Entertainment

Liverpool Philharmonic celebrates the 15th anniversary of their Music and Health Programme in Liverpool this week. It is National Mental Health Day today, which coincides perfectly with their celebration. The programme is an initiative created to use music to help...

Homotopia Festival is back again for another year of fun and fabulousness. This year 'Gods and Monsters' is the 20th edition of the festival, and is here to help put the spotlight back on the LGBTQ+ community in Liverpool. Homotopia...

MerseyNewsLive TV presenters Jessica McGillivray and Charley Young bring you our round-up of news and sport across the region: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYaHthKiwezVk_b_1eSlKR4aGxZP9YF7b  

It’s safe to say the Liverpool-based DJ DOWD is having a busy and successful year. From hosting a monthly radio show at Melodic Distraction, having an upcoming headline gig in London, presenting ongoing parties at Metrocola, and with numerous festivals lined...

Liverpool is a special place. Everyone will say something to that effect about their home but having recently come here I can say this to be an objective fact. Liverpool is strange in the best way. I’ve lived in Kent for...

Paul O'Grady's unexpected death has rocked the nation. The television icon was 67 years old when he tragically died on the evening of March 28. When given an honorary fellowship at Liverpool John Moores University, Professor Frank Sanderson described O'Grady's life as...

The line-up for a thrilling two-week festival which will take over Liverpool in the run-up to Eurovision in May has been announced. Eurofestival is a fusion collaboration between British and Ukrainian artists to demonstrate the power of music and art.   The...

Hotels are charging thousands of pounds more than normal to stay in Liverpool over the Eurovision period. An investigation by MerseyNewsLive compared hotel and other short-term accommodation prices and revealed an eye-watering price hike. Hotel prices were compared between the Eurovision...

A new play uncovering queer suffragette history is set to come to the Shakespeare North Playhouse this week. Ladyfriends will tell the untold relationship of suffragettes Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney and will be “rammed with live music and film,...

A Merseyside drama written by a former Liverpool policeman is leading the nominations for this year's BAFTA TV Awards. The Responder, written by Tony Schumacher has been nominated in six categories. These include Best Drama Series, Best Actor for Martin Freeman...