This independent, not-for-profit contemporary gallery, live music venue and studios sadly closed at the end of 2012; the future of the building is currently unknown. One of Liverpool’s finest DIY art spaces – it will be missed.
Learn through doing with a packed programme of hands-one workshops at Bluecoat, including crafts, family friendly arts and printing socials.
From £70.00
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
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
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
There’s high jinks and high drama in Emma Rice Company’s musical adaptation of Enid Blyton’s original ‘Girl Power’ story.
From £12.00
Throughout this extended walking tour, fans can trace the Shelby family’s rise through the streets that doubled as smoky post war Britain.
From £42.40
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
Sister Ray is one of Liverpool’s best-looking independent bars.
Penelope takes over Wolstenholme Square
A stylish 26-bed hotel in the heart of Liverpool with luxurious room décor, in a listed Georgian townhouse – perfect for a quieter stay.
Liverpool’s latest greatest all-vegan restaurant with food to please all palates
A no-nonsense Chinese with a warm atmosphere and great menu options.
Run by the heads behind The Invisible Wind Factory, Kazimier Stockroom is a micro venue with maximalist ambitions.
With comfy beds and tasty breakfast, Premier Inn Liverpool City Centre is always a safe bet, in an excellent central location.
Wide-ranging food market in Liverpool, with a vast array of independent traders and must-try food stalls.
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.
Luxurious – but affordable – boutique hotel in Liverpool’s city centre.
Urban Spanish tapas in the heart of Liverpool
Nightcrawler Pizza is the ultimate casual dining – tasty New York-style pizza slices served out of a small kitchen inside The Merchant bar.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
From drone metal to art pop, free festivals to gigs in museums, here's one of our more eclectic music updates.
Community, memory, technology and love collide in this month's selection of thought-provoking theatre.
There’s been lamb, there’s been champagne, there’s been okra. Look at what you could have eaten, then plan the next few weeks accordingly.
From post-it-sized art to commissions that fill entire gallery walls, five exhibitions ask what the overlooked reveals.
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.
