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.

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

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.  

 

WoWFEST: A Reason to Sing – The Popular Song Movement of 70s Chile

Join internationally acclaimed artist Francisco Carrasco for a powerful and deeply personal exploration of Nueva Canción Chilena, Chile’s revolutionary popular song movement of the 1960s and 70s. 

Blending traditional folk forms with urgent, socially conscious lyrics, Nueva Canción became the soundtrack of resistance. Artists including Violeta Parra, Víctor Jara, Inti-Illimani and Quilapayún gave voice to workers, challenged injustice and helped shape the cultural spirit of Salvador Allende’s Popular Unity government. 

After the 1973 military coup, many musicians were silenced, imprisoned or forced into exile — transforming the movement into a global symbol of resistance and solidarity. 

Arriving in the UK as a child refugee in 1975, Francisco Carrasco brings this history vividly to life through storytelling, live music and archival material. He reflects on how these songs sustained displaced communities including his own family who performed at solidarity events across Britain. 

Part cultural history, part lived testimony, this event is an invitation to explore exile, identity and the enduring power of music in times of struggle. 

Francisco Carrasco MA FRSA is a Chilean-born international artist, storyteller, world musician and cultural activist. Exiled to the UK in 1975, he has dedicated his life to using art as a platform for dialogue and social change. 

Based in Liverpool since 1983, he is the founder and Creative Director of LUMA CREATIONS and has led major cultural initiatives including LA FERIA International Festival of Latin American Arts & Culture and the Merseyside International Street Festival. 

In 2025, he received the LCR Award for International Reach. His forthcoming poetry collection, Oceans of Exile, continues his exploration of displacement, resilience and belonging. 

Date: Tuesday 19th MayTime: 6.30pmVenue: Victoria Gallery and Museum: Ashton Street, Liverpool, L69 3DRTickets: £5

Outer Waves Festival 2026

Liverpool’s underground music and arts festival OUTER WAVES is returning to Liverpool’s North Docks at Invisible Wind Factory and Make CIC on May 23rd & 24th 2026!  Dedicated to experimental, avant-garde, and underground music from across the world, the festival platforms international artists alongside commissioned local talent, with an integrated visual art programme and a programme of events extending beyond the main stages including workshops, artist interviews & panel discussions.

HeadlinersHeadlining the festival are ØXN (feat. Radie Peat of Lankum) and Dame Area, joined by Jarboe (Swans) feat. Thor Harris and Joy Von Spain and the world premiere of HAND TO MOUTH TO — a newly reimagined live performance commissioned by Outlands Network and Full of Noises, collaboratively composed and performed by Keeley Forsyth and long-time collaborator Matthew Bourne.

Final Lineup AdditionsThe final wave of artists joining the bill includes HHY & the Kampala Unit, Elspeth Anne, a Lesser Version, Those Holy feat. Ly Nguyěn, Jacques Malchance, and veve, joining a bill that already includes the incendiary ritual electronics of Lord Spikeheart, the Okinawan-Jamaican dub and traditional fusion of Waq Waq Kingdom, and much more besides.The festival also presents specially commissioned new works from local artists Coby Obi, S. Fearon, Quieting (in partnership with Music Futures), and Tomas Edgar (Dada Fest). The weekend will also feature panel talks, workshops, and afterparties.

Visual Art ProgrammeComplementing the music programme, OUTER WAVES 2026 features an expansive visual art programme transforming the spaces of the North Docks. Works will be presented by Kromavision, Sam Wiehl, Freddy Francke, Jasmine Murphy, and more, bringing immersive and site-specific installations that extend the festival’s sensory world beyond the stage.An International FestivalWith artists travelling from across Europe, Africa, Asia, and beyond, OUTER WAVES 2026 is a truly international gathering. The festival’s lineup reflects a genuinely global underground, connecting Liverpool’s North Docks to experimental and avant-garde communities worldwide. Alongside the music and visual art, the festival will present panel talks, workshops, and afterparties across the weekend.

Full Line UpØXN (feat. Radie Peat of Lankum)Dame AreaJarboe (Swans) feat. Thor Harris and Joy Von SpainKeeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne present HAND TO MOUTH TOHHY & the Kampala UnitElspeth Annea Lesser VersionJacques MalchanceveveLord SpikeheartWaq Waq Kingdoma.P.a.t.TCarmel SmickersgillDale De Saint Paul & Mariam RezaeiDomestic PartnersE the Artist (Nyahh Records)GermanagerGY!PAHAALHedgling (Nyahh Records)HaressKarl D’SilvaLuce MawdsleyMincemeatMohammad Syfkhan (Nyahh Records)MugstarUltan O’Brien (Nyahh Records)Coby Obi *S. Fearon *Quieting *Those Holy feat. Ly Nguyěn *Tomas Edgar (Dada Fest) ** Commissioned local artist

 

Ranjana Ghatak presents – Songs of the Luminous Heart

Featuring voice, esraj, harp and tabla, a luminous meeting of Indian and European classical and folk traditions, Songs of the Luminous Heart brings together four exceptional artists in a richly textured, genre-defying collaboration.

Drawing on the emotive vocal forms of thumri and bhajan, alongside the mystical writings of Mirabai and Hildegard of Bingen, Indian vocalist Ranjana Ghatak explores shared spiritual and musical threads across cultures. She is joined by Céline Saout (harp), Kirpal Singh Panesar (esraj) and Harkiret Singh Bahra (tabla), whose sensitive interplay weaves classical, semi-classical and original compositions with improvisation and intricate rhythm.

Following an acclaimed performance at St George’s Festival of the Voice—described by audiences as “enthralling, stimulating, sublime”—this concert offers a rare and deeply moving musical experience.