Ask Elliot win battle of the bands contest
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Feast of Fiddles Silver Jubilee Tour at The Atkinson Southport Thursday 4 April
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SLADE play LIVERPOOL – O2 Academy on Saturday 8th December!
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MOGWAI with special guests The Twilight Sad play LIVERPOOL – Eventim Olympia on Thursday 22nd November 2018!
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Local children’s pop group helping to grant magical wishes
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Ainsdale musician to join BBC Music Day free festival in Liverpool
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THE SOUTH (featuring members of The Beautiful South) play SOUTHPORT
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Hamilton Loomis Brings Funky Texas Blues With A Message To Southport, Friday, August 31st
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WATCH | A Merseyside rising star is proving to be a big hit in Southport
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SOUTHPORT’S Stone Horizon release new songs
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Appeal for SOUTHPORT stories to commerate WW1
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Feast of Fiddles to Fiddle The Atkinson in April
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winners Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton to Play The Atkinson, Southport
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton will play The Atkinson, Southport on Friday 6 April. The first gig of their new album launch tour, the duo can’t
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winners Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton Play The Atkinson, Southport
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Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman twice winners of BBC Radio Folk Awards Best Duo to appear in Southport
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Rock ‘N’ Roll Souse TV Comedian At LOL Comedy Club
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SLADE play LIVERPOOL – Hangar 34 on Friday 22nd December!
SLADE – Without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain in the past 30 years. With their unique blend of perfect pop-rock’n’roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure
Mighty Boosh & Lee Mack at LOL Comedy Club Southport
Liverpudlian-in-exile Silky has always been hilarious. At only his fourth ever gig he was on BBC1 in the final of the 1995 BBC New Comedy Awards alongside Lee Mack (Mock The Week,
The Old Ship Macmillan cancer support day – get itself a down!
So today’s the big Macmillan day at the old ship, we have raffles, tombolas, fancy dress competition, guess the name of the bear, cake stalls, face painting from 4pm (feel free adults),
2nd Hillside Cider and Sausage Festival 25th – 27th August 2016
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Southport College helps young musician to raise money for Charlie’s Chapter
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Multi Award Winning TV Favourite At LOL Comedy Club Southport
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Emily Smith and Jamie McClennan to play at the Atkinson Southport
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An Evening Celebrating the Music of John Denver supporting Queenscourt Hospice
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Southport RFC is shocked to hear of the sudden death on Christmas Day of good friend to the club Larry Hannah.
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CAROLINE AHERNE DISCOVERY AT LOL COMEDY CLUB
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Astles wins the Merseyrail Sound Station Prize 2016
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Unsigned Indie Band ‘GOOD WORK WATSON’ appearing at the Fox and Goose
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