Key Arts Events in Liverpool

Jul 7 2008 by Vicky Anderson, Liverpool Daily Post

MUSIC: New York blues-rocker Joe Bonamassa, described by some as “the best guitarist of his generation” plays tonight. Carling Academy, Hotham Street, 7pm, tickets £16. 0905 020 3999.

EXHIBITION: Art in the Age of Steam, an international exhibition featuring some of the great names of European and North American art, including Frith, Manet, Monet, Van Gogh and Hopper celebrating the power and impact of the railway on artists. Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, open daily 10am to 5pm, free. 0151 478 4199.

THEATRE: The doors are now open for musical extravaganza Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi, written by Phil Willmott and set in the famous hotel’s 1930s heyday. Until July 19, at Liverpool Playhouse. Tickets £10 to £22. 0151 709 4776.

ART: Oceans Apart is a new exhibition taking place across two Slater Street venues, featuring the work of up-and-coming Liverpool and Arab artists including Leon Jakeman, Katriona Beales, Colin Serjent and Richard Ashworth. Titos and The International, open daily from 10am to 7pm, until July 17. Free.