Collective Encounters is a professional arts organisation specialising in theatre for social change. We use theatre to engage those on the margins of society, telling untold stories and tackling the local, national and international concerns of our time.

DaDaFest is an innovative and cutting edge disability and deaf arts organisation. Our vision is to inspire, develop and celebrate talent and excellence in disability and deaf arts.

dot-art supports visual arts and champions art an integral part of everyday life. We this by selling locally sourced, affordable art, working with businesses to put art in the workplace and public realm, running art classes and working with schools and community groups.

First Take is an award-winning filmmaking and digital arts organisation specialising in working with diverse communities and on artistic collaborations, producing edgy, authentic, untold stories.

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival delivers arts and community programmes that bring diverse cultures together, increasing appreciation and awareness of Arab culture and arts at a local, national and international level.

The Liverpool Irish Festival exists to bring Liverpool and Ireland closer together using arts and culture. Why? Because Irish people suffer isolation, ignorance and invisibility, in England and around the world.

BlackFest is an annual festival which platforms, develops and celebrates Black/POC artists and communities across art forms such as music, dance, film, theatre, and the visual arts. To educate, empower and improve equality in the arts championing leadership.

Paperwork Theatre create live theatrical experiences which are joyful, adventurous and full of human experience. Their work seeks to connect people through stories and invites audiences to become active participants.

24 Hope Street is an essential Liverpool city centre hub for dance. Our well-used studios are collectively run by artists for artists. Our aim is to provide a safe, inclusive space for artists to create, collaborate and perform, alongside a diverse provision of open classes.

Metal Liverpool is an artistic laboratory based at Edge Hill Staton, the world’s oldest active passenger railway station. We act as a catalyst for art and artists to create innovative societal change.

Homotopia makes art, interventions and participation that inspires and unities communities. Every November, Homotopia presents the longest running annual festival of local, national and international LGBTQIA arts & culture in the country.

Kitchen Sink are a theatre and film company, empowering disadvantaged young people (aged 10-30) to tell real stories to challenge current perceptions. Supporting vulnerable people and promoting good mental health  is at the heart of our work.

Movema is an exciting and dynamic company providing world dance activities for everyone. Our unique team represents the vibrancy, energy and diversity of British culture.

LUMA CREATIONS (aka One Latin Culture) celebrates, promotes and produces Latin American and Diversity Arts and Artists. We produce an annual programme of events, performances, projects and we deliver the LA FERIA (Latin American Arts Festival) in September.

Open Culture aims to increase the profile of arts and engagement in the region. We do this through our projects including LightNight Liverpool, Summer and Winter Arts Markets and Uncover Liverpool, a guide to cultural activities in the city region.

Open Eye Gallery produces exhibitions, long-term collaborative projects, publications, festivals, and university courses – locally and worldwide. We welcome over 85,000 visitors to our gallery every year, over 200,000 to projects in other venues, and many more to our online spaces.

The Comedy Trust create happier, healthier people through the power of laughter and comedy. Throughout the year we deliver workshop programmes and curate Liverpool’s annual celebration of comedy and the arts through the Liverpool Comedy Festival.

The Windows Project, founded in 1976, runs writing workshops in community venues: playschemes, youth centres, day centres. We also work with adults with learning difficulties and in secure units, prisons and schools.

Tmesis Theatre create, develop and share passionate and playful physical theatre through touring shows, participation and an International Festival, Physical Fest. We are a female-led company, with a large focus of work with and about women.

Wired are an internationally acclaimed aerial theatre company and the creators and world’s foremost performers of Bungee-Assisted Dance technique.

Writing on the Wall (WoW) is a writing & literature organisation hosting Liverpool’s longest running literature festival – WoWFEST. WoW also host Black History Month festival in October and creates writing development programmes.

ArtsGroupie aims to make the arts accessible to all. Developing our own theatre productions, heritage walk tours and creative workshops taking them out to communities in the North West.

A female-led performance company that moves to its own beat, with tap dance at its heart. Performances, classes, and jams for all ages and abilities.  Since 2021 Sole Rebel have established a Training & Performance Company, a unique opportunity for emerging Tap dance artists.