MUSIC: Newly formed Liverpool band Baked A-la-ska, above, are launching their CD with a concert at Studio 2. The 11-piece ska band have already built up a large fan-base which includes Jools Holland, Suggs and Lenny Henry.3345 Parr Street, tickets £6 from Probe Records.
POETRY: The “John Peel of poetry” brings his blend of humour and verse to Liverpool’s Poetry Cafe. The event is just one stop on Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan’s tour, Talking Myself Home. His talk covers growing up near Barnsley and touches on his parents, the Scottish sailor Lt Cdr J McMillan and Yorkshire girl Olive Wood.The Bluecoat, 0151 702 5324.
CLASSICAL: Gershwin’s wonderful American in Paris features in one of the last RLPO concerts of the season. Petrenko will be indulging his interest in Edward Elgar with the composer’s first symphony and violin soloist Hilary Hahn will perform the UK premier of Jennifer Higdon’s Violin Concerto.Philharmonic Hall, tickets £10-£32, 0151709 3789.
