gushing wound. Bonnie Trash has performed at renowned festivals across Canada, and has shared the stage with TRAITRS, Chastity, Dilly Dally, Bria Salmena, and The OBGMs. In 2025, they embarked on their first UK and USA tour, and played to a sold-out crowd at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg. They have been featured in Guitar World, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock Magazine, Exclaim!, BrooklynVegan, and The Line of Best Fit.
Some Guys Have All The Luck: The Rod Stewart Story
Celebrating 10 years of swagger, showmanship and jam-packed energy – Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story is back for 2027!
Direct from the West End and officially endorsed by Rod Stewart’s own family, this electrifying live concert charts an unforgettable six-decade journey from humble beginnings to global superstardom. Fronted by the talented Paul Metcalfe, the show delivers Rod’s unmistakable sound with a sensational live band, authentic costumes and high-octane vocals that brings every era to life.
Audiences will be on their feet dancing to smash-hits including ‘Maggie May’, ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy’, ‘Baby Jane’, ‘Sailing’, ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’, ‘Tonight’s The Night’, ‘Have I Told You Lately That I Love You’ and many more.
Don’t miss your chance to relive the soundtrack of a generation in an unforgettable night of rock ‘n’ roll perfection.
Unmissable. Unstoppable. Utterly iconic.