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What’s on (at home) this weekend in Liverpool? (29-31 May)
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We’re still living at a safe distance – but highs of 25ºc will keep you smiling across the weekend! Here’s all the latest happening at home in Liverpool.
There’s so much going on behind doors all over Liverpool this weekend, with non-stop DJ Lee Butler still manning those decks while he continues to raise much-needed donations for the NHS, incredible guests including Jeremy Corbyn MP and Levi Tafari live from Writing On The Wall, and every inspiration you need for planning your Big Day from the virtual Liverpool Town Hall Wedding Fair.
There’s even more happening from your favourite local and independent businesses with collection and deliveries from over 600 local businesses, including fresh ingredients, dinner ideas, beers, cocktails, gifts, and loads more – in our Delivery Directory here
Friday 29 May
Gets the drinks in from Berry & Rye, from 12pm-10pm
Restock that cocktail bar with free delivery from your favourite hidden drinking den, offering a delicious menu including Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned, Portobello Road Martini and Absolut Bloody Mary. Pre-order with a DM or call 07557 506 660.
On The Sesh with CODA: Birthday Special, from 6pm-1am
A belated birthday event now streaming live with this virtual party from MASS label bosses Liam Wilson & Corin Bayley Music. Also featuring special guests Dublin’s Darren Hall, Melvin Sheppard & Liz Wigley Music, and CODA’s Craig East & Carl Anians.
Floral Pavilion Theatre: Wilko Johnson and John Otway, from 7pm-10pm
Join this live streaming concert from Wilko Johnson, the original Dr Feelgood guitarist and Game of Thrones actor, joined by cult favourite, singer-songwriter, John Otway.
Social Quizstancing from Dead Crafty Beer Company, from 8pm
Get thirsty just in time for Ben of Dead Crafty to serve up another round of lockdown quizzing! Register your team to deadcraftyquiz@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
DJ Lee Butler’s Lockdown House Party, from 8pm
Live tonight in lockdown! You’ve raised over £14k raised so far by joining Mr and Mrs Butler for some of your favourite tunes, live shoutouts and melodic mayhem live on the decks, while raising money for NHS Liverpool Prem Babies unit. Now, you can also order your NHS fundraising t-shirts and exclusive NHS lockdown CD right here
Meerkat Music Presents: Take That and Robbie Williams, from 8pm-9pm
You might’ve heard of these Manchester lads? Tonight Take That get together during lockdown, performing live from their homes, joined by Robbie Williams, for a virtual performance across YouTube and Facebook.
It’s all about one of Liverpool’s best loved spaces today the 500 acre @CroxtethHall Country Park @CroxtethFarm?
☀️ Loads of stuff for your weekend too, and we say farewell to @RadioCityTalk.
Enjoy the sunshine, and take care. Jay ? pic.twitter.com/GUNii8hXqR
— The Guide Liverpool (@TheGuideLpool) May 29, 2020
Saturday 30 May
Croxteth Hall Park & Country Farm
Take a walk around the woodland, pastures, ponds and streams of Croxteth Park where you’ll find the Victorian working farm is open for fresh produce and flower boxes, as well as takeaway cafe treats and your chance to welcome a host of newborns!
BBQ Spanish-style from Lunya
The delicious Lunya Deli brings a BBQ with a difference with the Spanish BBQ pack featuring Lunya Cooking Chorizo, Brindisa Morcilla sausages, Lunya Catalan Butifarra sausages and four Lunya Chorizo Burgers. Check out the full menu below.
Live Beer Pub! Liverpool Beer Collective, from 7pm
Get together at #livebeerpub hosted by Liverpool Beer Collective and Maghull’s Neptune Brewery for shared playlists, live giveaways and the perfect excuse to enjoy a bevvie at home!
Wax Museum: Live in aid of MDVS, from 9am-9pm
Liverpool DJ Anthony Toy will be spinning the sounds for this 12-hr vinyl marathon with all proceeds in aid of Merseyside Domestic Violence Service, still doing incredible work to protect vulnerable people during lockdown.
Sefton Palm House: DIY Hedgehog House, from 2pm
The Urban Environmentalist invites families to be creative with nature with this regular series of crafty events using natural and everyday household supplies! Kids will need supervision, so tune in to give a hedgehog a new home!
Hot Water Comedy Club – Triple Headline Special, from 7.30pm-9.30pm
Lockdown cannot stop the laughs! Danny McLoughlin, Steve Shanyaski, Scott Bennett
and Daliso Chaponda go live from the home of Hot Water Comedy to yours with this free show, which welcomes any donations.
Jimmy’s, Liverpool: The Real People, from 7.30pm-10.30pm
Indie rock band The Real People formed in Liverpool in 1988 based around the critically acclaimed talent, stomping chords and roaring melodies of the Griffiths Brothers. Join them tonight live at Jimmy’s!
Sunday 31 May
Reinvent your kitchen with Home-cook Liverpool 7
We’ve brought together some of Liverpool’s best-loved restaurants in our collection of stay at home recipes now including Spaghetti Alla Carbonara from Gino D’Acampo, American Style Pancakes from The Interesting Eating Company and Home-made Fritatta from Delifonseca.
Explore Calderstones Park
Out and about & off the stairs☀️Today @Calderstones Park, with news from The Reader & more?
Also the #EFC fan taking on a challenge with a difference for #NHS, a new Liverpool beer listings site?& news from @Liverpool_ONE. @RISE_liverpool & more.
Hope you’re doing ok. Jay? pic.twitter.com/SHaQLOzDVh
— The Guide Liverpool (@TheGuideLpool) May 28, 2020
Head out to Allerton to find one of Liverpool’s most beautiful, outdoor spaces, with 126-acres of woodland, featuring a lake and unique Botanical, Japanese and English gardens, making it for the perfect way to relax while you discover the city.
Virtual Liverpool Town Hall Wedding Fair, from 12pm-2pm
They’ve brought your Big Day to you! An inspiring afternoon of wedding suppliers, catwalks, Q&A with exhibitors, live music and special offers! Sign up on pop-up below.
Desserts & Cocktails from Pioneer, Liverpool Road, Crosby, order from 2pm
The best way to spend more time in the sunshine with takeouts from 5pm-10pm at The Pioneer! How about Biscoff cheesecake drizzled in white chocolate or Rocky Road drizzled with chocolate sprinkles, with drinks including bottled beer, Strawberry Daquiris and Pornstar Martinis. Call 0151 924 1665 or DM on Facebook.
Get a Crazy Pedros pizza
Make your choice of huge pizza including the Vegan-option, Giuseppe’s Not Sloppy, He’s Vegan, and get yourself some beer, cider and wine while you’re at it! Available from Deliveroo or call 0151 559 2599.
Writing On The Wall: Lockdown presents Jeremy Corbyn, from 6pm
Join former Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn MP, in A Call To The Arts’, which celebrates the contributions of artists, creatives, local communities, and argues for the value of arts and culture now and in the future. All ticket donations go to Fans supporting Foodbanks, South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services and WoW.
Writing On The Wall: Lockdown presents Lockdown with Levi, from 7.30pm-8.30pm
International artist, Liverpool’s urban Griot, Levi Tafari, brings together your favourite Levi poems into a rhythmic, vibes-filled performance, to celebrate the power of art and creativity to connect us in these isolating times.
Weekend TV
Amazon: Upload
Party-loving Nathan begins the first day of the rest of his afterlife in this imaginative take on a digitalised version of life after death.
Netflix: Space Force
Steve Carrell plays General Mark Naird, under orders from the top to put ‘boots on the moon’ by 2024 in this comedy satire of Trump’s US Space Force.
Disney Plus: Disney Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (S1)
A girl becomes the best babysitter in the galaxy after she takes charge of an unruly group of VIP alien kids disguised as everyday kids.
BBC One: MOTD Top Ten, 10.20pm
Football is back from June 17 so get your sights back on the game as Gary Lineker, Ian Wright and Alan Shearer debate the Top 10 best ever Premier League matches.
Netflix: History 101
Everything you ever needed to know about scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries is in this bite-size series of fascinating history lessons.
Disney Plus: Thor: Ragnarok
Chris Hemsworth fights to prevent Ragnarok – the end of the Asgardian civilization, from the ruthless Hela, with help from Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, and Jeff Goldblum.
Netflix: The Last Dance
An unmissable look at what it takes to achieve sporting excellence as we follow Michael Jordan on track to become the best basketball player of all time, as club politics threaten a premature ending to a glittering career. Enjoy archive footage and fascinating interviews in this unmissable docuseries.