Event type: Talk

Liverpool Philharmonic Music Industry Careers Fest 2026

 

Our annual music industry careers day is back – bigger and better than ever in 2026!  

Sponsored by Sentric, in partnership with AdLib, LIPA, UK Music, PLASA and PPL

Want to kickstart your career in music? We’ve got everything you need.

Hear from Liverpool legends Guy Chambers (songwriter to stars including Robbie Williams, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and Mark Ronson) and Natasha Hamilton, who topped the charts with pop group Atomic Kitten and has since founded Morpho Records. 

The largest music careers event in the North West returns, with industry powerhouses ready to share their vast experience and how they got to where they are.

Sponsored by Sentric, this year’s event also features BBC, UK Music, PPL, Spotify UK, Universal Music, Small Green Shoots, PLASA and Adlib, who will be on hand, sharing advice to help you find a path to success in the music industry. There’ll be panel discussions, hands-on workshops and fascinating demonstrations, covering everything you’d want to know about working in music, including: 

  • Music industry myth busting 
  • Building your career as a music creator
  • Building your brand, social media and building your fanbase
  • Music distribution and getting your music heard
  • Music broadcasting 
  • Working in Artist Development
  • AdLib music tech showcase 
  • How to stay healthy, creative and sustainable in Music

​So whether you’re looking for advice and inspiration, or ready to take the first step and launch your career, you’ll find it all here.

Music Careers Marketplace

We’ll be hosting our Music Careers Marketplace, where attendees will have the opportunity to chat to representatives from leading music organisations and employers. The Music Careers Marketplace will be specially tailored across the morning and afternoon sessions, but organisations and employers such as BBC, Help Musicians, Future Yard, Glyndebourne Academy, JAMES, LIPA Music Mark, Musician’s Union, PPL, RNCM, UK Music & Discover! Creative Careers, Young Sounds UK, City of Liverpool College, Edge Hill University, LMA, SAE & ICMP, DITTO and The Creative Well will be in attendance throughout the day.

 

Here We Go Gathering Cups in May

 

Spend an evening in the company of Reds legends Phil Thompson, Alan Kennedy and Jimmy Case, presented by Peter McDowall and featuring singing narrator Marc Kenny alongside esteemed fans from every era of LFC greatness.

The story of Liverpool in Europe, from Shankly to Klopp, St Etienne, trains to Rome, on the wine in Gay Paree to jelly legs in Rome, that Night in Istanbul and Divock in Madrid, when the Reds go Gathering Cups in May the fans go gathering stories and songs. Our finest stories from days on the ale in Europe, all told in one night. Here We Go Gathering Cups in May.

 

The Extra Mile: An Evening With Kevin Sinfield

 

Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Kevin Sinfield, one of the most successful players in rugby league history. Having won many championships and Challenge Cup successes as part of great teams, he also earned individual accolades as winner of the Lance Todd Trophy the Harry Sunderland Trophy and he is one of only five British players to ever win the coveted Golden Boot as well as receiving an MBE: 2014 (services to rugby league football) OBE: 2021 (services to rugby league football and charitable fundraising) CBE: 2024 (services to motor neurone disease awareness)

But it is the understated way in which he does them, the amazing mindset and humbleness in which he carries them out. He has a reason and that’s what keeps him going and we have the pleasure of hearing all about it.

Of course, we cannot give you any story of Kevin without mentioning friendships and one friendship in particular with Rob Burrow. They have been friends since they were 14 and 12 respectively and went on to sit next to each other every day in the dressing room throughout 15 years of rugby at the very heart of one of rugby league’s great teams. Their friendship and camaraderie extended beyond the field, and their bond grew stronger over the years. From shared victories to facing life’s challenges.

A night of Inspiration, motivation and leadership. An event that receives rave reviews everywhere it goes.

 

Highlights Tour

 

Join the team at the Walker Art Gallery for a tour of Liverpool’s most outstanding art collection and discover the masterpieces hidden within the National Gallery of the North. Discover the history of the gallery, from its opening in 1877, through its development into one of the most important galleries in the country.

Listen as their Tour Guides transport you to the past and lead you on an artistic journey from the 18th to 20th centuries. Uncover, with them, the secrets behind some of the world-renowned paintings in their collection; the dramatic history of Dante’s Dream by Rossetti; the hidden symbolism in Millais’ Isabella; and discover the British masters: Gainsborough, Hogarth, and Turner.

 

Ancient Egypt galleries tour: Collections in focus

 

World Museum has one of the UK’s most outstanding collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts.

Wind your way along the Nile with our friendly tour guides discovering objects from 5000 years of ancient Egyptian history. See a reconstruction of an early burial, learn ancient spells from the Book of the Dead, and come face to face with the fierce goddess Sekhmet.

 

Sudley House Highlights Tour

 

Discover the fascinating history of Sudley House, the Holt Family, and the fine collection of artworks amassed by George Holt to fill the house.

In this tour they will: explore the structural and architectural changes made to the house throughout the 19th century; examine the Holt family from their purchase of the property in 1880s through to the death of Emma Holt in the early 1940s.

Take a closer look at the classic works by Turner, William Holman Hunt, Gainsborough and others.

 

Treasure: Curator Tour

 

Join our curators for a fascinating tour of the Treasure: History Unearthed exhibition at Museum of Liverpool.

Learn more about the amazing objects on display including weapons, hoards and fabulous jewellery as well as the brilliant work done by archaeologists, metal detectorists and the Portable Antiquities Scheme to uncover and record stories from the past.

 

Daily Tours

 

Head along to a daily tour for an introduction to FACT and our current exhibitions. Led by their friendly Visitor Experience team, our tours are open to everyone and filled with stories and insights about film, art and the history of FACT.

No need to book, free entry, just turn up! Suitable to all ages, they adapt their tours to you.

 

Hummingbird Healing

Hummingbird Healing CIC drop-in wellbeing session at the Williamson.

 

We’re looking forward to welcoming you to our new community wellbeing session.

Sessions will take place on the second Monday of each month. We’ll take our inspiration from the surroundings and blend crafting projects – Supplies will be provided – with chat, connection, meditation and mindfulness.

 

About

Hummingbird Healing CIC is a new Community Interest Company (CIC).

We are a small organisation focused on bringing beautiful ancient healing practices like meditation and Reiki into spaces to support wellbeing in a creative and crafty way. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome people of all genders.

We look to the community to guide what we do and how we do it.

 

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Creative Crafts for Adults

Join Amber Button CIC for a relaxed, friendly short course exploring book folding, decoupage and weaving in the beautiful setting of Williamson Art Gallery.

Funded by National Lottery, Recraft for Change explores creative ways to reuse and repurpose everyday items that might otherwise go to waste.
FREE to attend.
No experience needed and all materials provided. Plus, the lovely Williamson café will be open for delicious refreshments.
To book: WhatsApp 07727 102956
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Dates:
Monday 2, 9 & 16 March
1:00 – 3:00pm