A musical festival that champions local artists is getting underway in the heart of Birkenhead today.
Merseyside has been at the forefront of the UK’s return to live music. Sefton Park saw five thousand music fans take part in the country’s first live music trial event, whilst local promoters, Club Evol, hosted a number of all day festivals that showcased some of the region’s best musical talent and finest live venues, including the bright pink cultural spark of Future Yard in Birkenhead.
The venue, run by some of the best local creative minds, is providing a space for upcoming artists to blossom, becoming The Wirral’s go-to music hub.
They will be playing host to some of the best local musicians once again as they put on their own two day festival, ‘Future Now’, this bank holiday weekend.
Future Yard in Birkenhead will play host to the Future Now festival this weekend
Starting today (Friday, August 27) at 4pm, the festival features a mix of emerging artists from Wirral and Liverpool as well as some of Future Yard’s favourite bands from across the country.
Special guest Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals is taking the headline slot on Friday, playing tracks from his brand new solo album ‘Seeking New Gods’, whilst local melodic Grunge duo Stores and dreamy bedroom soloist Lazygirl are among those lighting things up earlier in the day.
Saturday sees the scouse Jazz of Brad Stank, the witty Post Punk of Yard Act and the genre bending synth sounds of PVA, amongst many others, all grace the stage with proceedings kicking off at 12pm.
With the weather brightening up for the long weekend, the vibrant outside space at Future Yard is the perfect place to mingle with like minded music lovers before heading into their noisy inside gig space.
Future Yard has a large outside space as well as its main gig area
A fantastic selection of food and drinks combined with the buzzing ambiance of the venue is worth the trip any day of the week - the incredible selection of live music is purely a bonus.
Following the success of their debut Future Yard Festival in 2019, that took place across different venues in Birkenhead, Future Yard can now host at their own Argyle Street venue, reaffirming their mantra that the future is Birkenhead.
Future Now Festival, Future Yard, 75 Argyle Street, Birkenhead. For ticket information, click here.
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