IT’S Friday the 13th once again, and those who dare will have the chance to pay a visit to purgatory . . .

Or, at least, the curious can take in an evening of spooky atmospherics at St Luke’s bombed-out church.

For one night only it will become home to Purgatory, an evocative mixture of ghost stories and music.

City band aPatT and Manchester-based Mayming are the experimental outfits that will be providing the live music.

Eclectic sextet aPatT are no strangers to building up a chilling atmosphere, as they performed a live accompaniment to classic film Nosferatu for the 2008 Biennial.

Mayming, a cellist and vocalist duo, last performed in Liverpool as part of the Culture Company commission, the Long Walk.

They will provide the original musical backdrop to five ghost stories set in the church, for a “performance held together by an environment of sights and sounds that will turn the church into a cauldron of menace,” according to organisers.

The Purgatory project is led by Frakture, who have been at the forefront of promoting avant-garde music projects in Liverpool for several years, and Defcon.

Leading Frakture musicians will work alongside the bands and actors, all of whom share a fascination with classic psychological horror. Purgatory is the latest unusual event to take place in St Luke’s, which now hosts concerts and film screenings courtesy of art and music collective Urban Strawberry Lunch, which holds the performance licence for the church, which was firebombed beyond repair during World War II.

Attendees are advised to wrap up warm and be prepared for all weathers. Tonight’s show, suitable for over 15s only, begins at 7pm and tickets are £6/ £5.

CITY centre-based ghost tour Shiverpool also likes to make the most of one of the calendar’s creepiest dates and has its own Friday the 13th themed tour tonight, with £1 from every ticket sold being donated o Comic Relief.