Part of the Yoko Ono Lennon Lunchtime Concert SeriesMore tickets for this concert will be released on Wednesday 23 September (four weeks before the concert). If it is currently showing as sold out, please check back on this page then.
Hank Bee is the solo project of Liverpool-based, Northumbrian musician Hannah Brown. Drawing from the folk and country traditions of the north-east while embracing the intensity of alternative rock, her music offers lyrical candour wrapped in vivid guitar-led arrangements. Performing alongside her band, their live shows have become a local staple, blending reflective songwriting with epic, emotive performances.
Featured on the likes of BBC6 Music, KEXP, and X Radio and long-listed for Greenman Rising 2026, Hank Bee is one of the UKs most promising emerging artists. Originally from Morpeth, Northumberland, Brown moved to Liverpool in 2016 and has become a familiar face in its music scene. Her writing is shaped by place, identity, and a fascination with the beauty and drudgery of the everyday.
Celebrating over 40 years as a live performer, Eddi Reader has effortlessly developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers. What sets Eddi apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance and ability to not only move the listener, but connect her experience to that of her audience. No two performances are ever the same.
Though first brought into the limelight as front woman for Fairground Attraction, who’s #1 single, Perfect and parent album, First of a Million Kisses, both topped the charts in the U.K., Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, it was Eddi’s subsequent solo albums that signalled her ability to assimilate different musical styles and make them very much her own. Notably, The Songs of Robert Burns (2003) is a timeless interpretation showcasing the poems of Scotland’s national bard and gained her honorary degrees from Strathclyde University, Caledonia University, Stirling University, Edinburgh University and Paisley University as well as an MBE for outstanding contributions to the Arts.
With her work in song, from the traditional to the contemporary, Eddi Reader extinguishes the preordained boundaries of genre, bringing joyous life to all forms. Her rare blend of meltingly true vocals and towering romanticism combine with an astute and pragmatic nature to make her a unique and powerful figure in contemporary music. With 10 critically acclaimed solo albums, and awards in tow, Eddi continues to delight audiences worldwide. The past few years have proved to be some of her busiest yet, playing sell out shows as part of her ‘40 Years Live Tour’ in addition to appearing as special guest with the Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra for an extensive UK tour.
Eddi has also explored the acting profession, through her acclaimed performances as Jolene Jowett in John Byrnes Your Cheatin Heart (BBC Scotland production starring Tilda Swinton). She also appeared as a 1937 jazz singer in Richard Linklaters movie: Orson And Me, starring Zac Ephron and in her contribution as Joy 3 in Michael Boyd’s production of Janice Galloway’s The Trick Is to Keep Breathing, (Radio Four and a Tron theatre production also starring Siobhan Redmond and Jenny Black).
With Support from Miwa Nagato-Apthorp.
Hejira is an outstanding 7-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late ‘70s.
Having released the albums The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter and Mingus, Joni then toured briefly with a band formed from the crème de la crème of contemporaneous musicians (Metheny, Mays, Brecker, Pastorius and Alias). The tour was recorded, producing the much-lauded live album, Shadows And Light; it is from this album that the band Hejira is drawing the body of its repertoire.
Comprising highly experienced, world class musicians, this band is fronted by the brilliant Hattie Whitehead who not only has – in her own way – assimilated the poise, power and beauty of Joni’s vocals, but also plays guitar with Joni’s stylistic mannerisms. Expect an evening of the great songs from Mitchell’s back catalogue, such as ‘Amelia’, ‘Help Me’, ‘A Case Of You’, ’Song For Sharon’, ‘Free Man in Paris’ and more.
Part of the Yoko Ono Lennon Lunchtime Concert Series
More tickets for this concert will be released on Wednesday 7 October (four weeks before the concert). If it is currently showing as sold out, please check back on this page then.
The Music, Technology and Interaction (MTI) research centre presents an experimental performance at The Tung Auditorium.
Bringing together artists and researchers from across music, creative technologies, and digital media, the concert explores how performers and technologies interact in contemporary creative practice. Featuring works and performances by MTI members, the programme reflects the centre’s practice-based ethos through improvisation, audiovisual experimentation, live electronics, installations, and interdisciplinary collaboration.—-The Tung Auditorium Lunchtime Concert Series is supported by Yoko Ono Lennon via Spirit Foundations
Leopold Mozart thought that Parisian symphonies were “noisy” but in Mozart’s hands the style combines vigour with stirring tuttis and an exciting active bass line, starting the LMO’s new season at The Tung with a bang.
Scottish composer Thea Musgrave (b.1928), wrote her orchestral work The Seasons based on paintings spanning five centuries, using the images as a metaphor for the cycles in the life of man, creating an inventive and varied soundscape.
The concert finishes with Beethoven’s epic Violin Concerto. After an inauspicious première it was later described on its revival by Joachim as the “greatest” German violin concerto and has remained an audience favourite ever since.
There will be a free pre-concert talk starting at 6.45pm that all ticket holders are invited to attend.
Promoted by Liverpool Mozart Orchestra
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Smiths’ seminal The Queen Is Dead with an evening dedicated to one of the most acclaimed and influential albums of all time. Voted NME’s Greatest Album of All Time and consistently ranked among the finest records ever made, The Smiths’ 1986 masterpiece continues to inspire generations of musicians and fans alike.
Join legendary Smiths drummer Mike Joyce and co-producer of the album, Stephen Street, alongside a special guest host, for an insightful and joyful conversation celebrating the making and enduring legacy of this landmark album.
Through stories, memories and behind-the-scenes insights, Mike and Stephen will take a deep dive into the recording of The Queen Is Dead, discussing each song track-by-track, studio sessions and creative processes that helped define a generation and continue to resonate with listeners four decades later. The evening will also feature an audience Q&A, archive video, signings and memorabilia, giving fans a rare chance to hear first-hand from two of the people behind the record.
Don’t miss this unique celebration of one of the greatest British albums ever made, with two of the people who helped bring it to life.
Vox Lumiere shatters the boundaries between concert hall and cinema. Award-winning Vox Lumiere transforms Fritz Lang’s iconic 1927 silent masterpiece Metropolis into an explosive live experience with live band, thrilling original new music and powerhouse vocals.
It’s a rock concert, theatrical event, and cinematic journey rolled into one.
Jonathan Crossley (UK/ZA), hailed by Guitar Moderne as “the poster-boy for modern guitar” launches two new albums; Solace, featuring David Kollar (SK), Lukas Ligeti (AT/US) and guest Arve Henriksen, arrives on 7D Media, a post-King Crimson experimental hub.
Kollar’s playing has been described as “fearless, texturally rich and uncompromising” while Ligeti is “one of the world’s most ingenious composers”.
The evening also unveils St Augustine’s Remorse featuring Carlo Mombelli (ZA), whose work is “defiantly individual and visionary” and Johnny Hunter (UK) stepping in: cutting-edge international improvisation with deeply individual musical voices.
An evening of music shaped through collaboration, creativity and cultural exchange, bringing together musicians from Samyo, the UK’s National Youth Orchestra for Indian Music, and Tarang, the UK’s Indian Music Collective.Created during an intensive summer residency in Liverpool, the performance brings together Indian classical traditions with ensemble experimentation, improvisation and contemporary musical influences. Showcasing both established repertoire and newly developed collaborations, Re:Sound celebrates the creativity and artistry of musicians working across cultures and musical styles.Featuring a series of collaborations, small ensembles and creative partnerships, the evening highlights evolving artistic voices, fresh perspectives and dynamic musical connections.Supported by Arts Council England, Samyo and Tarang bring together young musicians and emerging artists from across the UK, creating opportunities for artistic development, collaboration and the exploration of new musical ideas.Expect an evening of vibrant musical conversations, changing ensemble combinations and creative exploration from a new generation of artists working between traditions, cultures and sound-worlds.
Promoted by Milap
Ten years since the project’s debut at Edge Hill station, we revisit Steve Reich’s poignant Different Trains with Bill Morrison’s film accompaniment. Celebrating other Liverpool works, we hear a premiere from Andrew Barney, and music by local composers Mark Simpson and Nneka Cummins, whose work finding gills won an Ivor Novello Award. Promoted by Liverpool Philharmonic
