First opened in 1905, the hall has been a cinema and home to Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. More recently, it has been a nightclub, home to independent traders and – with recent further refurbishment – a 1,200-capacity multi-purpose theatre.
FACT’s new exhibition probes how our entanglement with AI is reshaping behaviour, identity and the fragile idea of human choice.
Free entry
Bassam Issa Al-Sabah works across digital animation, painting, sculpture, and textiles to create environments that offer visions of resistance.
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
Get ready to dive right into the most disgusting parts of history!
From £18.00
A practically perfect treat is landing in Liverpool in January 2026.
From £29.00
It’s alive. Expect charm, spot-on comic timing and fancy footwork when Liverpool welcomes the UK tour of Young Frankenstein this Christmas.
From £22.00
Learn through doing with a packed programme of hands-one workshops at Bluecoat, including crafts, family friendly arts and printing socials.
From £70.00
Hardware Coffee + Kitchen lives up to the hype – excellent lunch in a lovely friendly atmosphere, with a perfectly central location.
The Egg Café in Liverpool is an unpretentious vegan and vegetarian restaurant that does simple food, very well.
Keeping Bold Street a hub of creativity, LEAF is more than a tearoom, it’s also a bar and thriving event space with a packed schedule of upcoming happenings.
Mowgli sets out to bring authentic Indian street food to Liverpool.
Elif is a smart but authentic Turkish restaurant on Liverpool’s vibrant Bold Street.
The changing faces of the Lyceum
Junk emporium 69A in Liverpool is the shop that time forgot. It has been peddling vintage wares since 1976.
A central option for travellers to the port city of Liverpool, PH Hostel offers a friendly, comfy place to stay.
Bundobust have brought their Indian street food and craft beer to Liverpool, with 4,000 of eye-catching decor and a dedicated bar and kitchen.
Liverpool’s authentically Lebanese restaurant, Bakchich.
81 Renshaw is a record store in Liverpool city centre, selling new and second-hand vinyl from a location with a long musical history
This season, exhibitions across the North West feel attuned to the world beneath the world – the forces and stories shaping how we see, feel and imagine.
Manchester’s starting the new year with a run of gigs from some of the country’s best underground exports.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
Theatre across the North West splits between festive escape and sharp, urgent work exploring politics, power and resistance.
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.
Hear ye, hear ye. Take some eating-out tips from our wintertime guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
