Calling fans of all ages! Join us on Saturday 8 November 2025 for a day of drop-in activities, creative workshops, talks, exhibition tours, games and music, celebrating the cultures, communities, and spaces of football.
Contribute to a collective banner, build a stadium using recycled materials, try drawing like an architect, and join a curator tour of the exhibition. Play some games, grab a matchday pie while they’re hot, and share your favourite matchday experiences through comics drawing, a memory wall, and conversations.
The festival day is organised as part of the latest exhibition at RIBA North + Tate Liverpool, Home Ground: the architecture of football. The exhibition runs 15 Oct 2025 until 25 January 2026.
The day runs from 10am to 5pm on Saturday 8 November 2025 at RIBA North + Tate Liverpool. Entry is free, and can be booked via Eventbrite.
Curator tours will also be running at the following times on the day:
– 10.30am to 11.15am
– 12pm to 12.45pm
– 2pm to 2.45pm
These curator tours are free, but must be booked in advance via the Eventbrite link.
More details of the scheduled activities for the day will be available on riba.org and the Eventbrite listing.
Sarah Jones embarks on a UK wide speaking tour in late October/early November with her Everyday Normal sessions.The debate about trans people has become incredibly toxic. The Supreme Court Judgment of April 2025 has had major repercussions for the lives of transpeople in the UK. Each day brings a new report about trans activists or anti-trans activists. In the Everyday Normal sessions, Sarah explores the reality of being trans and of being outed as the first person to be ordained by the Church of England having previously made a gender change. We’ll think about the issues and the concerns of today and we’ll look to the future to see what that might hold.We’ll laugh together. We might cry. Everyday Normal is a life-affirming session for people who would like an entertaining exploration and who would like to understand trans issues for themselves.
St Bride’s Church Percy St Liverpool L8 7LT
The Definitions is a short, thoughtful, and ultimately terrifying novel about the vitality of language. How we use it, how we weaponise it, and what happens when we rely on other to define ourselves.
Join us at Dead Ink Books on the 15th of October to celebrate author Matt Greene and his phenomenal novel. Matt will be joined in conversation with journalist and writer Jess White.
Matt Greene is an author, teacher, former screenwriter, and stay-at-home dad. His first novel, Ostrich, won a Betty Trask Award and his memoir Jew(ish) was described by Booker-shortlisted author Nadifa Mohamed as ‘wonderful’ and ‘acerbically funny’. He teaches critical and creative writing in South London, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
Jess White is a writer and researcher who has written for Dazed, The F Word, i-D, among many others. You can keep up to date with what she’s reading on her substack.
Tickets are available HERE.
Are you keen to compost your food waste but not sure how? Or tried composting before but want to learn more? This session is for you!
Composting your food scraps is a great way to reduce the waste your household produces! Join Minna Alanko-Falola of Compost Works in this informative two-hour workshop at Kindling Farm to get the skills and confidence to give composting a go.
You will get lots of practical advice about the principles of composting, what you can compost, how to set up and manage your own composting system, and how to prevent things from going wrong. Our focus will be on food waste but the principles apply to garden waste too.
There will also be plenty of opportunity for questions throughout. This training is suitable for complete beginners or people who would like to brush up on their skills.
You must register to come to this event. Please visit our website to secure your place.
All the family are welcome to Kindling Farm at dusk for a chance to spot these incredible aerial acrobats!
Guided by Tony, the Halewood Triangle Park Ranger, you will learn about the different species living in the UK and how to use a bat detector before venturing out into the fields where we will survey the night sky for bats! Join us from the earlier time of 5.30pm for hot chocolate in the barn!
This activity is suitable for all ages however, please be mindful that it does involve some walking across uneven ground and being outdoors in all weathers for over an hour, so it might not suit everyone!
This activity will finish no later than 8pm but please note that we might finish earlier depending on the amount of bat activity on that evening.
Much like us humans, bats are not a fan of rainy and windy conditions and are unlikely to venture outdoors in bad weather. We will be keeping a close eye on the weather forecast and be in touch as soon as possible if we need to cancel or rearrange this event.
Please dress for the outdoors; we recommend sturdy shoes like wellies or walking boots and waterproofs.
You must register for this event. Please visit our website to secure your place.
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.
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.
Future Yard is proud to host our latest annual climate conference. POP3 powered by Ecotricity Business is a day of debate, conversation and collaboration, exploring the power of culture in the quest for climate justice.
With panels featuring industry experts, interactive roundtable discussions and opportunities to connect with leading figures from across the UK, POP3 is the sustainability conference for the grassroots and community culture sector.
Coinciding with the UN-convened COP Climate Conference, this interactive day will see venue owners, business leaders, creatives, academics and sector professionals collaborate through workshops and panels to help shape a greener future for our industry. People in attendance will range from nationally significant arts organisations and major players in the green transition, to local artists and businesses passionate about sustainability.
Sustainability is at the heart of Future Yard’s mission. This is the third such event we have held, alongside the publication of our own Sustainability Roadmap. In 2024, we announced our intention to achieve operational net zero by 2030 and net zero by 2035. At this year’s event, we will be updating our Roadmap to outline how we intend to achieve this.
The daytime conference runs between 11am and 6pm, and takes place in Future Yard’s Live Room and workshop spaces. Delegate and audience tickets are now available.
The conference will be followed by an evening live show headlined by Anna B Savage. Doors for this event open at 8pm, tickets available separately.
On 16th October, join us at Pocket Café Liverpool for our final Women with ADHD Talk, where we’ll be discussing all things self-care.
Led by Colette Longden, a National Neurodiversity Training Officer, these sessions will be a chance to learn and explore how women’s experiences can often differ when it comes to ADHD.
You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and share your thoughts in a safe, judgement-free space.
The event will be taking place at Pocket Café on Thursday 16th October from 6:30pm – 8:30pm. Entry is from 6:30pm and the talk will kick off promptly at 7pm. We recommend arriving earlier to give yourself a chance to grab a drink and settle in before the talk starts.
There will be a short break part-way through, and the café will be open downstairs if you wish to buy a drink and some food.
This is the final talk in our Women with ADHD series. Please note that this talk is a standalone session, and you don’t need to have attended the previous sessionsto come along to this one.
The event will be held on the first floor of Pocket Café, and unfortunately there is no lift access.
Further details will follow on email.
Black Liverpool. “The real thing”. West African, West Indian and Afro-American culture at the end of the twentieth century
Prof Stephen Small in-conversation with Dr Leona Vaughn
Join Professor Stephen Small as he shares insights from his forthcoming book, tentatively entitled, Black Liverpool. “The real thing”. West African, West Indian and Afro-American culture at the end of the twentieth century (Liverpool University Press, 2026). Born and raised in Liverpool, Stephen will draw on a wealth of research, exploring how Black communities in Liverpool transformed African, Caribbean and Afro‑American cultural patterns. Hosted by Liverpool University’s Dr Leona Vaughn, Stephen will consider the impact of soul, reggae and African music and nightclubs, Black nationalist ideologies, Rastafarian activities, Black Studies courses and the experiences of Black women and Black women’s organisations, to highlight the rich and distinctive history of Black Liverpool, often overshadowed by London narratives.
This event accompanies the lates series of Small Talk articles which are being released weekly throughout October and beyond.
