Bluecoat
With a city centre location and striking, Grade I listed building, the Bluecoat offers a dynamic programme of exhibitions and events, an award-winning programme for families and children and a bustling café serving delicious homemade meals. Our legendary garden is open all year round, it’s the perfect spot for a coffee break.
We’re also home to several independent retailers and creative businesses. From wedding dresses and handmade gifts to vintage records and house plants, get your shopping fix while you’re here.
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- Bluecoat: Taylor Swift Screen Printing Workshop - 8.6.24 - 13:00 - 16:00
- Bluecoat: The Thief of Bagdad: Film Screening + Q&A - 6.6.24 - 18:00 - 21:15
- Bluecoat: "Dead Ink Books: The History of Goth with John Robb & Roger Hill " - 6.6.24 - 18:00 - 20:00
- Bluecoat: Fine Art in Colour Pencil - 2.6.24 - 12:00
- Bluecoat: Oil and Cold Wax - 2.6.24 - 11:30 - 16:30
- Bluecoat: Introduction to Copper-Sulphate Etching - 1.6.24 - 11:00 - 17:00
- Bluecoat: Introduction to UV Screen Printing - 25.5.24 - 11:00 - 17:00
- Bluecoat: Liverpool Book Market - 24.5.24 - 25.5.24 - 11:00 - 17:00
- Bluecoat: Printmaking for Beginners - 23.5.24 - 6.6.24 - 17:30 - 19:45
- Bluecoat: Printmaking for Beginners - 23.5.24 - 6.6.24 - All Day
- Bluecoat: Izzie and Dora's School of Making - 18.5.24 - 19.5.24 - 10:00 - 17:00
- Bluecoat: Introduction to Cartooning - 12.5.24 - All Day
- Bluecoat: Salena Godden: Love, Grief and Fury - 11.5.24 - 19:00
- Bluecoat: Salena Godden - Love, Grief and Fury - 11.5.24 - 19:00 - 20:00
- Bluecoat: Danny Morrison: The Dirty War - 9.5.24 - 18:30 - 20:30
- Bluecoat: Michelle Williams Gamaker: Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass - 3.5.24 - 30.6.24 - 00:00
- Bluecoat: Dahong Hongxuan Wang: Role Model - 3.5.24 - 30.6.24 - All Day
- Bluecoat: Exhibition preview: Michelle Williams Gamaker & Dahong Hongxuan Wang - 2.5.24 - 18:00 - 21:00
- Bluecoat: Live Performances from Ka Baird, Rosie Terry Toogood & Dialect, and Ancient Plastix - 29.4.24 - 19:00
- Bluecoat: Introduction to Pastels - 28.4.24 - 11:30 - 16:30


