Issue 31, August 2017

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of 'The Swoop' - our monthly newsletter featuring the best of what's happening across Liverpool and Merseyside. Covering everything from music to theatre, films, clubs and comedy, The Swoop provides a range of handpicked highlights from the region's cultural calendar...

Slavery Remembrance Day

23rd August
International Slavery Museum, Liverpool

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On this day in 1791 the fight to end the European transatlantic slave trade began. The date has been designated by UNESCO as Slavery Remembrance Day, a reminder that enslaved Africans were the main agents of their own liberation.

Events like those held at the International Slavery Museum, allow us to consider and remember the many legacies and achievements of people of African heritage throughout the diaspora.

Their annual celebrations include the walk of remembrance, a libation on the waterfront and the Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Lecture.

The full programme of events for Slavery Remembrance Day 2017 can be found here.

Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity

28 July - 5 November 2017
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, is set to open the UK’s largest exhibition dedicated to exploring sex, gender and LGBT+ history through modern and contemporary art.

Central to the exhibition will be a free programme of events and performances. Organised in partnership with artists, activists and communities, they will take place in FORUM; a designated room at the heart of the exhibition.

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Welcome to the Dark Ages

23rd-25th August
Various locations, Liverpool

The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu will have completed their The Twenty Three Year Moratorium on 23rd August 2017 and will be marking this completion in a number of ways.

The titles of each of these three days are:

Day One – Why Did The K Foundation Burn A Million Quid?
Day Two – 2023: What The Fuuk Is Going On?
Day Three – The Rites of MuMufication.

There are no guest lists. There are no press passes. All 400 ticket holders will be expected to be volunteers.

'Something is happening, and it’s no surprise that it should be happening here...'

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Farucchio Peru Is...Extraordinaire

22-26th August
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (53)
Theatre 3

Brighton Fringe award-winning Liverpool company, Teatro Pomodoro will present a solo show this year at Edinburgh for its Festival Fringe debut.

Leebo Luby, of Brighton Fringe 2017 award winning company Teatro Pomodoro, brings his riotous solo show embracing one idiot’s ridiculous dream of international stardom to Edinburgh this August.

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Big Youth & Horace Andy with Special Guests

District, Liverpool

Big Youth and Horace Andy are coming to Liverpool following the huge success of Positive Vibration – Festival of Reggae 2017.

Friday 18th August
Big Youth, the legendary DJ, toaster & recording artist will be accompanied by the UK's finest roots reggae backing band, The Upper Cut Band. Support comes from Africa Oyé DJs - Marley & Vegas.

Friday 1st September
The legendary singer-songwriter and long-term collaborator of Massive Attack, Horace Andy, will be performing a special show with support from the mighty, Mafia & Fluxy ft Matic Horns.

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New Autumn Season Of International Arts

Capstone Theatre, Liverpool

The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University's International Arts Venue, has announced its October - December 2017 Autumn Season.

The programme promises a series of amazing dramatic performances and musically as ever the programme is eclectic and ambitious.

To view the brochure and line-up in full, head to the Events Calendar here.

Blick Bassy returns to Liverpool

25th November
Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room

As part of Africa Oyé’s continuing 25th anniversary celebrations, singer-songwriter Blick Bassy has announced a live date at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room.

Accompanied by his three piece band and in association with Mellowtone the date follows on from the recent release of his album Akö.

Sung in Bassa (one of many languages spoke in Cameroon), the record garnered high profile attention across borders, most noticeably in France where the album was recorded.

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The Music Manual's Summer Shindig

26th August
Buyers Club, Liverpool

The Music Manual is back with an all-dayer at Buyers Club. With acts across two stages, they'll be showcasing some of Liverpool's best artists.

Their first announcement includes names such as Nick Ellis, Edgar Jones and Liverpool band Jo Mary.

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