Event sub-type: Family Friendly

Pimp My Wheelchair and DDFI40 Celebrat...

Join the DaDa and Sefton Park Palm House teams along with artists Faith Bebbington and Janet Price for an informal celebration to mark the end of the ‘Pimp My Wheelchair’ exhibition and to celebrate DaDaFest International – Rage: A Quiet Riot.

This event also marks the beginning of a new relationship between DaDa and the Palm House.

Dora Colquhoun will be performing live, there will be music and dancing if you wish! This event is free to attend, there will be a cash bar.

Access: BSL interpretation will be available. Please let us know if you are a wheelchair or mobility scooter user so we can plan the room layout.

Please mention any access requirements when booking.

This venue has level access and lift access to accessible toilets

Booking info: Book tickets via eventbrite, or contact our team via info@dadafest.co.uk if you need support with booking.

Cost: FREE

About DaDa
DaDa is an award winning and pioneering disability arts organisation based in Liverpool with international reach and impact. Founded in 1984, we were one of the first disability-led arts organisations in the UK and an integral part of the campaign for greater equality and access for disabled artists across the arts sector.

About DDFI40

DaDaFest International returns 8th-31st March 2025 to celebrate DaDa’s 40th Anniversary and this time they are coming with ‘RAGE: A Quiet Riot’.

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DDFI40 will showcase work by disabled artists that captures all shapes and sides of rage. From the internal quiet frustrations and righteous rage, to overt injustice and activism, DDFI40 will explore disability rights, disability arts, access, ableism and ‘Rage’ in an explosion of creativity.

Big Union 2025

Movema World Dance charity are excited to bring back their annual, FREE, community get-together event “Big Union”, 11am-4pm on Saturday 22nd March 2025 at The Black-E, Great George Street, Liverpool city centre and everyone is invited!

The Big Union brings people together to celebrate our shared humanity by connecting through culture. The event will be bursting with exciting multicultural arts activities, bringing together Liverpool’s dynamic community arts organisations… and all for FREE! Try out different fun dance and music styles from around the world in friendly workshops, watch some performances from exciting city artists try some food from around the world and meet new people.

Mums in the Mix Mother’s Day DJ Mast...

MUMS IN THE MIX: DJ MASTERCLASS 🎶

👩🎤 Calling all music-loving mums! Ready to learn a new skill, meet amazing mums, and mix your favourite tunes? Whether you’ve never touched a deck before or just want to have fun, this beginner-friendly DJ masterclass is for YOU! 🎛️✨
🔥 What you’ll get:
✅ DJ basics – Mixing, beatmatching & track selection
✅ Confidence behind the decks – Own your sound!
✅ Meet like-minded mums & rediscover yourself through music
✅ A fun, supportive environment – No experience needed
🥂 PLUS: A welcome glass of fizz to kick things off!
📍 Where: Decks in the City Studio, 31 Parliament St, Liverpool L8 5RN (Baltic Area)
📅 When: Saturday 29th March, 12-2pm
🎟️ Spots are limited – Tickets on Skiddle.com £25
🎶 Turn up. Tune in. Take over. 🎶

#MumsInTheMix #DJMasterclass #MusicLovingMums #NewSkills #DJLife #MumLife #FizzAndBeats

Through Shadows We Learn – Easte...

Easter Library Tour – FREE SHADOW PUPPETRY – Children aged 7 -13

FREE ACTIVITIES this Easter Holidays 2025

Shadow Puppetry for children aged 7-13
Join ArtsGroupie for our Free Workshops in library spaces across Liverpool City Region, kindly supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants.

Shadow puppetry encourages children to engage in creativity, and unleash their imaginations.
Children will devise their own characters and stories, and create their own puppets, culminating in a celebratory puppet showcase at Liverpool Central Library – a FREE FAMILY Puppet Day on Saturday 10th May 11 -3pm

The sessions take place on the following dates:

– Tues 8th April 11am – 3pm @ Wavertree Library
– Weds 9th April 11am – 3pm @ Norris Green Library
– Thurs 10th April 11:30am – 3pm @ Spellow Library
– Fri 11th April 11am – 3pm @ Sefton Park
– Sat 12th April AM ONLY – 11am – 1pm @ Birkenhead Library
– Mon 14th April PM ONLY – 2pm – 4pm @ Huyton Library
– Tues 15th April 11am – 12:15 pm & 12:30 – 3 pm @Prescot Library
– Wed 16th April 11am – 1 pm & 2-4 pm @ Halewood Library
– Thurs 17th April 11am – 3pm @ Fazakerley Community Federation & Library
– Fri 18th April 11am – 3pm @ Garston Library
– Sat 19th April 11am – 3pm @ Allerton Library
– Sat 10th May 11am- 3pm FREE Family Puppet Day at Liverpool Central Library

The 11am-3pm sessions will include 1 hour for a break with Free Healthy Food/Snacks provided.

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Email: artgroupie@outlook to reserve a place.
#thingstodowiththekidsinliverpool #easterliverpool #freelibraryactivities

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2025

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, the longest running annual festival of Arab arts and culture in the UK, returns for its 23rd year this July.

Founded in 1998, the festival exists to support and champion creatives from across the Arab region and its diaspora, in the belief that art and creativity have the power to express a shared humanity.

The festival also celebrates Liverpool’s unique identity; a city, with a global community and brimming with artistry, that looks outwards across the world and welcomes and accepts all who arrive within it.

This year’s festival theme is Nostalgia, which will be explored through a diverse range of disciplines, including music, theatre and performance, visual art, literature and film – with the programme culminating at the ever-popular free Family Day.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The critically acclaimed production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show created by Jonathan Rockefeller features a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets.

The production faithfully adapts four stories by author/illustrator Eric Carle: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Busy Spider and of course, the star of the show – The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1969 selling more than 48 million copies worldwide. Brown Bear, Brown Bear – now celebrating 50 years – has sold more than 18.2 million copies.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show is a vibrant celebration of Eric Carle’s adored classics and the perfect introduction to live theatre.

Kerry Ellis – Queen of the West End

Kerry Ellis is the Queen of the West End. From My Fair Lady to We Will Rock You, from Les Miserables to Wicked, in both the West End and on Broadway, she has starred in musical theatre’s biggest roles, making shows her own and earning her numerous awards. Her list of credits is remarkable and also includes Oliver!, Cats, Miss Saigon, Chess, The War Of The Worlds, and Anything Goes, among many others.

She has recorded 4 studio albums, and toured the world both as a solo artist and with her good friend Sir Brian May. And now the star who grew up admiring musical theatre icons Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand is looking back on her illustrious career.

Singing songs from the biggest musicals and telling stories about how she came to play roles, this is a unique opportunity to see and hear the West End’s biggest hits in a very intimate setting on a tour of the UK. Don’t miss it.

Pirates Love Underpants

Based on the beloved book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.

These pirates SO love underpants!

Join their swashbuckling party of pirates on their quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold for the Captain’s Treasure chest!

Dodge hungry crocs beneath Long-John Bridge, bob upon the waves of Big Knickers Bay, spot sharks in fancy underpants and trek across Three Pants Ridge.

Filled with music, puppetry and glittering pants of gold, arrr you ready to set sail for a family adventure?

Crooners

Packed with personality and humour, Crooners has been wowing audiences with its witty and exhilarating show full of hilarious one liners, laugh out loud silliness and superb musical numbers with the outstanding 9-piece The Mini Big Band live on stage.

The show pays homage to some of the greatest Crooners of all time with a splendiferous injection of Britishness. Featuring humour, tap dance and some of the most quintessential songs from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Matt Monro, Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin.

Expect some Come Fly With Me, Fly Me to the Moon, Mack the Knife and many, many more…