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Heritage Taster Day: Preserving Seasonal Flavours

 

 

From preserves to pickles, curing and kimchi, people have been finding ways to prolong the life of fruit & veg for centuries. At this heritage taster day, we’ll be exploring smart ways to reduce food waste and make the most of your harvest using traditional preserving methods. 

Join us in our field kitchen for a day of demos, tutorials and workshops with independent chefs, local community kitchens and foodie practitioners:

Fancy fermenting? Lucy Antal from The Alchemist Kitchen will be leading a 30 minute practical workshop teaching us the ancient art of making Kimchi. Up to 12 spaces available on a first-come-first served basis. Take your kimchi home to enjoy!

Campfire cooking with practitioner and farm member, Ali Holden who will be setting up a camp fire in the courtyard where you can try your hand at cooking jam over an open fire.

Join us in our field kitchen for a ‘waste not, want not’ demo with Greg from Eat Up Gud who’ll be cooking up exciting Caribbean dishes using produce from our fields including our glut of courgettes!

The Kindling Farm Market Stall will be open to buy fresh, seasonal produce grown at the farm. 

There are two opportunities to attend this event. You can book a time slot between 10am-12.30pm or 2-4.30pm. 

You must register to come to this event. Please visit our website to secure your place. 

 

 

Little Liverpool Halloween Special

 

Join Winnie the spider and some of her friends for a spooktacular special in the Little Liverpool gallery at the Museum of Liverpool. Head along and explore their dedicated children’s gallery with some added Halloween themed fun.

Little Liverpool spooky specials are for visitors aged up to age 6 and their parents/carers. They have a limited number of tickets available at £2 per child. Tickets can be booked online or at the museum.

 

Spooky Sudley

Join the team at Sudley House this Hallowe’en for some ghostly goings on. What was that noise? A footstep on the stair? Your bedroom window creaking open? No, it was just the memory of the ghost story you heard in Sudley’s Library. Wasn’t it…?

Hallowe’en at Sudley House will be family friendly but we do recommend that their very youngest visitors might like to be pre-warned that the theme of the event will be a bit spooky! Don’t say they didn’t warn you!

Exhibition Private View – Back to the Drawing Board: 200 Years of Art Education

 

You’re invited to commemorate 200 years of the Liverpool School of Art at the Private View for Back to the Drawing Board: 200 Years of Art Education, an exhibition to showcase some of the known and lesser-known histories of art education in Liverpool.

The Private View will include small speeches from people associated with the School, drinks and light bites, a screening of Michael Swerdlow’s film Liverpool College of Art: Timelines, and a chance to explore the archive material in more depth.

16 Oct 17:00-19:00

LG and G FloorsMount Pleasant Campus Library29 Maryland StreetLiverpoolL1 9DE

The building is wheelchair accessible. Email archives@ljmu.ac.uk for all enquiries.

The exhibition will continue to run from 16 Oct – 19 Dec.

If you can’t make the event but are still interested in the Liverpool School of Art’s history, LJMU Special Collections & Archives manage the archival papers of the School which are available to browse here, and you can visit anything from our many collections by appointment anytime Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00.

 

Irish Language Taster Session

An opportunity to kickstart your journey into Ireland’s rich linguistic heritage.

This session will introduce you to the Irish language, explain a little bit about its origins and history, and provide you with a few words and phrases ‘as Gaeilge’ (in Irish). No previous knowledge of the Irish language is required.

The session will be facilitated by Dr Eoghan Ahern of the Institute of Irish Studies and is presented in partnership with the University of Liverpool.

Live in Liverpool

 

 

 

ABCL1 24 Newington, L1 4ED

 

6pm Thursday 2nd – 6pm Sunday 5th Oct 2025: 72 hour Interactive Collage Experience & art exhibition

8pm – Late Saturday 4th Oct 2025: ABCL1 closing event with; Art, music, video art & performance. Headline DJ @11pm. Nibbles & mxers provided BYOB

 

Since Covid ABCL1 has operated more as a private members club than a public gallery space. As our members moved on to bigger and better things we are putting on one last extravaganza over the first weekend in October. Artist Matt Kilp will be finishing his site specific collage installation & exhibiting some of his other work alongside the work of previous ABC members and other local artists. This show will run for 72h only & will be open to all souls around the clock, so you can come whenever suits you. On the final evening (Sat 4th) there will be an open bar with mixers and nibbles (byob) live music, performance and video art. If you would prefer a more relaxed experience feel free to come at any other time. We are operating an open door policy. Just come inside and up the stairs.

Contact: Matt Kilp jesuisgino@gmail.com for additional information

 

 

 

Second-hand September alert: Real-life Vinted Without The Fees on Lark Lane

 

Second-hand September alert: Real-life Vinted Without The Fees on Lark Lane

Slowdown Sundays returns to Lark Lane with affordable autumn wardrobes, live music, and more.

Where: Lark Lane Old Police Station

When: 21st September 2025, 11:00–15:00

Affordable pre-loved fashion pop-up Slowdown Sundays is back Sunday 21st September in Lark Lane, for one day only (and entry is free!). With emphasis on autumn and winter wear, you can get a full wardrobe refresh without the Vinted fees! 

Organisers Life in Colour UK and Zero Fashion UK created Slowdown Sundays with three clear aims: building a slow fashion community whilst making fashion affordable to all and reducing the environmental impact of fast fashion. Buyers will be helping reduce the staggering 92 million tonnes of textile waste each year and the resulting 10% contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions.

Following the success of the July pop-up, and high demand for a return, Lark Lane Old Police Station visitors can expect: 

  • Up to 30 personally curated stalls with fashion for all bodies 

  • Live music from the Penny Lane Jazz

  • Mindful textile crafts

  • A chance to try circus skills with Sarah Han Creatives

  • A chance to win a personalised colour analysis with any purchase

One July visitor wrote in:  “It was so relaxed and easy to look around compared to regular shops. I felt brave and tried on pieces I wouldn’t have and left with 4 items I love for less than £30 (shoutout to my new favourite Levi’s for £5)!”

‘We can’t wait to build on the success of the first event and help even more people find joy and creativity in pre-loved treasures’ say organisers Life in Colour and Zero Fashion UK

Entry is free, and no booking is required.

Follow the journey on Instagram: @lifeincolouruk and @zerofashionuk.

 

GAA: Gaelic 4 mothers and others blitz

John Mitchel’s GAA Club, in partnership with LivIrishFest, hosts this unique event at Liverpool’s only dedicated GAA pitch.

Past players from the club battle it out with visiting teams from Ireland in a not-to-be-missed morning of everyone’s favourite sport. Come along for a great day of football, fun, and catching up with friends old and new. Everyone welcome – players, supporters, families and friends.

This is an outdoor event in October. Please come along with waterproofs and/or sun cream as needed and be ready to get muddy and/or grass-stained!

Make Time For Love: Launch

Make Time For Love is a programme of free activities to celebrate the creativity that exists in the Wavertree and Picton neighbourhoods as part of Culture Liverpool’s Creative Neighbourhoods programme. 

The programme celebrates love for families, neighbours, community, and friends.     It is the finale of a 2-year programme called Picton Play with communities in L15, and a project by arts organisation Metal, with artists YARA + DAVINA, commissioned by Culture Liverpool, Liverpool City Council.   On Saturday 20th September:  

  • Drop-in floral tribute and postcard making workshops with artists YARA + DAVINA, 11:00 – 13:00 in the Rose Garden 
  • Unveiling of four clocks by YARA + DAVINA in collaboration with Asylum Link, Capeesh, Damien John Kelly House and Love Wavertree, 13:15 – 14:15 at Wavertree Town Hall 
  • Live readings by our three commissioned writers, Hanan Issa, Sophie Herxheimer, and Joelle Taylor, 14:15 – 15:20 at Wavertree Library 
  • Live musical performance of original songs by Capeesh, 15:20 – 15:30 at Wavertree Library 
  • Self-guided soundwalk by local artist Sara Wolff available via the ECHOES app: listen, in specific locations, to music, field recordings and spoken word gathered from around the neighbourhood 
  • Collect a special edition pin from Love Wavertree 
  • Curated playlist of love songs playing in businesses along the High Street 

 

 

Make Time For Love Celebration Week

Make Time For Love is a programme of free activities to celebrate the creativity that exists in the Wavertree and Picton neighbourhoods as part of Culture Liverpool’s Creative Neighbourhoods programme. The programme celebrates love for families, neighbours, community, and friends.  
 
It is the finale of a 2-year programme called Picton Play with communities in L15, and a project by arts organisation Metal, with artists YARA + DAVINA, commissioned by Culture Liverpool, Liverpool City Council.
 
Get involved throughout the week:
 
Clock Installation, 20 – 28 September, Wavertree Town Hall 
 
Four bespoke clock faces will be on display this week on the outside of Wavertree Town Hall, making statements on love and the passing of time.  
 “The ghosts of Sarah Pooley and James Picton still keep time – they slow it down at bus stops, run it backwards in junk shops, speed it up at home.”  Sophie Herxheimer, excerpt from WIN WIN from the newly published Stories, Mystery, and Love. 
The clocks have been created by YARA + DAVINA in collaboration with Asylum Link, Capeesh, Damien John Kelly House, and Love Wavertree, through workshops, which began in the summer of 2025.  
Archival Display, 20 – 28 September, Times vary*, Wavertree Library 
 
Architect Sir James Picton designed many iconic Liverpool buildings including Liverpool’s Corn Exchange, and was instrumental in the establishment of public libraries, including Wavertree Library. Over the course of his many travels, Picton often sent letters to his wife, Sarah Pooley. Join us at Wavertree Library to see archival material written by the son of James Picton and Sarah Pooley sharing insight into their relationship and love for each other, alongside a curated selection of books on the theme of love.  
 
Make Time For Love rug, 20 September – ongoing, Times vary*, Wavertree Library, 
 
YARA + DAVINA have created a rug for the children’s area of Wavertree Library, inspired by workshops with the local community, which celebrates Picton and Wavertree’s history. The rug will be on permanent display from 20 September. 
*Monday/Tuesday – 10:00 – 18:00, Thursday 10:00 – 17:00, Saturday – 10:00 – 16:00. Closed over lunch (13:00 – 14:00) 
 Read-a-long and book discussion, 22, 23 September at 14:00 and 27 September at 11:00, Wavertree Library 
 
Join them for a chance to read together and share thoughts on the newly published book Stories, Mystery, and Love which have been shared with all households in the L15 postcode. 
 
Lessons on Love: drop-in lunchtime community story sharing, 23 and 25 September 
 
Invited local people will share stories of how they have fostered love in their lives and for their area.  Speakers are:  

  • Fozia Choudhry, founder of Fozia’s Kashmiri Kitchen, Tuesday 23 September, 19:00 – 21:00, Fozia’s 155 Picton Rd, Liverpool L15 4LG 
  • Sophie Colligan, a local non-denominational celebrant, Thursday 25 September, 14:00 – 15:00, Wavertree Library

 Daily love mantra, 21 – 28 September, 11:00, Wavertree Town Hall, 
 
Meet at Wavertree Town Hall to hear a love mantra of the day shared by a Make Time For Love facilitator. This event will occur at 11:00 every day, Sunday 21st – Sunday 28th (inclusive).  Pick up a badge at the Love Wavertree Community Shop, 20 – 28 September, 10am – 2pm (except Monday)* 
 
In collaboration with Love Wavertree staff and volunteers, artists YARA + DAVINA have designed 500 special edition Make Time For Love enamel pins to encourage people to chat about the love they have for their community and Wavertree High Street. Grab one in exchange for a donation, or any purchase from the shop.  * Love Wavertree relies on volunteers and cannot always guarantee that they will be open at these times  Make Time For Love floral tribute, 20 – 28 September, Occasions Florist 
 
See the completed floral tribute spelling out Make Time For Love, made during the Rose Garden workshops. Pop by any time for a look through the window. 
 
Soundwalk, ECHOES app, 20 September – ongoing 
 
Inspired by the stories we tell each other that tie us to where we live, by Sara Wolff. The Soundwalk can be listened to through ECHOES; a free app where you can listen to music, field recordings and spoken word in specific locations gathered from around the neighbourhood.  Curated playlist, 20 – 28 September 
 
Audiences will also have the chance to listen to the playlist of love songs in businesses along the High Street curated by Capeesh, Damien John Kelly House, and Love Wavertree.