Liverpool Salon

It was launched in May 2014 as part of a global network, based in cities as far afield as Leeds, Sheffield, London and Zurich, the Liverpool Salon fosters thought-provoking, critical conversations around contemporary issues in welcoming and convivial surroundings.

The Liverpool Salon was launched in May 2014 to create social spaces for people to meet together and discuss ideas. While acknowledging our debt to the ‘enlightenment salons’, which emerged from the literary and philosophical movements of the 17th and 18th centuries, we have been greatly influenced by our contemporaries, such as the Leeds and other regional Salons and the annual Battle of Ideas.  Like them, we are committed to opening up space where ideas can be put forward and where audiences can listen, discuss and argue back. Our ambition is to create welcoming and convivial social spaces where free speech is guaranteed and no ideas are off limits.

Our ambition is to create welcoming and convivial social spaces where free speech is guaranteed, and no ideas are off limits.