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About Rough Trade Liverpool
Rough Trade Liverpool is a grassroots music venue in Liverpool City Centre, Liverpool with a standing capacity of approximately 290. Bring your own PA, mics and instruments.
Rough Trade Liverpool books Pop acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Liverpool venue directory.
Rough Trade Liverpool is the chain's largest UK store — a 6,500 sq ft record shop, café and dedicated live venue at 50-56 Hanover Street in Liverpool city centre. The ground floor houses the record store and a café serving Dark Arts Coffee; the first floor is a c. 290-capacity venue space hosting in-stores, album launches and touring indie, alternative, pop and rock acts (recent bills include Kelley Stoltz). A professionally equipped record-store-and-stage hybrid at the heart of the city's music scene.
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Find Rough Trade Liverpool
50-56 Hanover Street, Liverpool City Centre, Liverpool, L1 4AF
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Rough Trade Liverpool books Pop. Both original music and covers are welcome. Browse artist profiles by genre on GigXchange.
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Rough Trade Liverpool has a standing capacity of approximately 290, classed as a medium venue. See all Liverpool venues for size comparisons.
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50-56 Hanover Street, Liverpool City Centre, Liverpool, L1 4AF. See the map below for directions. Browse more Liverpool venues nearby.
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