410 Rock Ferry Festival – Indigo Café Poets Stage

A celebration of Rock Ferry with music and art

Sunday 14th September, 2025

12:00 pm

Indigo Café, Bedford Road

Join us for a vibrant celebration of Rock Ferry through music and art, set across two of the area’s most iconic venues: the beloved Indigo Café and the historic Byrne Avenue Baths.

At the Indigo Café, enjoy an afternoon of live entertainment alongside their fantastic food. The newly renovated garden will host the Garden Stage, while the upstairs event space will feature the Poets Stage – both showcasing local talent and Wirral favourites.

Meanwhile, Byrne Avenue Baths will host a special art exhibition featuring artists from Rock Ferry. Also at Byrne Avenue the festival moves into their brand new venue space, the Old Laundry Room, where a line-up of bands will bring the noise to the festival with a line up of local punk bands.

471 Routes C.I.C. is proud to host this event on a ‘Pay What You Can’ basis, with tickets available at free, £2, or £5. Thanks to a small amount of funding from the Rock Ferry Community Fund, we are able to keep the event accessible to everyone, while any contributions made will be reinvested directly into supporting creative arts projects across the Wirral. By choosing to pay what you can afford, you’ll not only enjoy a great event but also help us continue to nurture and grow the local arts scene for our community.
We are asking people to purchase a ticket so we can keep a track of numbers coming along to the venues. (Even if you are purchasing a Free ticket.)

12:00-12:20 Tia Murphy

Bio to follow soon

12:20-12:40 Paul Pyke

Fresh from his performance at the Victorious Festival, we’re delighted to have Paul Pyke sharing his ‘words, rhythms and a little bit of magic.’ His sets have been described as both a ‘real food for thought’ and ‘uniquely disturbing and hilarious’.

12:40-13:00 Julie Lammin

Julie Lamin is a Wirral author and prize-winning poet. A regular performer at Merseyside Open Mic Poetry events, Julie takes a fresh look at the familiar and finds humour in the everyday. Her themes range from Wirral to the world, and her words touch our shared human experiences.

Her writing has been described as “heart-warming” and “simply beautiful.”

13:00-13:20 The Birkenhead Poet

The final poet for our 410 Festival is Paul Griffiths aka The Birkenhead Poet. Paul is a bit of a local legend with a dynamic performance style, a colossal memory, and poems that take you on a journey with Homer, Dante and more. Get ready for humour and freshness and some unexpected props.

Venues

Indigo Cafe,
136 Bedford Rd,
Birkenhead CH42 2AS

A night bus, N1, runs between Birkenhead and Liverpool every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. First departing from Birkenhead Bus Station at 1am, the bus leaves to Liverpool every hour, on the hour, until 5am. Full details on that service can be found here.