Week 1

14 January - Overview of Liverpool music heritage - British Music Experience

Guest speaker: Kev McManus, Head of UNESCO City of Music Liverpool




Week 2

21 January - Contemporary Black music and spaces - Elevator Studios

Guest speaker: Kofi Owusu – Musician, producer, filmmaker, mentor




Week 3

28 January - Exploring and researching music history and heritage - Museum of Liverpool

Guest Speaker: Karen O’Rourke, Curator of Sport, Music and performance, National Museums Liverpool



Week 4

4 February - Spaces and musical history - Walking tour

Guest Speaker: Peter Hooton, Musician, writer and broadcaster, music specialist, Chair of Beatles Legacy Group



Week 5

11 February - Electronic/ Dance and spaces - 24 Kitchen Street

Guest Speaker: Saad Shaffi, Venue owner and director



Week 6

18 February - The female influences on the Beatles - Yoko Ono Lennon Centre

Guest Speaker: Dr Holly Tessler - Senior Lecturer, Music Industries (head of MA Beatles, Music Industry and Heritage programme), Institute of Popular Music, and Beatles Legacy Group



Week 7

25 February - Black music in the city - BME

Guest Speaker: Yaw Owusu – LIMF Music Director and Black music specialist



Week 8

4 March - Forgotten town: Punk and Liverpool’s second wave  – rehearsal rooms, studios, venues, record shop, music instrument shops circa 1978

Walking tour – Mathew Street area - Andy McCluskey - OMD



Week 9

11 March - Exploring and researching music history and heritage - SAE

Guest Speaker: Dr Marion Leonard, Senior lecturer in Music, Institute of Popular Music

The End Fanzine exhibition and Zine making workshop with COMIC YOUTH



Week 10

18 March - Electronic/Dance – Lock & Quay pub + site visit

Guest Speaker: Mike Knowler, DJ entrepreneur



Week 11

25 March - The LGBTQ+ connections and influences on the Beatles - Bluecoat 

Guest Speaker: Dr Mike Jones - Reader in Music Industry, Institute of Popular Music, and Beatles Legacy Group



Week 12

1 April - An exploration and discovery the city’s Black music gems - Toxteth walking tour

Guest Speaker: Curtis Watt, Performer, poet, author, musician



Week 13

8 April - LGBTQ+ and dance - 24 Kitchen Street

Guest Speaker: Shaun Duggan, John Aggy and Ian Usher from Sonic Yootha



Week 14

15 April - The future is Birkenhead - Future Yard

Guest Speaker: Cath Hurley, Director Music skills and development, manager, mentor