International Pop Overthrow is back at The Cavern Club!
The festival will take over the Cavern Club’s Live Lounge stage and the Cavern Pub from:
Sunday 25th May until Sunday 1st June (Inclusive).
International Pop Overthrow (or IPO, as it has affectionately become known) is a pop music festival which has been held for the past nineteen years in Los Angeles. Since then the festival has spread to Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, Detroit, Atlanta, Portland, Nashville, Austin, Vancouver, and Toronto, as well as here in Liverpool (at the world famous Cavern Club), and London, UK! We are greatly looking forward to all of the IPO shows in 2025!
Each International Pop Overthrow features the best pop bands from around the world. Everyone, from musicians to spectators, has a wonderful time and although we’re all exhausted by the end, we part company with one prevailing thought: “I can’t wait to do it again next year!”
The purpose of International Pop Overthrow is two-fold: one aim is to give every worthy band who’d like to play their music in a festival atmosphere the chance to do so, and the other is to bring pop music the attention it so richly deserves. We have made great strides to that end, garnering press in several noteworthy papers and blogs in each city in which we hold the festival, and creating a very positive buzz about pop music within the independent music community. In addition, every artist who plays the festival feels as if they’re part of something fulfilling, being on bills with like-minded artists with whom they can bond, and playing in front of an audience who will “get” their music.
www.internationalpopoverthrow.com
Sunday, May 25: The Cavern Pub
12:00 City Pets
12:45 The Information Highway
1:30 Yani Martinelli
2:15 Helen Maw
3:00 Credits
3:45 Dlugokecki
4:30 Rubik’s Cube
5:15 Sue Hedges
6:00 InBetween Honey
6:45 The Side
7:30 The Viewers
8:15 The Threads
9:00 The Mobile Blackouts
9:45 The Electric Lovehandles
10:30 The Stayawakes
11:15 Ken Kurson
12:00 Great Park Avenue
Sunday, May 25: The Cavern Club (Back Stage)
12:15 Rubik’s Cube
1:00 Dlugokecki
1:45 City Pets
2:30 Monza Express
3:15 Great Park Avenue
4:00 The Side
4:45 The Information Highway
5:30 Credits
6:15 The Electric Lovehandles
7:00 The Threads
7:45 The Mobile Blackouts
8:30 Watchtower
9:15 The Viewers
10:00 Lora & The Stalkers
10:45 Hijinx
11:30 The Samurai Seven
12:15 The Stayawakes
Monday, May 26: The Cavern Pub
1:30 Sleuth
2:15 KingFast
3:00 Monza Express
3:45 The Guize
4:30 Lora & The Stalkers
5:15 Jody & The Jerms
6:00 The Samurai Seven
6:45 Emperor Penguin
7:30 Slow Motion Film
8:15 Forre Sterra
9:00 Caper Clowns
9:45 The General Store
10:30 Le Emu Tavern
11:15 The Strydes
Monday, May 26: The Cavern Club (Back Stage)
1:45 Yani Martinelli
2:30 The General Store
3:15 Sleuth
4:00 Rick Kingo Featuring Cherry Fez
4:45 Ken Kurson
5:30 Cal Ruddy
6:15 The Mighty Varnados
7:00 KingFast
7:45 Helen Maw
8:30 Jody & The Jerms
9:15 Slow Motion Film
10:00 Emperor Penguin
10:45 InBetween Honey
11:30 Lucy Starr
12:15 The Pozers
Tuesday, May 27: The Cavern Pub
4:30 The Mighty Varnados
5:15 The Newds
6:00 Mr Magpie
6:45 Dave Rave
7:30 The Pozers
8:15 The Last Hurrah
9:00 Nine Violets
9:45 The Expected
10:30 Rick Kingo Featuring Cherry Fez
11:15 Captain Storm
Tuesday, May 27: The Cavern Club (Back Stage)
5:30 Forre Sterra
6:15 The Last Hurrah
7:00 The Strydes
7:45 Mr Magpie
8:30 The Newds
9:15 Michael Roberts
10:00 Sip of Milk
10:45 Nine Violets
11:30 Dave Rave
12:15 Mark Malibu and The Wasagas
Wednesday, May 28: The Cavern Pub
4:30 Michaela Betts
5:15 Sip of Milk
6:00 Mark Malibu and The Wasagas
6:45 Spygenius
7:30 Sam Millar
8:15 Michael Roberts
9:00 Holly Henderson
9:45 Kim, Lee and Morris
10:30 Who’s This Mary?
11:15 Midland Railway
Wednesday, May 28: The Cavern Club (Back Stage)
5:30 Sue Hedges
6:15 Michaela Betts
7:00 Holly Henderson
7:45 Captain Storm
8:30 Kim, Lee and Morris
9:15 Midland Railway
10:00 Sam Millar
10:45 The Expected
11:30 Jose Estragos Band
12:15 The Jana’s
Thursday, May 29: The Cavern Pub
3:45 Sunwheel
4:30 Mansfield
5:15 Cal Ruddy
6:00 Jose Estragos Band
6:45 Joe Symes & The Loving Kind
7:30 Ian M. Bailey
8:15 Jon Keats
9:00 For Sale
9:45 Zig Zag Road
10:30 The Jana’s
11:15 Los Glosters
12:00 Jumada
Thursday, May 29: The Cavern Club (Back Stage)
5:30 Ian M. Bailey
6:15 Sunwheel
7:00 Zig Zag Road
7:45 Who’s This Mary?
8:30 Mansfield
9:15 DB Edmunds
10:00 Caper Clowns
10:45 Spygenius
11:30 Us
12:15 Plasticsoul
Friday, May 30: The Cavern Pub
3:00 Scott Beckett
3:45 DB Edmunds
4:30 The Greeting
5:15 Greg Murray & The Seven Wonders
6:00 Plasticsoul
6:45 The Dave Park Five
7:30 Ynys
8:15 Spencer Segelov & Great Paintings
9:00 Us
9:45 Phil Yates & The Affiliates
10:30 Picnic Republic
11:15 The Gentle Scars
12:00 Hijinx
Friday May 30: The Cavern Club (Back Stage)
4:00 Los Glosters
4:45 Jumada
5:30 Spencer Segelov & Great Paintings
6:15 For Sale
7:00 Phil Yates & The Affiliates
7:45 Joe Symes & The Loving Kind
8:30 Greg Murray & The Seven Wonders
9:15 Micah Gilbert & The Come Back Shanes
10:00 Slumberjet
10:45 Ynys
11:30 Nick Frater
12:15 Whelligan
1:00 The Greeting
Saturday, May 31: The Cavern Pub
12:00 The Jeremy Band
12:45 Micah Gilbert & The Come Back Shanes
1:30 Slumberjet
2:15 Stilton
3:00 Whelligan
3:45 The Know Escape
4:30 Slim Loris
5:15 Janne Borgh Fanclub
6:00 The Dress Rehearsal
6:45 Nick Frater
7:30 The Sound of Pop Art
8:15 Twinklehead
9:00 Miniscule 605
9:45 The Beat Movement
10:30 The Studio 68
11:15 Little Wonder
12:00 The Arcadeans
Saturday May 31: The Cavern Club (Back Stage)
12:15 The Dress Rehearsal
1:00 Jon Keats
1:45 Janne Borgh Fanclub
2:30 Silver Biplanes
3:15 Le Emu Tavern
4:00 Stilton
4:45 The Sound of Pop Art
5:30 The Know Escape
6:15 The Temponauts
7:00 The Studio 68
7:45 The Fast Camels
8:30 The Dave Park Five
9:15 The Yellow Melodies
10:00 Twinklehead
10:45 Turmoil
11:30 Picnic Republic
12:15 The Guize
1:00 The Beat Movement
Sunday, June 1: The Cavern Pub
12:00 The Yellow Melodies
12:45 The Temponauts
1:30 Silver Biplanes
2:15 The Fast Camels
3:00 Watchtower
3:45 Thee Strawberry Mynde
4:30 The Mocks
5:15 The Hornets
6:00 Matt Purcell
6:45 The Sitting Tennants
7:30 Suncharmer
8:15 The Strange Encounters
9:00 Kevin Robertson
9:45 Turmoil
10:30 Sam Steele
11:15 Lucy Starr
12:00 Last Breath
Sunday, June 1: The Cavern Club (Back Stage)
12:15 Kevin Robertson
1:00 The Sitting Tennants
1:45 Miniscule 605
2:30 The Mocks
3:15 Suncharmer
4:00 Sam Steele
4:45 Matt Purcell
5:30 The Strange Encounters
6:15 Slim Loris
7:00 Scott Beckett
7:45 Last Breath
8:30 The Gentle Scars
9:15 Thee Strawberry Mynde
10:00 The Arcadeans
10:45 Little Wonder
11:30 The Hornets
12:15 The Jeremy Band
The Live Lounge is a standing venue with some unreserved seating. Seating is not guaranteed and may not be available for all shows. If you have a disability and need a seat please call us on 0151 236 1965 in advance to make arrangements!
Most events are 18 yrs and over please see our age policy for more information before booking. If you have any questions please get in touch with us.