What's on near Cains Brewery Village
Scottish artist Rachel Maclean presents a major new exhibition that invites us to question the technologies that are watching, learning, and quietly getting better at being us.
Free entry
Toby Pfeil and Claudia Cox transform their 2023 computer-game opera into a new installation that invites you to step inside a world between life and death.
Free entry
Check out the ways you can get hands on creatively with workshops at FACT in Liverpool, as well as taking their daily guided tour.
Free entry
In this world premiere, Hilary Mantel’s audacious short story becomes a darkly comic psychological thriller about power, class and political anger.
From £11.00
From the waterfront to the heart of the Cavern Quarter, fans can follow in the footsteps of John, Paul, George and Ringo.
From £28.62
Learn through doing with a packed programme of hands-one workshops at Bluecoat, including crafts, family friendly arts and printing socials.
From £70.00
The Old Dock tour is a treat for younger and older visitors alike, fans of Liverpool’s maritime past, and anybody curious about local history.
8.50 with concessions
Throughout this extended walking tour, fans can trace the Shelby family’s rise through the streets that doubled as smoky post war Britain.
From £42.40Where to go near Cains Brewery Village
Red Brick Vintage is a cavernous warehouse of vintage, antiques, retro, salvage, hand-crafted, brocante, collectables, vinyl and more.
Liverpool’s first street food market is now open. Thursday 17:00 – 23:00, Friday 12:00 – 24:00, Saturday 11:00 – 24:00, Sunday 11:00 – 21:00.
Hinterlands is a multi-purpose venue in Liverpool where events can come to life.
The Royal Standard is a gallery, studios and social workspace in Liverpool, established in 2006 by four Liverpool-based artists.
A hub for local artists and businesses in the heart of the Baltic Triangle.
Elevator Studios is a hub of creativity, open for work and play.
A ‘bicycle café’ set in Northern Lights within the Baltic Triangle, serving up great food and coffee to leave you… spinning.
The vast Liverpool Anglican Cathedral sits on Liverpool’s famous Hope Street, a rare example of a street with two cathedrals.
It may not look it from the outside, but Camp and Furnace is one of Liverpool’s best purveyors of food, booze and good times.
The Botanical Gin Garden is a seasonal outdoor gin bar, open six months a year, serving a wide selection of delicious gin drinks.
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Theatre’s getting political this spring, with a run of new plays tracing how conflict plays out in individual lives.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.