What’s On – University and Liverpool events | October and beyond
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We’ll be refreshing our events programme throughout the year, and details are shared in our monthly alumni newsletter. Have you been receiving our emails? Make sure to keep your contact details up to date to stay informed about upcoming events and opportunities.
Exhibition: THE SINGH TWINS and Flora Indica
📅 Date: 11 October - 12 April 2026
📍 Venue: Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens, Richmond TW9 3LL
🎟️ Cost: Included with entry to the Gardens
THE SINGH TWINS: Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire by internationally acclaimed artists The Singh Twins showcases a striking new body of work inspired by Kew’s botanical archives. Displayed as fabric light boxes, these explore the deep connections between botany, empire and trade.
Liverpool Irish Festival - Harry Clarke's windows
📅 Date: Wednesday 15 October
🕒 Time: 6pm
📍 Venue: Rendall Building on the University of Liverpool campus.
🎟️ Cost: Free
Gerry Molumby of The Irish Post will lead an illustrated talk on Harry Clarke, an exemplary illustrator and stained-glass designer and maker.
Meet the Scientists 10 Year Extravaganza
📅 Date: Saturday 18th October
📍 Venue: World Museum, Liverpool
🎟️ Cost: FREE event suitable for all ages (grown ups too!)
Celebrate 10 years of Meet the Scientists at the World Museum on Saturday 18th October! Scientists from across the University of Liverpool will be taking over the museum for a fun-filled day of discovery, science and wonder!
You can expect creative crafts, interactive experiments, as well as performances and demonstrations throughout the day.
No need to book, just turn up! More information.
Liverpool Literary Festival
📅 Date: Friday, 17 October to Sunday, 19 October
📍 Venue: Venues across campus
🎟️ Cost: Prices vary. Alumni receive 10% off with the promo code ALUMNI10
The University’s Liverpool Literary Festival brings together bestselling authors, sharp minds, and passionate readers for a weekend of inspiring conversation, readings, and a shared love of literature.
Indika Festival
📅 Date: Friday, 17 October to Friday, 31 October
📍 Venue: Venues across Liverpool
🎟️ Cost: Prices vary.
Indika is one of Europe’s largest festivals of Indian classical arts, taking place biennially in Liverpool. The festival offers something for everyone with an incredible mix of music and dance performance, talks, workshops and films, all of which feature both internationally renowned and British talent.
River of Light
📅 Date: Friday, 24 October to Sunday, 2 November
📍 Venue: Liverpool City Centre
🎟️ Cost: Free
Follow a magical light trail around the city centre and enjoy some amazing installations. Soak up some culture and get the perfect photo for Instagram. This year’s trail has the theme ‘The Science of Light’.
Trail map and more information
Super Saturday – Halloween
📅 Date: Saturday 25 October
🕒 Time: 11am-3pm (drop-in)
📍 Venue: Liverpool City Centre
🎟️ Cost: Free
Head to the Victoria Gallery & Museum for a spellbinding, Harry Potter-inspired day of magic and science! Get creative and make sustainable spell books, broomstick pencils, and woodland wands and bookmarks, plus meet the University scientists to uncover the science behind the spells and discover more about magical medicinal plants. Dressing as your favourite witch or wizard is encouraged! All ages welcome.
No need to book, just turn up!
Turner: Always Contemporary
📅 Date: Saturday, 25 October to 22 February 2026
📍 Venue: Walker Art Gallery
🎟️ Cost: approx. £11
The Walker Art Gallery has revealed new details about its major upcoming exhibition, Turner: Always Contemporary (25 October 2025 – 22 February 2026). The landmark exhibition, which marks 250 years since the artist’s birth, will bring internationally important artworks by JMW Turner (1775-1851) and a host of contemporary artists to Liverpool.
Celebrate Green Libraries Week
📅 Date: Tuesday 28 October
🕒 Time: 11am-3pm (drop-in)
📍Location: Victoria Gallery & Museum, Ashton Street, Liverpool, L69 3DR
Celebrate Green Libraries Week with a day of fun, free, eco-friendly activities and workshops! Get involved with ‘As Creatives’ as they present their interactive theatre workshop ‘The Regeneration Generation – Saving Planet Earth’ – exploring climate change and how we can all help save Planet Earth. You can also get creative with crafts and build a gnome home from recycled books, make a mini origami book, and create bookmarks from recycled books.
No need to book, just turn up!
Spooky Cinema at The Mansion House
📅 Date: Tuesday, 28 October to Saturday, 1 November
📍 Venue: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park Liverpool, L18 3JB
Liverpool’s biggest open-air cinema is back at the historic Calderstones Mansion, just in time for Spooky Season. Set beneath the cosy cover of a giant canopy, audiences can enjoy a hand-picked line-up of Halloween family favourites, timeless cinematic classics, and chilling literary adaptations. Films being shown: Beetle Juice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Addams Family Values, and Rear Window.
Liverpool Leaders with Raj Tulsiani: Championing inclusive leadership
📅 Date: Monday 3 November 2025
🕒 Time: 4pm
📍Location: Online
Looking to grow as a leader? Join us for our upcoming Liverpool Leaders talk from graduate and one of the UK’s leading figures in executive and interim search, workforce planning, and diversity.
As the founder and CEO of one of the recruitment industry’s few minority-owned firms, Raj will share how he has spent two decades reshaping leadership and talent strategies to build more inclusive and equitable workplaces.
Should we let scientists follow their noses? How curiosity-driven research advances medicine and health
📅 Date: Monday 3rd November
📍 Venue: Yoko Ono Lennon Centre
🎟️ Cost: Free
Join us for another exciting Science and Society lecture with Professor Patrick Chinnery, delivering his lecture; Should we let scientists follow their noses? How curiosity-driven research advances medicine and health.
Further events
- Upcoming alumni events: For all upcoming alumni events, please visit our alumni events pages.
- Upcoming reunions: For all upcoming reunions, please visit our reunion pages.
- Find out what your local alumni network has planned: Some of our international networks will have a list of upcoming local events. Please visit the relevant pages below to find out what's on.