LowDown - Issue 6 - August 2012 by Lowdown Magazine

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WELCOME

To Lowdown’s sixth issue. Half a year old already. Doesn’t time fly. Especially when you’re producing a listings magazine for Liverpool. There is so much to cover and so little time. At this stage we’d like to thank all our advertisers who have worked with us since our launch. Your support has been much appreciated. And the many, many individuals and businesses who have collaborated with us to help bring the magazine together each month. We thank you too. So here we are in August, wondering what happened to the sun in July but still with the ray of hope she’ll spend some quality time with us in the month ahead. We just have to work out what to do when she does. If keeping the kids entertained is your priority, you’re in luck. Our listings section is brimming with familyrelated events and activities, taking place right across the city and on the Wirral. As an added bonus, the majority of what’s on offer for families is free. If you have a fondness for festivals or flowers see our news and highlights pages for suitable suggestions. If art and culture are calling you, you’ll be hearing a multitude of voices as our Arts section in listings is practically fit to burst. Take a gander at our preview of FACT’s Humble Market exhibition, we can recommend that it is well worth an hour of your time. The exhibition. Not the preview. If you just want to take advantage of some time off and spend it in the great outdoors, we’ve sourced a variety of events that inspire you to do just that. Finally, if you’re off on your hols in August, at home or abroad, bring us back a stick of rock. Or better still a nice little perfume from Duty Free. We’re not fussy. We’ll let you decide which one.

MARIE & PAUL

THIS MONTH HIGHLIGHTS 04

Lowdown selections for August

NEWS 06 Mathew Street Festival and Southport Flower Show COMPETITIONS 09 Adam Kay’s Smutty Songs, Kyla La Grange, Liverpool Whiskey Festival, Toots and The Maytals COVER STORY 12 Kyla La Grange

LIVE REVIEWS 14 ALBUM REVIEWS 16 PREVIEWS 20

FACT exhibition

INTRODUCING 22 MinionTV

LISTINGS 23 29 pages of What’s On CLASSIFIEDS 54 Editorial : Marie Martin, Paul Tsanos Design: Jason Powell twitter.com/thelowdownmag facebook.com/thelowdownmagazine email: info@thelowdownmagazine.com Advertising enquiries: 07890 600 600 ads@thelowdownmagazine.com www. thelowdownmagazine.com PHOTOS: CREAMFIELDS, MARC DE GROOT

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HIGHLIGHTS Sunday 5th Knowsley Flower Show Court Hey Park Huyton

4th-5th Victorian Jollies

Speke Hall, Garden and Estate

Tuesday 7th - Saturday 11th Adolf In Toxteth The Liverpool Actors Studio

Monday 13th Indika Festival Launch Concert Capstone Theatre

Thursday 16th-Saturday 18th Annie Liverpool Empire

15th

The Importance Of Being Earnest Speke Hall Garden and Estate

Thursday 16th-Sunday 19th Southport Flower Show Victoria Park

18th

Saturday 25th Elephantastic Evening Knowsley Safari Park

Toots and The Maytals O2 Academy

26th-27th Mathew St Festival

Various

Tuesday 28th-Saturday 1st Sept DREAMBOATS & PETTICOATS Southport Theatre

Wednesday 29th-Sunday 2nd Sept MICKEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MAGIC SHOW Echo Arena

Thursday 30th-Sunday 2nd Sept Irish Sea Tall Ships Regatta Liverpool Waterfront

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NEWS Snappers’ Delight Liverpool’s Albert Dock is offering all budding photographers the chance to win a once in a lifetime opportunity to have their work illuminate the front of the Dock.

Mathew Street Music Festival 2012

Europe’s largest free annual music festival is marking the 50th anniversary of The Beatles by renaming the second day of their event, Merseybeat Monday. Liverpool’s Mathew Street Music Festival, held over August bank holiday weekend, will use Monday 27 as a day to celebrate all things Beatles and Beatles-influenced. Two stages will be dedicated to the Fab Four and a selection of tracks from every Beatles album will be performed. This year also marks the twentieth anniversary of the festival and the weekend offers 80 hours of free, live, outdoor music. Over the two days, five stages across the city centre will host fantastic live music to attract all ages and celebrate cover, original and new bands. Once again, businesses are being asked to support the festival which can no longer be solely funded by the city council due to budget pressures. Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said: ‘The Mathew Street Music Festival has been part of the city’s calendar of events for 20 years, and over time has evolved from an indoor event to a high-profile outdoor music celebration. ‘We’re determined to make the 2012 festival one to remember as we pay homage to fifty years of one of Liverpool’s greatest exports. We realise it’s a tough economic climate for everyone, but the whole city reaps the benefits from this event and we would be delighted if businesses could get behind us and make a contribution – big or small.’ Any business who would like to support the festival or find out more information should call 0151 600 2942 or call kirsty.connell@liverpool.gov.uk. For the latest news about the festival visit www.mathewstreetfestival.com.

‘Reflections’, a photographic competition, inspired by the works of Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings at Tate Liverpool, welcomes submissions from professional photographers to casual Dock visitors in two categories; Mobile Imagery and Photography. Using the water based theme of ‘Reflections’ across the Albert Dock, all entrants need to do is take a picture and email it to photos@albertdock.com. Submissions will be shortlisted, before a highly acclaimed judging panel selects 20 images to be hung across venues around the Albert Dock for the public to decide which one is the winner, voting by text or online at www. albertdockliverpool.blogspot.co.uk The competition’s judging panel includes some of the UK’s most renowned artists and photographers; Bill Zygmant, the famous Fleet Street snapper, Liverpool born artist, Anthony Brown, local photographer, Mark McNulty, and a special judge from Tate Liverpool. In addition to the projection of their image on the Albert Dock buildings, the winner will receive training with the Open Eye Photo Gallery and a goody bag from the Albert Dock and Open Eye Gallery. Peter Cronin, Business Development Manager at Albert Dock Estates Limited, said: ‘Albert Dock is a key feature of Liverpool’s worldrenowned Waterfront and one of the most picturesque parts of the city. Its unique mix of culture, architecture and heritage makes it the perfect setting for this competition.’ Closing date for entries is September 3, for more information visit www.albertdock.com/events.

07 Summer Schools at LIPA School’s out for summer, but not at LIPA 4:19, which is running exciting week-long summer schools for young people. Youngsters aged between four and 19 wanting to dip their toes into the performing arts or brush up on their skills can choose from five themed workshops. Open to all abilities and concluding with a performance for family and friends, each LIPA 4:19 full-time summer school has a special theme and is taught by trained performing arts teachers. The summer schools scheme is now in its seventh year, and is run at the main LIPA building in Liverpool city centre.

Southport Flower Show 2012

The Southport Flower Show returns this summer for its 83rd year, running from August 16 to 19. The theme will be officially ‘Cool’ this year, with professional and amateur gardeners and growers all reflecting the cool theme in their displays. Flowers, gardening, horticulture and floral arts are at the heart of the four-day event, and a wide range of inspiring show gardens, exceptional flower exhibits and breathtaking floral arts will be on display throughout the resort’s Victoria Park. An Edible Gardening Festival is a new feature of the show for 2012, inspiring visitors to grow their own herbs, fruit and vegetables. Aside from the fantastic horticultural attractions, this year’s show will boast the first North West Food Festival featuring superior produce from all over the region, and cookery demonstrations from local and celebrity chefs, including the show’s patron Simon Rimmer. There’s also the launch of the North West Book Festival, featuring authors from all genres, treating visitors to book signings, humorous poetry readings, football banter, entrepreneurial business advice, gardening tips and much more. General tickets prices for the show have been frozen for the third year running, with advance tickets costing just £16 per person. For more information and ticket bookings visit www.southportflowershow.co.uk.

Liverpool Music Awards 2012 Liverpool Music Awards are the brainchild of Ellie Phillips and aim to celebrate the wealth of local talent in all areas of the music industry.

Judges include LIPA and BRIT school founder Mark Featherstone-Witty, Liverpool Philharmonic Executive Director, Simon Glinn and Dr Mike Jones, programme director for the MA in Music Industry Studies, at Liverpool University. Other panelists include local music champion Dave Monks from BBC Radio Merseyside, the Echo’s Jade Wright and Bido Lito! editor Craig Pennington. The Fifteen Award Categories are Live Music Venue of the Year, Live Music Night of the Year, Artist Manager/Management Team of the year, Producer/Production Team of the Year, Recording Studio of the Year, Record Label of the Year, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Band of the Year, DJ of the Year, One To Watch, Local Music Champion and Outstanding Contribution to Music. Entries and nominations close on Friday August 17 and the awards will take place in November. Vote or found out more at www.liverpoolmusicawards.com

For more information on any of the summer school courses or to book places, call 0151 330 3009, e-mail 419enquiries@lipa.ac.uk or visit www.lipa.ac.uk.

Duet Between Friends Liverpool Philharmonic’s new SeptemberDecember 2012 programme offer includes the early announcement of some exciting music events set to bolster the organisation’s already strong folk and roots offer, in a series of additional concerts to take place at St George’s Hall Concert Room. With a new artist roll call that includes legendary folk singer Maddy Prior in a special Christmas show, Bellowhead’s Spiers and Boden, renowned blues singer Mary Coughlan, and Europe’s finest and most soulful Balkan Blues singer, Amira Medunjanin – in addition to a continuing classical chamber music series from the venue, Liverpool Philharmonic’s commitment to attract the world’s best in their field to perform in Liverpool, at both the Philharmonic Hall and a growing number of venues across the city is set to grow. Liverpool City Council’s cabinet member for culture and tourism, Councillor Wendy Simon, said: ‘To have such performances in the city’s civic jewel is the perfect musical match. ‘St George’s Hall is world-renowned for its neo-classical grandeur, and to have the celebrated musicians from around the world performing in the Concert Room will be unmissable, guaranteeing outstanding music in outstanding surroundings. ‘It reaffirms St George’s Hall’s reputation not only as an architectural gem but as a fantastic venue for unforgettable concerts.’

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Creamfields 2012 Creamfields 2012 will deliver one of the biggest electronic festival line ups of the summer, including performances from deadmau5,Tiësto, David Guetta, Avicii, Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Example, Paul van Dyk, Eric Prydz and Groove Armada (DJ Set), to name a few. Returning to Daresbury in Cheshire on August bank holiday weekend, the three day camping event is heading towards sell out and a limited number of Saturday and Sunday day tickets are now on sale. This will be the fourth consecutive sell out year for the award winning dance festival, which will attract a record 55,000 dance fans this summer. To buy tickets for Creamfields, which takes place from August 24-26, visit www. creamfields.com or call 0844 888 4401.

Liverpool Pride 2012

The first Liverpool Pride Festival to take place in the Stanley Street Quarter since its inception as the city’s officially recognised ‘gaybourhood’ in October 2011 shimmies into town on August 4. The festival, the UK’s biggest free Pride event outside London, is going nautical for its third annual celebration of all things LGBT. Following the arrival of the Pride March at the Pier Head, the afternoon’s rally and entertainment will begin. The ‘It’s Liverpool Pride’ Waterfront Stage, will feature performances from former X Factor contestants Marcus Collins and 2Shoes, Neighbours’ pin-up Sam Clarke, Atomic Kitten’s Liz McClarnon, MOBO award winner JNay plus many more. The Stanley Street Quarter Stage is sponsored by Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust (LCH) and partnered with Gaydio. Zoran Blackie, Chair of Liverpool Pride said: ‘Thanks to support from LCH, there’s a bigger and better community stage for Stanley Street this year showcasing our fabulous local talent.’ There will also be a weekend of cultural events taking place at some of Liverpool’s most influential arts and cultural establishments and Pride Fringe offers a month long mix of sporting, arts, cultural and spiritual events taking place from July 27 - August 26. LFC has announced that it is making a stand to kick homophobia out of football by becoming the first Premier League club to be officially represented at a UK LGBT Pride event. The club will provide a banner featuring the club crest with LFC staff and LFC Ladies FC marching together with LFC LGBT and other supporters. LFC will also have a stall at the market place on the day at the festival’s Waterfront site and will provide signed merchandise for fundraising auctions. For more information about the festival visit www.liverpoolpride.co.uk.

Pure Pampering Stars of E4’s mockumentary, ‘Desperate Scousewives’, Chris and Mark Johnson White have launched hair and beauty salon, The White Haus, at Tracey Bell Liverpool. The duo aim to transform the guys and gals of the north-west alongside Tracey Bell in the opulent dental and aesthetic clinic. Liz Taylor, Business Manager at Tracey Bell said: ‘We are thrilled to welcome Chris and Mark, and they make an excellent addition to our team of experts. We constantly seek to provide our savvy clients with the highest quality treatments and a truly enjoyable experience.’ To celebrate this fabulous alliance, the Medical Aesthetic Clinic hosted an evening of cool elegance, The White Knight, where guests, including fellow ‘Desperate’ co-stars, supported the pair in the launch of their new venture.

COMPETITIONS

ADAM KAY’S SMUTTY SONGS: AMATEUR TRANSPLANTS Amateur Transplants front man Adam Kay sits at a grand piano and sings smutty songs. The Telegraph described the show as ‘Filthy at best, depraved at worst - and great, guilty fun’. If you’d like to win a pair of tickets to see some filthy fun, answer the following:

What city centre venue plays host to this show on September 30th? Send your answer to: info@ thelowdownmagazine.com and include your name, preferred email address, telephone number and postal address. Closing date for entries is: 31st August

KYLA LA GRANGE To win a copy of Kyla La Grange’s hotly anticipated new album just answer the following question:

What subject did Kyla study at Cambridge? Send your answer to: info@ thelowdownmagazine.com and include your name, preferred email address, telephone number and postal address. Closing date for entries is: 21st August

TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS One of the world’s best loved ska and reggae groups, the legendary Toots and The Maytals return this summer with a gig at O2 Academy Liverpool. To win a pair of tickets just answer the following question correctly:

What is the name of Toots and The Maytals’ 2005 Grammy awardwinning album? Send your answer to: info@thelowdownmagazine.com and include your name, preferred email address, telephone number and postal address. Closing date for entries is: 15th August

LIVERPOOL WHISKEY FESTIVAL 2012 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH 2012

Camp & Furnace, Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 The Whiskey Lounge are very excited to be heading back to Liverpool again after last year’s fantastic event. To win a pair of tickets for this year’s festival just answer the following question:

How many distilleries are there in Ireland? Send your answer to: info@thelowdownmagazine.com and include your name, preferred email address, telephone number and postal address. Closing date for entries is: 2nd September

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BEATSTREET It’s August. In Liverpool. And that can mean only one thing. Mathew Street Music Festival time. Europe’s largest free annual music festival returns for its 20th anniversary this year and plans to celebrate with 80 hours of music festivities.

Over two days, five stages across the city centre will play host to live music celebrating cover, original and new bands. Despite contrary images sometimes portrayed in the media, music is something that helps to define and unite the city. And Mathew Street Festival has something to attract all ages. Held over August bank holiday weekend, this year it’s marking the 50th anniversary of The Beatles by renaming the second day of the event, Merseybeat Monday and celebrating all things Beatles and Beatles-influenced. Two stages will be dedicated to the Fab Four and a selection of tracks from every Beatles album will be performed.

The festival showcases live music from over 95 bands from home and abroad, including USA, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Switzerland, Russia and Sweden, and for the fifth year, the fringe festival also takes place across more than 40 indoor venues. The full line up for the main festival has yet to be announced but stage themes are in place, giving a flavour of what’s to come. Sunday 26 brings the Chill Out Stage, 70s Stage (including a tribute to Eric’s), 80s

and 90s Stages and a Made In Liverpool Stage, featuring ten of the best up and coming bands. Merseybeat Monday offers up the Early Beatles Albums and Later Beatles Albums Stages, The Cavern (yesterday and today) Stage, Guitar Heroes of the 60s and 70s Stage and not surprisingly, the Merseybeat Stage. A wristband scheme, giving festival-goers access to special offers and discounts from retailers across the city returns this year, as does Mersey Ferries’ special Mathew Street Festival Cruise on Friday 24 and Saturday 25. Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said: ‘The Mathew Street Music Festival has been part of the city’s calendar of events for 20 years, and over time has evolved from an indoor event to a high-profile outdoor music celebration. ‘We’re determined to make the 2012 festival one to remember as we pay homage to fifty years of one of Liverpool’s greatest exports.’ For more information about the festival visit www.mathewstreetfestival.com.

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HERDARK MATERIALS ‘It needn’t all be doom and gloom.’ A line from ‘The Guardian’s’ otherwise complimentary live review of 24-year-old singer, songwriter, Kyla La Grange. But the Watford-born Cambridge philosophy graduate may disagree, because for her, creativity calls when she is feeling low. Happiness doesn’t inspire her writing. That’s not to say she doesn’t feel upbeat, and with current predictions indicating big things for La Grange this year, she has every reason to.

YOUR DEBUT ALBUM, ASHES, HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED, HOW DID YOU FIND THE PROCESS OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER? It took place over a very long period of time because I started recording it around three years ago and gradually worked out how I wanted it to sound. Some of the songs were written a long time ago and some only recently so it felt like quite a long process. I write all the songs from personal experience, that’s the only way I know how to write, so it’s quite a cathartic process. It’s definitely a way of getting things out of myself that I wouldn’t be able to in any other way. COMPARISONS HAVE BEEN MADE BETWEEN YOU AND FLORENCE WELCH, DO YOU SEE WHY? I guess that’s the way we all talk about music, because if I’m recommending a band to one of my friends I’ll say , they sound like so and so, it’s just the easiest way of describing what someone’s music is like. I can understand the comparisons to Florence and being compared to someone who’s really good is always a compliment. HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC? My parents were big music fans and always had music on in the house. I was always involved in music from a young age and I was

in a couple of orchestras. When I was 15 my parents bought me a guitar and I was already writing songs, so that helped to facilitate my songwriting. Once I had that I just started writing more and more. YOU STUDIED PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY. WERE YOU PLANNING A CAREER ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OR WAS A MUSIC CAREER ALWAYS THE PLAN? I really wanted to go to university because I really love learning about stuff and it’s such a great opportunity. I had the best three years of my life there, but I also started playing my own songs for the first time in public while I was there, at open mic nights. Before that I’d just done covers and kept my own songs to myself. So it was actually a big step forward for me in terms of my career in music. AFTER THE EXPERIENCE YOU GAINED AT UNI, WHAT WAS THE CATALYST THAT STARTED YOUR CAREER IN MUSIC? Once I graduated I started to consider how much time I’d spent songwriting and playing and how much I enjoyed it, so I thought I should just give it a go and see what happens. I did a few bad part time jobs to earn some money, then one night I played at an acoustic night and a guy who was watching in the audience, who was a producer, approached

me and said he really liked my songs and asked me if I’d like to record them. So on my days off I used to go to his house and record demos. THE IMAGERY IN THE ARTWORK USED ON THE SINGLES’ COVERS IS QUITE SURREAL. WHERE DOES THE INSPIRATION COME FROM? My dad was a photographer in the 70s and 80s and he shot some really beautiful photographs, but he doesn’t really ever exhibit them or show them off. I’ve always loved his photography so I asked if I could use the series of people in trees that he took in South Africa in the 80s. A LOT OF YOUR MATERIAL HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS QUITE DARK, WOULD YOU AGREE? Yes I would describe it as dark because I only ever really write at dark times. I can never write songs when I’m happy so it’s definitely capturing the darker side. When I feel sad about something I feel like I’ve got something to say, but when I’m happy I don’t feel I have anything to get out of myself.

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LIVE REVIEWS STONE ROSES HEATON PARK JUNE 30

I woke up at 12 bells Saturday afternoon after a heavy week in work, and an even heavier night on the piss, with the excitement of a kid going to Disney World, that’s the one in Florida, not the jarg one in Paris. I immediately jumped out of bed and threw the Stone Roses 1989 debut album on full blast, and proceeded to dance around my bedroom in my blag, bright red Emporia Armanrio bills I picked up in Thailand for 20p. This is the one I thought, the one I’ve waited for.

PURE LOVE

THE ZANZIBAR, JULY 19 The Zanzibar doors opened unexpectedly early at 7pm, and the masses rushed in with a sense of urgency. Quite surprisingly so, as Frank Carter’s new love child, Pure Love, have released just two songs and have only nine gigs under their belt. The support act, Chain of Flowers, a five-piece band from Wales, had a similar track record, opening their set with the revelation that this was only their fifth live gig. You couldn’t tell. The support’s lead singer seemed to have the confidence of someone who has been gigging all of their life; his bellowing and constant energy seemed to oddly complement the psychedelic intros and haunting echoes that were being created by the expressionless members of the rhythm section. The unexpected stops and starts throughout songs like ‘Chained’ were dark,

Three hours later I was sat in the pub gazing awkwardly at my mate Vinnie’s left over chips. I tried one, it was vile. Forget it I thought, today’s not for food, and swiftly hit the bar for another Magners. After a comedy filled minibus journey we arrived at Heaton Park. I love this venue I thought, reminiscing about those Oasis gigs a few years ago. Once in, I noticed how good the atmosphere was. I expected it to be full of scallys jumping on the bandwagon, but this was clearly a crowd of people that enjoyed good music and good people. It was a good mix, and I particularly enjoyed chatting to the older crowd who were lucky enough to be at the Spike Island gig back in 1990, when Gary’s were good and the future was bright, but not orange like a Scouse bird at V Festival. I got my front pit wrist band and queued at the bar while Professor Green provided background noise. We got our spec in time for The Wailers, who were fantastic, and it was great to know Bob approved when ‘One Love’ was played and the rain stopped, the clouds cleared, and we all bopped in the sun. Beady Eye were not too bad at all. Obvious crowd pleasers being ‘Rock and Roll Star’ and ‘Morning Glory’ from the legendary Oasis days. While ‘The Roller’, ‘Bring the Light’, and ‘Beatles and Stones’ showed the crowd that Oasis weren’t just a force because of the other brother.

slinky and hypnotic, with a definite similarity to The Cure - which probably explains their choice of name. Pure Love were a surprise. Unlike the constant thudding of drums and head-banging of Gallows, they had elements of tenderness, groove and even pop to their music. Neglecting his fancy for complete hardcore, Carter gave us a more structured and crafted hour of music, balancing his usual loudness with some beautiful moments of gentle drum tapping and impressive guitar solos from guitarist ‘Jimmy Love’. Carter does have a voice beneath the screams, admitting: ‘I’ve learnt to sing ain’t I.’ ‘Handsome Devil’ gave him the best of both worlds, allowing him to shout like a punk in the chorus and sing like a good boy in the tuneful verses. Each song seemed to have a standard ‘rock’ structure and although slightly commercialised, Carter’s new music is sure to tend to the everyday person, instead of just targeting the mosh-pitters of this world, like he did with Gallows.

Then onto what we were waiting for. The Supremes, ‘Stoned Love’ faded out, and here they finally were. As soon as Mani’s bass riff began ‘I Wanna Be Adored’, the place was bouncing. I was in great company and was witnessing a band that had swept me off my feet years earlier and thought I’d never see. ‘Sally Cinnamon’ was a fantastic crowd sing-along, and the psychedelic funk of ‘Fools Gold’ had me grooving like a young Bez in the Hacienda. The hits were coming from all angles now, a personal favourite being, ‘This The One’. As I watched in awe at John Squires’ guitar playing, I remember thinking this is what it would be like to see Jimmy Page back in the day. Ian Brown was owning the stage like Jesus at the Last Supper. The improvisations by Squire, and all the musicians in the band as they jammed the songs into oblivion was promising for a music scene that has lacked this kind of imagination in recent years. A blissful ‘I Am The Resurrection’ ended the show with an extended jam followed by a band embrace. Beautiful. To top it all off, just as we were walking away, fireworks went off, and the only Marley song The Wailers didn’t play, ‘Redemption Song’, played out as we stood and had a big group hug. The only problem now is finding the time off work to go and see them somewhere else. More of the same please, The Roses are back.

Carter even embraced this move towards a more ‘child-friendly’ type of music. He encouraged the crowd to sing along to the catchy ‘Beach Of Diamonds’ and admitted that he no longer wants to sing about violence and hatred, but love and romance. This change of heart was especially noticeable in songs like ‘Burning Love’, a kind of love song for the sick and twisted, describing the darker side of obsessive love and the hunger for sex. This ‘sickness’ he sings/screams about was brilliantly juxtaposed by the faint backing vocals from the rest of the band, who provided a prettiness amidst dirty lyrics like, ‘hold you down, with my fingers in your mouth.’ However, forever the rocker, Carter couldn’t resist the allure of crowd surfing, jumping off amps and telling everyone to ‘party your tits off’ - he turned the crowd into his stage, gave fans a go of the mic and fully got involved. All in all, definitely a party band, and I suspect they will produce a party album. Anna Kennedy

15 PEARL JAMMER

KRAZY HOUSE, JUNE 30 By the time Pearl Jammer took to the stage at The Krazy House it was well after midnight and I was literally falling asleep. Thankfully, when they started, they did so with an impact and energy that blasted the cobwebs away. Singer Kev Dixon has the vocal style, mannerisms, clothes and look of Vedder and the band have enough of an overall look and feel to ensure you can just stand back and enjoy the performance. The music is very tight and very well performed throughout and the venue lends itself well to this kind of show. It would be good to see The Krazy House used more for live bands but possibly a bit earlier... There is a lot of ‘tribute snobbery’ about musicians in this field but it’s just a show based on something incredibly popular. Enjoy and don’t take it too seriously. To get this good takes a lot of time and effort and to dismiss it because it’s not a completely original concept seems a little unfair. Neither is a modern Shakespeare play or a classical concert or a remake of a Hollywood blockbuster. If you like Pearl Jam then you couldn’t watch this band and not be impressed. They have nailed the look, sound and feel of the original. PT

TONY BENNETT

LIVERPOOL EMPIRE, JUNE 27 The word legend is an overused term but in the case of Tony Bennett it is certainly apt. The 85-year-old, one of the great voices of the 20th Century, is still touring extensively around the world and undertakes a gruelling number of shows every year. The support act was Antonia Bennett and she received a warm reception but the big applause was reserved for the impeccably dressed man himself who received a partial standing ovation just for arriving on stage. The first few songs were a little laid back vocally but his voice soon warmed up and he started to let rip on the big notes. We were treated to a range of classics from the Great American Songbook and other standards from the past 100 years of popular music. Pretty much everything went down a storm but particular audience favourites included, ‘The Good Life’, ‘I Left My Heart In San Francisco’, ‘Maybe This Time’ and ‘Fly Me To The Moon’. Mention must be made of his superb band consisting of Lee Musiker, Gray Sargent, Marshall Wood and Harold Jones who did an outstanding job. There wasn’t as much conversation as his last Liverpool show at the Philharmonic and he worked through the songs quickly but still an incredible performance for a man of his age and he received a well deserved standing ovation at the end. One slight annoyance was the sheer number of people taking photos and videos (with led lights) throughout the show. At times it was quite a distraction and utterly pointless. Tony Bennett is the last of the great singing icons from the golden era. He still loves to sing these wonderful songs and he does it with a total conviction and a passion that enthralled an audience young and old. Long may he continue to do so. PT

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ALBUMREVIEWS FRANK OCEAN CHANNEL ORANGE

PASSION PIT GOSSAMER

PURITY RING SHRINES

From out of nowhere Frank Ocean has arrived. Announcing he was bisexual just as his breakthrough album launched (Bowie) created an even bigger response than the album itself, attracting both praise but also quite repulsive homophobia from many quarters.

With most artistic endeavours, the more you learn about them, the more layers you uncover. Gossamer’s manic soundscape is no exception as knowledge of frontman, Michael Angelakos’ struggle with bipolar adds a dark undertone to punchy perfect pop; the album documents Angelakos’ personal battles, exploring the confusion of mental illness. It’s also full of energy despite its lyrical melancholy. Opener, ‘Take A Walk’ stomps its way through happy electropop while conveying a serious statement set within a political context. Combining hyperactive sound, colourful melodies with darker, sometimes painful lyrics makes for an album that beats sounding downbeat. In ‘I’ll be Alright’, the jittery sound mimics the lyrics: ‘My brain is racing and I feel like I’ll explode’, then swirling synths and Angelakos’ vocals are soothing and settling.

Purity Ring is a Halifax/Montreal-based duo comprised of Corin Roddick and Megan James. Their debut album Shrines was released on July 24th. Electronic future pop is a description used by many to describe the sound but you can also hear the distant influence of Vangelis and other synth pioneers.

The 24-year-old from New Orleans has already written for a variety of established artists but now it looks like his time has come. The album contains guest appearances by Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, André 3000 and John Mayer. Pharrell Williams is credited as a producer on the track ‘Sweet Life’. The opening piece, ‘Start’ gives you the old Sony Playstation boot up sound along with some other noises from ‘Street Fighter II’, amongst others. There is a hint of Prince in the Frank Ocean sound and he has opened the show with ‘When You Were Mine’. In other songs you can hear the influence of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye but this is by no means a bad thing and he’s not just a pretender. This is not just another R&B throwaway it’s a seriously interesting piece of work. ‘Sweet Life’ is a great funky song, ‘Not Just Money’ is a short lo-fi passage with a woman’s voice talking about money. ‘Pyramids’ is a ten minute sensual epic about a stripper working in a place called ‘The Pyramid’ and features John Mayer on guitar. ‘Bad Religion’ is an incredibly moving song of unrequited love. Ocean really does manage to convey his emotions in the music. A sensuous warm embracing album that draws you in regardless of genre. 9/10 PT ||

‘Constant Conversations’ slows the pace, with its R&B groove. Yet just as we’re swaying and swooning, reality beckons: ‘You’re standing in the kitchen. And you’re pouring out my drink. There’s a very obvious difference, and it’s that one of us can think’. This is a recurring juxtaposition; dreamlike sound versus stark realities of life conveyed through words. Gossamer is also an album about love and its complexities. ‘On My Way’ tries to reassure the singer’s girlfriend, credited as ‘the one who saved my life so many times’: ‘Just believe in me Kristina, All these demons I can beat ‘em.’ ‘Love is Greed’ upturns the idea of love as having an altruistic motivation. Despite the introspective quality of Angelakos’ songwriting, laying bare his soul, Gossamer does so much more than chronicle his illness, but when it does it’s a vivid exploration. 8/10 MM ||

Vivid sounds, lyrical imagery and the clear vocals of Megan James that cut through like a bell and dominate the soundscape. There is a deep undercurrent running through the songs and there is a dark heart that we normally hear from some of the established North European synth acts and interestingly there are some similarities in feel and sound to parts of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange. ‘Fineshrine’ repeats the very memorable line ‘cut open my sternum and pull my little ribs around you.’ and highlights the dark underbelly of album. ‘Crawlerspout’ has a childlike vocal and, sweeping strings and vocoder backing vocal. ‘Obedear’ has a catchy, immediate verse and a sparse retro VL-tone arpeggio hook running through the chorus. ‘Cartographist’ is a dark sparse track. The album can be described as dreamy, with chopped up beats and catchy synth based hooks but it has an underlying darkness that becomes more prominent with further listens. Montreal seem to be an emerging hotbed of talent and Shrines places Purity Ring right in the middle of the current electronic scene and I look forward to hearing more. 7.5/10 PT ||

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FILMREVIEWS The Amazing Spiderman Only five years after the original Spiderman trilogy ended it seems to be reboot time as we now have what appears to be the first installment of an entirely new series, although fans of the Raimi movies should be cautious as this is a very different take on the hero that may not be welcomed by some. Whilst the original films were campy and colourful, this version appears to be going for a much darker tone, focusing more on the emotional aftermath of events such as uncle Ben’s death and adding some gritty realism by showcasing the darker physical and emotional effects of being a vigilante, which the previous films somewhat neglected. Although it is far from perfect and some aspects outright reek of studio alterations, I would still recommend it to anyone who isn’t too attached to the original films as it’s a nice change for the series and has definitely revitalised my interest after the disaster that was Spiderman 3. Daniel Brennan

Batman The Dark Knight Rises The final part of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is here as we once again see the caped crusader encounter two of his classic villains, however, first I must answer two main questions: Is it a good film? Yes, Is it as good as ‘The Dark Knight’? Unfortunately not. Perhaps the most noticeable flaw is the new villain Bane who feels very lackluster and poorly written at times, which is disappointing when compared to Heath Ledger’s Joker, and although Anne Hathaway gives the most enjoyable performance of the film as Catwoman, it could still not distract me from the thought I was watching a fairly average action flick but with characters dressed for BDSM. Despite these issues I still found the film very enjoyable as Chris Nolan’s direction is still as brilliant as ever and the cast turn in great performances. If you’re a fan of ‘The Dark Knight’ you have probably already seen it, otherwise I would not be in any rush. Daniel Brennan

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How The Trouble Started Robert Williams

The trouble started for Donald Bailey, the sixteen-year-old narrator of this enchanting story of childhood alienation, when aged six years old in a freak bike accident he hit a twoyear-old boy, and killed him. The book explores the aftermath, the trauma and the terrors that impact all round, his mother’s shame and what it feels like to be the freaky kid who did the unspeakable thing. Interrogated by devious therapists at the ‘Happy to Be Here Centre’, Donald learns to keep quiet and rely on his ‘imaginings’; a crutch akin to Billy Liar’s number one thinking in the Keith Waterhouse classic. A poignant sense of separation between the worlds of kids and grown ups resonates. Donald befriends vulnerable eight-year-old Jake and their friendship blossoms; he looks out for him as they play together in a deserted old house on the edge of town. Williams beautifully observes the ‘appropriateness’ of the relationship adding suspense and moral concern to this most engaging and understated novel. 9/10 Arthur Crabtree ||

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PREVIEWS 18th August

Toots and The Maytals, O2 Academy

Until August 26

The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT Journeying through the hidden codes and secret communications of trade and exchange, this exhibition is a thought-provoking and entertaining, response to economic and cultural changes in Brazil and UK - through the lens of the marketplace. Inspired by the spectacular rise of Brazil as an economic power and set against the backdrop of the biggest marketplace in the world, the Olympics, ‘The Humble Market’ is a challenge to mass consumerism and the dominant institutions of our time. It is part of the London 2012 Festival, the spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration running from 21 June until 9 September 2012, bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK. Partexhibition, part-performance, The Humble Market production brings the audience into the heart of the exchange to ask: ‘What do we really trade?’ ‘What do we value when faced with tyranny of choice and the challenges of global consumerism?’ Trade Secrets, at FACT, is the beginning of journey, inviting audiences to help create the marketplace and experience weekend interventions with performers. What should be traded and what cannot be bought? Love, intimacy, friendship, secrets...Could the marketplace bring people together and provide a dynamic negotiation between two cultures? FACT has collaborated with Abandon Normal Devices, Derry City of Culture and We Play Expo to present this exhibition combining the visual wit and energy of Brazil/UK-based contemporary theatre company, Zecora Ura, with the visions of artists Persis-Jade Maravala, Alastair Eilbeck, Jorge Lopes Ramos and James Bailey.

13-23rd August

Indika Festival, The Capstone Indika is the UK’s biggest festival of Indian music and dance, featuring a stunning series of showcase performances in the heart of Liverpool. The 11 day event is produced by Milapfest, the UK’s leading Indian Arts Development Trust, now celebrating its 27th year working nationally and internationally to promote excellence in the sector.

Reggae legends Toots and The Maytals will be celebrating a summer of music with dates at various O2 Academy venues, including Liverpool. Bringing a fusion of ska, gospel, soul, rock and reggae, they are one of the world’s best loved ska and reggae groups. Led by the charismatic ‘Toots’ Hibbert, The Maytals formed in Kingston, Jamaica in 1961. ‘Toots’ popularised the reggae sound with hits such as ‘Do The Reggay’ (widely acknowledged as the first song ever to feature the word ‘Reggae’), ‘Pressure Drop’, ‘Funky Kingston’ and ‘Reggae Got Soul’. Over the last five decades, ‘Toots’ has influenced countless artists including The Specials, The Clash and Amy Winehouse, and has toured with the likes of The Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow and Los Lonely Boys. More recently, Toots and The Maytals won a Grammy Award in 2005 for ‘Best Reggae Album’ with ‘True Love’. The album consisted of re-recorded versions of their classics alongside legendary musicians such as Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards

Held at The Capstone, Indika Festival launches on August 13 with a special concert by two of the UK’s orchestras for Indian Music, Samyo and Tarang, playing a selection of their most popular pieces. Combining performances with lecture demonstration sessions, the festival will inform and entertain in equal measure. Single tickets or three day, five day and 10 day festival passes can be purchased online at www.indika.eventbrite.com or by calling reservations on 0151 291 3949.

WHAT’S ON IN AUGUST FRIDAY 3RD MOJO FILTER SATURDAY 4TH JUNKHOUSE DOG FRIDAY 10TH AFRAID OF MICE SATURDAY 11TH THE UNFORGIVEN FRIDAY 17TH JADE TREMARCO & HER BAND SATURDAY 18TH PETE LEAY FRIDAY 24TH MOSES SATURDAY 25TH TMI SUNDAY 26TH BANK HOLIDAY ‘SPECIAL GUEST’ FRIDAY 31ST RESUSS EVERY THURSDAY IS ‘OPEN MIC NIGHT’. FREE DRINK FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS! HOME COOKED QUALITY FOOD SERVED DAILY 12-9PM CASK ALES ‘HAPPY HOUR’ 4-6PM MONDAY – FRIDAY WWW.REFRESHMENTROOMS.COM | T. 0151 644 5893 facebook.com/refreshmentrooms @refresh rooms

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INTRODUCING…

MINIONTV are a five piece instrumental post-rock band based in Liverpool, formed in 2010. Last month they released their third record in just over two years, ‘The Last Projectionist’, through which they are said to be, ‘celebrating advances in technology, while using nostalgia to highlight how this can also bring about a sense of loss.’ Their work has been used in TV ads for CSI, The Mentalist and Grey’s Anatomy and described as ‘hypnotic, driving, space-themed postrock awesomeness’. We think maybe you might want to check them out.

HOW DID MINIONTV COME TOGETHER? The band came together when Justin and I went looking for other band members. I knew Barry through work so it was only Simon and Andy who we met through ads. Justin plays guitar, Barry plays keyboards, Simon drums, Andy Bass and I’m (Stephen) on guitar and keyboards. YOUR MUSIC HAS BEEN USED A LOT IN FILM AND TV, WAS THAT ALWAYS YOUR INTENTION? At the start we didn’t really think like that, we were very influenced by film soundtracks and composers we loved so I guess it was natural for us to head in that direction. It’s been fantastic working with other people, especially those who take our tracks as inspiration for their own work. Our latest video was shot in New York by a very talented filmmaker who was inspired to ‘wake’ his home city up by our track, ‘She’s a Sleeper’. HOW DOES YOUR LATEST RELEASE, ‘THE LAST PROJECTIONIST’ COMPARE TO YOUR SELF-TITLED DEBUT? Compared with our debut we’ve become a bit more experimental in terms of what instruments and ideas we use. It’s also a little more upbeat

as the drums and bass are allowed to propel the tracks. For this release we decided not to record it ourselves which was a big deal for us. We wanted to focus solely on the music without having to spend the time mixing and mastering. It was a totally new experience for us. We’re very protective of our music but Rob Whiteley of Whitewood Studios was fantastic in taking the reins, he knew exactly what we wanted and was a sixth member of the band throughout the whole process. WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE BAND? We have some UK tour gigs set up following our launch show in Liverpool. After that we’ll be confined to our rehearsal room to start work on our next project. For more information on MINIONTV go to www. miniontv.co.uk. The band play Mello Mello on August 25.

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WEDNESDAY 1ST Music Revolution, O2 Academy, 10.30pm, £2.50, 0844 477 2000. Pop Punk. Metal. Hardcore. Party www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Open Mic, Elevator Bar, 5pm-10pm, FREE, 0151 707 1137. Hosted by Simon Lomax on the first Weds of every month www.elevatorbar.com Mellowtone at The Attic, The Attic, 8pm-11pm, FREE, 0151 707 8713. Mellowtone’s monthly showcase www.theatticliverpool.com Open Mic Night, Stables Wine Bar Heswall, 9pm, FREE. All musicians welcome, especially original material Folk Club, Osqa’s Arena Bar, 8.30pm, FREE (contributions to raffle/collection welcome)

Theatre & Dance Reds and Blues - The Musical, Royal Court, 8pm, £13-£33, 0870 787 1866. Stall ticket avail with meal www.royalcourtliverpool.com The Last 5 Years, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 709 9034. Multi award-winning, heartbreaking and hilarious one-act musical about a New York couple who fall in and out of love over the course of five years together www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com If The Shoe Fits, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 8pm, £10-£12, 0151 666 0000. Comedy - Sex and booze and Jimmy Choos www.floralpavilion.com Tea Dance, The Civic Crosby, 1pm4pm, £1.50, 0151 928 1919. Enjoy Latin, Ballroom and Popular sequence while being entertained by Dave and his music www.seftonarts.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy presents The Laughter Factor, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £3-£5, 0151 227 5946, www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Artwork by 15-24 year olds on Merseyside exploring the effect of antisocial behaviour legislation on their lives and communities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

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Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Art installation by Poetry Society President Roger McGough exploring the history and character of Liverpool through stories and memories symbolised by doors from across the city www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. The result of a community project started by Home Bargains in 2008 and made up of nearly five million stitches, featuring the work of 150 embroiderers www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Photographic portraits of some of the West Africans who made donations to the museum between 1897 and 1916 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Wild Planet, World Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Photographic exhibition showcasing stunning images from the natural world www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Celebrating London 2012, display of a series of striking lithographic prints that were the official posters for the 1972 Munich Olympics www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery, 10am5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Major retrospective of the legendary artist, musician and TV personality www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Rolf Harris exhibition: meet the curator, Walker Art Gallery, 11.30am, 12.30pm & 1.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. A small Olympic display exploring the role of the UK Border Agency in London 2012 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Highlights the abuse of labour rights in the cotton industry www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum, 10am5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Ten

photographs exploring the realities of daily life along the Niger Delta www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. A special display of William Hoare’s portrait of the earliest British oil painting of a freed slave and the first painting that honours an African subject and Muslim as an individual and an equal www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Reflecting the importance of an artist’s physical working space and environment www.bluecoatdisplaycentre.com In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre, 10am-5.30pm (Mon-Sat) 12pm-5pm (Sun), FREE, 0151 709 4014, www.bluecoatdisplaycentre.com

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. A community exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary of the riots in Liverpool 8 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery, 10.30am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 6768. Presents four artists from the UK, France and Switzerland, closely observing and reworking parts of their environments that might otherwise be unseen or neglected www.openeye.org.uk

A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4136. The first show in more than 40 years to showcase the work of one of the most successful artists of the Edwardian period www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery, 10.30am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 6768. Ongoing series by cult artist Wurm, in which we see him or his models pose in spontaneous ways with everyday objects & bring inanimate objects to life www.openeye.org.uk

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Photographic exhibition featuring the work of the leading English firm of architectural photographers between 1870 and 1930 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

The Games of Art, The Black-E, 9am-5pm (weekends 10am-4pm), FREE, 0151 709 5109. Exhibition presenting artworks created over the last 40 years of ‘Artful Games’ www.theblack-e.co.uk

Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE, 10am-5.50pm, £12, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE, 10am-5.50pm, FREE, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT, 12pm-6pm (weekdays and Sunday) 11am-6pm (Saturday), FREE, 0151 707 4464. Exhibition responding to economic and cultural changes in Brazil and UK, through the lens of a marketplace www.fact.co.uk Salzburg Festival: La Bohème, Picturehouse at FACT, 6.30pm, £15£20, 0871 902 5737, www.fact.co.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat, 10am-6pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324. Exhibition featuring work of more than 30 international artists posing the question, ‘What is normal and who decides?’ www.thebluecoat.org.uk My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre, 10am-5.30pm (Mon-Sat) 12pm5pm (Sun), FREE, 0151 709 4014.

Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery, 9am-5pm, FREE, 0151 291 3578. An intimate look at the private work of the Liverpool artist and craftsman www.hope.ac.uk The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348. Exhibition retracing ornithologist John James Audubons journey from New York to Liverpool www.liv.ac.uk/vgm Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348. Exhibition inspired by the gallery’s former function as the female students’ common room www.liv.ac.uk/vgm Culture Bites, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 12.30pm-12.45pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348. Duty Manager Pat introduces John Henry Foley’s sculptures of Edmund Burke and Oliver Goldsmith www.liv.ac.uk/vgm South Liverpool Arts Group exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island, 9am-11pm, FREE. RIBA exhibition, guest curated by Sarah Beeny, charting the story of the

25 design and appeal of everyday homes in the UK www.lovearchitecture.org.uk Tony Evans exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St, 10am-4.30pm (MonFri) 10am-2pm (Sat), FREE, 0151 709 2442. New work created for ‘Twenty Twelve’ featuring copper and bronze sculptures of Olympians alongside his animal pieces www.thegalleryliverpool.co.uk Inspect a Gadget, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 10.30am-5pm, £3.50-£7.50, 0151 233 6930. Display of weird and wonderful inventions and devices, price includes admission to Hall and Walled Gardens www.croxteth.co.uk Family Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: The big picture, Walker Art Gallery, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Help create a giant collaborative work of art inspired by Rolf Harris’ paintings www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle station ‘down under’, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of Rolf-inspired drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Cartoon capers, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Watch resident cartoonist turn simple lines into colourful cartoons to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Wobble board boogie, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Have a go at decorating your own wobble board www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Summer Fun Day, Hatton Hill Park Litherland, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Mini Beast Hunt, Mill Dam Park Kirkby, 10am-12pm, FREE, 07810 054 159, www.knowsley.gov.uk Make a Bee House, Jubilee Park Pavilion Huyton, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 488 6151, www.knowsley.gov.uk Olympic Activities, Birkenhead Park, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Surestart Children’s Centres activities for families and children up to 9 years old www.wirral.gov.uk

Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Childrens funfair for younger children www.croxteth.co.uk Junior Rangers Programme, Knowsley Safari Park, 9.30am3.30pm, £155, 0151 430 9009. Three day course for children aged 12-15 to qualify as a Knowsley Safari Junior Ranger www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk

Sport & Leisure Aerial Circus Classes, The Black-E, 8pm-10pm, £15 (block of 5 £60), 0151 709 5109. Keep fit, strengthen & tone, perform or progress. Aerial skills www.theblack-e.co.uk Community Gardening, Kings Gardens Southport Promenade, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Get involved with local residents and parks staff in making Kings Gardens a better place for all to enjoy. Meet at the Sunken Garden near the Pumping Station www.sefton.gov.uk Cycle for Health, Walton Hall Park, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet at Walton Hall Sports Centre car park. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette. smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

THURSDAY 2ND Music The Ruthless Roots Jam Night, San Tracuba Allerton, 8pm, FREE Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com The Orange Show, The Brink, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 703 0582. Open mic poetry, comedy, music and much more www.thebrinkliverpool.com

Theatre & Dance Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs Reds and Blues - The Musical, Royal by George Osodi, International Slavery Court, 8pm, £13-£33, 0870 787 1866. Museum (see 1st August for details) Stall ticket avail with meal www. Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, royalcourtliverpool.com Slavery and Identity, International If The Shoe Fits, New Brighton Floral Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Pavilion, 8pm, £10-£12, 0151 666 0000. Comedy - Sex and booze and Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Jimmy Choos www.floralpavilion.com Museum (see 1st August for details) Oliver, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7pm, £6.50-£8.50, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com

The Last 5 Years, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £10, 0151 709 9034. Multi award-winning, heartbreaking and hilarious one-act musical about a New York couple who fall in and out of love over the course of five years together www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

Comedy Ernie’s Stand Up Comedy Club, Eric’s, 8pm, £5, 0151 236 9994. With Steve Harris, Kai Humphries, Damian Clark and MC Craig Murray www.ericslive.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Dave Twentyman with Paul Tonkinson, Adam Staunton and Joseph Wilson, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

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In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) South Liverpool Arts Group exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Tony Evans exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) Inspect a Gadget, Croxteth Hall and Country Park (see 1st August for details)

Family Activity: The big picture, Walker Art Gallery, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Help create a giant collaborative work of art inspired by Rolf Harris’ paintings www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle station ‘down under’, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of Rolf-inspired drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Cartoon capers, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Watch resident cartoonist turn simple lines into colourful cartoons to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Wobble board boogie, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Have a go at decorating your own wobble board www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sniffer dog demonstrations, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See the human and canine members of the Customs sniffer dog team from Manchester Airport in action www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Peter Pan Pirates Party, Sefton Park Palm House, 1pm-4pm, £2, 0151 726 2415. John Hughes, storyteller extraordinaire, brings the story of Peter Pan alive while your little ones are kept entertained by DJ Steve, with treasure hunts & fancy dress comp www.palmhouse.org.uk Family Cycle Ride, National Trust Formby Point, Victoria Road, 10am, £3, 01704 878 591. Ride suitable for all ages and takes approx an hour and a half. Booking essential. Hire a bike for an extra £3. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult www.sefton.gov.uk Summer Fun Day, Crossens Community Park Southport, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Plant Dyes, King George V Playing Fields (nature area) Huyton, 1pm3pm, FREE, 0151 488 6151. Learn how our ancestors used plants & natural materials to create colourful dyes. Meet at entrance on Huyton Lane www.knowsley.gov.uk Bees, Moths and Butterflies, Birkenhead Park, 10.30am-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Crafts, info & a chance to explore in the park - sessions 10.30am-12pm & 1pm 2.30pm www.wirral.gov.uk Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Childrens funfair for younger children www.croxteth.co.uk Junior Rangers Programme, Knowsley Safari Park, 9.30am3.30pm, £155, 0151 430 9009. Three day course (start date 1.8.12) for children aged 12-15 to qualify as a Knowsley Safari Junior Ranger www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk Summer Holiday Family Fun, Lyceum Building Port Sunlight, 1pm4pm, £1.50 per child, 0151 644 6466. Creative craft sessions, no need to book www.portsunlightvillage.com

Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 6pm-6.45pm, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/improvers. Meet at Birkenhead 6th Form College www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events Talk: What’s on for grown ups?, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about adults event programming, childfriendly talk for adults www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Didgeridoo show and tell, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Listen to skilled didgeridoo professional Nick Burman play this unique instrument and find out more by quizzing him with your questions www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Tour the Edmund Gardner, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See behind the scenes of the pilot cutter, pre-booking essential www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Twilight Tower Tour - ‘with bells on’, Liverpool Cathedral, £4-£5, (see website for timings), 0151 702 7255. Extended this evening to allow visitors into the Bells Chambers The Free Movie Quiz XXXI, Waterstones L1, 6pm, FREE, 0151 709 9820, www.waterstones.com Pillbox Presents Late Night Vintage, The Shipping Forecast, 5pm-9pm, FREE, 0151 709 6901, www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com Go Batty, Sands Lake Nature Trail Ainsdale-on-sea, 9pm, 0151 934 2967. Learn about these fascinating nocturnal flying creatures with the Coast and Countryside Rangers. Meet at Sands Lake car park www.sefton.gov.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Jelly Liverpool, LEAF, 9am-5pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Casual worktogether, bring your own work, for a productive day that is topped off with a free sandwich and washed down with a cup of tea www.thisisleaf.co.uk Draw The Line, Django’s Riff, 8.30pm-2am, FREE. Art social event aimed at the professional artist and everyman alike, offering up a blank canvas for all to scribble on - part social networking, part art therapy www.drawtheonline.com

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We Are Family: 4th Anniversary Vigil for Michael Causer, Temple Street Liverpool City Centre, 7.30pm8.30pm. Highlighting the impact of hate crime www.liverpoolpride.co.uk

FRIDAY 3RD Music Panic, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Acoustic Night, Elevator Bar, 5pm9pm, FREE, 0151 707 1137, www.elevatorbar.com Live Lounge, Hard Days Night Hotel, 8pm-11pm, FREE. Acoustic performers www.harddaysnighthotel.com Beaten Tracks DJ set, LEAF, 10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Expect funk, soul, reggae, afrobeat, latin, blues and jazz nuggets www.thisisleaf.co.uk An Evening with The Carpenters, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Tribute night, price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com The Tangerine Club - Soul & Motown Night, The Rathbone Rooms Greenbank Lane, 8pm-1am, £5, 07746 996 097. Guest artist, Soul Diva, ‘Joanne’ with resident DJ Macca Khan www.the-tangerine-club.co.uk

Theatre & Dance Reds and Blues - The Musical, Royal Court, 8pm, £13-£33, 0870 787 1866. Stall ticket avail with meal www.royalcourtliverpool.com If The Shoe Fits, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 8pm, £10-£12, 0151 666 0000. Comedy - Sex and booze and Jimmy Choos www.floralpavilion.com Oliver, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7pm, £6.50 -£8.50, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com That’ll Be The Day, Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, 7.30pm, £18-£24, 0844 871 3021, www.atgtickets.com The Last 5 Years, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 709 9034. Multi award-winning, heartbreaking and hilarious one-act musical about a New York couple who fall in and out of love over the course of five years together www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Richard Morton with Susan Murray and Rob Rouse. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

27 Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Mike Wilkinson introduces Rob Rouse with Susan Murray and Richard Morton. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details)

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Dave Twentyman with Paul Tonkinson, Bren Riley and John Ryan, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details)

Hot Water Comedy Club Presents...Whose Headline?, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £2.50£5. Featuring three of the best up and coming comedians www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details)

Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) South Liverpool Arts Group exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Talk: Evidence of Titanic, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, FREE. Book in advance on 0151 478 4432 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details)

White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

Inspect a Gadget, Croxteth Hall and Country Park (see 1st August for details)

Tony Evans exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details)

beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Summer Fun Day, Glenn Park Maghull, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Kites, Birkenhead Park, 10.30am12pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Make a kite and watch it fly, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Childrens funfair for younger children www.croxteth.co.uk Junior Rangers Programme, Knowsley Safari Park, 9.30am3.30pm, £155, 0151 430 9009. Three day course (start date 1.8.12) for children aged 12-15 to qualify as a Knowsley Safari Junior Ranger www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk or www.croxteth.co.uk

Sport & Leisure Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Cycle for Health, Calderstones Park, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet in main car park beside old Coach House. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

Other Events Meet Gerry Hanson, Waterstones Bold St, 1pm, FREE, 0151 708 6861. Signing copies of his book,‘England, My England’ www.waterstones.com Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers SEA CHANGE - Be The Change You Want To See, Quaker Meeting House School Lane, 7pm-10pm, FREE. Liverpool LGBT Choir will be singing along with participation from LGBT people and their friends from many different faith traditions www.liverpoolpride.co.uk

SATURDAY 4TH Music The Chevrons, O2 Academy, 7pm, £6, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk

Wet Paint, O2 Academy, 11pm, 0844 477 2000. ‘A no-rules trashup for queers, straights and everyone in between’ www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Why Not Now, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Bells Of The World In Concert, Echo Arena, 4pm, £10, 0844 8000 400. The 15th International Handbell Symposium welcoming handbell musicians from around the world www.echoarena.com EVOL presents...Festevol Gardens Part 1, The Kazimier, 4pm, £10, 0151 324 1723. New summer showcase of new and original music from bands and artists across Liverpool and the north-west www.thekazimier.co.uk Jess Gascoigne DJ set, LEAF, 9pm-2am, FREE, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk Burning Out, Elevator Bar, 8pm, FREE, 0151 707 1137, www.elevatorbar.com Courtyard Sessions - Johnny Sands, Heebie Jeebies, 3pm, FREE, 0151 709 3678 The Rod Stewart Experience, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Tribute show, price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Summer Season Organ Recitals - Ben Bloor, Liverpool Cathedral, 4pm, £1, 0151 709 6271. Each Sat a guest organist will offer a half hour delight of music www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Theatre & Dance Reds and Blues - The Musical, Royal Court, 2pm & 8pm, £13-£33, 0870 787 1866. Stall ticket avail with meal www.royalcourtliverpool.com Oliver, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7pm, £6.50-£8.50, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com Transparent Truths, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 703 0000. Exposing the individual lives behind people trafficking through live performance www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £9-£17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Richard Morton with Susan Murray and Rob Rouse. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

LOWDOWN AUGUST

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £9-£17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Mike Wilkinson introduces Rob Rouse with Susan Murray and Richard Morton. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details)

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Dave Twentyman with Paul Tonkinson, Bren Riley and John Ryan, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details)

Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details)

Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk

Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Boiling Point, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £4-£8. Featuring some of the finest comedians on the circuit www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details)

Arts

My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details)

DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details)

1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details)

Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details)

BSL interpreted tour: The Walker on Rolf, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199, www. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

South Liverpool Arts Group exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details)

A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

Tony Evans exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details)

Inspect a Gadget, Croxteth Hall and Country Park (see 1st August for details)

Activity: Knitted nature, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Knit or crochet plants and animals to help raise funds for Claire House Hospice www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 11am-1pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk

Rock pool encounters, World Museum, 2pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Get up close and personal with rock pool creatures in the aquarium www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Cycle Saturdays in Speke, 10.30am, FREE, leaves from Speke Fire Station, Cartwrights Farm off Speke Hall Avenue. Ride lasts for 90 mins. Participants must have a roadworthy bike, limited number of pool bikes avail, to book one or for more info email transportation@liverpool.gov.uk www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Activity: Doodle station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Family art club, Walker Art Gallery, 11am-12.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. On the first Saturday of every month a member of the education team helps you explore the gallery and get hands on in this interactive workshop www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Dockwatch, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Take a look at the creatures in the waters of the Albert Dock on the underwater camera www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Minibeast Hunt, Lifeboat Road Formby, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 934 2967. To reserve your place and for more info contact number above www.sefton.gov.uk Fun Day, McGoldrick Park Huyton, 12pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 443 3114. Dog display team, fairground rides, birds of prey, circus skills & much more www.knowsley.gov.uk Victorian Jollies, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 11am-5pm, FREE (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. Crafts, entertainment & costumed live interpretation www.nationaltrust.org.uk Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Childrens funfair for younger children www.croxteth.co.uk

Sport & Leisure Big Fun Run, Sefton Park, 11am, £7.99-£9.99 (£10-£15 on the day). 5k run www.bigfunrun.com Capoeira Club, International Slavery Museum, 10am-12pm, FREE. Brazilian martial art, if interested in attending ring 0151 478 4456 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk

Other Events Liverpool Pride 2012, Liverpool Waterfront. March, three stages of entertainment, marketplace and much more. March begins at 12pm at William Brown St, see website for more details of festivities www.liverpoolpride.co.uk Tour the Edmund Gardner, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See behind the scenes of the pilot cutter, pre-booking essential www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Blank Note Presents: A Super Summer Fair Designer craft market, Bluecoat, 10am-5.30pm, £2-£3, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: City of Culture, Learning and Faiths, The Piazza Cafe Metropolitan Cathedral, 10.30am, £4.50-£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour around Hope Street to discover more about the buildings and spaces that have influenced generations, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 10am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Croxteth Hall Murder Mystery Nights - ‘Peace Love Murder’, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 7pm-late, £35. Ticket price includes silver service three course meal call 0151 228 6445 to purchase www.croxteth.co.uk SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

29 Launch of the Merseyside LGBT Student Network, Concert Square Liverpool City Centre, 9.30am-11am. Official Pre-Pride Rally with speeches, music and a bar www.liverpoolpride.co.uk

SUNDAY 5TH Music Rigsby’s Cat, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com The Jazz Supper Club, The Sink, 8pm, FREE, www.sinkliverpool.co.uk Anna Corcoran, Alma de Cuba, 7pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music from talented singer/songwriter performing a mixture of classic and original material on the piano www.alma-de-cuba.com Alt Valley Community Music Festival, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 12pm-5pm, FREE. Showcasing up and coming talent from across Liverpool, inc musicians, dancers and performers. For more info ring Paul on 0151 546 8726 www.croxteth.co.uk

Comedy A Rush of Laughter, The Lantern Theatre, 8pm, £10, 0151 703 0000. Headline act Dave Twentyman is joined by Will Duggan and Freddy Quinne www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Testing the Water, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £1.50-£3. Showcasing some of the best new acts & material in UK www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) South Liverpool Arts Group exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Macmillan Art Fair, Princess Diana Gardens Southport, 11am-5pm, FREE. Outdoor art fair featuring work by some of Merseyside and Lancashire’s best artists Inspect a Gadget, Croxteth Hall and Country Park (see 1st August for details)

Family

Other Events

Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Performance: Sundays at Sudley, Sudley House, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Singer songwriter Tony Kehoe hosts an open floor of music, poetry and performance www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Activity: Animal record breakers, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Knitted nature, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Knit or crochet plants and animals to help raise funds for Claire House Hospice www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Feeding time at the Aquarium, World Museum, 12pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Guide of daily feeds www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Dockwatch, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Take a look at the creatures in the waters of the Albert Dock on the underwater camera www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk What’s that below?, Royden Park Frankby, 1.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. A look at what animals thrive below us, meet at the Coach House www.wirral.gov.uk Victorian Jollies, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 11am-5pm, FREE (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. Crafts, entertainment & costumed live interpretation www.nationaltrust.org.uk Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Childrens funfair for younger children www.croxteth.co.uk

Sport & Leisure Rimrose Ramble, Rimrose Valley Country Park Litherland, 12pm-2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2967. To reserve your place and for more info contact number above www.sefton.gov.uk Cycle Sundays in Aigburth, 10.30am, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) car park. Ride lasts for 1-2hrs. Participants must have a roadworthy bike, limited number of pool bikes avail, to book one or for more info email transportation@liverpool.gov.uk Tennis for Free, Birkenhead Park, 10am-12pm, FREE. All coaching and equipment provided for free. Parents encouraged to stay and learn how to play with their children. Under 8s 10am-11am, 9-15s and adults 11am12pm www.wirral.gov.uk

Craft Fair, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, 10.30am-4.30pm, 0151 707 3525. Over 20 stalls of art, craft and jewellery www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island, 11am, £4.50-£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour telling the story of Liverpool past, present and future, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Knowsley Flower Show, Court Hey Park Huyton, 11am-5pm, FREE, www.knowsleyflowershow.com Northern Kite Flyers, Otterspool Promenade, 1pm-4pm, FREE. Meet up with the ‘Otty Flyers’ to find out about kites and kite flying www.nkg.org.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Open Top Tour, Southport Pier, 12pm, 1.30pm & 3pm, FREE. Circular tour of Southport’s popular sights, departs from Pier, in front of the carousel www.mttrust.co.uk HopeLGBT present...The Official Pride Finale, LEAF, 6pm, £3, 0151 707 7747. An evening of music, comedy and the arts in aid of Michael Causer Foundation www.thisisleaf.co.uk Gay Gardens, Bluecoat, 1pm-4pm. Relaxation through creativity www.liverpoolpride.co.uk

MONDAY 6TH Theatre & Dance Dickens, Drood and the Best of Tomes, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am & 1.30pm, £3-£5. A cast of three will bring to life 29 of Dickens’ most loved characters. Call 0844 8000 410 for tickets www.croxteth.co.uk

LOWDOWN AUGUST

West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details)

A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details)

Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details)

Tony Evans exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details)

1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Inspect a Gadget, Croxteth Hall and Country Park (see 1st August for details)

Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Family

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st Aug for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) South Liverpool Arts Group exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Dockwatch, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Take a look at the creatures in the waters of the Albert Dock on the underwater camera www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Summer Fun Day, Derby Park Bootle, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Hungry Caterpillar Trail, Birkenhead Park, 2pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Talk, crafts and treats based on the story, for accompanied children 2-8 years www.wirral.gov.uk

Sport & Leisure Aerial Circus Classes, The Black-E, 7.30pm-9.30pm, £15 (block of 5 £60), 0151 709 5109. Keep fit, strengthen & tone, perform or progress. Trapeze & general aerial skills www.theblack-e.co.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Light gardening along the quarter mile long border. Meet at the Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Cycle for Health, Otterspool Promenade, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet at Liverpool Cricket Club car park. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

Other Events Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Jonny Bongo’s Monday Night Quiz & All Night Dirty Disco, The Shipping Forecast, 8pm-12am, £1, 0151 709 6901, www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com

TUESDAY 7TH Music ParrJazz - Doreen Edwards, Studio2 Parr St, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727. Jazz and open jam session www.parrjazz.co.uk

Out of the Bedroom Acoustic Open Mic, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Hosted by Johnny Sands, welcomes all spoken word artists & acoustic entrepreneurs www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Theatre & Dance Reds and Blues - The Musical, Royal Court, 8pm, £13-£33, 0870 787 1866. Stall ticket avail with meal www.royalcourtliverpool.com Adolf In Toxteth, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 1.30pm & 8pm, £5-£10, 0151 709 9034. Kitchen sink drama about a family with a difference, a family with a dictator for a lodger www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

Focus on...The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Sudley House, 1pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Introductory tour www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details)

Arts

My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details)

Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details)

The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details)

West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details)

Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details)

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details)

1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details)

The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) South Liverpool Arts Group exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Tony Evans exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) Inspect a Gadget, Croxteth Hall and Country Park (see 1st August for details)

Family Summer Fun Day, Coronation Park Crosby, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Bees, Moths and Butterflies, Birkenhead Park, 10.30am-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Crafts, info & a chance to explore in the park - sessions 10.30am-12pm & 1pm 2.30pm www.wirral.gov.uk

31 Look, Listen & Enjoy, Royden Park Frankby, 1.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Enjoy what is around you and experience the natural world through diff activities www.wirral.gov.uk

Sport & Leisure Park to Park Walk, Botanic Gardens Southport, 10am, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Guided walk from Botanic Gardens to Bedford Park via Hesketh and Victoria Parks, over 3 sessions www.sefton.gov.uk Cycle for Health, Croxteth Country Park, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet outside Estate Office. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

WEDNESDAY 8TH Music Revolution, O2 Academy, 10.30pm, £2.50, 0844 477 2000. Pop Punk. Metal. Hardcore. Party www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Open Mic Night, Stables Wine Bar Heswall, 9pm, FREE. All musicians welcome, especially original material Folk Club, Osqa’s Arena Bar, 8.30pm, FREE (contributions to raffle/collection welcome)

Theatre & Dance Reds and Blues - The Musical, Royal Court, 8pm, £13-£33, 0870 787 1866. Stall ticket avail with meal www.royalcourtliverpool.com

Growing On, Clarke Gardens Woolton, 10.30am-4.30pm, FREE. A regular opportunity to set out a nursery area in the old Walled Garden. Learn new skills and meet people with an interest in helping with practical conservation - book in with the conservation volunteers www.btcv.org.uk

Adolf In Toxteth, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 1.30pm & 8pm, £5-£10, 0151 709 9034. Kitchen sink drama about a family with a difference, a family with a dictator for a lodger www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

Other Events

Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

Royal Court Heritage Tour, Royal Court, 2pm, £5, 0870 787 1866. Lasts around an hour, led by an experienced guide www.royalcourtliverpool.com The Old Dock experience, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Take a tour of Liverpool’s historic Old Dock with expert guides. Limited places, book on 0151 478 4788 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk iOS Training - Advanced, FACT, 10am, £450, 0151 707 4464. Led by Apposing and continuing from the iOS Intermediate course - four day course www.fact.co.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers The Language Circle, LEAF, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Join the bubbling mix of individuals for some international exchanges, sharing language, knowledge and socialising with friendly faces www.thisisleaf.co.uk

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Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st Aug for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st Aug for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) South Liverpool Arts Group exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Tony Evans exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) Inspect a Gadget, Croxteth Hall and Country Park (see 1st August for details)

Family Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk

Summer Fun Day, Copy Farm Park Netherton, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Plants and Folklore, Huyton Wetlands, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 488 6151. Learn about the superstitions and folklore surrounding our native plant and tree species www.knowsley.gov.uk National Play Day, Birkenhead Park, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Olympic themed outdoor activities with Surestart & Wirral Play Council www.wirral.gov.uk

LOWDOWN AUGUST

Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Philosophy In Pubs: Contentment, Home Cafe (Woodside Ferry Terminal), 2pm, FREE, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk Spotify Wednesday, LEAF, 8pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Enabling the sharing, creating and modifying of each other’s playlists www.thisisleaf.co.uk ‘Adolf in Toxteth’ After Party, LEAF, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Join in the celebration of the opening of this intoxicating play, with music from The Last Gambados www.thisisleaf.co.uk

THURSDAY 9TH Music

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Talk: The Battle for Guillemont, a Liverpool story, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. With Social History Curator Karen O’Rourke www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Filter House, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com

Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

The Orange Show, The Brink, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 703 0582. Open mic poetry, comedy, music and much more www.thebrinkliverpool.com

Theatre & Dance Reds and Blues - The Musical, Royal Court, 8pm, £13-£33, 0870 787 1866. Stall ticket avail with meal www.royalcourtliverpool.com Guilt, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000. Gives a comic modern twist to the classic murder mystery www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Adolf In Toxteth, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 1.30pm & 8pm, £5-£10, 0151 709 9034. Kitchen sink drama about a family with a difference, a family with a dictator for a lodger www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Karen Bayley with Barry Dodds, Matt Tiller and Junior Simpson, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

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A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details)

DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) South Liverpool Arts Group exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Tony Evans exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) Inspect a Gadget, Croxteth Hall and Country Park (see 1st August for details)

Family Sniffer dog demonstrations, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See the human and canine members of the Customs sniffer dog team from Manchester Airport in action www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Tropical Inc, Sefton Park Palm House, 11am, 1pm & 3pm, £2, 0151 726 2415. Bringing tarantulas, meerkats, birds, snakes and many more wild animals to the Palm House with lots of opportunities to hold the animals before and after the show www.palmhouse.org.uk Summer Fun Day, Melanear Park Bootle, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk

Animal Masks, Birkenhead Park, 10.30am-12pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Collect materials and create your own mask, for accompanied children under 8 years www.wirral.gov.uk Bee and Butterfly Decorations, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 738 1913. Normal admission charges may apply www.nwc.org.uk Summer Holiday Family Fun, Lyceum Building Port Sunlight, 1pm4pm, £1.50 per child, 0151 644 6466. Creative craft sessions, no need to book www.portsunlightvillage.com

Sport & Leisure Summer Family Fun Day, Haydock Park Racecourse, 12.10pm, £13-£36, 0844 579 3006. Jungle-themed family fun day with lots of children’s free entertainment, first race 2.10pm www.haydock-park.co.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 10am-2pm & 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 6pm-6.45pm, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/improvers. Meet at Birkenhead 6th Form College www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events Writer’s Showcase, Hannah’s Bar, 8pm, £3. A night of music, comedy and poetry Tour the Edmund Gardner, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See behind the scenes of the pilot cutter, pre-booking essential www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Book Signing - Lionel Ross, Waterstones L1, 12pm, FREE, 0151 709 9820. Signing copies of Souls Apart: The Story of Britain in the Grip of a Tyrant www.waterstones.com Go Batty, Lifeboat Road Formby, 9pm, 0151 934 2967. Learn about these fascinating nocturnal flying creatures with the Coast and Countryside Rangers. Meet at Lifeboat Road, Kirkdale Road entrance www.sefton.gov.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Embroidery Workshops, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 11am-4pm, £10-£15, 0151 427 7231. Booking essential www.nationaltrust.org.uk

33 FRIDAY 10TH Music U Turn, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Acoustic Night, Elevator Bar, 5pm9pm, FREE, 0151 707 1137, www.elevatorbar.com Beaten Tracks DJ set, LEAF, 10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Expect funk, soul, reggae, afrobeat, latin, blues and jazz nuggets www.thisisleaf.co.uk The Great Pretender, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Tribute to Queen, price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Live Lounge, Hard Days Night Hotel, 8pm-11pm, FREE. Acoustic performers www.harddaysnighthotel.com

Theatre & Dance Reds and Blues - The Musical, Royal Court, 8pm, £13-£33, 0870 787 1866. Stall ticket avail with meal www.royalcourtliverpool.com Guilt, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000. Gives a comic modern twist to the classic murder mystery www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Adolf In Toxteth, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 1.30pm & 8pm, £5-£10, 0151 709 9034. Kitchen sink drama about a family with a difference, a family with a dictator for a lodger www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com Salsa Libre, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 8.15pm, £7, 0151 666 0000. Welcomes all dancers whatever experience. 8.15pm-9.15pm Beginner’s introduction, alongside an improvers/intermediate Salsa class, then social dancing until 12.30pm www.floralpavilion.com

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice introduces Steve Harris with Rob Heeney and Phil Butler. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Phil Butler with Steve Harris and Rob Heeney. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Karen Bayley with Barry Dodds, Dom Woodward and Junior Simpson,

tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details)

Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Whose Headline?, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £2.50-£5. Featuring three of the best up and coming comedians www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details)

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details)

Family Pond Dip, Wirral Country Park, 11am, FREE, 0151 648 4371. Booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk

Sport & Leisure Ladies’ Evening, Haydock Park Racecourse, 3.50pm, £13-£45, 0844 579 3006. Best Dressed Racegoer competition, Top Models Competition Final and the ‘Silent Disco’, first race 5.50pm www.haydock-park.co.uk Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Cycle for Health, Calderstones Park, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet in main car park beside old Coach House. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

Other Events Book Fair, Bluecoat, 10.30am-5pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk Annual Freefall Cathedral Abseil, Liverpool Cathedral, 8am-8pm, 0151 709 6271. Individuals, charities & businesses are invited to take on a 150ft free fall drop. Individuals pay reg fee of £35 & min £120 raised for Cathedral Foundation www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers The Waterloo Farmers Market & Food Fayre, Old Christ Church Waterloo, 10.30am-3pm, FREE, 0151 924 6143 Croxteth Hall Murder Mystery Nights - ‘Peace Love Murder’, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 7pm-late, £35. Ticket price includes silver service three course meal - call 0151 228 6445 to purchase www.croxteth.co.uk

Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Mini Raft Making, Birkenhead Park, 10.30am-12pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Make your own boat using materials collected and see if it floats, for children over 8 years, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk

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LOWDOWN AUGUST

SATURDAY 11TH Music The Black Suns, O2 Academy, 7pm, £6, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Nobody’s Heroes, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com EVOL presents...Festevol Gardens Part 2, The Kazimier, 4pm, £10, 0151 324 1723. New summer showcase of new and original music from bands and artists across Liverpool and the north-west www.thekazimier.co.uk Joe McElderry in concert, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7pm, £28.50, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com Jess Gascoigne DJ set, LEAF, 9pm2am, FREE, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £9-£17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice introduces Steve Harris with Rob Heeney and Phil Butler. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £9-£17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Phil Butler with Steve Harris and Rob Heeney. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Karen Bayley with Barry Dodds, Dom Woodward and Junior Simpson, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Courtyard Sessions - Johnny Sands, Heebie Jeebies, 3pm, FREE, 0151 709 3678

Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Boiling Point, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £4-£8. Featuring some of the finest comedians on the circuit www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Roy Orbison and Friends, Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, 7.30pm, £20, 0844 871 3021, www.atgtickets.com

Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

The Sounds of Boney M, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Summer Season Organ Recitals - Richard Pilliner, Liverpool Cathedral, 4pm, £1, 0151 709 6271. Each Sat a guest organist will offer a half hour delight of music www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Organ Recital - Graham Thorpe, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, 2.15pm, FREE, 0151 707 3525, www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk

Theatre & Dance Reds and Blues - The Musical, Royal Court, 2pm & 8pm, £13-£33, 0870 787 1866. Stall ticket avail with meal www.royalcourtliverpool.com Guilt, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000. Gives a comic modern twist to the classic murder mystery www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Adolf In Toxteth, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 1.30pm & 8pm, £10, 0151 709 9034. Kitchen sink drama about a family with a difference, a family with a dictator for a lodger www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

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A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details)

Activity: Doodle station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details)

Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk

Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details)

Meet The Gruffalo, Waterstones L1, 12pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 709 9820, www.waterstones.com Family Fun Day, Duke Street Park Formby, 12pm, FREE. Bouncy Castles, BBQ, games, music and animals. For more info contact June McGibbon on 01704 871 244 www.sefton.gov.uk Treasure Hunt, Royden Park Frankby, 12pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Meet at the Rangers Office, for all the family www.wirral.gov.uk

Sport & Leisure City Fight Night 7, Liverpool Olympia, 7pm-11pm, £20-£30, 0151 263 6633, www.liverpoololympia.com Rose of Lancaster Stakes Raceday, Haydock Park Racecourse, 11.45pm, £13-£48, 0844 579 3006. First race 1.45pm www.haydock-park.co.uk Capoeira Club, International Slavery Museum, 10am-12pm, FREE. Brazilian martial art, if interested in attending ring 0151 478 4456 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Football Tournament, Derby Park Bootle, 2pm, FREE. Join in this tournament run by the Park Rangers. For more details on entering a team contact 0151 934 4449 www.sefton.gov.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 11am-1pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Cycle Saturdays in Speke, 10.30am, FREE, leaves from Speke Fire Station, Cartwrights Farm off Speke Hall Avenue. Ride lasts for 90 mins. Participants must have a roadworthy bike, limited number of pool bikes avail, to book one or for more info email transportation@liverpool.gov.uk

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35 Other Events Red & Blues Sportsmans’ Evening, Eric’s, 8pm, £20, 0151 236 9994. With Neil Ruddock and Ian Snodin www.ericslive.com Tour the Edmund Gardner, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See behind the scenes of the pilot cutter, pre-booking essential www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Book Fair, Bluecoat, 10.30am-5pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk Annual Freefall Cathedral Abseil, Liverpool Cathedral, 8am-8pm, 0151 709 6271. Individuals, charities & businesses are invited to take on a 150ft free fall drop. Individuals pay reg fee of £35 & min £120 raised for Cathedral Foundation www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: City of Culture, Learning and Faiths, The Piazza Cafe Metropolitan Cathedral, 10.30am, £4.50-£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour around Hope Street to discover more about the buildings and spaces that have influenced generations, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com

The Jazz Supper Club, The Sink, 8pm, FREE, www.sinkliverpool.co.uk

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details)

Anna Corcoran, Alma de Cuba, 7pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music from talented singer/songwriter performing a mixture of classic and original material on the piano www.alma-de-cuba.com

Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk

Comedy Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Testing the Water, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £1.50-£3. Showcasing some of the best new acts & material in UK www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 10am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills

Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers

A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

Windmill Open Day, Bidston Hill, 10am-12pm, FREE, 0151 653 9332, www.wirral.gov.uk Wirral Farmers’ Market, New Ferry Village Hall, 9am-1pm, FREE, 0151 643 1393, www.wirralfarmersmarket.co.uk Game Dev North 6: Revolutions, LEAF, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. An informal game industry meet up for all www.thisisleaf.co.uk

SUNDAY 12TH Music Mojo Filter, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Ricky’s Country Special, The Green Room, 2pm, £10, 0870 787 1866. Bringing the best Country acts from across the UK www.thegreenroomliverpool.com

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Macmillan Art Fair, Princess Diana Gardens Southport, 11am-5pm, FREE. Outdoor art fair featuring work by some of Merseyside and Lancashire’s best artists

Family Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Animal record breakers, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Feeding time at the Aquarium, World Museum, 12pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Guide of daily feeds www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Childrens funfair for younger children www.croxteth.co.uk

Sport & Leisure Cycle Sundays in Aigburth, 10.30am, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) car park. Ride lasts for 1-2hrs. Participants

must have a roadworthy bike, limited number of pool bikes avail, to book one or for more info email transportation@liverpool.gov.uk Tennis for Free, Birkenhead Park, 10am-12pm, FREE. All coaching and equipment provided for free. Parents encouraged to stay and learn how to play with their children. Under 8s 10am-11am, 9-15s and adults 11am12pm www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island, 11am, £4.50£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour telling the story of Liverpool past, present and future, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Northern Kite Flyers, Otterspool Promenade, 1pm-4pm, FREE. Meet up with the ‘Otty Flyers’ to find out about kites and kite flying www.nkg.org.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Wirral Flower and Vegetable Show, Birkenhead Park, 12pm-5pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Make your own boat using materials collected and see if it floats, for children over 8 years, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Open Top Tour, Southport Pier, 12pm, 1.30pm & 3pm, FREE. Circular tour of Southport’s popular sights, departs from Pier, in front of the carousel www.mttrust.co.uk Life Drawing, LEAF, 7pm-10pm, £9, 0151 707 7747. Hosted by sculptress Ella Perry, basic materials provided www.thisisleaf.co.uk

MONDAY 13TH Music Indika Festival: Demystifying Indian Music, Cornerstone Building Shaw Street, 4.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 3789. Session exploring how a raga is developed www.thecapstonetheatre.com Indika Festival Launch Concert: Samyo & Tarang, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Theatre & Dance AnEveningofClassicalSingingand Entertainment, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £6, 01744 756 000. In aid of Cancer Research UK www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com

LOWDOWN AUGUST

Dickens, Drood and the Best of Tomes, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am & 1.30pm, £3-£5. A cast of three will bring to life 29 of Dickens’ most loved characters. Call 0844 8000 410 for tickets www.croxteth.co.uk Floral Tea Dance, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 1.30pm-3.30pm, £5, 0151 666 0000. Price includes tea/coffee and biscuits www.floralpavilion.com

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details)

Salzburg Festival: The Magic Flute, Picturehouse at FACT, 6pm, £15-£20, 0871 902 5737, www.fact.co.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details)

Family Castaway Drama Days, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, Mon 13th -Thurs 16th 10am-1pm Friday 17th 10am-3pm, £25 for week course, 0151 666 0000. Youth drama workshop for 9-13 years www.floralpavilion.com Shelter Building, King George V Playing Fields (nature area) Huyton, 10am-12pm, FREE, 0151 488 6151. Try your hand at building your own woodland shelter, meet at the entrance on Huyton Lane www.knowsley.gov.uk Hungry Caterpillar Trail, Birkenhead Park, 2pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Talk, crafts and treats based on the story, for accompanied children 2-8 years www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events Northern Voice Summer School, The Lantern Theatre, 10am-3.30pm, £75. Musical Theatre Summer School for ages 6-12. Professional team will lead participants through an exciting week of singing, acting and dance, culminating in a performance of Roald Dahl’s ‘Cinderella’ on the final day. For more info call 0151 645 9969/07980 844 714 www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Philosophy In Pubs: Addiction, The Belvedere (Falkner St), 7pm, FREE, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk Urban Craft Collective’s Knitting Club, LEAF, 7pm-9pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. For more info contact Kate Blakemore via urbancraftcollective@ gmail.com www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Psychic Sybil, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 9034. Comedy written by Lynne Fitzgerald www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

Jonny Bongo’s Monday Night Quiz & All Night Dirty Disco, The Shipping Forecast, 8pm-12am, £1, 0151 709 6901, www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com

A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

TUESDAY 14TH

Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

Music Indika Festival: Demystifying Indian Music, Cornerstone Building Shaw Street, 4.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 3789. Session exploring the stylistic and technical differences between the North Indian Hindustani style and the South Indian Carnatic tradition www.thecapstonetheatre.com Indika Festival: Reflections, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com ParrJazz - Helen Rodgers, Studio2 Parr St, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727. Jazz and open jam session www.parrjazz.co.uk Out of the Bedroom Acoustic Open Mic, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Hosted by Johnny Sands, welcomes all spoken word artists & acoustic entrepreneurs www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Theatre & Dance Happy, The Lantern Theatre, £5, 0151 703 0000. Can true happiness exist in a world governed by sin? Play by Igor Memic, adult content www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

37 My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St, 12pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 0735, www.la-art.co.uk

Family Workshop: Make a friend, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Make a cloth figure to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Water Rockets, Birkenhead Park, 10.30am-12pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. For accompanied children over 8 years, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Wild Bug Hunt, Royden Park Frankby, 1.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Meet at the Coach House www.wirral.gov.uk Creepy Crawly Crowns, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, FREE. For more info call 0151 738 1913. Normal admission charges may apply www.nwc.org.uk

Garden. Learn new skills and meet people with an interest in helping with practical conservation - book in with the conservation volunteers www.btcv.org.uk

Other Events Northern Voice Summer School, The Lantern Theatre (see 13th August for details) The Old Dock experience, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Take a tour of Liverpool’s historic Old Dock with expert guides. Limited places, book on 0151 478 4788 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers

Opera di Peroni, Liverpool Cathedral, 7pm, £6.50. Peroni Nastro Azzurro has collaborated with renowned electronic artist and producer Kwes and innovative producers, Go Opera, to create a reimagining of Italian opera for a new generation. For tickets visit www.operadiperoni.com

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details)

Theatre & Dance

Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk

Psychic Sybil, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 9034. Comedy written by Lynne Fitzgerald www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com The Importance of Being Earnest Outdoor Theatre, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 7pm, £7-£14, 0151 427 7231. Booking essential, gates open at 6pm www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Arts

Bat Walk, Birkenhead Park, 9pm10.30pm, £2, 0151 652 5197. Guided walk looking for bats, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk

Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

Open Hub, LEAF, 9.30am-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. With all the essentials provided - tea, wi-fi and deskspace you’ve got everything you need for a productive day of postgraduate study www.thisisleaf.co.uk

The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

Create and Write, LEAF, 7pm, £3, 0151 707 7747. Learn some new writing skills, meet some delightful souls and have a lovely cuppa at the same time www.thisisleaf.co.uk

WEDNESDAY 15TH Music Revolution - Pyjama Party, O2 Academy, 10.30pm, £2.50, 0844 477 2000. Pop Punk. Metal. Hardcore. Party www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Indika Festival: Demystifying Indian Music, Cornerstone Building Shaw Street, 4.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 3789. Session exploring the success of an ensemble in Indian Classical music www.thecapstonetheatre.com Indika Festival: Chennai to Colombo, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com Breakdown Promotions presents Severenth plus support, Lomax, 7pm, £2, www.lomaxliverpool.com Open Mic Night, Stables Wine Bar Heswall, 9pm, FREE. All musicians welcome, especially original material Folk Club, Osqa’s Arena Bar, 8.30pm, FREE (contributions to raffle/collection welcome)

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

Talk: Tea and tapestries, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm, FREE. A talk about the Liverpool Tapestry with Gill Roberts from the Embroiderers Guild www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details)

Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details)

The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

LOWDOWN AUGUST

Sport & Leisure Aerial Circus Classes, The Black-E, 8pm-10pm, £15 (block of 5 £60), 0151 709 5109. Keep fit, strengthen & tone, perform or progress. Aerial skills www.theblack-e.co.uk Community Gardening, Kings Gardens Southport Promenade, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Get involved with local residents and parks staff in making Kings Gardens a better place for all to enjoy. Meet at the Sunken Garden near the Pumping Station www.sefton.gov.uk Park to Park Walk, Hesketh Park Southport, 10am, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Guided walk from Botanic Gardens to Bedford Park via Hesketh and Victoria Parks, over 3 sessions www.sefton.gov.uk

Liver Bird Watching & Nature Discovery Cruise, Mersey Ferries, £7-£14. Cruise departs Seacombe at 11am, Pier Head at 11.10am, and Woodside at 11.20am. RSPB on hand to provide running commentary and answer your questions. Booking essential www.merseyferries.co.uk Philosophy In Pubs: What is Knowledge?, The Barkers Brewery Huyton, 3pm, FREE, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk Spotify Wednesday, LEAF, 8pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Enabling the sharing, creating and modifying of each other’s playlists www.thisisleaf.co.uk

THURSDAY 16TH Music

Cycle for Health, Walton Hall Park, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet at Walton Hall Sports Centre car park. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

Indika Festival: Demystifying Indian Music, Cornerstone Building Shaw Street, 4.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 3789. Session exploring the positive effects of experiencing the right raga at the right time www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Other Events

Indika Festival: Sutra, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Northern Voice Summer School, The Lantern Theatre (see 13th August for details) Object opinion service, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Take along an object you would like to know more about and ask a Museum curator about it. Booking essential on 0151 478 4063 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Portable Antiquities Scheme, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Take your archaeological finds to the Museum, booking essential on 0151 478 4063 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk The Old Dock experience, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Take a tour of Liverpool’s historic Old Dock with expert guides. Limited places, book on 0151 478 4788 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island, 2pm, £4.50£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour telling the story of Liverpool past, present and future, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers

Bob Wyper is Rod Stewart tribute, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, £5 ADV £7 OTD, 0151 339 2496. Tickets available from venue or online www.olderedlion.com Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com The Orange Show, The Brink, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 703 0582. Open mic poetry, comedy, music and much more www.thebrinkliverpool.com Opera di Peroni, Liverpool Cathedral, 7pm, £6.50. Peroni Nastro Azzurro has collaborated with renowned electronic artist and producer Kwes and innovative producers, Go Opera, to create a reimagining of Italian opera for a new generation. For tickets visit www.operadiperoni.com

Theatre & Dance Annie, Liverpool Empire, 7pm, £14, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Psychic Sybil, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 9034. Comedy written by Lynne Fitzgerald www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

Comedy Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Mike Wilkinson with Daliso Chaponda, Alan Seaman and Jeff Innocent, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Talk: Boiler boys, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about child labour in the port of Liverpool, child-friendly talk for adults www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details)

Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

Family Workshop: Make a friend, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Make a cloth figure to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sniffer dog demonstrations, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See the human and canine members of the Customs sniffer dog team from Manchester Airport in action www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Children’s dance and sing-a-long, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm-4pm, £2, 0151 726 2415. Children will learn

39 the dances and songs from Disney’s and Glee’s soundtracks, for children aged between 5-10 www.palmhouse.org.uk Summer Fun Day, Bowersdale Park Seaforth, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Worms, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 1pm-3pm, FREE. Learn what you didn’t know about worms and snails and the role they play in the environment. For more info call 0151 738 1913. Normal admission charges may apply www.nwc.org.uk Summer Holiday Family Fun, Lyceum Building Port Sunlight, 1pm4pm, £1.50 per child, 0151 644 6466. Creative craft sessions, no need to book www.portsunlightvillage.com

Sport & Leisure Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 10am-2pm & 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 6pm-6.45pm, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/improvers. Meet at Birkenhead 6th Form College www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events Northern Voice Summer School, The Lantern Theatre (see 13th August for details) Tour the Edmund Gardner, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See behind the scenes of the pilot cutter, pre-booking essential www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Southport Flower Show, Victoria Park Southport, 10am-6pm, £16-£21, www.southportflowershow.co.uk Philosophy In Pubs: What do we Want from Answers?, Birkey Hotel Crosby, 7pm, FREE, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk Jelly Liverpool, LEAF, 9am-5pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Casual worktogether, bring your own work, for a productive day that is topped off with a free sandwich and washed down with a cup of tea www.thisisleaf.co.uk SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

FRIDAY 17TH Music Indika Festival: Demystifying Indian Music, Cornerstone Building Shaw Street, 4.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 3789. Session introducing the audience to the rhythmic cycles and complex theoretical systems used in Indian percussion www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Whose Headline?, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £2.50-£5. Featuring three of the best up and coming comedians www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details)

Arts

Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

Indika Festival: Nirmanika, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com

The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

Skinny Lizzard, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com

West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details)

Beaten Tracks DJ set, LEAF, 10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Expect funk, soul, reggae, afrobeat, latin, blues and jazz nuggets www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details)

Live Lounge, Hard Days Night Hotel, 8pm-11pm, FREE. Acoustic performers www.harddaysnighthotel.com

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

Acoustic Night, Elevator Bar, 5pm-9pm, FREE, 0151 707 1137, www.elevatorbar.com P J Proby plus special guests, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter introduces Pierre Hollins with Ian Cognito and Brendan Dempsey. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Ian Cognito with Pierre Hollins and Brendan Dempsey. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Mike Wilkinson with Daliso Chaponda, Wes Zaharuk and Jeff Innocent, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) Glyndebourne: Le nozze di Figaro, Picturehouse at FACT, 6pm, £15-£20, 0871 902 5737, www.fact.co.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details)

Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details)

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

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Other Events Northern Voice Summer School, The Lantern Theatre (see 13th August for details) Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Caricature Creations, Birkenhead Park, 1.30pm-3.30pm, £3, 0151 652 5197. Cartoon workshops for all, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Southport Flower Show, Victoria Park Southport, 10am-6pm, £16-£21, www.southportflowershow.co.uk Croxteth Hall Murder Mystery Nights - ‘Peace Love Murder’, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 7pm-late, £35. Ticket price includes silver service three course meal call 0151 228 6445 to purchase www.croxteth.co.uk

SATURDAY 18TH Music Toots & The Maytals, O2 Academy, 7pm, £24, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Evelyn Glennie, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £20-£27.50, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Indika Festival: Morning Raga, Cornerstone Building Shaw Street, 8am, FREE, 0151 709 3789. Traditional morning concert of Raga performance, taking place in the Angel Fields Garden www.thecapstonetheatre.com Indika Festival: Global Carnatic, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com Man Lost At Sea, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Harvest Sun presents...Damien Jurado & Megafaun, LEAF, 8pm, £10, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk Courtyard Sessions - Johnny Sands, Heebie Jeebies, 3pm, FREE, 0151 709 3678 Jess Gascoigne DJ set, LEAF, 9pm2am, FREE, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk Odyssey, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Expyda Live, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000. Fusing Drum n Bass, Electro House, Dubstep and Dance all into one intense performance www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Summer Season Organ Recitals Tim Campain, Liverpool Cathedral, 4pm, £1, 0151 709 6271. Each Sat a guest organist will offer a half hour delight of music www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Organ Recital - Andrew Sharples, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, 2.15pm, FREE, 0151 707 3525, www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk

Theatre & Dance Annie, Liverpool Empire, 2pm & 7pm, £14, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Psychic Sybil, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 2pm & 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 9034. Comedy written by Lynne Fitzgerald www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £9-£17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter introduces Pierre Hollins with Ian Cognito and Brendan Dempsey. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £9-£17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Ian Cognito with Pierre Hollins and Brendan Dempsey. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Mike Wilkinson with Daliso Chaponda, Wes Zaharuk and Jeff Innocent, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

famous royals in the Walker collection www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details)

Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Boiling Point, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £4-£8. Featuring some of the finest comedians on the circuit www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details)

Arts

In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details)

Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) A right royal tour, Walker Art Gallery, 11am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Join the Visitor Host for a tour focusing on four

My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details)

Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St, 10am-4.30pm (Mon-Fri) 10am-2pm (Sat), FREE, 0151 709 2442. Solo exhibition - ‘Studies of light, Creative space and Sun art’ www.thegalleryliverpool.co.uk

Family Milkshake! Live, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 2pm, £10.50-£12.50, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com Wake up weekends, Museum of Liverpool, 11am-12pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Museum story based fun using puppets and props www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Time Quest, Museum of Liverpool, 1.30pm-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out more about the objects on display and get to handle real stuff (8-14year olds) www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Rock pool encounters, World Museum, 2pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Get up close and personal with rock pool creatures in the aquarium www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: DNA bracelets and more, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Teddy Bears’ picnic, Sudley House, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Take your favourite teddy bear, pack a rug and picnic and enjoy a day of storytelling, craft activities and workshops www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Fun Day, Webster Park Kirkby, 12pm4pm, FREE, 07810 054 159, www.knowsley.gov.uk

Sport & Leisure Capoeira Club, International Slavery Museum, 10am-12pm, FREE. Brazilian martial art, if interested in attending ring 0151 478 4456 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

41 Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 11am-1pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Cycle Saturdays in Speke, 10.30am, FREE, leaves from Speke Fire Station, Cartwrights Farm off Speke Hall Avenue. Ride lasts for 90 mins. Participants must have a roadworthy bike, limited number of pool bikes avail, to book one or for more info email transportation@liverpool.gov.uk

Other Events Tour the Edmund Gardner, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See behind the scenes of the pilot cutter, pre-booking essential www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk DaDaFest presents...Mean Little Deaf Queer - Terry Galloway, Bluecoat, 2pm, £3-£5, 0151 702 5324. A raucous and disarming reading of Galloway’s memoir. BSL interpreted and audio described www.thebluecoat.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: City of Culture, Learning and Faiths, The Piazza Cafe Metropolitan Cathedral, 10.30am, £4.50-£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour around Hope Street to discover more about the buildings and spaces that have influenced generations, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 10am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers

railways, scalextric, meccano, model boats and planes, vintage cars & more Embroidery Workshops, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 11am-4pm, £10-£15, 0151 427 7231. Booking essential www.nationaltrust.org.uk

SUNDAY 19TH Music Indika Festival: Maya, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com Tone Junkies, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com The Jazz Supper Club, The Sink, 8pm, FREE, www.sinkliverpool.co.uk Anna Corcoran, Alma de Cuba, 7pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music from talented singer/songwriter performing a mixture of classic and original material on the piano www.alma-de-cuba.com Southport Melodic Jazz presents...David Newton Trio, Royal Clifton Hotel Southport, 8pm, £8-£14, 01704 541 790

Comedy Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Testing the Water, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £1.50-£3. Showcasing some of the best new acts & material in UK www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Charity Psychic Night - Into the Light, Childwall Abbey Hotel, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 722 5293. With international mediums Agnes Davies and John Allan www.hauntedliverpool.org

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

Southport Flower Show, Victoria Park Southport, 10am-6pm, £16-£21, www.southportflowershow.co.uk

White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

Toys for Boys, Old Christ Church Waterloo, 10am-4pm, £2 (under 14s - 50p, under 5s FREE), 0151 924 6143. A two day extravaganza with model

A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) Glyndebourne: Ravel Double Bill, Picturehouse at FACT, 6.30pm, £15£20, 0871 902 5737, www.fact.co.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Liver Sketching Club Exhibition, Sefton Park Palm House, 10.30am6.30pm, FREE, 0151 726 2415. Covering a wide range of styles and media from the oldest amateur artists’ club in the city www.palmhouse.org.uk Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Macmillan Art Fair, Princess Diana Gardens Southport, 11am-5pm, FREE. Outdoor art fair featuring work by some of Merseyside and Lancashire’s best artists

Family Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Feeding time at the Aquarium, World Museum, 12pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Guide of daily feeds www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: DNA bracelets and more, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393, www. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Treasure Hunt, Court Farm Woods Halewood, 10am-12pm, FREE, 0151 488 6151. Use a map and your skills of navigation to hunt down the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your reward www.knowsley.gov.uk Minibeast Hunt, Court Farm Woods Halewood, 2pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 488 6151, www.knowsley.gov.uk Be a Nature Detective, Royden Park Frankby, 1.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Go on a wildlife hunt and discover what lives there and where these animals go. Meet at the Coach House www.wirral.gov.uk Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Childrens funfair for younger children www.croxteth.co.uk

Sport & Leisure Cycle Sundays in Aigburth, 10.30am, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) car park. Ride lasts for 1-2hrs. Participants must have a roadworthy bike, limited number of pool bikes avail, to book one or for more info email transportation@liverpool.gov.uk Tennis for Free, Birkenhead Park, 10am-12pm, FREE. All coaching and equipment provided for free. Parents encouraged to stay and learn how to play with their children. Under 8s 10am-11am, 9-15s and adults 11am12pm www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events Very Vintage Summer Fayre, The Lantern Theatre, 11am-5pm, £5, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

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Changing Landscapes, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 10.30am-4.30pm, £50. Artist-led cycling tour providing opp to explore the work of three pioneering landscape painters. Stops will be made to make preparatory drawings & paint studies. Booking essential by 13th Aug www.tate.org.uk DaDaFest presents...Richard Tyrone Jones’ Big Heart, Bluecoat, 3pm, £6-£8, 0151 702 5324. BSL interpreted www.thebluecoat.org.uk DaDaFest presents...Poetry Open Mic, Bluecoat, 4.30pm, £3-£5, 0151 702 5324. BSL interpreted www.thebluecoat.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island, 11am, £4.50£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour telling the story of Liverpool past, present and future, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Northern Kite Flyers, Otterspool Promenade, 1pm-4pm, FREE. Meet up with the ‘Otty Flyers’ to find out about kites and kite flying www.nkg.org.uk Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Champion Dogs in the Park, Birkenhead Park, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Fun dog show with Have A Go agility, stalls and more. For more info contact 0151 678 9239 or visit www.cdogs.co.uk www.wirral.gov.uk

Theatre & Dance Dickens, Drood and the Best of Tomes, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am & 1.30pm, £3-£5. A cast of three will bring to life 29 of Dickens’ most loved characters. Call 0844 8000 410 for tickets www.croxteth.co.uk

Open Top Tour, Southport Pier, 12pm, 1.30pm & 3pm, FREE. Circular tour of Southport’s popular sights, departs from Pier, in front of the carousel www.mttrust.co.uk

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

Southport Flower Show, Victoria Park Southport, 10am-5pm, £16-£21, www.southportflowershow.co.uk

A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details)

Toys for Boys, Old Christ Church Waterloo, 10am-4pm, £2 (under 14s - 50p, under 5s FREE), 0151 924 6143. A two day extravaganza with model railways, scalextric, meccano, model boats and planes, vintage cars & more

MONDAY 20TH Music Indika Festival: Yatra, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Liver Sketching Club Exhibition, Sefton Park Palm House, 10.30am6.30pm, FREE, 0151 726 2415. Covering a wide range of styles and media from the oldest amateur artists’ club in the city www.palmhouse.org.uk The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

Family Summer Fun Day, South Park Bootle, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Tree Magic, King George V Playing Fields (nature area) Huyton, 1pm3pm, FREE, 0151 488 6151. Learn about the folklore of trees and have a go at making a mud ‘tree face’. Meet at the entrance on Huyton Lane www.knowsley.gov.uk Back to the Wilderness Part 1, Birkenhead Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Enjoy the outdoors, den building, face painting and lots of games. Bring a picnic, for children 8-14 years, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Bee Aware, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 1pm-3pm, FREE. Learn about bees in the environment. For more info call 0151 738 1913. Normal admission charges may apply www.nwc.org.uk

Sport & Leisure The Black-E, 7.30pm-9.30pm, £15 (block of 5 £60), 0151 709 5109. Keep fit, strengthen & tone, perform or progress. Trapeze & general aerial skills www.theblack-e.co.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934

2421. Light gardening along the quarter mile long border. Meet at the Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Cycle for Health, Otterspool Promenade, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet at Liverpool Cricket Club car park. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

Other Events Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Chess Club, LEAF, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Get your practice in and some free chess advice from Paul Tallant www.thisisleaf.co.uk Book Club, LEAF, 8pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. With Jennie Connolly ‘Small Island’ www.thisisleaf.co.uk Jonny Bongo’s Monday Night Quiz & All Night Dirty Disco, The Shipping Forecast, 8pm-12am, £1, 0151 709 6901, www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com

TUESDAY 21ST Music Indika Festival: Ustav, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com ParrJazz - Graham Clark, Studio2 Parr St, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727. Jazz and open jam session www.parrjazz.co.uk Out of the Bedroom Acoustic Open Mic, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Hosted by Johnny Sands, welcomes all spoken word artists & acoustic entrepreneurs www.thisisleaf.co.uk Houghton Weavers, Floral Hall Southport, 7.30pm, £14, 0844 871 3021, www.atgtickets.com

Theatre & Dance Psychic Sybil, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 9034. Comedy written by Lynne Fitzgerald www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

43 West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details)

Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details)

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details)

1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Liver Sketching Club Exhibition, Sefton Park Palm House, 10.30am6.30pm, FREE, 0151 726 2415. Covering a wide range of styles and media from the oldest amateur artists’ club in the city www.palmhouse.org.uk Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details)

The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

Family Angelina Ballerina - The Mousical, Liverpool Empire, 6.30pm, £10£17.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Hatter’s Tea Party, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Follow the white rabbit for a tea party, decorate your own mad hat and more tea time crafts www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Future Tate: workshops for individuals, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Explore the work of Turner Monet Twombly in this fun & interactive session led by young people from Tate collective. For ages 11-14, booking required www.tate.org.uk Back to the Wilderness Part 2, Birkenhead Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Enjoy the outdoors, den building, face painting and lots of games. Bring a picnic, for children 8-14 years, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk I - Spy Fun, Royden Park Frankby, 1.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Have a go at this I- Spy on wildlife, collect your clues from the Coach House www.wirral.gov.uk Birds, Bugs and Blooms, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 12pm-4pm, £1 (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. Trails and craft activities for children www.nationaltrust.org.uk Insect Homes, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 1pm-3pm, FREE.

Discover how and where insects live. For more info call 0151 738 1913. Normal admission charges may apply www.nwc.org.uk

Sport & Leisure

The Language Circle, LEAF, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Join the bubbling mix of individuals for some international exchanges, sharing language, knowledge and socialising with friendly faces www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Park to Park Walk, Victoria Park Southport, 10am, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Guided walk from Botanic Gardens to Bedford Park via Hesketh and Victoria Parks, over 3 sessions www.sefton.gov.uk

Branching Out, LEAF, 9am-11am, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Informal networking event where you can bang heads with some of Liverpool’s finest creative minds www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Cycle for Health, Croxteth Country Park, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet outside Estate Office. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

WEDNESDAY 22ND

Other Events The Old Dock experience, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Take a tour of Liverpool’s historic Old Dock with expert guides. Limited places, book on 0151 478 4788 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk DaDaFest presents...The Ugly Spirit, Bluecoat, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 702 5324. A cunning mix of improvisation and text exploring the secret world of a famous touring theatre. BSL interpreted www.thebluecoat.org.uk DaDaFest presents...The Ugly Spirit Workshop, Bluecoat, 2pm, £3-£5, 0151 702 5324. Using visual art to explore people’s divided selves. BSL interpreted www.thebluecoat.org.uk An Evening with Philippa Gregory, The Atrium Liverpool Community College Roscoe St, 7pm, £5, 0151 708 6861. Reading from and discussing, ‘The Kingmaker’s Daughter’ - tickets instore at Waterstones Bold St or call number above www.waterstones.com Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Sand Sculpture competition, Fort Perch Rock Beach, all day, £5 entry fee per team. To enter, teams made up of 9-19 year olds with adult supervision should call Mike Holbrook on 0151 637 6154 or email michaelholbrook@wirral.gov.uk www.wirral.gov.uk

Music Revolution, O2 Academy, 10.30pm, £2.50, 0844 477 2000. Pop Punk. Metal. Hardcore. Party www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Indika Festival: Bandhan, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com Open Mic Night, Stables Wine Bar Heswall, 9pm, FREE. All musicians welcome, especially original material Folk Club, Osqa’s Arena Bar, 8.30pm, FREE (contributions to raffle/collection welcome)

Theatre & Dance Psychic Sybil, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 9034. Comedy written by Lynne Fitzgerald www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

LOWDOWN AUGUST

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner MonetTwombly:Later Paintings,TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Liver Sketching Club Exhibition, Sefton Park Palm House, 10.30am6.30pm, FREE, 0151 726 2415. Covering a wide range of styles and media from the oldest amateur artists’ club in the city www.palmhouse.org.uk Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details)

MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

Family Angelina Ballerina - The Mousical, Liverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 6.30pm, £10-£17.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Hatter’s Tea Party, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Follow the white rabbit for a tea party, decorate your own mad hat and more tea time crafts www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Future Tate: workshops for individuals, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Explore the work of Turner Monet Twombly in this fun & interactive session led by young people from Tate collective. For ages 11-14, booking required www.tate.org.uk Summer Fun Day, Abbeyfield Park Netherton, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Back to the Wilderness, Birkenhead Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Enjoy the outdoors, den building, face painting and lots of games. Bring a picnic, for children 8-14 years, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Fun Scavenger Hunt, Heswall Dales, 1.30pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Follow the signs to the Rangers’ Office from the Heswall Dales/Dale Farm entrance off Oldfield Road www.wirral.gov.uk Birds, Bugs and Blooms, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 12pm-4pm, £1 (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. Trails and craft activities for children www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Other Events Object opinion service, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Take along an object you would like to know more about and ask a Museum curator about it. Booking essential on 0151 478 4063 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk The Old Dock experience, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Take a tour of Liverpool’s historic Old Dock with expert guides. Limited places, book on 0151 478 4788 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk DaDaFest presents...The First Four, Bluecoat, 1.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324. Celebrating the first cycle of the Adam Reynolds Memorial bursary; the prestigious art prize for disabled visual artists with conversations from the first four recipients of the award. BSL interpreted & audio described. Booking required www.thebluecoat.org.uk DaDaFest presents...The Ugly Spirit, Bluecoat, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 702 5324. A cunning mix of improvisation and text exploring the secret world of a famous touring theatre. BSL interpreted www.thebluecoat.org.uk An Evening with Jacqueline Wilson presented by Waterstones and Puffin Books, Liverpool Cathedral, 7pm-9pm, £5, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island, 2pm, £4.50£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour telling the story of Liverpool past, present and future, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Summer of Love Bandstand, Williamson Sq, FREE. Various musical & talented artists performing from bandstand - acoustic sessions, quirky fun poets & off the wall performers Spotify Wednesday, LEAF, 8pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Enabling the sharing, creating and modifying of each other’s playlists www.thisisleaf.co.uk

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THURSDAY 23RD Music Indika Festival: Timeless, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com HUSH, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com The Orange Show, The Brink, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 703 0582. Open mic poetry, comedy, music and much more www.thebrinkliverpool.com

Theatre & Dance Twelve, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £4-£6, 0151 703 0000. A boy’s future is in the hands of 12 men www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Psychic Sybil, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 9034. Comedy written by Lynne Fitzgerald www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

Comedy Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Sully O’Sullivan with Wayne Deakin, Darren Ruddell and Pierre Hollins, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Talk: The birth of the town Medieval Liverpool, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about the collections in the museum’s Timeline www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

45 A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details)

White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details)

Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Family Angelina Ballerina - The Mousical, Liverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 6.30pm, £10-£17.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Hatter’s Tea Party, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Follow the white rabbit for a tea party, decorate your own mad hat and more tea time crafts www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sniffer dog demonstrations, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See the human and canine members of the Customs sniffer dog team from Manchester Airport in action www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Future Tate: workshops for individuals, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Explore the work of Turner Monet Twombly in this fun & interactive session led by young people from Tate collective. For ages 11-14, booking required www.tate.org.uk Olympics at the Palm House, Sefton Park Palm House, 1pm-4pm, £2, 0151 726 2415. Join the Liverpool Harriers and Little Kickers in fun activities such as the long jump, mini hurdles and football. Also crafts and entertainment and the Harriers bring the Olympic Torch to have your photo taken with www.palmhouse.org.uk Summer Fun Day, Seafront Gardens Waterloo, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Themed around Wild about Parks and the Olympics www.sefton.gov.uk Discovering Spiders, Huyton Wetlands, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 488 6151. Learn about the lives of these fascinating creatures and then have a go at our fun quiz www.knowsley.gov.uk Birds, Bugs and Blooms, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 12pm-4pm, £1 (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. Trails and craft activities for children www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Sowing Veg, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 1pm-3pm, FREE. Learn all you need to know about sowing veg and salads to use at home. For more info call 0151 738 1913. Normal admission charges may apply www.nwc.org.uk

Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, The Kazimier, 9pm, £8, 0151 324 1723, www.thekazimier.co.uk

Summer Holiday Family Fun, Lyceum Building Port Sunlight, 1pm4pm, £1.50 per child, 0151 644 6466. Creative craft sessions, no need to book www.portsunlightvillage.com

Acoustic Night, Elevator Bar, 5pm9pm, FREE, 0151 707 1137, www.elevatorbar.com

Other Events Writer’s Showcase, Hannah’s Bar, 8pm, £3. A night of music, comedy and poetry Tour the Edmund Gardner, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See behind the scenes of the pilot cutter, pre-booking essential www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk DaDaFest presents...Legal Speak, Bluecoat, 1.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324. Poetry workshop aimed at demystifying legal terms and jargon. BSL interpreted, booking req’d www.thebluecoat.org.uk DaDaFest presents...AAA Rating - Liz Bentley, Bluecoat, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 702 5324. A one-woman theatrical show exploring a year in Liz’s life. BSL interpreted www.thebluecoat.org.uk Philosophy In Pubs: Criticism?, Halfway House Pub Childwall, 7.15pm, FREE, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

FRIDAY 24TH Music They Say It’s Your Birthday - A Musical Tribute to Sir Paul McCartney, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £20-£30, 0151 709 3789. An International Beatle Week tribute featuring Bob Bartey, Lawrence Gilmore, Tony Coburn and Stevie Riks and Wingsband www.liverpoolphil.com 80’s Gold, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com

Beaten Tracks DJ set, LEAF, 10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Expect funk, soul, reggae, afrobeat, latin, blues and jazz nuggets www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Kings of Swing, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble tribute night, price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Live Lounge, Hard Days Night Hotel, 8pm-11pm, FREE. Acoustic performers www.harddaysnighthotel.com Mathew Street Festival Cruise, Mersey Ferries, 8.30pm, £22. Cruise departs Liverpool at 8.30pm and Seacombe at 8.45pm, duration approx three and a half hours. Gleison Tulio from Brazil, Just Beatles from Glasgow and Tripper from Dundee take to the floor www.merseyferries.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice introduces Andy Askins with Sean Percival and Justin Moorhouse. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Justin Moorhouse with Sean Percival and Andy Askins. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Sully O’Sullivan with Wayne Deakin, Neil Dougan and Pierre Hollins, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

LOWDOWN AUGUST

Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Whose Headline?, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £2.50-£5. Featuring three of the best up and coming comedians www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) All-nighter: Alien Anthology, Picturehouse at FACT, 8.30pm, £20-£25, 0871 902 5737. Film (18) www.fact.co.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details)

My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Merseyside Artists Association exhibition, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

Family Miss Giggles Entertains, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 2pm, FREE, 0151 666 0000. With puppets, magic, music, singing and dancing www.floralpavilion.com Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Fashion Friday, Sudley House, 1pm4pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Discover different fashions and create artwork inspired by exhibition ‘Costume Drama’ www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Future Tate: workshops for individuals, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Explore the work of Turner Monet Twombly in this fun & interactive session led by young people from Tate collective. For ages 11-14, booking required www.tate.org.uk

Water Rockets, Birkenhead Park, 10.30am-12pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. For accompanied children over 8 years, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Family Bug and Beastie Hunt, Wirral Country Park, 11am, FREE, 0151 648 4371. Explore the grassland habitat and hunt for interesting insects, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Birds, Bugs and Blooms, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 12pm-4pm, £1 (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. Trails and craft activities for children www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Other Events DaDaFest presents...In the House of the Moles - Nudd and Galloway, Bluecoat, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 702 5324. A tragedy in burlesque that explores the darker themes of disability through a comic mix of vaudeville, Punch and Judy, melodrama and English Hall. BSL interpreted www.thebluecoat.org.uk Record Fair, Bluecoat, 10am-6pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk

SATURDAY 25TH Music Jar Music Live presents Plug’d In Showcase, O2 Academy, 5.30pm, £8, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Live Peace in Liverpool - A Musical Tribute to John Lennon, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £20-£30, 0151 709 3789. International Beatle Week tribute with Jon Keats, Mark Staycer, Working Class Hero and Gary Gibson www.liverpoolphil.com Funk Dragons, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Richard Thompson, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £25, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com

Courtyard Sessions - Johnny Sands, Heebie Jeebies, 3pm, FREE, 0151 709 3678 Chew Disco DJ Set, LEAF, 10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Expect an eclectic mix of new and vintage house party jams www.thisisleaf.co.uk The Backbeat Beatles, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Summer Season Organ Recitals Ian Wells, Liverpool Cathedral, 4pm, £1, 0151 709 6271. Each Sat a guest organist will offer a half hour delight of music www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Organ Recital - Daniel Justin, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, 2.15pm, FREE, 0151 707 3525, www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk Mathew Street Festival Cruise, Mersey Ferries, 8.30pm, £22. Cruise departs Liverpool at 8.30pm and Seacombe at 8.45pm, duration approx three and a half hours. Them Beatles from Glasgow, The Dublin Rockets from Ireland and Tripper from Dundee take to the floor www.merseyferries.co.uk

Theatre & Dance Ticket to Write Festival Final, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000. Final of the contest where some lucky writer’s new short play about The Beatles will win them a tasty £150 prize. Three dramas will be staged by local actors showcasing the cream of the plays written by fans expressing their thoughts and views on the legendary Fab Four www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Psychic Sybil, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre, 2pm & 7.30pm, £10£12, 0151 709 9034. Comedy written by Lynne Fitzgerald www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £9-£17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice introduces Andy Askins with Sean Percival and Justin Moorhouse. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £9-£17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Justin Moorhouse with Sean Percival and Andy Askins. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Epstein Theatre, 7.15pm, £12.50-£17.40, 0151 227 5946, Guest comedians TBC www.laughterhousecomedy.com

47 Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Sully O’Sullivan with Wayne Deakin, Neil Dougan and Pierre Hollins, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk Hot Water Comedy Club Presents... Boiling Point, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £4-£8. Featuring some of the finest comedians on the circuit www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details)

DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) The Spectacle of the Lost, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details)

Family Wake up weekends, Museum of Liverpool, 11am-12pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Museum story based fun using puppets and props www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Time Quest, Museum of Liverpool, 1.30pm-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out more about the objects on display and get to handle real stuff (8-14year olds) www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Rock pool encounters, World Museum, 2pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Get up close and personal with rock pool creatures in the aquarium www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Arty Animals, Sudley House, 1pm4pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Explore toys of the past then have a go at making an animal mask www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk

Future Tate: workshops for individuals, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Explore the work of Turner Monet Twombly in this fun & interactive session led by young people from Tate collective. For ages 11-14, booking required www.tate.org.uk Family Saturday, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348. To mark the last day of ‘The Spectacle of the Lost’ exhibition, artist Laura Robertson will hold a fun drawing workshop using taxidermy birds from the museum’s colections www.liv.ac.uk/vgm Treasure Hunt, Derby Park Bootle, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Organised by Park Rangers www.sefton.gov.uk Birds, Bugs and Blooms, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 12pm-4pm, £1 (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. Trails and craft activities for children www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Sport & Leisure Capoeira Club, International Slavery Museum, 10am-12pm, FREE. Brazilian martial art, if interested in attending ring 0151 478 4456 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 11am-1pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Cycle Saturdays in Speke, 10.30am, FREE, leaves from Speke Fire Station, Cartwrights Farm off Speke Hall Avenue. Ride lasts for 90 mins. Participants must have a roadworthy bike, limited number of pool bikes avail, to book one or for more info email transportation@liverpool.gov.uk

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DaDaFest presents...BALL & Other Funny Stories about Cancer, Bluecoat, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 702 5324. An unexpected, quirky and provocative performance about illness and the changing body over time. BSL interpreted and audio described www.thebluecoat.org.uk Record Fair, Bluecoat, 10am-6pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: City of Culture, Learning and Faiths, The Piazza Cafe Metropolitan Cathedral, 10.30am, £4.50-£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour around Hope Street to discover more about the buildings and spaces that have influenced generations, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 10am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills Ele-phantastic Evening, Knowsley Safari Park, 6.30pm, £12-£15. Learn more about the species, feed the herd, fun quizzes and games and BBQ. To reserve tickets email r.saunders@knowsley.com (minimum age 7) www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk Port Sunlight Summer Festival, Port Sunlight Village, 11am-5pm, FREE, 0151 644 6466. Exhibitors, producers, fun dog show, children’s rides and musical entertainment featuring Beatles tribute bands throughout the day. Takes place in the centre of the Village www.portsunlightvillage.com Model Boat Convention, Haydock Park Racecourse, 10am-4pm. For more info contact the Sales Office on 01942 402 623 www.haydock-park.co.uk

SUNDAY 26TH Music Mathew Street Festival, various venues, FREE. For more info visit www.mathewstreetfestival.com Insanity Beach, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Anna Corcoran, Alma de Cuba, 7pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music from talented singer/songwriter performing a mixture of classic and original material on the piano www. alma-de-cuba.com

LOWDOWN AUGUST

The Jazz Supper Club, The Sink, 8pm, FREE, www.sinkliverpool.co.uk

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details)

Theatre & Dance

Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk

Let’s Hang On, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £16-£18, 0151 666 0000. The music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons www.floralpavilion.com

Comedy Ricky’s Royle Variety Show, The Green Room, 2pm, £10, 0870 787 1866, www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Hot Water Comedy Club Presents...Bank Holiday Special, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £2.50£5. Showcasing some of the best new acts material in UK www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) TurnerMonetTwombly:Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details)

The Humble Market: Trade Secrets, FACT (see 1st August for details) DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details)

Family Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Feeding time at the Aquarium, World Museum, 12pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Guide of daily feeds www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk Birds, Bugs and Blooms, Speke Hall Garden and Estate, 12pm-4pm, £1 (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. Trails and craft activities for children www.nationaltrust.org.uk Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Childrens funfair for younger children www.croxteth.co.uk

Sport & Leisure Cycle Sundays in Aigburth, 10.30am, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) car park. Ride lasts for 2-3hrs (for more confident riders). Participants must have a roadworthy bike, limited number of pool bikes avail, to book one or for more info email transportation@liverpool.gov.uk

Tennis for Free, Birkenhead Park, 10am-12pm, FREE. All coaching and equipment provided for free. Parents encouraged to stay and learn how to play with their children. Under 8s 10am-11am, 9-15s and adults 11am12pm www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events Performance: Kaleidescape, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Singer songwriter Tony Kehoe hosts an open floor of music, poetry and performance www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island, 11am, £4.50-£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour telling the story of Liverpool past, present and future, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Retro Sundays, LEAF, 11am-5pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Vintage fashion www.thisisleaf.co.uk Northern Kite Flyers, Otterspool Promenade, 1pm-4pm, FREE. Meet up with the ‘Otty Flyers’ to find out about kites and kite flying www.nkg.org.uk Static Birds of Prey in the Coach House, Royden Park Frankby, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594, www.wirral.gov.uk Open Top Tour, Southport Pier, 12pm, 1.30pm & 3pm, FREE. Circular tour of Southport’s popular sights, departs from Pier, in front of the carousel www.mttrust.co.uk Croxteth Hall Garden Society Annual Show, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 1pm-5pm, 0151 233 6930, www.croxteth.co.uk Model Boat Convention, Haydock Park Racecourse, 10am-4pm. For more info contact the Sales Office on 01942 402 623 www.haydock-park.co.uk

MONDAY 27TH Music Mathew Street Festival, various venues, FREE. For more info visit www.mathewstreetfestival.com 50th Anniversary Concert - 50 Years of The Beatles, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £20-£30, 0151 709 3789. Finale concert of International Beatle Week featuring the cast of the Cavern Club Beatles and Pepperland portraying the early and late years www.liverpoolphil.com SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

Joe Longthorne - Bank Holiday Special, The Green Room, 2pm, £25, 0870 787 1866. With special guests, price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Summer Bank Holiday Organ Recital, Liverpool Cathedral, 11.15am12.15pm, £5, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details)

49 In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details)

Jonny Bongo’s Monday Night Quiz & All Night Dirty Disco, The Shipping Forecast, 8pm-12am, £1, 0151 709 6901, www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com

Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details)

TUESDAY 28TH

A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details)

Talent Contest - Round 3, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, £3 ADV £5 OTD, 0151 339 2496. Held on the last Tuesday of every month, with grand final in November, still time to enter. In aid of Children In Need www.olderedlion.com

Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

Music

Family

ParrJazz - Andor Jenson/Tony Peers, Studio2 Parr St, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727. Jazz and open jam session www.parrjazz.co.uk

Inside Outside, TATE, 0151 702 7400, 1.30pm-4.30pm, FREE. Make beautiful artworks to take home, experiment with new techniques, and get messy in the artist studio www.tate.org.uk

Out of the Bedroom Acoustic Open Mic, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Hosted by Johnny Sands, welcomes all spoken word artists & acoustic entrepreneurs www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Birkenhead Park, 11.30am-2pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Bring a picnic and your teddy bear and enjoy story time in the park, for children under 8, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk

Dreamboats and Petticoats, Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, 7.30pm, £16-£29, 0844 871 3021, www.atgtickets.com

Theatre & Dance

Sport & Leisure

Arts

Aerial Circus Classes, The Black-E, 7.30pm-9.30pm, £15 (block of 5 £60), 0151 709 5109. Keep fit, strengthen & tone, perform or progress. Trapeze & general aerial skills www.theblack-e.co.uk

Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details)

Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Light gardening along the quarter mile long border. Meet at the Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Cycle for Health, Otterspool Promenade, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet at Liverpool Cricket Club car park. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

Other Events Open Top Tour, Southport Pier, 12pm, 1.30pm & 3pm, FREE. Circular tour of Southport’s popular sights, departs from Pier, in front of the carousel www.mttrust.co.uk Croxteth Hall Garden Society Annual Show, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 10.30am-5pm, 0151 233 6930, www.croxteth.co.uk

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Talk: Remember when...?, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Nostalgia trip into Liverpool’s past, each month different theme and speaker www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

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Family Workshop: Make a friend, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Make a cloth figure to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Bees, Moths and Butterflies, Birkenhead Park, 10.30am-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Crafts, info & a chance to explore in the park - sessions 10.30am-12pm & 1pm 2.30pm www.wirral.gov.uk My Forest Family Session, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 10am12pm & 1pm-3pm, FREE. Take your family along to take part in Forest school activities in the Bluebell woods. For more info call 0151 738 1913. Normal admission charges may apply www.nwc.org.uk

Sport & Leisure Cycle for Health, Croxteth Country Park, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet outside Estate Office. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette.smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk Growing On, Clarke Gardens Woolton, 10.30am-4.30pm, FREE. A regular opportunity to set out a nursery area in the old Walled Garden. Learn new skills and meet people with an interest in helping with practical conservation - book in with the conservation volunteers www.btcv.org.uk Croxteth Park Aintree 10k Run, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 6.30pm, £10 entry fee. For reg info call 0151 529 6256 by August 23 www.croxteth.co.uk

LOWDOWN AUGUST

Create and Write, LEAF, 7pm, £3, 0151 707 7747. Learn some new writing skills, meet some delightful souls and have a lovely cuppa at the same time www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

WEDNESDAY 29TH

A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details)

Music Revolution, O2 Academy, 10.30pm, £2.50, 0844 477 2000. Pop Punk. Metal. Hardcore. Party www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Open Mic Night, Stables Wine Bar Heswall, 9pm, FREE. All musicians welcome, especially original material Folk Club, Osqa’s Arena Bar, 8.30pm, FREE (contributions to raffle/collection welcome) The Survivors, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 12.30pm, FREE, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details)

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details)

1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details)

Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details)

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

Family

Disney Live Mickey’s Magic Show, Echo Arena, 4.30pm, £16.50-£23, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Hungry Caterpillar Trail, Birkenhead Park, 2pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Talk, crafts and treats based on the story, for accompanied children 2-8 years www.wirral.gov.uk

Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com

My Forest Family Session, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 10am12pm & 1pm-3pm, FREE. Take your family along to take part in Forest school activities in the Bluebell woods. For more info call 0151 738 1913. Normal admission charges may apply www.nwc.org.uk

The Orange Show, The Brink, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 703 0582. Open mic poetry, comedy, music and much more www.thebrinkliverpool.com

Sport & Leisure Aerial Circus Classes, The Black-E, 8pm-10pm, £15 (block of 5 £60), 0151 709 5109. Keep fit, strengthen & tone, perform or progress. Aerial skills www.theblack-e.co.uk Cycle for Health, Walton Hall Park, 10am-11.30am, FREE. Meet at Walton Hall Sports Centre car park. Guided cycling scheme, to reserve a bike or for more info contact Jeanette Smith on 0151 285 4975 or email jeanette. smith@liverpoolch.nhs.uk

THURSDAY 30TH Music Data Slaves, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496. Amazing electro pop band www.olderedlion.com

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Mainstreet, Dobbies Tea Room Southport, 5pm-7pm, £12.95, 01704 552 920. Close harmony mixed vocal quartet recreating the sounds of the great jazz-influenced vocal groups. Price includes afternoon tea

Comedy A Little Commitment, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888, www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Toby Hadoke with Pete Johannson, Chris Turner and Jason J Whitehead, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Arts Postcode, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st August for details) Talk: The rise of modern Liverpool, from 1600AD, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about collections in the museum’s Timeline www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk West African Donors to World Museum, World Museum (see 1st August for details) Wild Planet, World Museum (see 1st August for details) 1972 Olympic posters, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st August for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details) A Sporting Celebration, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st August for details)

51 White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Oil boom, Delta burns: photographs by George Osodi, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Faith, Slavery and Identity, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st August for details) A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details) Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details) MerseyBeat, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St (see 14th August for details)

Family Disney Live Mickey’s Magic Show, Echo Arena, 1.30pm & 4.30pm, £16.50-£23, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Workshop: Make a friend, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Make a cloth figure to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Sniffer dog demonstrations, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See the human and canine members of the Customs sniffer dog team from Manchester Airport in action www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Pond Dipping, Huyton Wetlands, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 488 6151. Discover what lurks within the murky depths of the wetlands www.knowsley.gov.uk Nature Treasures Trail, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, FREE. Drop in anytime and follow the trail - self led workshop. For more info call 0151 738 1913. Normal admission charges may apply www.nwc.org.uk Summer Holiday Family Fun, Lyceum Building Port Sunlight, 1pm4pm, £1.50 per child, 0151 644 6466. Creative craft sessions, no need to book www.portsunlightvillage.com

Other Events Tour the Edmund Gardner, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 11am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. See behind the scenes of the pilot cutter, pre-booking essential www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk DaDaFest presents...Unlimited Global Alchemy - Rachel Gadsden, Bluecoat, 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324. A special screening of short films. BSL interpreted and audio described, booking required www.thebluecoat.org.uk Southport Farmers’ Market, Chapel St Southport. For more details contact 0151 233 2165 Caricature Creations, Birkenhead Park, 1.30pm-3.30pm, £3, 0151 652 5197. Cartoon workshops for all, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Bat Talk and Walk, Birkenhead Park, 6.30pm-9pm, £2, 0151 652 5197. Talk and slideshow about bats at the Visitor Centre ending in a guided walk looking for bats www.wirral.gov.uk SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

FRIDAY 31ST Music Northsyde, Eric’s, 8pm, £10, 0151 236 9994, www.ericslive.com The Foundry, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Harvest Sun Promotions & EVOL present...Deer Tick, The Kazimier, 8pm, £10, 0151 324 1723, www.thekazimier.co.uk Acoustic Night, Elevator Bar, 5pm9pm, FREE, 0151 707 1137, www.elevatorbar.com Beaten Tracks DJ set, LEAF, 10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Expect funk, soul, reggae, afrobeat, latin, blues and jazz nuggets www.thisisleaf.co.uk Live Lounge, Hard Days Night Hotel, 8pm-11pm, FREE. Acoustic performers www.harddaysnighthotel.com Viva Elvis, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com

Theatre & Dance Evita, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £13.50-14.50, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com Dreamboats and Petticoats, Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, 7.30pm, £19-£31, 0844 871 3021, www.atgtickets.com VoiceAbility Musical Theatre Company Showcase, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £4-£6, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

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Hot Water Comedy Club Presents...Six of the Best - Heat 3, The Crown Hotel Pub L1, 8pm, £2.50£5. Six of the best acts over the last year gather, hoping to go through to comedian of the year show on Nov 2nd www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Laurence Clark - Inspired, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888, www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st August for details)

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Howard Read with Steve Shanyaski and Caimh McDonnell. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Sudley House (see 1st August for details) Turner Monet Twombly: Later Paintings, TATE (see 1st August for details)

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £7-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter introduces Steve Shanyaski with Howard Read and Caimh McDonnell. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st August for details)

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Toby Hadoke with Pete Johannson, Yianni Agisilaou and Jason J Whitehead, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Turner Monet Twombly guided tour, TATE, 12pm & 3pm, £5, 0151 702 7400, www.tate.org.uk DaDaFest 2012 presents Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat (see 1st August for details) In The Window exhibition Rebecca Gouldson, Bluecoat Display Centre (see 1st August for details)

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Still Outside (or Unexplained), Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st August for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st August for details) Edward Carter Preston - ‘First Hand’, The Capstone Gallery (see 1st August for details) Tabitha Moses - Threshold: The Sublime Skin, Victoria Gallery & Museum (see 1st August for details) A Place to Call Home, The Equator Mann Island (see 1st August for details) Christopher Paul Scarland exhibition, The Gallery Stanhope St (see 1st August for details)

Family Disney Live Mickey’s Magic Show, Echo Arena, 1.30pm & 4.30pm, £16.50-£23, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Pond Dipping, Birkenhead Park, 10.30am-12pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Find out about the amazing variety of life in the wildlife pond, suitable for children 8 years and over. Booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events Bat Walk, Royden Park Frankby, 9pm-11pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Discover the variety of bats that hunt and feed during these dark hours, booking essential www.wirral.gov.uk Croxteth Hall Murder Mystery Nights - ‘Peace Love Murder’, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 7pm-late, £35. Ticket price includes silver service three course meal call 0151 228 6445 to purchase www.croxteth.co.uk

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