If you're looking for ideas for your next date night, there's plenty going on at Liverpool's LEAF on Bold Street from live music to life drawing.
BEN OTTEWELL LIVE
Thursday 5th March / 19:30 - 23:30 / £16.75
Former Gomez frontman returns to Liverpool for an intimate gig. Following last year's stunning performance at the Unitarian Church, Ullet Road, Ben returns for a night of acoustic blues melody, shot through with his trademark, scratched baritone voice. There's much beauty to behold here, from his solo work right back to one or two Gomez classics. Reid Anderson joins Ben as special guest.
LIFE DRAWING
Sunday 15th March / 19:00 - 21:00 / first floor £9 OTD
Head over to LEAF Bold St to explore Life Drawing. Paper and basic pencils are provided, however feel free to bring along any of your own equipment too.
HARVEST SUN PRESENTS: JAY SOM
Saturday 28th March / 20:00 - 23:00 / £14.30
Live at LEAF, Jay Som, is a Los Angeles-based, DIY and bedroom-pop singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer.
GIG: NAP EYES
Thursday 16th April / 20:00 - 23:00 / £11
Eight years and four albums into it, the artistic arc of Nap Eyes continues. With each new release, an incremental and invigorating step forward. And with the end of each album and tour, a return to the beginner's practice. Now, Snapshot of a Beginner is Nap Eyes's boldest, most concentrated and most hi-fi album to date, a study of that repeated return and all that it can teach you.
GIG: HARVEST SUN PRESENTS THOM MORECROFT
Friday 17th April / 20:00 - 23:00 / £8
Played on BBC 6 Music by Tom Robinson and described by ex-editor of NME, Q, Mojo and Word Paul Du Noyer as “cheering and addictive”, Thom Morecroft is a British singer-songwriter from Shropshire, living in Liverpool.
Out of the Bedroom: Open Mic Night with Johnny Sands
Every Tuesday at LEAF on Bold Street
Nothing beats an evening of live music, especially in Liverpool, a place famed for its love of making music. Out of the Bedroom Open Mic is a perfect example of local talent standing strong, with a packed house and great atmosphere every Tuesday night.
20:30 / Ground Floor / Free Entry
Spotify Wednesdays
Every Wednesday at LEAF on Bold Street
Every Wednesday LEAF lets you indulge in some of your favourite tracks, old and new, via the most contemporary of all the world’s jukeboxes, Spotify.
18:00 / Ground Floor / Free Entry
Classic Album Thursdays
Every Thursday at LEAF on Bold Street
Check out LEAF every Thursday evening as the team selects a truly great classic album to play in all its glory, from start to finish.
7pm / Ground Floor / Free entry
For further information check out www.thisisleaf.co.uk
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