Saturday 20 December, 11.30am & 2.30pm
Sunday 21 December, 2.30pm
Alasdair Malloy presenterEllie Slorach conductorLiverpool Philharmonic Children’s ChoirsKate Labno BSL Interpreter*
There’s only a few sleeps to go until the big day, but Santa Claus is getting ready to throw his little elves an absolute cracker of a Christmas party – and of course you’re invited! With the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and our Children’s Choirs providing a sparkling soundtrack, get ready for seasonal singalongs, plenty of dancing, and fun and games galore in this family festive extravaganza. RSVP as soon as you can – Santa can’t wait to see you there!
Family concerts are designed for 5-10 year olds, but all the family are welcome!
*Please note that BSL Interpretation will be provided at the 2.30pm performance on Saturday 20 December.
Sunday 26 October 2025 2:30pm
Programme to include: ‘This is Halloween’ from The Nightmare Before Christmas‘Remember Me’ from CocoTheme from The Addams FamilySaint-Saëns Danse Macabre Mussorgsky The Gnome
Alasdair Malloy presenterMatthew Lynch conductor
Witches, vampires, ghosts and ghouls – they’re all here at the Hall this Halloween! In this fa-boo-lous family concert, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra take on the spooky and the spine-chilling, performing haunting music from your favourite films and television, as well as creepy classics by Mussorgsky, Saint-Saëns, Leroy Anderson and more. So come along in your most devilish disguise and settle in for a journey of musical mystery – it’s guaranteed to give you goosebumps…
Family concerts are designed for 5-10 year olds, but all the family are welcome!
Direct from Carnegie Hall, New York and following a run of sell-out shows across the UK and Australia, join us for an incredible night of Queen Anthems, performed at the beautiful M&S Bank Arena, by candlelight.
Featuring a spectacular cast of West End Singers, accompanied by an epic live rock band, experience Queen as you have never heard them before.Featuring some of the most iconic songs of all time, including Bohemian Rhapsody, It’s a Kind of Magic, We Are The Champions, Who Wants to Live Forever and many more!The Show Must Go On! So, join us for this unforgettable experience guaranteed to Rock You!
7:30pm
Patrick Dineen performs live a selection of songs from his latest album We Never Close. Combining his love of Weimar Era cabaret, klezmer, blues, early jazz, film noir and contemporary soundtrack, he brings his own signature music style to his songs combining sophisticated arrangements with with his own strong melodies. His songs range from the darkly comic and political such as ‘It’s Society that’s Sick Not Me” and ‘Less Is More’ to songs of pathos, passion, and loss of identity in songs such as “The Honey Jar” and “Busy Being Someone Else”
Adopting the role of commentator and m.c. Patrick invites you to experience each song as a story with live performance, unique theatrical lighting, film and special guests. Expect irony. laughter, wit, melancholy, theatricality, dramatic presentations acerbic lyrics and catchy tunes from the club that never closes. Patrick has a long standing relationship with the Unity and is known for the music-led productions he has staged there and toured both nationally and internationally.
The annual Castles in Space festival lands in Liverpool this year at the Capstone Theatre. Seven brilliant live electronic acts plus exclusive merch.
Line up includes local artist Lo Five, alongside Jo Johnson, Loula Yorke, Pulselovers, Field Lines Cartographer, James Adrian Brown, and Stone Anthem, as well as a Castles in Space DJ set.
Three great original Rock bands return home to the Citadel, St Helens on Sat. 6th September celebrating their own unique style new recordings.
*”Heavens Reign”: (ex Rolling Thunder band) Electrifying, high energy anthemic rock
*”Lee Cunliffe Trio”: Satriani inspired axe master of shred guitar.
*”Snatch-Back”: Exciting adrenalin driven traditional British Rock
Don’t miss this unique night of home grown, Original Rock. More band info & Bargain advance tickets @https://liveatcitadel.co.uk/concerts/the-citadel-takeover-1266/
WYRM in association with QUARRY is pleased to present a performance from legendary Japanese snare drum artist RYOSUKE KIYASU. This performance will take place at Metal, located at Edge Hill Station, Liverpool.
Ryosuke Kiyasu has been active as a snare drum soloist since 2003 and is also known as a drummer in “SETE STAR SEPT”, “Kiyasu Orchestra”, Mr. Keiji Haino’s band “Fushitsusha”. He is also known as a founding member of The Endless Blockade in Canada.
His solo performances have been featured on BBC News (UK national broadcaster) and VICE Magazine, His performance in Berlin in 2018 was a big hit on social media with over 23 million views.
In 2022-2023, the world’s largest classical percussion festival “Überschlag Festival”, “Dr. Martens Fest 23”, “Outsider Art Festival” in Finland, and “Alternativa Festival” in the Czech Republic. He continues to travel around the world and perform in various places.
In 2023, at the Edinburgh Art Festival in England, a short movie of his snare drum performance by a British director was shown as an exhibition and became a topic of conversation.
He also released a collaborative work with the Swedish apparel brand “Our Legacy”. He has released more than 200 albums, both solo and with his band.
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 and shapeshifter, meta-drag artist and Art-House Witch Dross have teamed together to bring you Nana’s Not Night-Time 90’s Rave at Future Yard.
Burn off your breakfast and build up your appetite in time for supper with DJ extraordinaires, The Fat Britney and Chris Carney. 2pm – 7pm. Enough time to get your heart rate up, but not so long that your knees pack in!
THE FAT BRITNEY is Manchester’s chubby chanteuse of camp. Her sets are dedicated to poor taste, filth basslines and sweaty sweaty raving. She is resident of Under One Roof Raves and Manchester’s queer clubbing institution Bollox. She takes herself very seriously but doesn’t encourage you to.
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
Featuring songs including: ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’, ‘Feed the Birds’, ‘Climb Ev’ry Mountain’, ‘Wouldn’t It Be Loverly’, ‘Do-Re-Mi’, ‘Let’s Go Fly A Kite’ and more!
Performers:
Richard Balcombe conductor
Graham Bickley, Katie Birtill and Kelly Mathieson vocalists
Julie Andrews’ career has spanned eight decades on the stage and screen, and along the way she’s starred in some of the world’s favourite films and musicals, created some of cinema’s most iconic characters, and earned an enviable collection of Hollywood’s greatest awards. Now, as this practically perfect national treasure celebrates her 90th birthday, the Orchestra and acclaimed vocalists bring you a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious evening of beloved songs from Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady and more.
Programme:
Amadeo Roldán La Rebambaramba
Jennifer Higdon blue cathedral*
Arturo Márquez Trumpet Concerto
Dvořák Symphony No.9, ‘From the New World’
Performers:
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Pacho Flores trumpet
Percussionists from Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company and In Harmony Liverpool*
New season, new worlds! We’ve always loved Dvořák’s New World symphony, and if you enjoy great tunes, stirring emotions, and the glorious sound of a full orchestra playing its heart out, we’re sure that you’ll love it too. And that’s not even the half of it – the Dream Team reunite as our great friend and trumpet player extraordinaire Pacho Flores joins Domingo Hindoyan and the Orchestra for a multi-coloured celebration of the Americas in all their diversity and wonder.
