On 18 August 1962 Ringo Starr made his first appearance as the Beatles official drummer at Hulme Hall in the village of Port Sunlight, Wirral. 

The four members of the band had a two hour rehearsal before taking to the stage as the headline act in the local Horticultural Society’s 17th annual dance. On that night the Fab Four were born...the rest is history.

50th anniversary events

Saturdays throughout 2012  |  Saturday with the Beatles  |  Cavern Live Lounge  |  more details and tickets

Saturday 18 August  |  50 Years Anniversary of the Beatles  |   Hulme Hall, Wirral  |  more details and tickets

Sunday 19 August  |  50 Years Anniversary of Fab Four's first gig at the Cavern Club |   more details and tickets

 Sunday 19 August | The Cavern presents 50 years of The Beatles | Liverpool Grandstand, Williamson Square more details 

Wednesday 22 to Tuesday 28 August  |   International Beatle Week Festival - 50 Years Celebration |  more details

Wednesday 22 August | 50th Anniversary of Granada TV filming the Beatles at the Cavern Club  |  more details

Friday 24 August | They Say It's Your Birthday | Philharmonic Hall | more details and tickets

Saturday 25 August  |  50 Years of the Beatles  |  Hulme Hall, Wirral  |  more details

Sunday 26 and Monday 27 August  |  Mathew Street Festival  |  Outdoor music festival   |  more details

Sunday 26 August  |  Annual Beatles Convention  |  Britannia Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool  |  more details and tickets

Monday 27 August  |  50 Years Anniversary of the Beatles Concert  |  Philharmonic Hall  |  more details and tickets

Friday 5 October  |  50 years of the release of Love Me Do  |  Cavern Club  |  more details

Friday 5 to Sunday 7 October  | Love Me Do Weekend  |  Albert Dock, Liverpool  |  more details

Tuesday 9 October  |  John Lennon's Birthday Celebration  |  Cavern Club | more details

Thursday 15 November to Saturday 1 December  |   Epstein - one man show about the life of the Beatles manager  |  Epstein Theatre, Liverpool  |  more details and tickets

Thursday 29 November  |  George Harrison Remembered  |  Cavern Club  |  more details

Friday 7 December  |  The Bootleg Beatles  |  Philharmonic Hall  |  more details

Saturday 8 December  |  The John Lennon Songbook  |  Philharmonic Hall  |  more details

Sunday 9 December | John Lennon: In My Life starring Mark McGann | Philharmonic Hall  |  more details

Sunday 9 December  |  John Lennon Peace Vigil  |  European Peace Monument, Liverpool  |  more details