Welcome 2025 with a stirring celebration of favourite classical pieces – and ring in the New Year with Land of Hope and Glory, Nessun Dorma and Hornpipe.

New Year’s Day Proms

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Handel’s Messiah isn’t just the greatest story ever told, set to some of the most thrilling – and tuneful – music you’ll ever hear. It’s a celebration of the human voice, and the human spirit, in all their glory. Ev’ry Valley, For Unto Us a Child is Born, The Trumpet Shall Sound… you already know the melodies. But with the brilliant Benjamin Appl – a singer himself – conducting, there’s no more inspiring way to welcome the New Year. Hallelujah!

Messiah

The UK’s most renowned and exciting big band is returning, swinging you back in time, playing Glenn Miller’s own arrangements of favourite hits from the forties.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra

The Ancient Greeks believed that the flute was the oldest of all musical instruments, created by the god Pan himself. Debussy’s retelling of that myth is at the heart of this ravishing recital from the Orchestra’s flautist Helen Wilson: an evening of magical melody and wondrous new sounds.

Myth and Legend

The Music Room

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The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

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The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

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The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

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The Artelize Podcast and Adolfo Corrado: Mediterranean flavors, opera and social media

New York, New York – it’s a helluva town! Here in Liverpool, we’ve always had a special connection with our sister city across the pond, so naturally, the dynamic young American maestro Joseph Young is making his Liverpool debut with Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying, all-dancing salute to the Big Apple. First, though, Chloë Hanslip weaves modern-day magic from Philip Glass – and if you enjoy Barber’s Adagio for Strings, you’re going to love his Essay No.2.

Bernstein, Barber and Glass

Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters and rip it up. For one man and a guitar he creates a performance with a huge far-reaching sound that is energetic, compelling, and passionate.  Be it to two hundred people or twenty thousand, he blows the crowd away night after night.

Martyn Joseph

Starring Peter Andre, The Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is a spectacular high-pitched celebration of timeless music from one of the biggest selling groups of all time. This nostalgic musical journey pays tribute to the life and career of those four boys from Jersey, who started singing under a streetlamp but soon went on to become one of the most recognised groups in history. From the streets of New Jersey to the dizzying heights of the West End and Broadway, this incredible music has delighted audiences for over five decades.

Peter Andre Starring in The Best of Frankie Valli

Music from different worlds and centuries collide in Domingo Hindoyan’s debut with Ensemble 10:10. Featuring Liverpool's own William Bracken on piano, Alban Berg's 1920s masterpiece was fashioned in the intellectual cauldron of Vienna. Kareem Roustom’s Violin Concerto was inspired by a musical phrase from a Mozart concerto which invoked his own Arabic musical heritage and language, and will be played tonight by its dedicatee, Michael Barenboim. On the other hand, Sam Kane – winner of the 2023 Rushworth Composition Prize – takes his musical roots from his own Irish ancestry.

Ensemble 10:10

Yoko Ono Lennon Centre

Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony is a piece that you simply must hear live. It’s sometimes compared to a “cathedral in sound”, and no question, it’s got majesty to spare. But Bruckner was on a lifelong spiritual quest, and Domingo Hindoyan feels a deep kinship with this very personal masterpiece. First, though, we welcome the winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition, and while we don’t yet know who they are, we do know that they’ll be incredible!

Leeds International Piano Competition Winner

Mendelssohn was a poet in sound, and when his beloved sister died, he poured all his anguish into a string quartet like no other. The Grosvenor Quartet steps into his imagination today.

Grosvenor String Quartet

We’re inviting you to come along and join the Musical Professors in their musical laboratory! Claire Henry will work with their music-making machines to create musical experiments with players from our Orchestra.

Under 5s Concert: The Musical Professor

Giselle is a haunting story of innocence and betrayal – a timeless tale about the redemptive power of love.

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Giselle

Liverpool Empire

London Coliseum

Palace Theatre Manchester

In an exotic, faraway land, one young pauper's life is about to change with the luck of an ancient lamp - and you're invited to join this magic carpet ride as it embarks on its first UK tour! Based on the hit Disney classic movie Aladdin, this Tony Award-winning musical features all your favourite songs from the film including 'A Whole New World, 'Friend Like me' and 'One Jump!'

Aladdin

It's time to start revving your engines as Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell" class="css-u850">Bat Out Of Hell heads out on a brand new UK tour! This mega-musical extravaganza is based on Meat Loaf's iconic album of the same name and features over 20 of the supergroup's hits, including, "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Heaven Can Wait". Bat Out Of Hell made its West End debut in 2018, where it took London audiences by storm, now it's your turn to have a slice of the action!

Bat Out Of Hell

As part of their 2025 UK season, Varna International Ballet is bringing back their wonderful imagining of The Nutcracker, offering a little bit of Christmas spirit in a sparkling and classic production that'll delight, even after the big day itself! Expect glittering sets, costumes and traditional ballet, wrapped up in Tchaikovsky's unforgettable score.

Varna International Ballet - Nutcracker

From the people that brought you Sing-a-long Sound of Music and Grease, The Greatest Showman to get the Sing-a-long-a treatment! With lyrics on screen and a live host to teach you extra special dance moves, it's your turn to be the star of the show. Oh, and don't forget your amazing Greatest Showman themed costume!

Sing-a-Long-a The Greatest Showman

Witness one of the most magnificent ballets of all time presented by Bulgaria's prestigious Varna International Ballet who return to the UK by popular demand in 2025! Set to Tchaikovsky's lush score, Swan Lake's story of supernatural romance never fails to delight, with unforgettable choreography, glittering costumes and breathtaking drama.

Swan Lake

Guns 2 Roses are the only tribute band of Guns N Roses to be approved by Axl’s Axe Warriors and have performed live with four different members of Guns N Roses over the years.

Guns 2 Roses

O2 Academy Liverpool

Little Red is off her head. Her nan’s in bed and the wolf’s not fed. With a pan of scouse and a loaf of bread, she’s off to the forest where the woodsman led.

The Scouse Red Riding Hood

St Johns Shopping Centre

Lilly Gray has passed away. She leaves behind three (mostly) loving daughters, a nice little hairdresser’s and a lot of untidy memories.

Events in Liverpool

New Year’s Day Proms

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Messiah

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

The Glenn Miller Orchestr...

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Myth and Legend

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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Bernstein, Barber and Gla...

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Martyn Joseph

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Peter Andre Starring in T...

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Ensemble 10:10

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Leeds International Piano...

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Grosvenor String Quartet

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Under 5s Concert: The Mus...

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Giselle

English National Ballet

Aladdin

Liverpool Empire Theatre

Bat Out Of Hell

Liverpool Empire Theatre

Varna International Balle...

Liverpool Empire Theatre

Sing-a-Long-a The Greates...

Liverpool Empire Theatre

Swan Lake

Liverpool Empire Theatre

Guns 2 Roses

O2 Academy Liverpool

The Scouse Red Riding Hoo...

Liverpool’s Royal Court

Pass The Parcel

Liverpool’s Royal Court