What's on near Saw Mill
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
Learn through doing with a packed programme of hands-one workshops at Bluecoat, including crafts, family friendly arts and printing socials.
From £70.00
Please DO touch – Bluecoat’s new exhibition ‘Just Browsing’ allows audiences to get closer to the artworks and engage beyond looking.
Free entry
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
A practically perfect treat is landing in Liverpool in January 2026.
From £29.00
Get ready to dive right into the most disgusting parts of history!
From £18.00Where to go near Saw Mill
Liverpool’s oldest church now pumps with Latin passion.
at The Merchant
Nightcrawler Pizza is the ultimate casual dining – tasty New York-style pizza slices served out of a small kitchen inside The Merchant bar.
A fine gastropub that’s also child friendly
The Merchant is a chilled bar, with a great selection of beers and gins and lots of outdoor seating. It’s also the home of Nightcrawler Pizza.
Based in Liverpool’s old Royal Institute of Arts and Science building, Liverpool Arts Club is a great spot to catch small touring acts.
The Jacaranda Club is a legendary music venue, bar and record store, that continues to play an key part in Liverpool’s music scene.
Dead Air Records is a vinyl shop in Liverpool, offering a perfectly curated selection of records and a friendly space for music lovers.
Luxurious – but affordable – boutique hotel in Liverpool’s city centre.
Cooler-than-thou yet immensely comforting, this pub does it all: chilled mornings, lazy afternoons and music-filled nights.
FACT is the UK’s leading centre for art, film and the creative use of technology with a host of exhibitions and events throughout the year.
FACT Liverpool gets back to its coffee-with-creativity roots thanks to a foliage-full new café.
Our favourite is The Scorpion, two beef-free patties with melted spicy pepper ‘cheese’, yellow mustard, jalapenos, sriracha mayo, spicy chipotle paste, red onion, ketchup, tomato and lettuce, packed in a vegan burger bun.
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Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
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