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Music fans in Liverpool are already spoilt for choice. Whether you're an indie kid pointing your Doc Martens in the direction of the Jacaranda or a basshead taking your bucket hat to 24 Kitchen Street, there’s no end of amazing venues in the city.
Festival-wise, too, you can’t do much better than Sound City (a sort of northern Great Escape), Liverpool International Music Festival (a mecca for poptimists) or Creamfields (AKA the rave capital of the universe). There’s also a lot of historical stuff to see about some band from the ‘60s, but we can’t quite remember their name right now.
Anyway, the town’s already jam-packed music scene is about to get even more crowded, as No Art Liverpool is set to return with an increased capacity this year. The ultra-cool house and techno-centred one-dayer touched down on Merseyside for the first time last year and proved such a success that it’s set to take over Otterspool Promenade once more.
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No Art Liverpool will take place on Saturday, August 8. The line-up has yet to be announced, but last year it boasted the likes of Bosnian-German DJ Solomun, Liverpool producer Bontan and headlining house duo ANOTR. Expect this year’s event to be just as impressive.
An Entwine Live spokesperson promised much the same: ‘We're pleased to be bringing No Art Liverpool back for a second consecutive year. With much bigger production and a massive line-up waiting to be revealed – we promise you, you're going to love it.’
ANOTR launched No Art back in 2018. The event started as a party and associated events in the duo’s native Amsterdam, before it became a festival in the city in 2022. Since then, it’s gone from strength to strength, with iterations in Ibiza, Barcelona, Miami, Rio De Janeiro and São Paulo. This summer it’s hosting another event in the northwest, near Manchester.
The 2025 Liverpool No Art debut sold out, so it’s no surprise that the city has welcomed the event back with open arms. Basically, it’ll be like a little piece of Ibiza has landed in the UK – especially if the production really is bigger, as that spokesperson promised. When the festival announced its return to the northern city on Instagram, punters were absolutely delighted. ‘This will be boss’ one wrote, while another added: ‘Let’s get it Liverpool!’
A promo, shot on Brunswick Street, shows impeccably dressed dancer Shameer Rayes grooving through the city, soundtracked by the summery ANOTR anthem ‘Talk To You’. Eventually, he passes a red poster that declares: ‘NO ART LIVERPOOL’. Sold!
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