No Play Festival is an 18+ city-centre music festival in Liverpool, spanning venues such as Arts Club, Rough Trade Liverpool, Kazimier Stockroom and Jacaranda Basement.
The festival’s programme leans into hardcore, metal, alternative, punk and emo, with barrier-free rooms and a multi-venue format that moves between Liverpool city-centre stages.
Its audience is primarily local to Liverpool and typically aged 18-35, with a growing draw from farther afield including the US.



