We are delighted to welcome Colombian dance music collective Systema Solar, a driving force in electropical music for over 19 years, to Birkenhead on Thursday 19th June with their upcoming album Futuro Primitivo.
They’ll bring their unique music-visual show, known as “Berbenautika” – where Colombian street party culture (pikós, verbenas) meets hip-hop, house, techno and more.
The Colombian collective, a true pioneer of the genre, is once again delivering an ultra-festive, extravagant and colourful live performance, complete with their signature handmade visuals that bring their electro-pical universe to life.
Credited as Far Out Magazine’s Best Live Band of 2023, London-based slowcore quartet deathcrash will bring their visceral, intense, and precise live show to Future Yard on Wednesday 18th June 2025.
Despite coming to prominence with other South London sensations such as Black Country, New Road, Jerskin Fendrix, Sorry and Black Midi, deathcrash have always had a distinctly mysterious energy about them, the shy kids in the corner quietly constructing something grand.
Their previous album, Less, released in 2023, earned high acclaim from Pitchfork, Line of Best Fit, Brooklyn Vegan, and other notable publications. It’s a record that is as powerful and potent as it is tender and introspective, featuring arrangements that feel both refined and detailed, with a deep emotional resonance at its core. The band glides effortlessly from delicate, skeletal arrangements that emphasize reflective pauses and contemplative silences to moments of fierce, punchy dynamism.
FFO – caroline, Duster, Horse Jumper of Love, American Football.
Betty Boo performs in Birkenhead on this spring.
A Hip Hop pioneer and 90’s icon, Betty Boo is a platinum-selling, Brit, and Ivor Novello Award-winning singer-songwriter and rapper best known for her hits “Hey DJ – I Can’t Dance To That Music You’re Playing,” “Doin’ The Do” and “Where Are You Baby?” which propelled her into the spotlight in 1990. In 2022 after a 30 year hiatus, Betty Boo made an unexpected return with the critically acclaimed, radio smash filled album “Boomerang.” She followed this with her 2024 UK Top 40 album, “Rip Up The Rulebook,” which has been universally described as her best album to date.
Now, 35 years later since she burst on the scene, Betty Boo sets out on tour to celebrate the special edition re-releases of her two classic 90s albums: Boomania and GRRR! It’s Betty Boo.
American shoegaze-soul legends The Veldt and rising force Tremours are co-headlining Future Yard on Tuesday 10th June, bringing a night of ethereal, heady, and noisy soundscapes.
Emerging from North Carolina in the 1980s, The Veldt blends ethereal atmospheres, sultry melodies, and rhythmic grooves. Influenced by Marvin Gaye, Sun Ra, and Pharaoh Sanders, as well as their roots in gospel, Motown, and psychedelic rock, they created a unique sound that set them apart during the first wave of shoegaze bands.
Tremours, a Los Angeles duo formed in 2021 by Lauren Andino and Glenn Fryatt, blends Andino’s hazy guitars with Fryatt’s urgent drums, drawing influences from shoegaze, jazz, and electronica. Andino (LSD And The Search For God, L.A. Witch) and Fryatt (Cherubs, Ten Benson) explore themes of loneliness, finding comfort within solitude.
Manchester Collective return to Future Yard once again with The Turning on Thursday 7th June, featuring a unique team up of both Rakhi and Simmy Singh on violin.
Under white noise and digital chatter, an ancient planetary pull…
It’s late spring when the evenings are starting to glow. On the horizon, the longest day of the year. Put the world on pause and lose yourself in a sound world where earthy Celtic folk flows into lively improvisations and brave, experimental new music. Sisters Rakhi and Simmy Singh spent their early years in the Welsh countryside, immersed in a blend of traditional Indian music, Western classical and folk. Now, they thread together these diverse influences in this intimate performance for violin duo and electronics, drawing us into the mysterious rhythms of the natural world. Nature may be a source of healing and inspiration, but our relationship with it is both precious and extremely fragile. ‘No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference’ is a journey in six parts, capturing the urgency of the environmental movement. Not just a lament for what’s lost, but ultimately a call for active hope and radical action.
The great turning is here and now – there’s no escaping it.
June 6th 2025 sees the release of ‘Heavy Heart’, the first track from the upcoming debut solo EP of gifted songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Kathy Halter.
To coincide with the release, Kathy Halter is hosting an immersive listening experience, Walking Each Other Home, which will explore the impact of grief, loss and love – with songs, words and rituals. In the peaceful setting of Liverpool’s Unitarian Church Hall, attendees are invited to sit or lie down comfortably by the warmth of the crackling open fire. With headphones on, guests will be immersed in deeply personal and soothing songs, which draw inspiration from the death of Halter’s mother, and her work providing bedside music for people at the end of life. The music, interwoven with gentle spoken word, invites people into a space of tender reflection and exploration of their own grief.
Walking Each Other Home
Friday 6th June 2025
Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool
Two time slots available:
6pm – 7.45pm
8.30pm – 10.15pm
As this song explores themes of death and grief, it may evoke strong emotional responses. Listener discretion is advised.
Bonnacons of Doom return to Future Yard on Tuesday 3rd June.
Over two genre defying albums on Rocket Recordings Bonnacons of Doom have been honing their ‘Trans-pennine Hypnotic Music’ into a distinct sonic signature. Mind-bending drone, gut wrenching riffs and the searing vocals of Kate Smith collide for a ritualistic, transcendent experience.
The band’s live show combines mirrored masks, amp worship, folk weirdness and electronics to create a communion that is simultaneously ancient and modern. Over the past decade the band have gone from one-off art experiments to wowing audiences at festivals such as Desertfest and Sonic Whip, playing gigs across Europe to touring with Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs.
A pioneer of the birth of dance music in the UK, Hacienda regular and ‘electro-funk’ innovator, New Brighton’s own Greg Wilson takes over the Future Yard Garden during Spring Bank Holiday weekend, headlining an extended outdoor party in Birkenhead on Sunday 25th May.
Special guests Derek Kaye + Jill Thompson join Greg on the day.
As the world turns its eyes and ears to Eurovision, the Everyman is here to get you all set for the big final.
Who better to run you through your Eurovision paces than the truly sensational NANA FUNK. The all-singing, sometimes-dancing superstar of the ages comes back Downstairs at the Everyman to guide you through Eurovision greatness.
Sing along and have a boogie to the best Eurovision tunes from years gone by. Joining Nana on singing duties are two vocal powerhouses!
Join Everyman Theatre at their Eurovision Watch Party, as they celebrate another glorious year of Eurovision, this year being broadcast live from Basel.
Book your table and get into the party mood with some classic Eurovision tunes and Eurovision karaoke before we screen the grand final. Watch in style as the 69th Eurovision winner is crowned.
You can expect glitter, flag waving, fizz and friends!
Nana Funk will be hosting the pre-screening hour before the show begins.
Ticket includes a welcome drink. House opens at 6.30pm for karaoke, drinks and food. Live broadcast starts at 8pm. Event closes at midnight.
Plan ahead and pre book your drinks and food with us:
Bottle of Fizz £25.00
x4 330ml Peroni £20.00
x4 330ml Lucky Saint 0.5% Lager £19.00
x4 Gordon’s Gin & Tonic Cans £20.00
Bottle of Red Wine £18.50
Bottle of White Wine £18.50
Results Popcorn box (Sweet & Salty) £5.00
11“ Margherita Pizza £10.00
11” Pepperoni Pizza £10.00
If you have allergies that they should be made aware of in preparation of your food, please email boxoffice@everymanplayhouse.com including your order number, straight after booking. They cannot guarantee that dishes are 100% free of allergens due to all food being prepared in one kitchen.
