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The Best of What's On in Liverpool This Week

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With so many shows listed on LiverpoolTheatres, it can be hard to decide which to go and see.

We are here to help, with our handpicked recommended shows, music gigs, classical concerts and stand-up comedy acts from what's on in Liverpool over the next seven days...

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Our Top 10 What's On in Liverpool Theatre This Week

Lord of the Dance

Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Tue 6 Oct - Sat 10 Oct 2026
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CBeebies Panto - Treasure Island

The Legends in Vegas - After Hours

Macbeth

Death of a Salesman

Letter To Brezhnev

How Soon is Now?

Storyhouse, Chester
Tue 6 & Weds 7 Oct 2026.
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My Beautiful Brain

Black is the Color of My Voice

Kindness Rocks

Shit-faced Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet

Performing Recovery: Addiction Vulnerability and the Ethics of Representation

Buff Bingo Drag Brunch

Moody Blues, Liverpool
Sat 3 Oct 2026 + more dates.
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Behind the Curtain - Playhouse Heritage Tours

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What's on in Liverpool Comedy This Week

Jason Manford

Jimeoin

Southport Comedy Festival + Liverpool Olympia
Tue 6 Oct & Fri 9 2026.
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Rhys James

Paul Merton & Suki Webster's Improv Show

Susan Calman

How Far Away Are They? - An Evening With The Cast Of Phoenix Nights

Henry Paker

Jason Byrne

Laura Smyth

Paul Sinha

Kane Brown

Alex Stringer

Shakespeare North Playhouse Studio, Prescot
Fri 2 Oct 2026.
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Broken Chair Improv - The Films That Never Were

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Our Top 20 What's on in Liverpool Music Concerts This Week

The Pussycat Dolls

Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt keep the Pussycat tail wagging.

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Ground breaking Irish music producer and techno DJ.

Alison Moyet

A 40 year celebration since the 80's icon stepped out of Yazoo and fired up a solo career with her no.1 debut album "Alf" and Top 10 hits ‘Love Resurrection’ and ‘All Cried Out’.

Katherine Jenkins

Welsh opera singer cherished as one of Britain’s all-time favourite singers.

Don Broco

UK chart-topping Bedford four piece who filter their charismatic '80s pop-inflected rock seamlessly, almost restlessly, through metal, funk and electronics.

The King of Pop Starring Navi

A tribute to Michael Jackson.

Theatre Royal, St Helens + Chester Cathedral
Weds 30 Sep - Fri 2 Oct 2026.
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir - Classic FM Hall of Fame

Aled Jones is your host for a night of classic melodies

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic - Mahler Symphony No. 2: Resurrection

Existential unrest gives way to great hope and joy as Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan returns to conduct the epic Resurrection Symphony by Mahler

Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé - Constellations

Classical music meets African folksong and storytelling from the Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal.

The Amazons

Reading 4-piece The Amazons, take their stratospheric anthems, loose blues grooves, religious references and falsetto backing vocals back on tour.

We Are Scientists

New York indie rockers who are glued to the indie dance floor but also showcase a darker, more electronic pop rock sound

Madra Salach

Fuelled by a feverish word-of-mouth buzz, Irish alternative-folk six-piece Madra Salach (Dirty Dog in English) are fast emerging as one of the most talked-about acts of 2026.

BBC Radio 2 Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay

Vernon Kay takes you on a nostalgic trip back to the 90s dance floor.

Massano

A homecoming for the Liverpool techno DJ.

This Flight Tonight

A tribute to Joni Mitchell from Zervas & Pepper.

Black is the Color of My Voice

A tribute Nina Simone.

A Vision of Elvis

Rob Kingsley pays tribute to Elvis.

Keo

Irish rockers who supported Kings Of Leon, The Vaccines and Paulo Nutini at Hyde Park

Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool
Thu 1 Oct 2026 + more dates.
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Frankie Archer

Northumbrian electrofolk artist described by Jools Holland as “extraordinary” while Mark Radcliffe proclaimed her "an utterly beguiling presence live.".

Joe Jackson

The Portsmouth rocker found early success with his hit new wave singles "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" and "It's Different for Girls" in 1979 before the more jazz-inflected pop worldwide hit "Steppin' Out" in 1982.

James Lavelle

As UNKLE he scored the UK Top 10 hit "Be There" (featuring Ian Brown).

Violet Grohl

Grunge singer who is the eldest daughter of Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl.

Kristin Hersh

Melancholic experimental folk from the Throwing Muses founder.

Mammal Hands

Brilliant Norwich jazz trio who have performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Nadia Reid

New Zealand folk artist praised the world over for her intimate, complex songwriting.

Jake Xerxes Fussell

North Carolina folk artist described by Pitchfork as "No other American singer is repurposing our old folk scripts with so much authority or ingenuity."

St Michael in the Hamlet Church, Liverpool
Fri 2 Oct 2026.
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The Skinner Brothers

London indie band with an arena sound, who tell stories of football, drugs, booze, sex and love

Hannah Wicklund

South Carolina singer who covers many genres such as gospel, soul, pop, rock and blues.

Ferocious Dog

Worksop folk punk rockers celebrated for their narrative-driven lyrics addressing social, political, and personal issues.

T'Pau

Fronted by Carol Decker, the multi-Platinum selling, well-loved Shrewbury pop-rock outfit found fame with their 1987 debut single ‘Heart And Soul’ before going on to score the UK Chart #1 smash hit ‘China In Your Hand.