Get yourselves down to 

Laces Out! Sneaker Festival
Saturday 4th October, 2014
12pm – 6pm
Camp and Furnace, Liverpool
£3 adv tickets available at Lacesout.co.uk

Sneakers, trainers, trainees, trabs, kicks, webs, wheels - whatever you want to call them, they have never been in bigger demand than they are now. Sportswear can be seen on the catwalk and special commission collaborations between the biggest brands and celebrity designers can be seen all over the place, from Kanye West and Adidas to Asics and Ronnie Fieg. Such limited releases are what drives the community of dedicated ‘sneaker-heads’ from Brooklyn to Brixton and everywhere in between.

Now, a festival dedicated to these enthusiasts or sneaker-heads is coming to Liverpool as the city gets its very own sneaker festival Laces Out! this October (Saturday 4^th) where loads of hard-to-find sneakers are up for grabs. Whether you’ve been on the hunt for Jordans, Air Maxes or Adidas or are just craving something new, you can head down to the Baltic Triangle where Camp and Furnace hosts 30+ stalls with 1000s of different trainers for sale and swap, plus an all day bar, a barber specialist in the form of Cutthroat Pete, a tattoo artist Ry Harris, and live music with beats supplied by DJ, The Mighty Mojo.

The popularity of these events in London is such that they are notorious for their large queues, with thousands of people eager to get in the mix amongst the rows of footwear. Laces Out! promises to be a haven for trainer addicts, drawing in the best of the best when it comes to traders of the laced collectibles. You can also have your sneakers customised by onsite experts. And if trainers aren’t your thing there will also be streetwear by the likes of Trapped Rats, Sneaker art, and street food available.

Tickets available at Lacesout.co.uk or from Ran, Lost Art, Weavers Door, 3B Records and Camp and Furnace.

So.......Who’s going to be there?

 

Krate & Co: Smart shoe storage perspex boxes from this Liverpool based company, helping to protect those precious collectables and show them off at the same time. http://krateandco.bigcartel.com/

Mayo Customs: Quality shoe customs based in Liverpool. Reincarnate your favourite sneakers in a colour theme of your choosing. Twitter/Instagram: @MayoCustoms

Cutthroat Pete: Talented Liverpool barber with a large and high profile clientel from all over the country will be on site offering fresh cuts, beard trims and merchandise. http://cutthroatpete.com/ Twitter: @cutthroatpete

Ran: Independent North West shop stocking clothing and footwear from around the world. Ranshop.co.uk

Lost Art: Skate-related shop, selling boards, accessories and clothes – plus various street paraphernalia. Lostartshop.co.uk

MyDopeSocks: The best custom Nike elite socks in the UK. Making unique custom Huf socks and Nike dri-fit socks. Mydopesocks.com

Weaver’s Door: Liverpool based designer clothes store for men, providing stylish stock made from the best materials. Weaversdoor.com

Trapped Rats: Crisp tees, vests, hoodies, and jumpers from an indie Liverpool streetwear label. http://trappedrats.bigcartel.com/Twitter: @Trapped_Rats

Among many others.

If you want more information see - www.lacesout.co.uk or Twitter: @lacesoutfest

DiscoFashionArt will be there covering the event and quite frankly my little Jordan wearing self couldn't be more excited! 

MTV Brand New presented by LIMF

announce Ella Eyre,Jess Glynne & Becky Hill

Live from Liverpool’s Camp and Furnace on August 13^th

Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) has today announced a major partnership with MTV to present some of the UK’s hottest new talent at this year’s festival. The exclusive show - titled MTV Brand New presented by LIMF - will launch this year’s festival on Wednesday 13 August, the festival at the city’s intimate Camp and Furnace venue in Liverpool’s creative Baltic Triangle area.

MTV Brand New 2014 nominee, and Brit Award winner Ella Eyre is joined on the bill by chart-topping singer-songwriter Jess Glynne (collaborator with Clean Bandit and Route 94 on two UK number one singles earlier this year) and singer-songwriter Becky Hill whose last single ‘Gecko (Overdrive)’ with Oliver Heldens went to number one in June ‘14.

Ella burst onto the scene when she featured on Rudimental’s ‘Waiting All Night’ and is known for her dynamic live sets and her powerful, raw, seductive voice. Her own debut single ‘If I Go’, out on July 14th, perfectly exhibits her all-conquering massive vocal with it’s gravely rich tone taking centre stage.

Ella says: “I can’t wait to get up to Liverpool for MTV Brand New presented by LIMF, it’s such an incredible platform for new music. I think it’s so important to have shows like this that really give new music and new artists the chance to shine. It’s these opportunities that have helped me and I couldn’t be more grateful. I’m so excited to not only see some new talent myself, but to be a part of it too!”

Jess Glynne releases her debut single ‘Right Here’ this week which is set to be a Top 5 hit and her voice is distinctly recognised in the chart toppers she has already featured on. Her vocal crosses over a distinguished mix of hip hop and soul but with enough pop to satisfy the wider audience at the same time.

She has also worked with Bless Beats, Rudimental and MNEK but now emerges in her own right.

Jess says; “I'm really excited to be a part of Brand New Liverpool, it's a city with such rich musical and cultural history, it's an incredible place to be and to be performing there is really exciting."

Becky Hill has now toured with Rudimental, featured on and co written their track ‘Powerless’, Wilkinson’s ‘Afterglow’ and her recent Number 1 ‘Gecko (Overdrive)’.

Becky says; "Thank you for making me a part of Brand New Liverpool! Very excited to be playing in such a musical place!"

Tickets go on sale at 7PM on Thursday 10 July at £3 per ticket (plus fees) on the LIMF website. 

Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Doors for the show will open at 19:30 on Wednesday 13 August.

LIMF Music Curator Yaw Owusu commented; “We’re very pleased to announce this event – MTV are a fantastic partner and the line-up is incredible, literally the next leaders of the UK pop and R&B scene. Our aim was to create something really exclusive, cool and intimate while keeping it affordable and I think we have definitely achieved it.  Tickets are priced at just £3 each so we are expecting them to go really quickly!”

MTV Brand New presented by LIMF will be broadcast across MTV’s flagship UK music TV channels, MTV MUSIC and MTV LIVE HD, and subsequently across its portfolio of music channels.

The Vogue Ball

                 

LIVERPOOL’S ICONIC VOGUE BALL RETURNS AFTER LAST YEAR’S SELL-OUT SUCCESS! 

Liverpool’s multi award-winning Vogue Ball is back - and with a theme of 'Gods and Monsters' this year is set to be truly iconic and even fiercer than usual! The ball, which since its inception in 2010 has evolved from cult underground event to sell out sensation, will return to Camp and Furnace for its 2013 outing on Saturday 5 October. The Vogue Ball is a dance event like no other in the UK – where club culture meets high art and Vogue teams (known as ‘houses’) come together from far and wide to compete for dance supremacy, wearing lavish and creative costumes befitting (and often subverting) the given theme. After the debauched magic that was last year's 'Twisted Fairytales' Vogue Ball locked out at Camp and Furnace, organisers House of Suarez have opted to return to the city’s most happening venue for another catwalk spectacular reminiscent of 1970s/80s New York (the home of the Vogue dance style) at its most glamorous. This year's 'God and Monsters' theme is set to challenge the boundaries of those competing. House of Suarez has irrevocably shown that the Vogue Ball is a force to be reckoned with, winning ‘Best Annual Event’ at the Seen Awards in 2011 and 2012. This year’s Vogue Ball is certainly not for the faint hearted, it will ricochet between dark scary lands and places beyond the clouds in a decadent and debauched meeting of celestial beings, icons, men and monsters, all showing off their seedy and seductive night moves on the UK’s most messed-up catwalk show. 

For tickets click here 

Tonight!

Tonight Discofashionart will be attending. Full reports tomorrow!