What's happening
Heritage Trail
From Saturday, 02 January 2010 to Sunday, 19 December 2010 | 10:00am - 6:00pm
The Bluecoat is the oldest building in Liverpool city centre and has a rich heritage as a centre for the arts and education. Our heritage trail takes you on a journey around the Bluecoat and into its past. ...
Explore in the Hub
From Saturday, 02 January 2010 to Sunday, 19 December 2010
Every Saturday and Sunday explore the exhibition then come and make some art of your own with help from our artists and volunteers. ...
Exhibition Tours
From Saturday, 06 March 2010 to Saturday, 18 December 2010
Every Saturday during the exhibitions. Experienced guides walk you through the current exhibition, answer questions and challenge you to think beyond your initial responses to the art on display. ...
LOACA.ART Contemporary Craft & Art Fair
From Saturday, 27 March 2010 to Saturday, 18 December 2010
LOACA.ART Contemporary Craft & Art Fair in the courtyard & garden on the last Saturday of every month. ...
Moualaqat: Poetry without Passport
From Friday, 02 July 2010 to Sunday, 05 September 2010 | 10:00am - 6:00pm
An exhibition of moualaqat - colorful life sized banners - created by young visual artists coming together from France, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. ...
Arabicity: Such a Near East
From Saturday, 03 July 2010 to Sunday, 05 September 2010 | 10:00am - 6:00pm
Curated by Rose Issa. Arabicity introduces six contemporary artists from the Arab World who explore their cultural heritage from unique perspectives, expressing what they find in emotive ways. ...
Sebastián García Ferro - INSTANT COMPOSITION: Surviving in the Space
From Tuesday, 31 August 2010 to Saturday, 04 September 2010
Choreographer, dancer, and composer Sebastián García Ferro (AR/Barcelona) comes to the Bluecoat to lead a 4-day intensive workshop for performers on Instant Composition, culminating in an evening of performance. ...
If Only
Thursday, 02 September 2010 | 7:30pm - 10:00pm
A melting pot of performances from musicians, video makers, poets, dance practitioners and live artists, curated by a Liverpool-based group of interdisciplinary artists, curators and promoters. ...
Tom Doughty plus support
Friday, 03 September 2010 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Expect music rooted in Blues, Jazz, Folk and Americana embodied and enveloped in Doughty’s unique style of acoustic lap slide guitar. ...
Mersey Harmony
Saturday, 04 September 2010 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Enjoy an afternoon of a cappella harmony singing with Mersey Harmony and guests in the front courtyard at the Bluecoat. Supported by the BBC Choral Ambition Fund. ...
Sebastián García Ferro Performance
Saturday, 04 September 2010 | 8:00pm - 9:30pm
A double-bill of improvised performance. Sebastián García Ferro in duet with Adriana Pegorer and a piece by participants of Ferro’s 4-day intensive workshop. ...
Dr Sketchy
Sunday, 05 September 2010 | 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Dr Sketchy's "Anti-art" school puts the life back into life-drawing. Audiences experience cutting-edge burlesque, and then sketch the performers in poses ranging from the wild to the wonderful. ...
Lucid Mask
From Thursday, 09 September 2010 to Sunday, 17 October 2010 | 10:00am - 6:00pm
Wuon-Gean Ho revisits the Bluecoat with screenprints and an animation made using engravings from vinyl. These works were started during her residency in the Print Studios earlier this year. ...
Goran Vejvoda: Sayat Nova Revisited
Friday, 10 September 2010 | 8:00pm - 9:30pm
moves première of this poetic re-interpretation of Sergei Paradjanov's surrealist classic Sayat Nova. Working with Liverpool-based contemporary dancers, sound artist Vejvoda creates an immersive performance. ...
Frakture presents Eugene Chadbourne
Saturday, 11 September 2010 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm
American improviser and banjo-playing Shockabilly frontman, Chadbourne performs with Roger Turner, a drummer of ‘volcanic power and finely-honed precision’ ( The Wire ). ...
Philosophy in Pubs: Politics of Publicity / Censorship
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Twice monthly drop-in community forum on literature, art and culture, held in the Upstairs bistro, all welcome. ...
From Where You Are
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Lisa Dowler and Cath Hawkins will be joined by Vicky Charnock and Julie Sellers, Alder Hey Arts Co-ordinator and Senior Play Specialist to discuss the development of movement and dance work on the neuro-medical and oncology wards. ...
The Gathering
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 | 7:30pm - 9:30pm
A regular monthly space for musicians to meet and improvise together. ...
Killerfernandez with special guest Juliet Russell
From Tuesday, 14 September 2010 to Tuesday, 28 September 2010 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Jennifer John’s powerful vocals meet the sublime textures of musical mastermind and bassist Philipp M Moll. Guitar virtuoso Stuart McCallum, Norwegian pianist Eirik Minde and hang-guru Manu Delago on drums complete the line-up. ...
The Caravan Gallery
From Thursday, 16 September 2010 to Monday, 20 September 2010 | 10:00am - 6:00pm
Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale’s little yellow caravan returns to the courtyard at the Bluecoat to celebrate the opening of the Liverpool Biennial. ...
Brian Catling: Cyclops
From Friday, 17 September 2010 to Sunday, 19 September 2010
Brian Catling will respond to the Touched theme by testing the boundary between curiosity and repulsion through the manifestation of his performance persona Cyclops. ...
Brendan Lyons
From Friday, 17 September 2010 to Sunday, 28 November 2010 | 10:00am - 6:00pm
In an unexpected encounter with art in an unusual location, Liverpool-based artist Brendan Lyons presents site-specific paintings in the passage leading off the garden at the Bluecoat. ...
Liverpool Book Market
From Friday, 17 September 2010 to Saturday, 18 September 2010 | 10:30am - 5:00pm
The popular second hand book fair returns to the Bluecoat for two days each month. ...
The Lost Soul and Stranger Service Station
From Friday, 17 September 2010 to Sunday, 28 November 2010 | 2:00pm - 6:00pm
A changing exhibitions programme during the Liverpool Biennial by some of the artists from the Bluecoat’s creative community and others, in the Lost Soul and Stranger Service Station by the building’s School Lane entrance. ...
Copperplate Engraving with Bob Porter
Saturday, 18 September 2010 | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Master engraver Bob Porter, part of the Creative Community at the Bluecoat, leads a rare workshop on the engraving techniques used by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. ...
Liverpool Biennial 2010: Touched
From Saturday, 18 September 2010 to Sunday, 28 November 2010 | 10:00am - 6:00pm
The Liverpool Biennial is the UK’s largest visual art festival. The artists exhibiting at the Bluecoat respond to the theme 'Touched' by tracing memory and matter, identity and humour, often using familiar objects in unusual or unexpec...
Book Club
Thursday, 23 September 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:15pm
If you enjoy reading and would like to share your interests with others in an informal discussion, this new social club for book lovers is for you ...
Liverpool Poetry Cafe: Peter Finch
Thursday, 23 September 2010 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Monthly readings by some of the best national and regional poets. This month's special guest is Peter Finch. ...
The Spider Project presents: Time is what keeps the light from reaching us
Friday, 24 September 2010 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm
An anarchic, multimedia puppetry performance based on the Grimm Brothers’ Hansel and Gretel. Artists Gernot Wieland (Austria), David Jacques (UK) and Carla Ahlander (Sweden) collaborate with Liverpool’s Spider Project. ...
The Music of Howard Skempton
Saturday, 25 September 2010 | 11:00am - 4:00pm
A practical workshop exploring the intimate, intricate and superbly crafted music of Howard Skempton, composer and self-proclaimed experimentalist. ...
Ad Marginem live soundtrack by Mugstar
Saturday, 25 September 2010 | 7:30pm - 10:00pm
The premiere screening of Liam Yates' latest work: AD MARGINEM live soundtrack by Mugstar. In association with Samizdat Cinema and Probe Records....
Philosophy in Pubs: What is a Classic in Literature?
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Twice monthly drop-in community forum on literature, art and culture, held in the Upstairs bistro, all welcome. ...
Introductory Level Safe Etching with Hannah Fray
From Tuesday, 28 September 2010 to Tuesday, 19 October 2010 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm
4 week course taking place each Tuesday from 28 September - 19 October, 6.00 - 9.00pm. The course will cover how to apply a range of acrylic grounds or aquatint and etch your designs onto zinc using copper sulphate, taught by Hannah F...
Spoken Word All Stars
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
A stellar cast of talent from the UK's live poetry scene, performing an original live show alongside sophisticated saxman Jason Yarde. Join the All Stars as they interweave their words with live loops, beats and melodies. ...
e-space lab presents Art in the Cities
Wednesday, 29 September 2010 | 11:00am - 1:00pm
This autumn Liverpool and Shanghai host their respective biennials, e-space lab continues its dialogue between the sister cities by inviting artists and audiences to take part in a series of live video conversations. ...
Introductory Level Screen Printing with Jane Spencer
From Thursday, 30 September 2010 to Thursday, 21 October 2010 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursdays (four weeks) 30 September – 21 October 6pm – 9pm. ...
