Metal Liverpool

23/07/2026

🎭 Join the Merseyside Caribbean Carnival Revival Team! 🎭

We're looking for passionate people to help bring the Merseyside Caribbean Carnival Takeover to life!

Whether you're a volunteer, performer, DJ, rapper, musician, dancer, artist, comedian, creative, or simply want to get involved, we'd love to hear from you.

If your skills or role aren't listed on the application form, please tell us about them—we're always happy to consider new ideas and talents.

📱 Scan the QR code or complete the application here:
https://forms.gle/Tqp5593hMRufbSgV6

Together, let's create something amazing for our community. ❤️💛💚

18/06/2026

“The questions I had carried with me from New York seemed to find their answers in Liverpool. Through conversations with artists from such different cultural and historical backgrounds, I felt again that music has a way of binding us into one larger community.” — Noshvia Wu 🎶

In March, we welcomed Noshvia Wu to Metal Liverpool for a two-week residency through the British Council Musician in Residence Programme with PRS Foundation.

Working between Beijing and New York, Noshvia spent her time exploring Liverpool’s cultural landscape, connecting with local artists, and drawing inspiration from the city and its natural surroundings.

Noshvia's shared a reflection on her residency and how the experience has influenced her creative practice. Read Noshvia’s blog, 'Finding Connection Through Sound: Fragments from Liverpool' here: https://bit.ly/4feQvKP ✨

ID 1: ID: Noshvia working on a music keyboard and laptop in a studio space with audio equipment and posters on the wall. There's a large window on the ball behind her with light shining through.
ID 2: Two musicians working with electronic equipment, laptops and sound equipment in the top photo, and a group of musicians sitting in circle playing various instruments in a large exposed brick space.
ID 3: Noshvia walking outside on grass in a green space with tall trees in the background.
ID 4: A black and white image of musicians rehearsing in a spacious room with exposed brick walls.

10/06/2026

Our Metal Open Advice Sessions for creatives of all levels and art forms are back again on Wednesday 22 July!

Want to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? You can! We’re offering free 1:1 advice sessions for artists who live and/or work in our local area.

Sessions will be led by you and whatever you’d like to discuss, which might include:

🌀 Talking through your creative practice
🌀 Developing or sense-checking a project idea
🌀 Advice or signposting to funding routes and opportunities
🌀 Building relationships with organisations, voluntary groups, partners or venues
🌀 Budget development or reading draft applications

Sessions are available in person from Metal’s base at Edge Hill Station or online. You can book one session and sessions last 1 hour.

Places are offered on a first come, first served basis (for those who live and/or work in our local area), so follow the link in our bio for full details and to book your free place. We look forward to seeing you!

ID: A group of people sitting on chairs in a circle in conversation with each other, holding pens and paper. The room they are in has lots of exposed bright, and there are chairs and a bike leaning on the wall in the background. The image is overlaid with the Metal logo and the date and location of the session.

28/04/2026

Are you an artist/creative with an interest in environmental practices? 🌏

We’re especially interested in connecting with anyone who may feel marginalised or underrepresented within current approaches to climate action in the cultural sector.

Why? 🤔

We know that there is no climate justice without social justice. There are lots of different ways to engage with environmental issues through artistic practice, and we’d like to learn more about any iindividuals and organisations that are working across environmental sustainability and creativity, radical rest and nature restoration. We’re also developing new carbon reduction tools for the sector in partnership with the Design Museum and UP Projects, and we want to make sure your voices are heard and considered within any approach to reducing our carbon impacts as a sector.

If that sounds like you, comment or follow the link below to learn more and fill in our interest form.

https://bit.ly/4dJWer9

Image credit: Camilla Greenwell

ID: A person wearing a colourful scarf and headphones stands in front of a tree with their hand resting on it. White text overlays the image: ‘Do you know any artists/creatives with an interest in environmental practices? Who should we have on our radar?’

22/04/2026

This , we’re diving into ‘A Climate (In) Conversation’ - a recent (virtual) discussion between Jenny Porter, our Shift Organiser and Liverpool Site Director, and Pip Tuffin, Community Engagement Manager at SAIL 🌍

Shift Liverpool connects the cultural sector across the Liverpool City Region to drive sustainable change, while SAIL empowers the creative and cultural sector to take real, practical action towards environmental sustainability. Together, we’re asking: where are we at and what comes next?

From climate action to sustainability, funding, policy and the barriers stopping people from getting involved, we covered a lot. Plus, our hopes and fears for the future of this space, and ultimately the world around us.

Read the full conversation here: https://bit.ly/4cBrNBj

Follow the link to discover one practical step you can take today to live more sustainably this and every day.



ID: Four graphics designed in navy, orange, teal, pink and white. The first has the Shift and SAIL logos repeated on it, and the other three include quotes from the in conversation piece.

08/04/2026

Our Metal Open Advice Sessions for creatives of all levels and art forms are back this April!️

Want to discuss your creative practice, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? Metal is here to support you. On Wednesday 29 April, we’re offering free 1:1 advice sessions for artists who live and/or work in our local area.

These sessions will led by you and whatever you’d like to discuss, which might include:

👉 Talking through your creative practice
👉 Developing or sense-checking a project idea
👉 Advice or signposting to funding routes and opportunities
👉 Building relationships with organisations, voluntary groups, partners or venues
👉 Budget development or reading draft applications

Sessions are available in person from Metal’s home at Edge Hill Station, or online if you prefer.

Each artist can book one session, and sessions last 1 hour.

Places are offered on a first come, first served basis for those who live and/or work in our local area. Book here: https://bit.ly/4s43S3b

We look forward to seeing you!

ID: A photo of Edge Hill Station, with the big yellow wooden doors open, as someone enters. The insides of the doors are painted dark green and there is a white arched window above it. The bright sky can be seen behind the building.

23/02/2026

We’re hiring 📣 We’re looking for a proactive and highly organised Programmes & Operations Administrator to join our Liverpool team.

You will be central to the smooth running of Edge Hill Station and the first point of contact for artists, partners and visitors. The role combines office management, programme support, hospitality, and systems administration, and also plays an important part in delivering Metal Liverpool’s earned income strategy.

Our new Programmes & Operations Administrator will enjoy working with people, developing effective systems, and creating welcoming, well-run environments where artists and communities can thrive. This is a hands-on role within a small, collaborative team, requiring flexibility, initiative and care.

The role is full-time and you’ll be based on-site at Edge Hill Station. We’re running a guaranteed interview scheme for this role as part of our commitment to addressing the imbalance of underrepresented communities within the cultural sector and within our own organisation. You can also apply for this role in a way that meets your access requirements.

Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3n2vdY3

Applications close at 9am on Tuesday 24 March.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Image credit: Make Time For Love, 2025. Photo: Radna Dolinska

ID: A graphic that reads ‘Programmes & Operations Administrator, Liverpool’ - join our team. There is a photo of a person wearing a pink hi-vis jacket with ‘make time for love’ on the back and a black cap. They are standing with their back to the camera, facing a table with flowers on it, with a bookshelf behind the table.

16/02/2026

Our next Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness project comes from Tool/Toy Project.

Have you ever wondered how sheep's fur gets made into wool?

Join us for an intimate workshop bringing a group of strangers together to do some hands-on making, storytelling, making spindles and spinning yarns after dark.

Hosted at the Tool Library in Aspen Yard, off Lodge Lane on Friday 20 February at 6-8pm.

https://bit.ly/4aF0dSN

Can’t make it? There’s another event on Saturday 21 February at Kitty’s Launderette. Email [email protected] for more details.

Events are free and open to anyone.

This event is part of The Unlonely City programme which is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.

ID 1: A blue graphic with a cream box on the left, with blue line drawings of hands spinning yarns inside. Details of the event, as in the caption, are below in cream text and to the right of the image.
ID 2: A cream graphic with a blue box on the left, with cream line drawings of hands spinning yarns inside. Details of the event, as in the caption, are below in blue text and to the right of the image.

05/02/2026

Introducing one of our Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness events!

Artist Dora Colquhoun invites you to share the iconic Liverpool dish, Scouse, with friends old and new on Thursday 26 February and Thursday 19 March from 6pm 🍲

Dora’s lived in Liverpool for 13 years but has never had a home-cooked bowl of Scouse made by a Scouser. Dora calls Liverpool home and wants to uncover the secrets behind what makes this stew so special.

Is it beef or lamb? Do you add turnips? Things could get controversial! But at the heart of Scouse is a big pot of nutritious, warming stew designed to bring people together.

Joined by experienced chef Alex M***i, you’re invited to come create a bowl of Scouse, connect with others and take home a receipt card so you can make Scouse (and a veg version) at home.

Want to come along? Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3McjkLE

This event is part of The Unlonely City programme which is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.

ID: A purple and orange graphic with a bowl of scouse in the centre, on a plate with a spoon, bread and button around it. The title ‘Scouse Nights’ is centred at the top in red and purple. There are details of the event dates and times (as in the caption), and the Metal, The Unlonely City and Violet Arts logos are in the bottom corners.

You’re invited to share the iconic Liverpool dish with friends old and new, and enjoy a warm evening of socialising while learning a new skill.