La musica e l'arte di Sefton Park
Descrizione
Questo è un tour davvero unico che non troverete da nessun'altra parte. Celebrando la splendida bellezza vittoriana del Sefton Park di Liverpool e il ruolo che ha giocato in gran parte della musica e dell'arte che questa incredibile città ha prodotto. Da decenni artisti, poeti, scrittori e musicisti trovano ispirazione in questo luogo speciale. Hanno registrato e suonato qui. Echo e i Bunnymen vivevano qui. Oasis, The 1975, The Arctic Monkeys hanno registrato qui. Bjork, Ed Sheeran, The Stone Roses, Fatboy Slim hanno tutti suonato qui. E ci sono molte, molte altre storie da raccontare. Un Beatle viveva qui, mentre gli altri giocavano qui da giovani. Qui è cresciuto un direttore d'orchestra di fama mondiale. Una delle più grandi star britanniche del suo tempo tenne qui il suo funerale e 10.000 persone vennero a rendere omaggio. A sole due fermate da Liverpool Central, il nostro tour inizia alla stazione di St Michael e termina due ore dopo nella famosa e unica atmosfera di Lark Lane, con i suoi negozi, bar e ristoranti.
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Passeggiando dentro e intorno alla splendida oasi vittoriana che è Sefton Park, vedrai perché è stato nominato nel 2024 dal Times come uno dei migliori posti dove vivere nel Regno Unito, Sefton Park si estende pigramente su 235 acri di paesaggi tranquilli e mozzafiato e corsi d'acqua. È un vero gioiello della nostra città, con una storia affascinante a sé, ma il ruolo del parco come casa e ispirazione per tanti musicisti negli anni dalla sua apertura, come sfondo, come musa artistica e ancora oggi come sede dal vivo è ciò di cui siamo qui a parlare. Da Bjork ai Bunnymen, dalle prime Arctic Monkeys ai grandi successi di Atomic Kitten fino ad Africa Oyé - la più grande celebrazione gratuita di musica e cultura africana del Regno Unito. È tutto qui. Da George Melly, George Formby e George Harrison alla leggenda del design dei parchi Edouard André, Jamie Webster e The 1975. Da Frankie alla fattoria. Da Love a The La’s, Pulp a The Stone Roses... rendete l’idea. Non tutto riguarda i Beatles (anche se li citiamo)!
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Informazioni importanti
- Accessibile in sedia a rotelle
- I neonati e i bambini piccoli possono essere portati in carrozzina o passeggino
- Animali di servizio ammessi
- Sono disponibili trasporti pubblici nelle vicinanze
- I trasporti sono accessibili in sedia a rotelle
- Tutte le aree e le superfici sono accessibili in sedia a rotelle
- Adatto a tutti i livelli di forma fisica
- La tua guida Paul ti incontrerà al deposito per biciclette appena fuori dalla stazione, e indosserà una maglietta di marca.
Recensioni(23)
I spent the glorious Bank Holiday Monday with five other guests on a two hour guided tour of the Seton Park area experiencing the history of the culture area. From the founding of St Michael's in the Hamlet to a side street that changed the history of music in the 1990s, via tales of The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, Courtney Love, Jimmy McGovern, the creation of the park itself and ultimately the story of a cardigan that cost 80p in a Belgian shop and ended up being worth a fortune. The two hours flew by with Paul being a fantastic, entertaining, informative and insightful host. It's a great experience in a lovely area and I highly highly recommend it.
Paul really knows his stuff. I went on the tour as someone who grew up on the music of the early 80’s Liverpool post punk scene. But there were so many gems, and fascinating stories I was unaware of, and being told these “on location” really painted a picture. That’s not to say that’s all this tour is about, there’s history a plenty right from the off, St Michael’s Station, the church, St Charles on Aigburth Road, Lark Lane & Sefton Park itself. Landowners, Steel Magnates, Alternative Clergy, Artists, Musicians it’s all in there. Two hours flew by walking in a beautiful part of the city. Get yourselves booked on!
Paul has personality and friendliness in bags and was great at filling the sizeable gaps in my own knowledge of growing in the 80s and listening to and going to see Liverpool bands. We saw where The Bunnymen lived, where Nasher was working when he heard Relax was a hit, where Larks In the Parks was staged, all brought back lots of great memories. I thought I knew a lot but it was a real education. The 2-hour walk and talk was comfortable, very interesting and ended on the very popular Lark Lane. Great value for money.
Thank You, wonderful Paul! What a great walk, what a wide knowledge, what wonderful stories! From the Bunny-Vatican to 15-year-old Björk and the stolen Cardigan! Lovely walk we will not forget!
The Music & Art Tour of Sefton Park was an insightful and amusingly funny walk around a part of Liverpool I knew little about, until now. Paul our tour guide was a fantastic raconteur, who has vast knowledge of the area and revealed wonderful tales of the artists and musicians who inhabited the streets, at every turn. From George Formby to Echo & The Bunnymen, from George Melly to Julian Cope, there was a great story to tell. I would highly recommend without hesitation. If you want to know a bit more about the music, culture and history of the great city of Liverpool, this tour is essential.
Interesting and informative,Paul the guide knowledgeable and humerous.Wife local to the area able to share some fables and tales.
The tour guide, Paul, is extremely knowledgeable and engaging, it was a pleasure to be in his expert company for a couple of hours
Had a great time on this guided walk. Paul is a mine of information - some of it obscure, lots of it funny, and all of it shared in his inimitable style. I turned up on my own, but that wasn’t an issue at all, billy no-mates need not fear. This is also a really beautiful area to walk around - if you’re not familiar with this bit of Liverpool, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Dead easy to get to the start of the walk, too, it’s right by the train station. Definitely recommended.
Great trip around the area with Paul. Amazing in depth knowledge of the area, music and the subject matter. A must for any music fan of the 70s and 80s. But also any history buffs!
If you’re keen on the music and art of Sefton Park and wish to know more about it then Liverpool Culture Walks is the ideal fit for you. 2 hours of insightful stories and facts going back ages until modern times about the people and places that have had an influence on the area’s cultural history. Hosted and curated by Paul Fitzgerald it is truly a wonderful little educational stroll and well worth giving it your attention.
