📣 What's On In Liverpool (13-19 Jun)

Grab your calendar—here are the most interesting events coming up in and around Liverpool.

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Rob Nightingale
June 12, 2025

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Top Headlines

🎵 SoundYard is launching a cutting-edge electronic music venue in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle in June 2025. The 900-capacity space will deliver immersive audio-visual experiences, spotlighting artists and community-driven events.

🎤 Father John Misty returns to Liverpool on June 27 with his hypnotic album Mahashmashana. Expect soaring ballads, sharp introspection, and a set that proves why he's one of the world’s most captivating performers

🎭 Intimate and interactive theatre is back at The Adelphi this July with The Living Room—following the success of The Bedroom. Audiences enter secret rooms, engage closely with performances in the dark, for a unique experience.

🎟️ Epstein Theatre is staging a vibrant summer season ahead of its autumn relaunch. Expect a mix of new productions, musical mystery tours like “Something About Lennon,” and so much more.

🚂 Northern Belle steam train rolls into Liverpool this summer, offering luxury brunch and dinner journeys through breathtaking northern landscapes. Passengers sip mimosas onboard a 6-course feast while crossing iconic viaducts in style.

🎬 Liverpool open‑air cinema debuts at The Mansion this July, screening eight curated films—from literary adaptations to feel‑good family favourites

GRAB YOUR DIARY
What’s On…

Below are the best happening from this Friday until next Thursday. If you do decide to go to any events after spotting them in this newsletter, please let us know! We’ve marked what we think are the highlights with a ⭐️ for easier scanning!

Note: sometimes errors slip through, so please check details before making plans.

Fri 13 Jun

Experience the magic of Queen's music performed live by a tribute band that has captivated audiences across the UK. — Camp and Furnace hosts a Queen tribute belting every hit—expect communal “Bohemian Rhapsody” and gravelly throats tomorrow.
18:00-23:00 | Camp And Furnace | Tickets
People Of Anfield Celebration @ Kitty’s Laundrette — Celebrate community stories with outdoor photos and “Kitty’s After Dark” in a launderette courtyard.
18:00-21:00 | Kitty’s Launderette | Tickets
The Vintage Explosion — Viral swing-soul outfit The Vintage Explosion delivers horns, swagger and dance-floor time travel in real life.
19:00-22:30 | Hangar 34 | Tickets
Harry Potter Big Quiz — Wizards and muggles alike tackle a Widnes quiz as unforgiving as Snape—13 June, wands optional, bragging essential.
19:00-22:00 | The Woodlands Bar And Gril | Tickets
Dead Belgian - Live @ LEAF — Dead Belgian re-imagines Jacques Brel with local luminaries and surprise guests—album launch, no cardigan required.
19:00-22:00 | Leaf | Tickets
Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope — One-man play summons Quentin Crisp’s wit and resilience, from 1930s beatings to New York fame, intimate and unfiltered.
19:30 | The Studio, Shakespeare North Playhouse | Tickets
The Eminem Show — James Wythes’ Eminem tribute fires rapid---- verses with full-band punch—crowd-sourced backing vocals inevitable.
20:00-23:45 | Molly's Chambers Bar And Kitchen | Tickets
Bella Hardy — Bella Hardy weaves Peak District ballads and global tales with fiddle in hand and modern folk flair.
20:00 | Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Tickets
The Liverpool Pub Crawl — Guided pub crawl promises five free shots, bargain drinks and drinking games across Liverpool’s wildest bars.
21:00-04:00 | Kabin Liverpool | Tickets
Intirave Liverpool | Reggaeton Welcome Summer — Lost in Seel St becomes an Ibiza-style white party: Latin DJs spin reggaeton, dembow and funk till 5 am—dress white, sweat happy.
23:00 | Lost in Seel Street | Tickets

Sat 14 Jun

Croxteth Hall Parkrun — Free 5 k through Croxteth Hall grounds—run, jog, walk, bring dog, ignore mud.
09:00-11:00 | Croxteth Hall | Free
2025 Yu-Gi-Oh! UK Nationals — Duelists gather 14-15 June to shuffle, summon and crown the UK Yu-Gi-Oh! champion—trap cards ready.
09:00 | ACC Liverpool – Hall C | Tickets
Relaxed Planetarium Screenings — Planetarium shows with lights up and volume down welcome visitors who prefer stars without sensory overload.
10:00-17:00 | World Museum (William Brown Street) | Tickets
Life Drawing & Tuft class — Spend Saturday sketching life models, then tuft your favourite drawing into textile art—no experience, just curiosity and six spare hours.
10:30-16:00 | Liverpool Independent Art School | Tickets
Inspirational Women From Liverpool's Past & History Walking Tour — Start inside the Anglican Cathedral, then trace the women who changed Liverpool’s medical, social and cultural story from the 1800s onward.
10:30-12:30 | Liverpool City Centre | Tickets
⭐️ Film Screening & Discussion: Carol of the Bells (Shchedryk) — Watch the 2022 Ukrainian drama Shchedryk, then unpack its wartime hopes and harmonies in a guided discussion.
14:00-16:30 | World Museum | Free (Booking Required)
Groovadelics summer special — Invisible Wind Factory surrenders to a disco-funk-jazz marathon; hydrate between groove battles.
15:00-01:00 | 54 LIVERPOOL | Tickets
Port Experience – Saturday Afternoon — Taste five Fonseca ports paired with sweet and savoury bites while discovering why sailors once called it medicine.
15:00-17:00 | Delifonseca Dockside | Tickets
Bashment Party Liverpool - Summer Carnival — Liverpool’s Caribbean day party floods town with bashment, soca and carnival spirit—sunshine assumed, waist-whining mandatory.
16:00-23:00 | Boxpark Liverpool | Tickets
⭐️ Brain Drip — Africa Oye isn’t happening, but 50 lucky heads can still liquefy their brains as Rich Anderson, Speedy, and The Machine throw down the lengest of sounds spanning from dub, through dubstep, and straight through to DnB and jungle.
18:00-00:00 | COMMUNE, Constance Street | Free (Booking Required)
Lady Gaga & Friends | Tribute Nights at Blundells Supper Club — Beth McCann channels every era of Gaga at Blundells Supper Club—Vegas glitz, sing-along hooks, zero meat dresses required.
18:30-23:00 | Blundells Supper Club | Tickets
⭐️ UK Pink Floyd Experience — Grand Central Dome fills with lasers and note-perfect Pink Floyd classics—psychedelia without the pharmacology.
19:30-22:00 | The Dome At Grand Central Hall | Tickets
A Night at the Musicals — West End vocalists and full orchestra blitz hits from Hamilton to Les Mis at Philharmonic Hall—no train to London needed.
19:30 | Liverpool Philharmonic Hall | Tickets
⭐️ Bowie By Candlelight — Liverpool Cathedral glows while David Live tribute band lights up Bowie anthems—candle wax meets stardust.
19:30-20:30 | Liverpool Cathedral | Tickets
Simply Dylan — Simply Dylan celebrates the lyrics, not the wig—joyous, faithful renditions of Bob’s deep cuts and hits.
19:30 | Cockpit Theatre, Shakespeare North Playhouse | Tickets
Liverpool Mozart Orchestra: All The Twos! — Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto anchors a season finale flanked by Dvořák and Brahms twos—local orchestra, big sound.
19:30 | The Tung Auditorium | Tickets
ParrJazz Presents: Jazz Saturdays at Ma Boyles — World-class jazz meets alehouse coziness every Saturday night at Ma Boyle’s—perfect soundtrack for nursing a pint.
20:00-23:00 | Ma Boyles Alehouse And Eatery | Free (Booking Required)

Sun 15 Jun

Croxteth Walled Garden: Heritage Preservation Events — Hands-on tours and talks reveal Croxteth’s historic walled garden—dirt under nails encouraged.
11:00-13:00 | Croxteth Hall | Tickets
FAMILY FEASTIVAL — Boxpark’s Sunday “Feastival” mixes cheap eats, kids crafts, music and a quiz where bragging rights beat the prizes.
12:00-16:00 | Boxpark Liverpool | Free (Booking Required)
⭐️ Traditional Polish Midsummer Event — Craft flower crowns, dance round fire and learn Polish midsummer myths at this family celebration of light and nature.
12:00 | Sefton Park Palm House | Tickets
Studio Ghibli Painting Workshop — Learn watercolour basics, then paint your own Studio Ghibli scene at Duke Street Market; guidance, colour mixing and friendly vibes supplied.
13:00-15:30 | Duke Street Food & Drink Marke | Tickets
⭐️ Rag'n'Bone Man at Delamere Forest — Rag’n’Bone Man’s powerhouse baritone echoes through forest clearings; blues meets birdsong at Delamere.
17:00 | Delamere Forest | Tickets
Orchestra Baobab — Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab blends Afro-Cuban grooves and griot soul—polite foot-tapping won’t last long.
19:30 | Liverpool Philharmonic Hall | Tickets

Mon 16 Jun

Write to work: Writing you first Novel (How to create fiction) — Novelist David Jackson shares hands-on tips for plot, voice and revision—bring a pen and excuses to kill your darlings.
10:00 | Quaker Meeting House Liverpool | Free (Booking Required)
The National Neurodiversity Show — Explore gadgets, talks and ideas with educators, parents and neurodivergent folks celebrating different wiring.
10:00-18:00 | Exhibition Centre Liverpool | Tickets
An Evening with Gill Hornby at Waterstones! — Gill Hornby chats runaway lovers and social scandal while launching The Elopement at Waterstones Liverpool.
18:30 | 12 College Ln | Tickets

Tue 17 Jun

Incurably Crafty - Monthly Crafting Learning Session — Monthly “Incurably Crafty” meet-up offers gentle art lessons designed for chronic conditions—leave with calmer nerves and handmade pride.
10:30 | York Avenue | Tickets
Liverpool's Public Art Trail — Explore Liverpool’s pavements as gallery walls, spotting both landmark sculptures and hidden modern oddities on this public-art stroll.
17:45-19:30 | Central Station | Tickets
⭐️ Katumba Drumming - Beginners Sessions 17th June — Feel drums shake the room at Katumba’s beginner session—Afro-Brazilian beats, movement and community energy that lingers past the echo.
18:30-20:30 | Katumba Culture Hub | Tickets
Life Drawing at Rough Trade — Rough Trade hosts relaxed life drawing with supportive tutors and stellar models—bring a hard-back sketchbook, leave perfectionism outside.
19:00-21:00 | Rough Trade Liverpool | Tickets
German StammTisch Open evening — Chat German culture over drinks at an informal Stammtisch—no teacher, just gemütlichkeit.
19:30 | The Denbigh Castle | Tickets

Wed 18 Jun

Tour of The Athenaeum — Climb the grand stairwell, tour a storied library, then toast Liverpool’s private Athenaeum with club wine.
12:30-14:00 | The Athenaeum | Tickets
Greek Church Open Evening — Tour 150-year-old St Nicholas Greek Orthodox church, explore its icons and hear stories etched into marble.
17:30 | Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas | Tickets
Baltic's Essential Open Mic — Take the mic at Ditto Coffee to sing, read or rhyme—open-mic camaraderie pairs nicely with caffeine.
19:00-22:00 | Ditto Coffee | Tickets
The Beatles Get Blue @ The Cavern, Liverpool — Beatles standards get a cool-cat blues makeover down in the Cavern—the only basement qualified to judge.
19:30-22:30 | Cavern Club | Tickets
Benjamin Appl, baritone celebrates Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau — Benjamin Appl honours Fischer-Dieskau with a panoramic Lieder journey from Schubert to Mahler—voice meets reverence.
19:30 | The Tung Auditorium | Tickets

Thu 19 Jun

Freelancer & coworker Meet up — Escape your spare room and co-work at Jelly Liverpool beside other freelancers who also talk to themselves in Slack threads.
09:00-17:00 | Liverpool Science Park | Tickets
Liverpool International Tennis Tournament 2025 — Pros warm up for Wimbledon at Liverpool’s riverside grass courts, 19-21 June—networking meets baseline rallies.
12:00 | Liverpool Cricket Club | Tickets
⭐️ Liverpool Soul Weekender 2025 — Four nights of rare-soul records, live sets and dance-floor smiles across Liverpool’s maritime haunts.
18:00 | Various Venues In Liverpool | Tickets
Waterstones Liverpool welcomes Ela Lee and Hanako Footman — Ela Lee and Hanako Footman unpack power, consent and desire in their novels Jaded and Mongrel during an honest Waterstones discussion.
18:30 | 12 College Ln | Tickets
Sculpt and Sip | Arts Bar Hope Street — Sip, sculpt and hand-build clay pinch pots, ring holders or whatever emerges; air-dry mess encouraged, perfection banned.
19:00-21:00 | Liverpool Arts Bar | Tickets
LEAF Bold st open mic — Free pints for performers every Thursday at LEAF Bold St—bring an instrument and nerves of moderate steel.
19:00-22:00 | Leaf | Free
Inside the Criminal Mind: A night with a Forensic Psychologist — A forensic psychologist dissects motives and myths at Unity Theatre so you can peek behind the mugshot without needing the badge.
19:30-22:30 | Unity Theatre | Tickets
Mega Movie Quiz in a Theatre — Everyman Theatre turns trivia arena with film clips, soundtracks and a wheel-of-misfortune that punishes guesswork.
20:00-22:30 | Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres | Tickets

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