May event listings at Leaf on Bold Street
LEAF, 65-67 BOLD STREET, LIVERPOOL, L1 4EZ
‘One of the Top 10 Multi-Purpose Venues in Britain’ – The Guardian
'One of UK's top 50 tea shops' - The Independent
MAY LISTINGS
Tuesday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th May
Out of the Bedroom Open Mic with Johnny Sands
Our
weekly acoustic occasion is one not to be missed, with some of
Liverpool’s best singer songwriters and spoken wordsmiths. Out of the
Bedroom is hosted by the delectable Johnny Sands. Bring your own
instrument and get in early for a chance to perform.
8:30 / Ground Floor / FREE
PLUS
Tuesday 1st May
The Language Circle
A bubbling mix of French, English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese folks, all eager to exchange some culture and language.
Meeting
on a regular basis, the Language Circle helps you improve your language
skills, learn about our respective countries and make some great new
friends along the way.
6:30pm / First Floor / FREE
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Wednesday 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th May
Spotify Wednesday
Pick
a song, write it down, give it to one of our lovely staff and wait for
the sweet bliss of your favourite song to jump down your ear hole.
8pm-10pm / Ground Floor / FREE
PLUS
Wednesday 2nd May
Creative Writing Workshop
Expand
your powers of observation and imagination in a workshop that will help
lubricate your story telling voice and perfect your plot, dialogue,
viewpoint and style.
For more information contact Susi Moore on susimoore@hotmail.co.uk
6.30pm-7.30pm/Ground Floor/ FREE
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Thursday 3rd May
Jelly Liverpool
Jelly
Liverpool enables delegates to escape their normal working environment
and join in what has become a fantastic alternative co-working event.
Jelly Liverpool enables people to make new contacts in an informal way
whilst still allowing them to work on their deadlines and maintain
productivity. The best part is, it is totally FREE including wifi, desk
space and refreshments.
9am-5pm / First Floor / FREE
PLUS
Mellowtone Presents… Bird
Since
the release of their much-anticipated E.P 'Phantoms' on Halloween of
2011, this five piece “Atmospheric Folk” Band have gained much critical
acclaim. They have regularly been played on BBC 1 and 6 as well as
featuring on channel 4.
Bird
put themselves under the genre of ‘atmospheric folk’ and atmospheric is
definitely the word. You will find haunting and poetic lyrics combined
with melodic and eerie, sweeping guitar riffs. Enticing audiences with
the ability to play the silences as well as the music, creating tension
in everything they do leaving you wanting more at the end of every note
rather than at the end of every song. Bird’s universe is magical and
other worldly, creating strong imagery and emotion for the audience.
Bird are sure to leave you with hairs standing up on the back of your
neck.
Alongside
planning their tour and keeping busy with press and radio interviews,
Bird are currently back in the studio recording new material set to be
released March/April of 2012.
+ The Mono LPs (Acoustic set)
+ Anna Tai Hogan
7.30pm Doors / First Floor / £4 adv from Skiddle.com: http://bit.ly/HMTgh1
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Friday 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th May
DJ DASH
Dance with DASH week in, week out. Moving from house, electro, funk, soul and the blurry bits in between.
10pm till late / Ground Floor / FREE
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Saturday 5th, 12th, 18th & 25th May
Jess Gascogine DJ Set
There
is one thing we know about Jess… on a Saturday night, she delivers just
what the dance floor ordered. From soul and funk, to hip hop, house and
back again.
10pm till late / Ground Floor / FREE
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Sunday 6th & 20th May
Life Drawing
EAT, DRINK and Draw to your hearts content every other Sunday.
7pm-10pm/First Floor/ £9 OTD
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Wednesday 9th May
Harvest Sun Presents… Wallis Bird
Wallis
defies categorization, which makes writing about her tough work. But
one thing is for sure this Irish artist is a musical magpie whose
mature, self-affirming songs display an unusual emotional breadth.
An
exceptional guitarist, her unique playing style comes from a childhood
accident which permanently damaged her left hand, Bird learned to play
her instrument flipped back to front, resulting in her own bafflingly
complex chord fingerings, much to the bewilderment of audiences across
Europe.
7:30pm / First Floor / £6Adv from: Ticketweb http://tiny.cc/yi47j
In Person:
Probe Records on School Lane
The Music Consortium on Bold St
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Friday 11th May
Rat Hole Radio
Back
for it’s third successive year The Rathole Roadshow is a music event
with a slight difference. We’ll be connecting Rathole Radio fans around
the world directly with artists and guests via message walls, chat rooms
and even our fabulous audience-bot robot, built by Liverpool’s
favourite boffin Mr Adrian McEwen. When triggered by fans online the bot
will let off a burst of applause into the room and let them get
involved, wherever they are.
8pm / First Floor / FREE but donations appreciated
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Thursday 17th, 18th & 19th May
Sound City
With the likes of Still Corners and Bella Union this promises to be a weekend of amazing music.
TBC/First Floor/1 Day Wrist Band £25 from LiverpoolSoundCity.co.uk http://bit.ly/J50FI0
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Sunday 20th May
Capstans Bazaar
The
delightful arts & craft market joins us again to offer a quirky
mixture of handcrafted and lovingly made goods for your buying pleasure.
With an emphasis on quality and originality, Capstan and Co. hope to
present you the best our region has to offer from bespoke jewellery and
textiles, to ceramics and limited edition prints.
12pm – 5pm / First Floor / FREE Entry
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Monday 21st May
Chess Club
Stretch
those mind muscles with one of the world’s oldest games. Chess Club is
an opportunity for you to play with other opponents in the open
atmosphere of LEAF the third Monday of every month.
8pm / Ground Floor / FREE
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Tuesday 22nd May
Branching Out
Talk
about your business without the typical sales pitch. Branching Out is
an early morning get-together for local professionals, talk about your
business, meet new network connections and grab a coffee between both.
9am – 11am / Ground Floor / FREE
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Wednesday 23rd May
The Handsome Family
Over
the last two decades New Mexico based husband and wife duo Brett and
Rennie Sparks (aka The Handsome Family) have recorded a series of albums
that has established them as one of America's finest songwriting
partnerships and has seen them hailed as "country music's answer to the
White Stripes" and by Greil Marcus as "the Beatles of the folk world".
The Handsome family will be joining us at LEAF to play songs from their upcoming release.
7:30/First Floor/£10 From Ticketline http://bit.ly/
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Friday 25th May
Gemma Hayes
Gemma
Hayes' much-anticipated fourth studio album, Let it Break, will be
released on 2nd April and is an evolution of Gemma's unique style of
music, combining prog rock, folk and electronica.
Her
debut LP, Night on My Side, received much critical acclaim from all
corners, garnering a UK Mercury Prize nomination and earning her an
award as Ireland's best female artist.
19:30 Doors / First Floor / £10 from Glasswerk.co.uk http://bit.ly/Ir8Igf
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Sunday 27th May
Retro Sunday
Clad
yourself in vintage attire that’s sustainable, unique and unavailable
on the high street. This quaint vintage fair, set in the auspicious
surroundings of LEAF, is the perfect chance for you to delve into the
vintage world and to grab something pre-loved that’s wonderfully
original.
11am – 5pm / First Floor / FREE
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Monday 29th May
Book Club
Delve deep in to the depths of “Love in the Time of Cholera”, a novel by Nobel Prize winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. The book explores the idea of love in its many forms.
7pm / Ground Floor / FREE
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Tuesday 30th May
Pudding Club
In
a rebellion against the usual definition of a pudding ‘Any sweet dish
served directly after the main course’, we serve 5 sumptuous courses of
puddings with a tea to compliment each one.
7pm / First Floor/ £11.95 from www.thisisleaf.co.uk
ADDRESS:
LEAF ON BOLD STREET
65-67 BOLD STREET
LIVERPOOL
L1 4EZ
TEL: 0151 707 7747
WHAT THE PRESS SAY
'A club and gig venue, gallery space and cinema as far from chintz as is possible to get'- The Guardian
“Top 10 Tearooms in the UK” - Yahoo & Visit Britain
“Top 50 Tea Rooms in the UK” - The Independent
‘A club and gig venue, gallery space and cinema as far from chintz as is possible to get’ – The Guardian
'Leaf is a hidden gem, right on the edge of town' - Liverpool Echo
'Unquestionably a 21st century tea shop' - BBC Olive Magazine
Shortlisted - Tourism Marketing Project of the Year - The Mersey Partnership
Shortlisted - Best Cafe/Bar in the North - Theme
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