Month: August 2008

OK, I know last month we posted a news item about the brand new Satori & Song night (hosted by the lovely Hannah Platt)… And I know that was followed up by a review of the night (which takes place on the last Thursday each month)… But, heck, it’s suchContinue Reading

The good folk of Manchester’s new WomenFolk group are extending the long arm of friendship along the M62 and inviting Liverpool’s music-making women folk to join them for their inaugural meeting. What is WomenFolk? It’s a supportive community for women making acoustic and roots-based music What do they do? •Continue Reading

According to today’s radio report, this coming weekend will see Liverpool John Lennon Airport’s busiest of the year as thousands of people flee Liverpool, Merseyside and the Northwest for sunnier climes and warmer weather. Those people left behind have the Mathew Street Festival to look forward to. And if you’reContinue Reading

What is there to do on a Thursday night? Watch Eastenders and Traffic Cops on the telly, or head on into town for something more appealing? Well if you chose the latter and are wondering where to go then we’ve got the answer for you. Canvas night takes place atContinue Reading

Here at Liverpool Acoustic there’s nothing we like more than to announce a brand new acoustic event. So let’s hear it for [cue melodramatic drum roll….] The Culture Cafe Liverpool! When? Sunday, 17 August, 2pm to 5pm Where?Starbucks Coffee Company, Cotton Exchange, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9LQ (map) What?Continue Reading

Mellowtone presents Above The Beaten Track: an audio and visual extravaganza at the View Two Gallery, Mathew Street. It takes place over the weekend of 16th and 17th August, starting at 2pm each day and running ’till late. The weekend sees the gallery packed full of art, audiovisual displays, music,Continue Reading

You may or may not be aware of The Beat Goes On – an exciting new exhibition currently being shown at the World Museum Liverpool. As part of the exhibition there’s a juke box, and the tracks to be included are being chosen on a monthly basis by a pollContinue Reading

If your image of a folk festival is morris dancers, old hippies, tie-dye t-shirts, bearded men, and singers with one finger stuck in their ear then you obviously haven’t experienced the Black Swan Folk Festival before! The Black Swan Folk Festival is an intimate gathering of kindred spirits in theContinue Reading