Enjoy Music in Liverpool
Liverpool is acknowledged by the Guinness Book of Hit Singles as 'World Capital of Pop' - for producing more number 1 hit singles than any other city around the globe - Liverpool's Wall of Fame in Mathew Street celebrates this achievement featuring fifty-four Liverpool Number 1 chart hits since 1952.
The Liverpool Summer Pops, Africa Oyé and the Mathew Street Music Festival are just some of the annual events which showcase the city's musical magic.
And as birth place of the Beatles, Liverpool is a Mecca for fans around the world. It is home to the world-famous Cavern Club in Mathew Street, where the Fab Four made their debut performance on 21st February 1961, and Brian Epstein first heard them play.
Explore all Liverpool has to offer by visiting
- The Beatles Story: enables fans to experience the most sensational story the pop world has ever known. Established in 1990, the tour is divided into 18 separate features and charts the success of the group from their early days in Hamburg.
- Mendips: John Lennon's childhood home now opened to the public by The National Trust since March 2003. Visitors can see the environment which spawned John's boundless creativity and in which he first started playing and writing music.
- 20 Forthlin Road: was the former home of the McCartney family and one of the most important houses in the history of popular music.
- Right now you can check out a variety of local, national and international acts at venues like the Barfly, Zanzibar, the Magnet, the Picket, Bumper, the Cavern and Carling Academy. Plus a host of other venues
- Liverpool's clubbing scene is also very much alive with club nights like Chibuku Shake Shake, Circus, Garlands, Korova, Society, the Krazyhouse, Cream and the Camel Club shaking things up.
- If you're after something a bit more eclectic then the world-renowned Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra could be the place, with dynamic young principal conductor Vasily Petrenko at the helm.
- Magical Mystery Tour: a daily 2 hour tour, explores the lives of the Beatles, their home, schools, and birthplaces. Starts from The Beatles Story and finishes at the world-famous Cavern Club.
