The UK’s longest-running annual festival of LGBT+ arts and culture is back. Homotopia runs from November 1-10 at venues across Liverpool and beyond. This year the theme of the festival is Resist! Resist! which will be explored through a series of performances, plays, talks, exhibitions and “unapologetic celebration of LGBTQ+ culture”. A festival launch party takes place at the Hope Street Hotel on October 31, featuring live music and a DJ set by Sonic Yootha. Tickets are free

The popular annual Winter Arts Market is on its way back to Liverpool Cathedral. The event, organised by Open Culture and featuring craftsmen and women from across the region and beyond, will be held this Saturday, December 7. Around 200 stalls featuring the work of artists, designers and makers will be set up in the nave and well of the cathedral, as well as in the crypt where artisan food and drink will be for sale. A vintage fair and Kids’ Lab will also be on offer, as wel

A fascinating series of works produced in the final years of Henri Matisse’s life have gone on show at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. Matisse: Drawing with Scissors features 35 posthumous prints of the famous cut-outs the French artist produced in the last four years of his life when confined to his bed, including many of his iconic images, such as The Snail and the series of Blue Nudes. The exhibition, which is touring from the Hayward Gallery at London’s Southbank Centre, is f

Motown legend Diana Ross is coming to Liverpool as part of her new UK tour. She will bring the Diamond Diana Top of the World Tour to the M&S Bank Arena on July 1 next year. Tickets cost from £73.15 to £166.50. The superstar singer is promising an evening of ‘music, memories and career magic’ which will encompass some of her biggest hits from both her time with the Supremes and as a solo artist. They include Stop! In the Name of Love, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, I’m Coming

The clocks go back this weekend, but on a damp Thursday night at the Philharmonic Hall they were looking forward past the looming dark, dismal days of winter to the coming of spring with a pair of printemps-related pieces. Andre Previn died earlier this year before completing a work the RLPO hoped to present as a world premiere. Instead, they opted for a UK premiere of his orchestral fantasy Can Spring be Far Behind? with Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring acting as a season-related

The moon is shining over Birkenhead. Artist Luke Jerram’s enchanting Museum of the Moon installation is set to stay at Birkenhead Town Hall until November 15 as part of Wirral Borough of Culture celebrations. It was last seen in Merseyside in 2018 when it was staged in Liverpool Cathedral. And as on that occasion, a series of events from yoga and theatrical performances to concerts will take place around the moon during its stay. Birkenhead Town Hall is a much more intimate s

Sir Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man will be performed at Liverpool Cathedral as part of this year's Remembrance weekend commemorations. A massed choir of 200 voices will join soprano Danielle Thomas and tenor Stuart Keen in the concert on Saturday, November 9. Jenkins’ ‘mass for peace’ was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum in 1999 as part of Millennium celebrations and to mark the museum's move from London to Leeds. The work, which was premiered at the Royal Albert Hall

Beautiful gowns, coats and accessories owned by one Liverpool woman are on show at the Walker Art Gallery in a sumptuous new exhibition. An English Lady’s Wardrobe scratches the surface of the collection belonging to the late Emily Tinne. More than 70 outfits, including day and evening wear, coats, hats, shoes, evening bags, swim wear, underwear and children’s clothes are on show in the gallery’s major exhibition space. Curator Pauline Rushton says: “The last exhibition of Em

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, put on the sprouts and why not try and make this year's festive trimmings eco-friendly – Christmas 2019 is on its way. And that means just one thing in theatreland. Christmas shows! From magic carpet rides to glass slippers, poison apples to giant beanstalks, dastardly villains to plucky heroes and heroines, and washer women to talking mirrors, there’s something for everyone heading to a venue near you between now and the depths of January

The Strictly pros are heading for Liverpool next year – and the line-up has now been revealed. Ten top dancers will quickstep into the M&S Bank Arena on May 15 as part of a major Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals UK tour. Fans will be able to see Australian Open Champion and 2018 finalist Dianne Buswell; two-time Ballroom and Latin World Champion Nadiya Bychkova; Italian Latin Champion Graziano Di Prima; Professional World Mambo Champion and former Strictly finalist K