What's on in Liverpool this September

From music to history and science to sport, September’s got the lot.

Get your calendar out because with so much going on in and around Liverpool throughout the whole month, you won’t want to miss a thing.

Here’s what’s happening.

Retrospective Festival from Reminisce

Fans of nostalgic pop are in for an absolute treat with this new festival on Friday, September 5, at Sherdley Park in St Helens. It’s hosting icons from the 70s right through to the noughties, like the legendary Belinda Carlisle, Go West, Roachford, Tiffany, Katrina & The Waves, Martin Kemp and more. There’s also a chance to enjoy Reminisce Classical. Curated by Christian Davies, you can hear a live orchestra play the best dance anthems with specially arranged versions of your favourite tracks.

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World Boxing Championships

The eyes of the boxing world and fight fans will be on Liverpool from Thursday, September 4 to Sunday, September 14 when the first ever World Boxing Championships take place at the M&S Bank Arena. More than 550 fighters from over 65 countries will battle it out for 20 world titles in this not-to-be-missed history maker.

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British Science Festival

Credit: Trev Green / Giles Yeo / Mooncup Theatre Morning Rave

Europe’s longest-running science festival celebrates the people, stories, and ideas at the heart of science with five days of free and fascinating events. The festival’s happening across Liverpool from Wednesday, September 10 to Sunday, September 14 and there’s something for everyone from comedy shows to art installations, performances to hands-on workshops, and fascinating talks to interactive experiences.

Find out more here.

Blackfest

Kicking off with a free open-air launch event featuring live music, DJs, poetry and artisan stalls at SoundYard on Saturday, September 6, BlackFest is a celebration of Black arts, culture and creativity across the city. It runs until October 30 with music, theatre, comedy, dance, visual art and more at venues all over Liverpool.

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The Derby-Days at Liverpool’s Royal Court

There’s footie drama in a brand-new play at the Royal Court from Friday, September 12 to Tuesday, September 30. Partners Dave Derby and Debbie Day are far from a good match with Dave a die-hard red and Debbie a proper blue – even their cat’s got two names, Divock and Duncan – but the action really kicks off when daughter Chloe arrives back from London with a new fella who’s got a deep, dark secret.

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Motown Tribute Cruise on Mersey Ferries

Get ready to dance your way down the river as the magic of Motown’s brought to life by Mersey Ferries, setting sail on another evening cruise on Saturday, September 13. There’ll be back-to-back classics from some of the greatest soul legends like Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and the Jackson 5.

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Deacon Blue at M&S Bank Arena

This year marks an incredible four decades of music for Deacon Blue, and they’re back with a new album (The Great Western Road) and a new visit to M&S Bank Arena on Friday, September 19. Expect songs from the album as well as all the best hits like Dignity, Real Gone Kid and Fergus Sings the Blues.

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor at The Dome

The disco queen’s escaping from the kitchen and into The Dome at Grand Central to play tracks from her latest album Perimenopop. Along with entertaining us with new songs Sophie will, we hope, be singing a few classics – or there’ll be Murder on the Dancefloor.

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The Liverpool Wedding Show

Say I do to The Liverpool Wedding Show which is set to be the region’s largest wedding weekend with more than 70 suppliers, catwalk shows, and live entertainment at the city’s Exhibition Centre on Saturday and Sunday, September 20-21^.There’s even the chance to win a venue styling package and a wedding breakfast for up to 60 guests.

Find out more here.

Bryan Adams plays Content

The Canadian singer-songwriter’s playing some intimate UK venues to celebrate the release of his new album ‘Roll With The Punches’ and thankfully the Baltic Triangle events space is one of them. He’ll be there with his band on Monday, September 1.

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Heritage Open Days return

The country’s largest festival of history and culture is back between September 12-20 so you can find out more about your heritage, community and local history. There are loads of events and activities, and thousands of places to visit from historic house to museums, gardens and graveyards … you can even explore buildings that aren’t normally open to the public, all for free.

Find out more here.

Fiddler on the Roof at Liverpool Empire

Fiddler On The Roof is coming to Liverpool for one week only in September, and with three Olivier Awards under its belt, it’s set to be one of the theatre events of the year. With songs like Tradition, If I Were A Rich Man and Matchmaker, one of the best-loved musicals tells the story of Tevye, a Jewish milkman who lives his life by proud traditions which, for his five daughters, means a visit from the matchmaker. As they challenge his beliefs in a changing world, can Tevye hold on to all he holds dear?

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Romeo & Juliet at the Everyman

It’s one of the most classic and popular love stories but Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet has got an exciting new twist in local director Ellie Hurt’s latest production which runs fromSaturday, September 13 to Saturday, October 4 at the Everyman. Waterloo Road and Time’s Alicia Forde stars as Juliet in the play which asks whether love really can overcome deep-rooted hate.

Find out more here.

British Musical Fireworks Championship

The spectacular two nights of firework fun at Victoria Park is on from the 27^th to the 28^th. Amazing pyrotechnical competitors from across the UK battle it out with fantastic choreographed displays set to music to see who’ll be crowned the ultimate winner.

Tickets are only available in advance here with no gate sales at the event.