Things to do in Liverpool today and this weekend

Start at the Royal Albert Dock and walk north along the waterfront, past the Museum of Liverpool on Mann Island, to the Pier Head and the Royal Liver Building. Turn inland to Mathew Street for the Cavern Club, then to St George's Hall by Lime Street. Walk up Mount Pleasant to the Metropolitan Cathedral and down Hope Street, past the Everyman and the Philharmonic Hall, to the Anglican cathedral.

Go indoors: the Museum of Liverpool, Tate Liverpool and the Metropolitan Cathedral are free to enter, and the Beatles Story and St George's Hall are good for an hour or two. The rainy-day page lists what is indoors, with what is on there next.

The Metropolitan Cathedral is free to enter, and so are Tate Liverpool's displays. National Museums Liverpool keeps the Museum of Liverpool free to enter too, with only special exhibitions needing a ticket. The waterfront walk from the Albert Dock to the Pier Head costs nothing. The free page lists the events of the next 30 days that cost nothing.

Start with the Beatles Story on the Royal Albert Dock, then the Cavern Club on Mathew Street, where the band played from 1961 to 1963. International Beatleweek, the Cavern's Beatles festival, is held over the August bank holiday, with shows at the Cavern, the Philharmonic Hall and the Everyman.

Skate St George's, the outdoor ice rink and Christmas market on St George's Plateau, runs from 21 November 2026 to 3 January 2027 and is open every day except Christmas Day. A second site, Liverpool Christmas Wonderland, is on the Pier Head. Its dates were not confirmed when we checked.

Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter for live music and bars; the Baltic Triangle for clubs and gigs at Camp and Furnace; Hope Street for theatre and concerts; the Ropewalks around Bold Street for pubs and bars. The going-out page lists each night of the week.

The Philharmonic Hall for concerts and the orchestra, the Olympia and Camp and Furnace for gigs, the M&S Bank Arena for the big tours, and the Cavern Club for live music every day.

The year starts with the Chinese New Year celebrations around Chinatown, then the Grand National Festival at Aintree in April and Sound City in early May. In June comes Africa Oyé in Sefton Park, and every other year the Liverpool Biennial runs through the summer. July has the Arab Arts Festival and Pride, the Beatles festival Beatleweek is over the August bank holiday, and comedy takes over Blackstock Market in early September. Winter has the ice rink and Christmas market from late November. The year page has the dates.