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Liverpool International Jazz Festival 2026 line-up
Liverpool International Jazz Festival returns next month with a line-up of music talent from the UK, Europe and the US. The annual festival, which began in 2013, will be staged at Liverpool Hope University’s Capstone Theatre between February 26 and March 1. Stellar jazz musicians and singers set to take part in the 2026 festival include Tim Garland and Geoffrey Keezer, David Helbock and Julia Hofer, Zoe Rahman and Arun Ghosh, Robert Mitchell's Little Black Book, Martin Taylor
Arts projects share £30,000 Liverpool BID funding
Lantern window installations, Chinese New Year projections and a series of live radio broadcasts will be staged in Liverpool with the help of £30,000 of special arts funding. Five projects have been chosen by Liverpool BID (Business Improvement District) in the latest round of grants from its Arts & Culture Fund. The fund aims to support smaller arts projects that will help drive footfall, activity and animation within the city centre. The latest recipients are the city’s Lan
Liverpool exhibition of William Ellis jazz greats this spring
Captivating images of leading jazz artists taken by an acclaimed Liverpool music photographer are set to go on show in the city next month. William Ellis’ work will be displayed at the Capstone Building on Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus at Everton to coincide with the 2026 Liverpool International Jazz Festival. Songs For my Father: The Jazz Photography of William Ellis runs from February 3 to April 15, with the jazz festival itself taking place from February 26 t
Britannia Waves the Rules returns to Hope Street
A powerful and poignant play which takes an unflinching look at the challenges faced by working-class young men in Britain today is set to return to the Hope Street Theatre this month. Playwright Gareth Farr’s Britannia Waves the Rules received acclaim when it was staged at the venue last autumn. Now Wirral’s Off the Ground Theatre, which presented the original production, is bringing it back for three nights only, from January 14-16. Carl Jackson is a young man from Blackpoo
Top musicals coming to Liverpool in 2026
The news may feel unremittingly gloomy, so what better distraction from real life than the chance to immerse ourselves in the Technicolor world of stage musicals for an hour or two? The UK is rich with triple threat talent and a range of all-singing, all-dancing shows, and lots of them are heading for an auditorium near you over the next 12 months. Some – like Legally Blonde, Dirty Dancing, Little Shop of Horrors and Mamma Mia! - are dependable favourites, some are sheer musi
Exhibitions to enjoy in Liverpool over 2026
The New Year brings a host of new and fascinating exhibitions to Liverpool’s many galleries and museums. And while the Tate, Maritime Museum and International Slavery Museum are all currently closed for multi-million pound renovations, there are still plenty of venues open for people to visit and exhibitions to enjoy. From shows which were launched in 2025 and are now continuing into 2026 to new exhibitions, and covering a wide sweep of media from painting to prints to photog
Comedians coming to the Liverpool Playhouse in 2026
Mike Wozniak heads for the Liverpool Playhouse to kick off a busy year of comedy at the Williamson Square venue. The Bench is a new stand-up show in which a story about a bench will be prominent. Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Catch Wozniak on January 23 and again on September 11. It’s Nameste from Omid Djalili on February 12 when he peacefully bows to his inner anger and unleashes a torrent of comedic vitriol upon the current state of
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