unity is set to host Liverpool’s very first Acoustic Festival. Taking place over two days – Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd March 2014 – the Liverpool Acoustic Festival features over 15 upcoming artists, established acts, seminars, record fairs, Q&As, workshops and special events. unity is opening up every available spaceContinue Reading
March 2014 sees the return of Threshold Festival across the Baltic Triangle over the weekend of 28th to 30th March. Liverpool Acoustic will be there on the Saturday once again with a full afternoon of fantastic live music. Don’t forget you can get your weekend tickets in advance from theContinue Reading
FRIDAY 28th FEBRUARY 2014 LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE 5TH BIRTHDAY Liverpool Acoustic Live, winner of Live Music Night of the Year at the Liverpool Music Awards in 2012 and 2013, celebrates its 5th birthday this week. Every month since February 2009 organisers Stuart Todd and Graham Holland have brought together someContinue Reading
GEOFF SPEED RETIRES AFTER 47 YEARS PRESENTING FOLKSCENE ON BBC RADIO MERSEYSIDE One of the stalwarts of the BBC Radio Merseyside on-air team has announced he is to retire after almost 47 years behind the microphone. Geoff Speed was one of earliest voices to broadcast on the station, which launchedContinue Reading
Live review: Merry Hell Support: Moxie, and Jameson Date: Friday 24th January 2014 Venue: The View Two Gallery Reviewer: Peter Cowley “Sunshine On A Rainy Day” was the title of Zoe’s 1991 hit single. It is also an apt description for tonight’s events put on by Liverpool Acoustic in theContinue Reading
Liverpool Acoustic Live’s 5th birthday bash takes place on Friday 28th February at the View Two Gallery. It stars Alun Parry, with support from Scarborough’s Joe Solo, local collective Operation Lightfoot, and winner of the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2013 Alexandra Jayne. The Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight will be along soonContinue Reading
We wanted to tell you about the next Acoustic Dustbowl event in advance for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it’s taking place on Friday 7th February 2014 which is the first Friday of the month instead of the normal second Friday slot. Secondly, three quarters of the tickets to seeContinue Reading
February 2014 sees us marking Liverpool Acoustic Live’s 5th birthday, and we’ve got a cracking show lined up to help us celebrate. And it’s not just us putting on cracking gigs this month, as we’re joined in the Cracking Gigs Club by Mellowtone, Grateful Freds, Acoustic Dustbowl, and The Zanzibar.Continue Reading
Above the Beaten Track Saturday 30th August 2014 2.00pm to 10.00pm the Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX Following its two-year long break, the organisers of Above the Beaten Track announce the festival’s comeback. On Saturday 30th of August 2014, Liverpool’s FREE cultural underground festival will once again showcase anContinue Reading
GIT AWARD LAUNCHES NEW ‘ONE TO WATCH’ PRIZE AS CLOSING DATE FOR 2014 AWARD ENTRIES NEARS The GIT Award artists represent artists of the future – Yoko Ono The GIT Award illustrates just how colourful the music scene in Liverpool is today – Domino Records Liverpool’s GIT Award has announcedContinue Reading
