Get ready for an unforgettable experience with Brass Monkees – the high-energy band that blends Soul and R&B into a high-octane, feel-good experience!
This dynamic group features a sizzling 3-piece brass section, electrifying lead vocals, and a tight rhythm section that brings you everything from smooth grooves to soulful ballads.
Brass Monkees take you on a musical journey through legendary hits from icons like Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, Jackie Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Jocelyn Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, and so many more! With years of experience in the music industry, this talented group knows how to bring the heat, creating an atmosphere full of infectious enthusiasm and unbeatable chemistry.
Prepare to groove, laugh, and lose yourself in the rhythm with Brass Monkees.
Liverpool’s Stealing Sheep team up with She Drew the Gun, Meduulla, Ellaments (Big Joanie) and more to unleash GLO: Girl Life Online: an arthouse touring show diving into the virtual subconscious of culture through a girlhood lens. Questioning how reality is shaped by the internet and how girlhood is formed under its influence, the project explores dopamine living, distraction, obey-culture vs IRL experience, and nostalgia for free-party freedom.
Working as multi-instrumentalists with analog synths, Stealing Sheep deliver a high-energy live experience for fans of Talking Heads and Confidence Man. Styled with costume designer Ellie Coolegreen, the show channels cosmic fighter-girl chic, inflatable humour, oversized silhouettes and frazzled, capitalist playboy Gen-Z couture. Guerrilla girls energy for the algorithm age: chaotic, conscious, fun club energy.
We’re thrilled to have Martha play at Future Yard, heres a little message from the band on what the night will entail:
“This September we (the band called Martha) will be doing a handful of shows to mark ten years since ‘Blisters in the Pit of my Heart’ came out. We’ll be performing the album in full each night, plus a load of other songs too. The tour will take us to a couple of places we’ve never played before (Birkenhead and Hebden Bridge), a couple of places we haven’t played in ages (Edinburgh and Cardiff), and we’ll also be playing at the Scala in London for the first time in nearly a decade. If you can make it out to one of these gigs please do.
Please also tell your friends about it. Especially the ones who used to be cool but don’t come to gigs anymore. We’ve got some really great bands opening for us too! The beautiful poster was designed by Soph McKenzie. Tickets on sale 10am 9th April. Okay that’s all! Thanks!”
FFO: Cheekface, Lime Garden, Jeffrey Lewis
Down in Laurel Canyon is a 7-piece band reimagining iconic 60s – 70s California hits, bringing the timeless music of Neil Young, Carole King, Fleetwood Mac, and more to life.
DJ Yoda is a world-class turntablist, producer and pioneering audiovisual artist, widely regarded as one of the most innovative DJs of his generation. Active for over three decades, he has toured the globe, shared stages with artists from Snoop Dogg to Damon Albarn.
Renowned for his virtuosic scratching and playful re-imagining of pop culture, Yoda has pushed hip-hop’s creative boundaries through his iconic How To Cut & Paste mixtapes and groundbreaking live shows that remix film, TV, internet culture and gaming in real time. A relentless innovator, he has performed everywhere from Glastonbury to the British Library, composed a turntable concerto with Gabriel Prokofiev, and helped pioneer live video mixing as an art form.
An intimate evening of songs and stories, plus an open Q&A session.
As lead singer and songwriter of The Stranglers during their golden period, Hugh Cornwell cast a spell mixing fact, history, mythology and ideology within the lyrics of the songs. It was a heady mix, leading to the band’s success throughout the world, and they became championed for experimentation and commerciality in equal measures.
Hugh was responsible for all the band’s most memorable songs across ten stellar albums that consolidated his stature as a unique songwriter and musician. His lyrics to Golden Brown are a songwriting masterclass.
His solo career has led to ten albums of critically acclaimed songs, culminating in Moments of Madness, described as a ‘late flowering classic’ and a ‘modern‑day masterpiece’. Hugh last performed acoustic solo performances in the UK in 2017 and will be heading out across the country this November 2026.
As well as dipping into both The Stranglers’ and his own wealthy catalogue of songs, he’ll be performing new songs from his next studio album, Succubus, the follow‑up to Moments of Madness. These songs will be heard for the first time on this tour.
There will also be an open‑mic moment in the show for the audience to ask him questions, which he will answer if possible.
“I’m not sure how much longer I can continue to perform, and so this will be my final solo acoustic tour.”
Take this opportunity to experience the legendary acoustic live performance of one of the UK’s greatest living songwriters while you can.
Just Hugh, a guitar and a microphone.
Join the Novello Orchestra for Disney in Concert: The Sound of Magic, a symphonic celebration of Disney music, animation and memories – a century in the making!
Your favourite characters and music from across the Walt Disney Animation Studios catalogue come to life on the concert hall stage and screen to create a cinematic concert experience like never before. Performed by a live symphony orchestra, beloved songs and scores are combined into exciting new medleys and suites, creating an unexpected and thrilling journey of music and animation that only Disney can deliver.
This newly-imagined concert takes you on a magic carpet ride through the most memorable song, score and movie moments of The Walt Disney Company, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Moana, Alice in Wonderland, Aladdin, The Jungle Book, Frozen, The Lion King, Fantasia, Encanto, Beauty and the Beast and more.
It’s been a while since we’ve had a band on at Mersey Swing so we’re so excited to welcome the amazing Blueberry Moon to our Wednesday night social! You’ll have seen these two brilliant musicians playing around Liverpool and now we get them all to ourselves. https://www.instagram.com/blueberrymoon.duet/
The classes will still be on as usual, we’ll just have some lovely live music to dance to in the social.
Beginners taster: 6.45pm
Main Class: 7pm
Social with Blueberry Moon: 8pm
£5.50 on the door, no need to book in advance.
(Please note the social without the classes will also be £5.50 for this event only)
Step into Liverpool 8 after hours for a special late opening that brings the sounds, stories and spirit of Toxteth’s Black music scene to life. The Victoria Gallery & Museum invite you to explore the exhibition “Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe” in a new way — with live music, DJ sets, conversation, and hands-on experiences across the gallery.
In the 1950s and 60s, while Merseybeat defined Liverpool’s global image, another powerful musical movement was thriving in Toxteth. Rooted in soul, jazz and rhythm & blues, Black musicians in Liverpool 8 helped shape the city’s sound — mentoring early Beatles members and introducing American influences that would transform British music forever. Despite facing racial inequalities and barriers to recognition, their legacy is profound, influential, and long overdue for celebration.
What’s on:
- Live DJ sets in the café from Kerri Ankrah-Lucas (Decks in the City), plus a record fair to dig for vinyl treasures
- Ramon “Sugar” Deen, L8 music legend and member of The Harlems, sharing first-hand stories from the era
- A rare chance to work with the Institute of Popular Music Archive (IPM) — explore archive vinyl and help catalogue records
- A talk from Dr Mike Brocken on jazz pioneer Gordon Stretton for International Jazz Day
- Music performed from across eras and genres with University music students
Whether you’re into music history, vinyl culture, live performance, or just looking for something different to do in the evening, this VG&M Late is your chance to experience the gallery in a whole new way. Free, drop in, and open to all — especially students and young people.Come for the music, stay for the stories.
Website: VG&M Late: A Music Celebration – Victoria Gallery & Museum – University of Liverpool
Renowned as the original and very best Bee Gees tribute show, and the only Bee Gees tribute show that has actually performed with the original Bee Gees!
In 1997 Gary & Darren from Jive Talkin’ performed live on Heart FM with The Bee Gees and received great compliments from both Maurice & Barry Gibb. As with the original Bee Gees, Jive Talkin’ is very much a family affair. Brothers Gary & Darren Simmons take the roles of Barry & Maurice Gibb, with Darren’s son Jack joining the group in 2014 and taking on the role of Robin Gibb. The guys are supported musically by a four piece band with Lead Guitar, Violin, Cello and Drums, ensuring that every note in every song is just right!
A truly amazing experience and an opportunity to hear all the great Bee Gees hits including Tragedy, Night Fever, Massachusetts, Stayin Alive and more. Jive Talkin’ is a 2 hour explosion of music and vocal harmony – a night not to be missed!
“The soundalike quality is quite sensational” – The Stage
“Amazing similarity to the real Bee Gees” – Wakefield Express
“Absolutely Brilliant” – Maurice Gibb
“WOW” – Barry Gibb
