The Lodge is a favourite fixture on Liverpool’s Lark Lane, serving up great drinks and excellent pub grub. The sister pub to the Dovedale Towers on Penny Lane, this place is just as popular with the South Liverpool glitterati. There’s a dog-friendly beer garden complete with heaters, so you can stop off for breakfast, lunch or dinner, whatever the weather.
Keeley Forsyth brings her haunting album The Hollow to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for a stripped-back show with pianist Matthew Bourne.
from £19
Christopher Kulendran Thomas at FACT is an exploration of the legacies of imperialism through new technologies.
free entry
‘Joanne Masding: The Moveable Scene of the page Page’ focuses on the intersection of typography, sculpture and the written word.
free entry
Tate Liverpool’s new multimedia exhibition ‘The Plant that Stowed Away’ explores connections between port cities, migration, and nature using the works in its collection.
free entry
‘Bees: A Story of Survival’ seamlessly marries art and science to tell the fascinating story of bees and their essential role in nature.
from £0.00
A new festival is born as Outer Waves takes over Invisible Wind Factory and Make Liverpool over two days this May.
from £49.00
A day of live performance, bold ideas and collective action – where the audience becomes the cast and theatre sparks conversation.
from £15.00
From wild buildings to wilder characters, explore hidden histories and architectural oddities in the Cheshire town of Knutsford.
from £20.00
Charming café on Liverpool’s wonderful Lark Lane, serving up vintage treasures and cookies, with plenty of vegan options.
Locally-loved Middle Eastern restaurant on Liverpool’s vibrant Lark Lane.
Wildly popular cafe and wine bar on Liverpool’s wonderfully independent Lark Lane.
Press Bros is one of Lark Lane’s best coffee spots, with coffee made from locally roasted beans and delicious breakfasts.
The in-house restaurant of The Titanic, Liverpool’s leading luxury hotel.
Sefton Park is a great place for walks in Liverpool, with expansive green spaces and cafes a stones throw from the city centre.
Mahoe Blue is a bar and bistro that serves authentic Jamaican food in a cosy venue in South Liverpool.
Dead Ink Books is an independent bookshop on Smithdown Road in Liverpool, exclusively stocking books from independent publishers.
Belzan is a modern bistro serving delicious food in a relaxed and friendly setting, in an unexpected location.
Serving excellent Pan-Asian dishes and quirky cocktails, Chamber 36 is a stylish restaurant on the edge of Liverpool’s China Town.
Frankie’s Paint-It Pottery is a friendly place to relax and exercise your creative muscles by having a go at pottery painting.
Eclectic as ever. You'll find inventive reworkings, world-class contemporary dance and Greater Manchester's inaugural Improv Festival in our guide.
If it's inspiring, inclusive events and avant-garde, experimental afternoons you're after, look no further than live literature this spring – we've got you covered.
Vintage Alfred Hitchcock and a family friendly film festival are amongst our highlights this May.
Crocodile-themed Easter egg hunts, sense-sational museum trips and more this Easter!
Spring is here and the North is buzzing with must-visit new restaurants and bars.
Open air clubs, new festivals and long-awaited gigs. The North West's live music scene is heating up this spring.
Willow weaving, textile collages, digital arts and ecology - all this and more in our exhibition top picks this month
We've got many a good time in store this month as we round up the best walking tours, cultural classes and makers markets in the land.
