Cavern News

Cavern to host opening of 6 Music Festival

Friday, 8 March 2019
BBC 6 Music’s influential 6 Music Festival is being staged in Liverpool for the first time – and the Cavern is very proud to be hosting the festival’s opening event. BBC Music Introducing...Live will be broadcast from our Live Lounge
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So may I introduce to you… Neil Brannan

Friday, 1 February 2019
So may I introduce to you, the act you've known for all these years... Neil was our very first customer in the Cavern Pub when it opened in 1994 and proudly carries with him the receipt number 0001. He was
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Mark McGann talks Perplexed Music ahead of his Cavern album launch

Monday, 21 January 2019
He’s famous for embodying the spirit and songs of a certain John Winston Lennon. But Mark McGann will be introducing Cavern audiences to his own music when he launches his new album in the Live Lounge next month. Perplexed Music
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A warm Cavern welcome for bands getting back to Mathew Street in 2019

Tuesday, 15 January 2019
The Cavern has seen thousands of musicians play on its stage since it first opened in 1957. Some like The Beatles have appeared hundreds of times, while others – from Adele to Queen - have made the pilgrimage to Mathew
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Kenney Jones & the Jones Gang come to the Cavern

Monday, 14 January 2019
As drummer with The Small Faces, Faces and The Who, Mod royalty Kenney Jones was the backbone of three of the UK’s biggest bands of the 20th Century. Stepney-born Jones was still just 16 when he shot to fame with
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We want your memories of the Cavern

Friday, 7 December 2018
The Cavern holds a lot of memories for many thousands of people - and now we'd love to hear about them. Over the past 61 years, generations of Cavern dwellers have enjoyed live music in the 'best of cellars', have
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The beat goes on with a new Cavern Club documentary

Friday, 30 November 2018
A lot has happened in the life of the Cavern since it first opened in January 1957. Last year the club marked its 60th birthday with 12 months of celebrations which included a big birthday party, a theatre show, special
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Memories of the Cavern – 1962-66

Friday, 26 October 2018
I went to the Cavern between the ages of 15 and 19, so that would be 1962-66. The first six months was when I was a student at Machin & Harpers Secretarial College just off the top of Bold Street.
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Rock legends Queen and the Cavern

Monday, 22 October 2018
The Cavern has seen plenty of rock royalty in its 61-year history. Leaving aside the most famous band in the world, some starry names have made their way to Mathew Street over the decades – all immortalised on our Wall
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Wolf Alice wins Cavern-backed accolade at 2018 Q Awards

Friday, 19 October 2018
It’s been a good year for London indie rockers Wolf Alice. Last month they won the Mercury Music Prize for their second album Visions of a Life. And now they have added the prestigious Q Award for Best Live Act
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Memories of The Cavern – 1962

Friday, 28 September 2018
I first went to the Cavern with my friend Hilary Williams when we were 16 years of age. I remember walking down the cobbled street and into the narrow passageway at the entrance to the club, then descending down the
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“It wasn’t on that side of the street!” and other Cavern myths

Wednesday, 19 September 2018
The Cavern Club opened its doors as a jazz club on 16th January 1957, owned by Alan Sytner. The doorway was originally where we now have our Cilla Black statue, which is The Cavern Club’s fire exit. On 3rd October 1959, new
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Brilliant Beatleweek

Wednesday, 29 August 2018
And so it’s been another Hello Goodbye as International Beatleweek has come to a close after eight days of fantastic Fab Four fun. Bands and Beatle fans descended on Liverpool – birthplace of the biggest band in the world –
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Festival Food and Drink

Friday, 17 August 2018
First there was the Cavern Club. Then the Cavern Pub... And now we’re very proud to present our latest unmissable venue on Liverpool’s famous Mathew Street – Festival Food and Drink! “Festival” is a fantastic new themed restaurant, opened in
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10 things not to miss at International Beatleweek

Monday, 13 August 2018
With just 10 days before this year’s International Beatleweek, it’s all systems go here at Fab Four central. Beatle bands are set to converge on Liverpool from the four corners of the globe this month – including Argentina, Russia, Japan,
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