Claire Henry and musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra invite you to enjoy all the fun of the fair with this sunny, summery concert!
It’s always a warm welcome in the Music Room, and the whole audience will be getting involved in the music and games!
Tickets for under 9 months are free but tickets must be booked with an adult ticket.
Pegasus Opera, in partnership with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present Windrush, The Journey.
For more than 30 years, Pegasus Opera Company has fearlessly paved the way for diverse talent in opera. Today, they’re paying tribute to Windrush, showcasing a rich tapestry of music and storytelling, and celebrating Black classical composers: past, present and future.
Through the outstanding music of Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Richard Thompson and Des Oliver – three composers who represent different eras of Black history – we’ll honour the legacy of the Windrush generation with an exciting fusion of classical music, steel pan, jazz and blues.
Future Yard are thrilled to bring Liturgy to Birkenhead on Tuesday 20th August, the project of Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, whose yearning, energetic “transcendental black metal” exists in the space between metal, experimental, classical music and sacred ritual.
Celebrated for their fusion of sincere emotion, compositional complexity, stylistic daring and intense live energy, the band is simultaneously a medium and platform for drama and theology. Their 6th album, 93696, was released last year.
Liturgy was founded in the context of Brooklyn DIY as a solo project by Hunt-Hendrix in 2005 while she was studying philosophy and classical composition at Columbia. In 2009 Hunt-Hendrix stimulated fervent conversation in the music world with her text “Transcendental Black Metal”, and after expanding to a quartet they made waves globally with their 2011 sophomore album Aesthethica for fusing black metal with math rock and infusing the form with a counterintuitively loving, emotional energy.
Their ambitious 2015 album The Ark Work was controversial for its incorporation of IDM and trap production into their musical language. In fall 2019 they solidified this sound world with their highly acclaimed fourth studio album H.A.Q.Q., which is tied to an ongoing philosophical YouTube lecture series. Their fifth studio album, an opera entitled Origin of the Alimonies, was released in November 2020, recorded with an eight-piece chamber ensemble and performed at Roadburn festival in 2021 as the live score to an eponymous film created by Hunt-Hendrix. After a solo sculpture exhibition in 2022, the album 93696 was released in 2023 followed by an extensive world tour.
Join Bluecoat this April for an evening of special live music and dance performances from Ka Baird, Rosie Terry Toogood & Dialect and Ancient Plastix.
Doors and bar open from 7pm
Music starts from 8pm
The alias of singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Lee, Mutual Benefit blends folk, psychedelic pop, and experimental recording techniques into fragile, hopeful songs that evoke the work of Sufjan Stevens , The Microphones and The Antlers.
He joins us in support of his fourth studio album ‘Growing at the Edges’, a multi-layered, expansive piece investigating wider musical possibilities then ever before, inviting the listener to go beyond prescribed paths through songs about interior change, onto reckonings with how to live in a volatile world and find meaning.
Support comes from the beautifully moonstruck, virtuosic future-folk of Odetta Hartman and the wistfully introspective and evergreen alt-folk of Euan Blackman.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, 6 acts will be diving in Future Yard (Birkenhead) Saturday 9th March. All profits to domestic abuse charity SAFENET.
Lineup
The Facades – Sky Valley Mistress – The Sewer Cats – Wax-Tree-Cast – Carleigh Mack – Issy Sutcliffe
Indie, Indie-pop, Indie-Rock, Punk, something for everyone.
The Fandangoe DISCOTECA is a vibrant micro-disco offering a unique opportunity to dance away life’s worries.
Created by multidisciplinary artist Annie Frost Nicholson, the dock will welcome the art installation for six weekends from 2nd March to 6th April, including Mother’s Day and Easter bank holiday weekend. Located in Britannia Courtyard by The Beatles Story, The Fandangoe DISCOTECA will invite visitors to step inside from 12pm-3pm and 4pm-7pm on Saturdays as well as Good Friday, and from 12pm-4pm on Sundays and Easter Monday.
The immersive installation brings together the old and the new by reimagining a K67 kiosk in partnership with K67 Berlin, a project dedicated to continuing the legacy of these modular architectural masterpieces. Once commonplace in 1960s Eastern Europe, the kiosks were often used as newspaper stands, car-parking attendant booths and more.
The now treasured design has been reimagined into a multicoloured space dedicated to supporting people with modern-day issues, ranging from everyday worries to grief and anxiety.
Perfect to experience with friends and family, the booth accommodates up to eight people, offering a chance to process feelings through a sense of togetherness. Dancers can choose from a vast selection of playlists curated by non-profit organisation, The Loss Project, or opt for a treasured tune to relive old memories. Plus, anyone looking for further mental health support can scan a QR code inside the kiosk for online resources.
The Fandangoe DISCOTECA’s residency at the dock marks the final location of its UK tour, having previously delighted visitors in Canary Wharf, Milton Keynes and Berlin, making it the last chance to experience this captivating installation.
Visit https://albertdock.com/the-fandangoe-discoteca/ for more information.
The Fandangoe DISCOTECA will be at Royal Albert Dock for six weekends from 2nd March to 6th April. It is free to enjoy and does not require pre-booking.
Opening times include:
Saturdays (and Good Friday): 12pm-3pm and 4pm-7pm
Sunday (and Easter Monday): 12pm-4pm
Photo Credit – Joe Clark
This Feeling started life as a monthly club night in London 15 years ago and has organically become the UK’s number one promoter of emerging acts, with nights showcasing new artists in over 42 cities and stages at major festivals. With their ears to the ground when it comes to discovering the latest music, This Feeling has become the place to hear the best new indie bands first.
Bands who played early shows with This Feeling include Catfish and the Bottlemen, Blossoms, The Struts, Easy Life, Anteros, Black Honey, Inhaler, Red Rum Club and more.
“If you’re going to see the emergence of a new great band you’ll see them at This Feeling first” Carl Barat
This month at Liverpool’s EBGBs you can catch rising stars, about-faces, SYLLO, Korova and Tom Collins.
A joyful fusion of jazz and Scottish folk music.
We’re delighted to be hosting the award-winning Manchester Collective for another of their special contemporary classical events in their 2023/24 season. Manchester Collective shows always produce incredible experiences, involving music a broad range of music. This show with Mercury Prize-nominated Scottish folk/jazz musician Fergus McCreadie is no different. Traditional folk music meets jazz and a string quartet.
Humans love categories – drawing lines between ideas, people, genres and moods. But the music we love, no matter how old or new, traditional or contemporary, often has far more in common than we think…
This show is bound to surprise and delight as Mercury Prize-nominated pianist Fergus McCreadie and his spellbinding trio of jazz musicians join the Manchester Collective string quartet to blast through an irresistible collection of music that lives somewhere between the boundaries of jazz, new classical and folk.
Alongside a brand new set by Fergus, fellow Scotsman and Collective favourite Donald Grant is arranging a collection of traditional folk tunes for this unlikely band of players. It’s music that goes straight to the heart, full of warmth and optimism.
There’s no doubt this gig is going to be a lot of fun. Come join the party.
Join Over The Water Show Choir and friends for an evening of choral entertainment.