Get ready to enjoy songs like One Love, No Woman No Cry and Is This Love all played live on stage by the incredible JA Reggae Band, as we tell the story of the man who brought Reggae music to the world.
From a Government yard in Trenchtown to Rastafari Icon, this brand new narrated musical charts the life and times of the King of Reggae, touching every aspect of the Jamaican superstar’s musical, spiritual and political life and the impact his music was to have worldwide.
Featuring over 20 of his iconic hits, hear the story of the man and enjoy the music.
The Sanctuary Foundation are delighted to announce a live music fundraiser event on Sunday April 17th 2022 to raise money to help the people of Ukraine.
As you will all be aware, since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, millions of people have fled from their homes. They are looking to raise £5,000 to help displaced people with the money raised going to the brilliant Sanctuary Foundation.
Watching the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Ukraine right now, many of us are wondering what we can do to help. The Sanctuary Foundation invites you to join them to make a real difference to the lives of Ukrainian people. The UK government has announced it is developing a new humanitarian sponsorship programme that will allow an unlimited number of Ukrainian families to come to the UK.
They would love to welcome you down on April 17th to join them at the farm. They will have a stage out on the field in front of the café. Black Lodge Brewery are providing the bar for their event and food will be available from Dough Bros offering delicious pizzas and Pen-Y-Lan providing a fabulous hog roast.
This is a standing event so please make sure you take this into consideration – they have been gifted 50 deckchairs from Storyhouse that are available to add on to your ticket. You are also welcome to bring your own camping chair.
Toilets available at the usual cafe site and parking also just at the normal car park for the cafe.
All proceeds from this event will go directly to the foundation. They have set up a JustGiving page to collect donations and this will be sent to Sanctuary Foundation after the event. You can also donate directly through their website.
The Halcyon Syncopators (South Liverpool’s community big band) are staging a fundraising concert for Sickle Cell Disease at the glamorous Oh Me Oh My.
It’s a cause close to their hearts, and they are planning a great evening. Andy Houghton, the nurse specialist for Sickle Cell disease at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital will be speaking between sets.
Tickets are now on sale for A Night Of Jazz In Aid Of Sickle Cell Disease. The date is Wednesday 20 April at Oh Me Oh My. See here the ticket link; https://a-night-of-jazz-in-aid-of-sickle-cell-disease.eventbrite.co.uk
See the website below for the charity they are raising money for;
The Liverpool Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Support Group / www.sicklecellsociety.org/
The Garden Theatre will be bursting with beautiful music at Sounds in the Park again this summer. Enjoy open-air music performed by Early Music as Education in the idyllic setting of Calderstones Park.
Like Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, summoned by traveller Marco Polo for Emperor Kublai Khan, the musical cities of eighteenth-century Europe are lost to us.
Sounds in the Park will recreate their soundscape as it was shaped by the more famous composers – Corelli in Rome, Handel in London, Haydn in Vienna – and their less well-known colleagues.
Add on a Reader picnic box to your ticket – £15.95
Picnic box for two includes: Meat or vegetarian sausage rolls, a selection of Liverpool Cheese Company cheese, artisan crackers, homemade onion chutney and marinated olives.
Add two small bottles of Prosecco for an extra £9.
This performance takes place outside in the Garden Theatre. Come rain or shine this event will go ahead so please come prepared for all eventualities.
If you have any extra requirements, please let us know by emailing tickets@thereader.org.uk Free essential companion tickets are available upon request.
The Blackheart Orchestra is officially the smallest orchestra in the world.
A two-person orchestra playing up to 13 instruments in a unique live show, the highly acclaimed duo use vintage synthesisers, acoustic and electric guitars, mandola, bass, bowed guitar and percussion, piano, organ, omnichord and melodica to create powerful, highly emotional music.
They have been described as a modern day Pink Floyd, a more accessible Portishead and have drawn many comparisons to the creativity of Kate Bush.
Their album Mesmeranto entered the Official UK Rock Chart at No.18 and was hailed as “A mesmerising powerhouse”, “An avant-garde musical utopia” and “A life-enhancing listening experience”.
Singer Chrissy Mostyn was voted No.8 in a UK female vocalist poll and named “One of the most extraordinary voices singing anywhere today”.
Imagine if the world was almost destroyed and there were just a few survivors left. With the goal of building a new positive world from the wreckage of the past, what sort of music would the surviving musicians make?
After the Flood is a conceptual instrumental band hailing from Liverpool, UK featuring guitarist/composers Neil Campbell (Bulbs/Neil Campbell Collective) and Marty Snape (Mighty Zeb/Bulbs/The Hat Band), along with Roger Gardiner (Dead Poppies) on Overwater bass and Norwegian ace Viktor Nordberg on drums.
After the Flood’s music draws on minimalism, folk music, progressive rock, African, Indian and other indigenous musical styles, using polyrhythms, cyclical structures and tight arrangements but allowing pockets of space for improvisation and self-expression.
Original music performed will draw from the band’s 2018 debut eponymous album and also from Neil Campbell’s recent 2021 Klee Music release The Great Escape.
The event is part of Liverpool Hope University’s Angel Field Festival.
Polypores (aka Stephen James Buckley) paints music with a modular synthesiser, drawing influences from ambient, new age, and experimental electronics.
His music soars, bubbles, crackles, and soothes, in ever-shifting, immersive cosmic landscapes. Lush dream environments and restless sonic sculptures.
DiN label boss Ian Boddy is a veteran of the UK synth scene and has run DiN records for over 20 years which has recently reached the milestone of 100 album releases.
He uses modular synths live to create compelling sonic journeys that evolve organically, ebbing and flowing with influences ranging from the classic Berlin School pioneers to modern day synth modulations.
Be Nobody’s Fool and join the Everyman Theatre for a tribute to Crowded House. It’s All about the Music…
A fantastic evening of the Australian rock band’s songs performed by the legendary Crowded Scouse. Supported By Chainsaw Haircut & One Thousand Pictures.
The event is held Downstairs at the Everyman.
As the sun starts to dip below the horizon, our cities change. This nocturnal world, this neon world, is a place of mystery where anything is possible.
Built around Steve Reich’s monumental Double Sextet, Manchester Collective’s new show interrogates the darker side of our urban dreams, evoking the intrigue and momentum of sleepless nights and crowded streets. Fast. Slow. Fast. Keep up. Don’t be late.
A pair of new music commissions lie at the heart of this programme. Hannah Peel’s titular ‘Neon’ fuses layers of live electronics and field recordings from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo with acoustic performances, whilst Berlin-based artist Lyra Pramuk presents her first major work for chamber ensemble – a meditation on feelings of disconnection and grief.
Known for their experimental programming and daring collaborations, Manchester Collective perform a combination of cutting-edge contemporary music, classical masterpieces and staged work in venues ranging from concert halls to warehouses, nightclubs to festivals.
The ‘Music for the Mind & Soul’ concert series welcomes back live audiences to The Capstone Theatre in Liverpool this April, brought to you by Milap – the UK’s leading Indian arts and culture company.
This unique concert series is a flagship of Milap’s performance work – an enchanting musical experience providing audiences with a window into Indian arts and culture.
Over the past 26 years, ‘Music for the Mind & Soul’ has featured established stars and emerging musicians of the Indian Diaspora, and also regularly presents the next generation of British talent.
The concert series relaunches with three upcoming dates. The first in the series takes place in April, featuring Kaviraj Singh, Kirpal Panesar & Milap’s artist-in-residence Kousic Sen.
