Threshold V Festival Liverpool is back - 27th-29th March, 2015

Threshold V Festival Liverpool is back - 27th-29th March, 2015

Threshold V, the fifth annual Festival of Music and Arts in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle quarter will take place on 27th-29th March 2015. The festival, which began in 2011, is a platform of grassroots creative arts, workshops, shopping, food, activities and, most of all; music.

"Last year we had a real 'coming of age' feeling and that's helped us in planning for Threshold 2015; not many festivals make it this far. Also, growing up alongside the Baltic Triangle has been quite an adventure. This will be our best festival yet." - Chris Herstad Carney, Threshold Festival Producer

The 3-day event will showcase the very best music and arts of Liverpool and further afield and also include stalls, food, talks and workshops. It will take place in Constellations, District, The Baltic Social, Unit 51, Baltic Creative, Lantern Theatre and other venues throughout the Baltic Triangle. 

Limited Early Bird Weekend Tickets for Threshold V are available at £10 until January 1st when they go up to full price.

Purchase £10 Early Bird for Threshold V Now

The submissions window is open until midnight on December 1st 2014 after which, no further applications will be accepted. 

Threshold V Submissions Form

Threshold Festival is a home-made music and arts event held in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle focusing on emerging artists, new work/ first views, collaboration, DIY, avant garde and community based projects - encompassing music, theatre, film, performance and visual arts.

Threshold V the fifth annual Festival of Music and Arts takes place 27-29th March 2015 in the Baltic Triangle of Liverpool.

thresholdfestival.co.uk

Rebel Soul present Saṃsāra Indian culture at Constellations Liverpool

Rebel Soul present Saṃsāra Indian culture at Constellations Liverpool

Constellations, 35 Greenland Street, Liverpool (Baltic Triangle) // 16.8.14 // 2pm-12am

£3 otd // Kids go free.

Rebel Soul is thrilled to present Saṃsāra - a celebration of Indian culture and independence. 

Join us on Saturday 16th August 2014 for an all-dayer of live music and performances, DJs, hands-on activities, art and authentic food and drink. 

Featuring: Bhangra dancing and workshops, Sitar and Tabla performances, a Baja Band, Dhol Drummers, an Odissi showcase, Henna body art and much more. 

This is an event for the whole family, so bring 'em all down. It's just £3 on the door. Kids go free. 

***Saṃsāra (pronounced Sam-sar) is the repeating cycle of birth, life and death; the universal process which encompasses reincarnation and karma***

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 August at Liverpool's newest and most cosmic venue.

Africa Oye festival 2014 After Parties Announced

Once Africa Oye starts wrapping up at the park, make the short journey to Liverpool's Baltic Triangle where the party carries on.

Saturday 21st June Tickets: http://www.skiddle.com/e/12197454

Sunday 21st June Tickets: http://www.skiddle.com/e/12200028

Physical tickets available from Wednesday June 11th at Dr Hermans (Bold Street), Ragga's Lark Lane and Ragga's Smithdown Road.

All proceeds from these parties go towards keeping Africa Oye free and open to all.  

For more information on Africa Oye and Oye Touring and Trading, check out the links below:

africaoye.com / facebook.com/africaoye / @africaoye #africaoye

Threshold festival 2014: The Full Line-Up

Friday 28th March
The Baltic Social

Threshold Presents: Natalie McCool

Gary Edward Jones
Sophie Ben-Yousef
Ste Hedley
Avital Raz
District

Antipop Records

China Shop Bull
The indecision
Smiling Ivy
Bolshy
Cool Beans Djs
24 Kitchen St

Threshold presents: The Destroyers

Johnny Panic and The Fever
Mimi Amore
Science of the Lamps
Kalandra
Kirsty McGee,
Spoony Bard
Skanky Panky Djs
Unit 51

Threshold presents: The Wild Eyes

Hey Bulldog
The Jackobins
Fidel Afro
Henry Pulp
Hosted by Greedy Jesus
Baltic Bakehouse

Threshold presents: Gideon Conn

Simeon
Chris Moore
The Mersey Belles
Emilio Pinchi
Ronan Boyle
Siren

Threshold presents: Beans on Toast

She Drew The Gun
David Gaffney Collective
Tom Kwei, Richard Francis
Mr. Wolf Collective
KZM
Paul Tarpy
Hosted by Jamie Broad
The Nordic Church

Rock Formations

Alpha Male Tea Party
Waking Aida
Kusanagi
Singapore Strategy
Stems
Blade Factory

BRAT at Blade Factory

Sheepy
Cloud
Arc Light
Book Thieves
Two Weeks Running
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Saturday 29th March

The Baltic Social

Liverpool Acoustic

Alex Hulme
Caroline England
Three Minute Hero
Carlos and the Jackal
SheBeat
Chris Callander
Tiz McNamara
Nora Konstanse
Kevin Critchley
Neildsy

Threshold presents Etches

The Mono Lps
MOATS
Clockwork Radio
Urban Empire
Indigo Sky
Hyper Magic Mountain
District

Threshold and Soul Inspired Presents
Kristyna Myles
POAM (Pieces Of A Man)
The Soul Rays
Rosh
Redeyed Jedi
Christina Malley
Charlotte Ashdown
Catherine Murphy

Threshold presents Dub Mafia

The Fire Beneath The Sea
We The Undersigned
Broken Men
The Mixnots
Mutant Vinyl
Sneakbeats
Kynchinlay
Lightworkerz
24 Kitchen St

A Culture Less Ordinary

The Part Time Heliocentric Cosmo Drama After School Club (Saturn, Lancashire)
The Harlequin Dynamite Marching Band
Spaceheads
Mr. Resistor (DJ)
Jacques (DJ)
Galaxians
Cosmic Girl (VJ)
Unit 51

Soul Inspired Events

Harleighblu
DJ 2KIND
Jay Alexzander
Judith Ude
Tyler Mensah
Rawschac
Little Grace
Lauren Housley
Lantern Liverpool

Threshold Creatives

Impropriety Acting Workshop
The Blackie Youth Theatre
New Leaf Theatre Ensemble
Rumour Theatre Co in association with Lady Parts
The Scape Physical Theatre


The Lemon Collective host Threshold Cabaret

Abi Wade
Plinky Plonky
Billy Kelly
Herman The Hermit Crab
Frankii Phoenix
Dennis Outten
Bring The Fire Project
Wild Writers and Red Herring
Suitcase Ensemble
Arena Studios and Gallery

Addistock Sessions

Carlos and the Jackal
Iain and Steph
ME and Deboe
Ed Poole
Twisted Trees
B-Sydes
Siren

Threshold presents Triphazard

The Borgias
Rangoon Sons
Pyro
Nightflies
Mervin Gersh
Duncan Ewart
Michael Bennett
Arkham Karvers
Edge of Eden
Baltic Creative Campus

SPARK: Industry Talks and Panels

Get Booked: Antipop and Liverpool Bands
Science Grrl & Threshold presents: Science vs Art the Debate
Audio Voyeur talks to Graham Massey and Paddy Steer
David Pattie: Kraftwerk
Beneath The Beat Screening with Q&A
The Nordic Church

Mish Mass

Silent Cities
Operation Lightfoot
Be Your Own Banana Theatre Company (BYOB)
The Mezzotint
Threshold House Band: Vanessa Murray, Oxtoby,Mersey Wylie, Kate Hazeldine, Donna Lea, Alx Green, Alexandra Jayne
Matthew Kerr
Moxie
90 Squared

Joel Bird
John Bruun
Baltic Bakehouse

BAKED

Detuned Radio
The Long Rays
Daygun
Mick Flaherty
beLOey
Adronite
Invisible Alliance
Kid Kin
Lo Five
Sunday 30th March
Unit 51

Farm Feast @ Threshold with Mellowtone

The Southbound Attic Band
Beaten Tracks DJs
James Munro
One Arm Bandits
John McGrath
Ottersgear


Farm Feast @ Threshold with Dovedale Social

Paul Straws
Marc Kenny
Mohebbi
The 69watts
Ed Poole
The Wretched Pearls
Threshold presents Robert Vincent & Friends

Dominic Dunn
Niamh Jones
The Ragamuffins
Joe Symes and The Loving Kind
Anna Corcoran
Lantern Liverpool

Threshold Creatives with Science Grrl

Science Grrl Science Fair
Impropriety
Meet Your Fool
Tiple Threat
One Half Theatre
RARE Showcase
Sofie Jude
Baltic Bakehouse

Home Grown Bananas presents #fruiturism

John Gorman
The Owls
Groundhog
Creaky Bones
Jim Pearson
Jo Bywater
Rufus Hok
COAST

Greg Wilson in conversation with Bernie Connor.
Arena Studios and Gallery

Addistock Sessions

Liam McClair
Elijah James
Chris Callander
Shoes4Brakes
Joe McCorriston
Seven Years Behind
Siren

Theatre Performances by City of Liverpool College

Acoustic Sunday @ Threshold
Just By Chance
Barney Soanes
Hedge Gods
Robert J Hunter
Dougie Crosbie
Karl McCann
Katie McLoughlin
Natalie Sexton
the big i am
Sam Cooper
The Baltic Social

Dream Mother's Day

Matt Breen
The Night and Days
Ben Stafford
Dawn Hignett
ME and Deboe
The Koala Collective
Indigo Vibe
Sgarmes
Creative Community Choir & James Sills
C-City
District

Merseyside Youth Stage with MYA and MAF

Caulfield
No Vacancy
Eleanor Nelly
The Haze
Room for Rent
MYA Choir
Daisy Gill
Halfleft
Spiral Vanilla


#CreativeShiftArea

Ego Lupus DJ
Daddy Science
Doodah Farm
Forthaven
Run Tiger Run
Thom Morecroft
Zilov Gaps

FUTURE|VISIONS

Palmer Hill, 24 Kitchen Street, Baltic Creaitve, Unit 51, Baltic Bakehouse and The Streets

Robyn Woolston
Adam Collier
Beauty's Perception
Curiousity Arts
Danny O’Connor
Delia Brady-Jacobs
ECOSHIP3000
Graham Smillie
Gray Torino
Jazamin Sinclair
Karen Henley
Michael Kirkham
Milk Presents
Mr. Wolf Collective
Pamela Sullivan
Pippa Jayne Sterrit
That Girl
The Fourth Wall
The Lemon Collective
Tommy Graham
Tristan Brady-Jacobs
Wesley Storey

Threshold Festival 2014 - More Acts Announced?

Punching above their weight has always been Threshold's party trick and this year they've made a big step up. Bristol based Dub Mafia have been named as one of the festival headliners to play at the event taking place 28th, 29th and 30th March in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle.  

Since forming in 2009, the seven-piece band who blend drum & bass, dub, dubstep, bashment, breakbeat and world music into their own superb sound have received rave reviews wherever they play from sweaty clubs to packed festivals. 

Dub Mafia 

“Dub Mafia are ones to watch and we think they are heading for big things" www.vuguide.co.uk

Joining the growing offering of national acts at the event will also be Gideon Conn. Lyrically brilliant Gideon arrived on the Manchester indie folk scene in 2007 where he become known for effortlessly blending folk and hip hop as well as his own unique performance style.

Gideon Conn 

“the people of Britain may not know it yet but Gideon Conn is one of their national treasures” – Scroobius Pip

Break Through Liverpool Acts

Two local bands who both have a fantastic 12 months behind them and an even more promising 2014 are Broken Men and The Fire Beneath The Sea.

Broken Men played Threshold 2013 to a gob smacked crowd in Elevator Bar (Now Baltic Social), purveying a stunning intensity and the kind of super tight musicianship that has given them national recognition winning the Relentless 'Hear to Be Heard' competition and supporting Echo and the Bunnymen.

The four piece indie rock band have epitomised the burgeoning scene surrounding The Baltic Triangle, District (Formerly The Picket) and Milk Presents. They promise a very special performance for this year's festival, will collaborations and cross genre antics.

Broken Men

Bringing the party to the stage once more will be 14 piece funk hip hop outfit The Fire Beneath The Sea. They hit the festivals of Summer 2013, playing stand out sets at Festival Number 6, Sound City and Beatherder. With a tour finale planned to coincide at this year's Threshold Festival, there's a guaranteed stomp down in store. 

The Fire Beneath The Sea

The full line-up for Threshold Festival of Music and Arts 2014 will be revealed in February.

Advance Weekend Tickets

Tickets for Threshold Festival 2014 are on sale through Skiddle priced at just £25

BUY TICKETS HERE

Threshold Festival 2013 - Review

Threshold Festival returned for it's third year at the weekend, and this year, as promised, was bigger and better than ever. Held in the Baltic Triangle area of Liverpool City Centre, which is now synonymous with all things arty, it was the ideal area for this grass roots multi arts festival.

With an opening night full of fire and aerial artists including Iosis Aerial Acrobatics, quirky music acts, acoustic sets and a few excellent bands, including, "The Tone Puppets" who excelled in Furnace, thanks to their strong vocals and rock bass lines and the brilliant, "Fidel Afro" who provided an enegrtic set in Elevator that combined 90's indie rock with a whole lot of punk rock, especially with. "Soul Hit". Best song of Friday night had to go to them, with the minutes before named, "Arr Aye Lad", which was laden with gutiar riffs Noel Gallagher would be proud of.

All in all, it was a great taster of what we could expect over the rest of the weekend.

Saturday, was a massive line up of many musical genres, from soul to folk to the lovably eccentric "Paddy Steers Three Pronged Audio Band", who provided a very surreal set of psychedelic jazz, once they'd managed to get their bass clarinet sorted out and how the saxaphone player managed to play with his giant papier mache head on deserved a round of applause for that fete alone. 

Also on the Saturday cards was Mobo Winner and Liverpool's very own Esco Williams, whose flawless vocals traveled across the Paper Garden room in Camp and Furnace, accompanied with a full band, he transfixed the audience with a polished performance, especially with "Just Friends"

Another great performance over the weekend has to go to Rob Vincent, who was headlining over at Elevator, who were triumphing all things acoustic, and who better to finish their night off for them than Rob. With little gems like, "The Bomb" and "November" to capture and hold the attention of the audience, Rob Vincent creates a warm atmosphere with his country/folk music style and his smooth vocals ebbing over every note, throw in his personality and you have one hell of a performer, that you can listen to for ages.

Sunday saw a wind down to Threshold and a much more chilled out ambiance everywhere. With an arts and crafts workshop running at Camp and Furnace, specializing in lots of lovely things for Mothers Day, it had a nice family friendly feel to it, and the folk and acoustic mood helped peoples creativity along, especially from, "Bear Beats Band". Meanwhile over at Elevator, Stevie Banks, certainly knew how to wake people up with a superb performance of a modern day one man band. With his guitar, blasting out and his feet stamping away on a drum pad and his raw vocals, it was great to watch this talented young man perform with such confidence and portray so much talent in his short set.

So all in all, I can say that Threshold Festival 2013 provided one hell of a music and arts extravaganza this weekend, in one of the most friendliest environments I've been to in a while and with so much talent on offer, I only wish I could review them all, but I'd be writing War And Peace, as the talent and variety was so vast. Hopefully we'll be able to get round to you all next year. 

Review by Alison Goggin