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LIVERPOOL The Official Tourist Board Guide to the Liverpool City Region SUMMER – AUTUMN 2014 Explore Relax Eat Shop it’s liverpool Cover photograph courtesy of Craig Easton/Albert Dock Liverpool | 2 | LIVERPOOL GUIDE ART FILM TALKS MUSIC TOURS The UK Biennial of DEBATE Contemporary Art EVENTS DRINKS 5 July – 26 October PARTIES www.biennial.com LECTURES PAINTING #biennial2014 SYMPHONY liverpoolbiennial DAZZLESHIP @biennial WORKSHOPS EXHIBITIONS DISCUSSIONS PUBLICSPACES ARCHITECTURE PERFORMANCES VisitLiverpool.com LIVERPOOL GUIDE | 3 | WELCOME TO LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL. The very name conjures up images of a world-beating musical heritage, two of the Premiership’s biggest football teams, a glorious maritime history and not one, but two majestically different Cathedrals. This Northwest city and the surrounding City Region is certainly all those things, but it is also so much more. Liverpool is undergoing a thrilling renaissance, recognised by its hugely successful year as European Capital of Culture and UNESCO World Heritage status. It is now filled with fabulous new shops, has buzzing restaurants, hip hotels and trendy wine bars, as well as a world class cultural offering with the finest collection of museums and galleries outside London. This season will see the Liverpool City Region come alive with exciting events, from cultural to music, family friendly to nightlife – the packed events programme is sure to inspire a memorable visit! Highlights this season include Memories of August 1914 where giants once again return to the city streets, Liverpool Biennial - the UK’s contemporary arts festival, a fascinating exhibition of work by Dutch artist Mondrian at Tate Liverpool, The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club and the very first International Festival for Business (IFB 2014) complete with an accompanying cultural programme. For full details on things to see and do and places to stay check out our mobile-enabled tourism website VisitLiverpool.com VisitLiverpool.com @VisitLiverpool Photograph courtesy of Craig Easton/Albert Dock Liverpool Dock Easton/Albert Craig of courtesy Photograph Produced by Marketing Liverpool, a Liverpool Vision Initiative Tourist information 0151 233 2008 | 4 | LIVERPOOL GUIDE Everyman Theatre CULTURE & HERITAGE LIVERPOOL OOZES CULTURE AND HERITAGE. THE CITY Sefton Park Palm House Tate Liverpool HAS A GLORIOUS PAST AS A MERCANTILE HUB AND Art. Tate Liverpool is the Across the Mersey at Port GATEWAY TO THE NEW WORLD, home of the National Sunlight on Wirral Peninsula BUT TODAY IT IS ALSO A Collection of Modern Art in is another National Museums KEY DESTINATION FOR ART the north and is one of the Liverpool venue, the Lady most visited galleries outside Lever Art Gallery, a beautiful, LOVERS, FANS OF THE THEATRE of London. Recent featured highly personal collection of AND MUSEUM GOERS. artists have included Marc fine and decorative arts. Chagall, Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet. Heritage. Like the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids of Giza, The city has numerous other art Liverpool is a UNESCO World attractions too. Don’t miss the Heritage Site. Its impressive impressive Open Eye Gallery, waterfront in addition to other one of the UK’s first dedicated areas of the city centre qualified photographic galleries. Visit the city for this status in 2004. the Walker Art Gallery too, the national gallery of the North Stroll around Albert Dock to – ask at reception for a helpful drink in some of the history guide to the highlights, including then take a trip across the works by Hockney, Degas, Turner Mersey on one of the river’s and Rembrandt, all of which famous Mersey Ferries to are housed on the first floor. see the awe-inspiring view of the Liverpool Waterfront. Check out the Bluecoat, a distinctive Grade I listed Liverpool has a unique mix arts centre, over 290 years of contemporary and classic old which offers an inspiring architecture too. There’s programme of visual art, music, the soaring Gothic Revival dance, live art and literature. Liverpool Cathedral, the VisitLiverpool.com LIVERPOOL GUIDE | 5 | Museum of Liverpool Liverpool Cathedral biggest Anglican Cathedral in acre naturally landscaped planetarium. Liverpool’s the UK. The modernist Catholic park. There is a boating lake, Central Library has re-opened Cathedral, affectionately café and the Palm House, a after a £50 million renovation, known as ‘Paddy’s Wigwam’ fabulous restored Victorian the stunning building is stands at the other end of glass-panelled building. a must-see and includes Hope Street. Its vast stained a beautiful glass domed glass crown floods the interiors Museums. Liverpool has one of ceiling and roof top terrace with different colours. the most impressive collections with views across the city. of museums in the country. A fascinating way to spend Among the most exciting is Performance. The Royal Court the afternoon is to take a RIBA the fantastic new Museum is a truly landmark performance Liverpool City Tour – telling of Liverpool. This opened in venue in Liverpool and offers the story of Liverpool past, the Summer of 2011 and has a wide variety of plays and present and future through attracted unprecedented shows throughout the year. the buildings and spaces visitor numbers ever since. Other performance spaces that make up the city. Housed in a landmark building include the Empire Theatre, at the Pier Head, it is the Playhouse and recently rebuilt The city also has a variety largest newly built national Liverpool Everyman, noted of fully qualified Blue Badge museum in Britain for more for its bohemian environment guides who offer a wide range than a century and the world’s and political edge while the of services from individual only venue devoted to the acclaimed FACT (Foundation for walking tours to large history of a regional city. Art and Creative Technology) coach tours. There is a huge centre specialises in multimedia selection of special interest Pop into the Merseyside exhibitions, film and digital art. tours on offer too such as Maritime Museum, where photography, architecture, you can find out about the Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre ghost tours, comedy tours companies, people and ships has housed many famous and of course, the Fab Four. connected to this great port. productions in its 100 year World Museum is another history. It is named after Why not take a break from fascinating spot, bulging Liverpool’s most successful city life with a stroll in one with historic treasures from music entrepreneur and Beatles of Liverpool’s parks? Sefton around the world, with an manager, Brian Epstein. Park is a magnificent 200 aquarium, bug house and #VisitLiverpool Bluecoat Visit AD 93mm x 127mm_bluecoat ad 05/09/2013 16:23 Page 1 | 6 | LIVERPOOL GUIDE • Changing contemporary art exhibitions. Free entry. • Live performances and special events. • Handcrafted gifts from visit our creative retailers. • Quality food and drink in beautiful surroundings. view city rpool Live st ’s olde centre create ing build shop eat join in 7 days Open k a wee be ntry Free e The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX Only a few minutes walk from Liverpool’s Liverpool Lime Street railway station. Tickets & Information: 0151 702 5324 Creative Hub www.thebluecoat.org.uk experience A PLACE you’ll love San Francisco has its cable cars, New York has its yellow cabs and Liverpool has its Mersey Ferries. With unrivalled views of the ever evolving UNESCO world heritage waterfront, fascinating history and all the sea air you could wish for, this is a trip for everyone to enjoy! merseyferries.co.uk 0151 330 1444 VisitLiverpool.com LIVERPOOL GUIDE | 7 | Liverpool International Music Festival MUSIC THINK LIVERPOOL, THINK THE BEATLES. THE CITY IS OFFICIALLY THE WORLD CAPITAL OF POP, AND THE FAB FOUR ARE, OF COURSE, ITS MOST FAMOUS OFFSPRING. Non-negotiable is a trip to The Beyonce, Justin Bieber, The Beatles Story at Albert Dock, Who, Sir Elton John and Arctic a brilliant tour through The Monkeys are just a selection Beatles’ lives, with fascinating of the artists to have played at memorabilia and insights from Liverpool Echo Arena, on the friends and family. You should city’s waterfront. The list of also pop into the Cavern Club on previous performances reads Mathew Street, the most famous like a veritable A-Z of music club in the world, for a beer and superstardom, as performers live music, or visit Mendips and appreciate the fervent 20 Forthlin Road in Allerton, reception from Liverpool the childhood homes of John audiences. And don’t miss Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney, superstar Kylie this September. both National Trust properties. VisitLiverpool.com | 8 | LIVERPOOL GUIDE VisitLiverpool.com LIVERPOOL GUIDE | 9 | Kylie Minogue The Cavern Stage at the Beatles Story As well as two cathedrals, Hope Street is also home to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, led by multi- award winning Russian Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko. The critically-acclaimed orchestra performs in the magnificent Art Deco surroundings of the Royal Philharmonic Hall. Vasily Petrenko conducts the Visit LEAF, Camp and Furnace, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra The Shipping Forecast or East Village Arts Club to see the best alternative artists from around the world play in unique venues. These four have been leading the city’s resurgence as a live music venue, attracting some of the hottest bands and DJs to Liverpool in recent years. Last year’s inaugural Liverpool International Music Festival was deemed a massive success, and the event is coming back for an encore in 2014. The diverse programme ensures every musical taste is catered for – from a free bank holiday line-up in Sefton Park attracting thousands The Cavern Club to experimental shows in galleries and studio spaces. @VisitLiverpool | 10 | LIVERPOOL GUIDE NIGHTLIFE LIVERPUDLIANS LIKE TO SOCIALISE. THEIR SENSE OF FUN AND LOVE OF A GREAT NIGHT OUT GUARANTEE THAT THE CITY’S BARS ARE LIVELY AND ITS NIGHTLIFE IS LEGENDARY – SO MUCH IN FACT THAT THE USERS OF TRIPADVISOR VOTED LIVERPOOL AS BRITAIN’S BEST NIGHTLIFE DESTINATION.