Liverpool City Council is putting an outdoor Night Market on the St George's Hall plateau on Thursday 27 August 2026, with around 40 independent traders on the Lime Street side of the building from 2.30pm to 8.30pm.
If you have wanted to see the Minton tiled floor but could not make a daytime slot, this is the useful part: a separate ticket lets you walk across it in the evening. There is a catch on the price, and the tickets are timed, which the announcement does not make obvious.
Details were checked against Liverpool City Halls and Ticket Quarter on 19 August 2026.
The short version
- When: Thursday 27 August 2026, 2.30pm to 8.30pm.
- Where: St George's Hall plateau, St George's Place, L1 1JJ, four minutes from Lime Street.
- Who: around 40 artisan traders selling food, sweet treats, arts and crafts, jewellery and gifts.
- Also on: the Liverpool Signing Choir on the hall steps, and the Portico Bar open through the evening.
- Minton floor: Night on the Tiles runs in timed one-hour slots from 4.30pm, not as a drop-in.
- Price catch: advertised at £14.95, but Ticket Quarter charges £16.45 once its admin fee is added.
What is on at the market
The Liverpool City Halls listing puts around 40 artisan traders on the plateau, selling locally made food and sweet treats, arts and crafts, jewellery and gifts. The Portico Bar is open through the evening and the Liverpool Signing Choir performs on the steps.
No admission charge is listed for the market itself. Only the Minton floor experience inside the hall is ticketed.
A trader list has not been published. If you are going for one particular stall, check the listing again nearer the date.
Night on the Tiles: book a slot, not a ticket
This is the part worth getting right. The announcement reads as though Night on the Tiles runs continuously from 4.30pm to 8.30pm. It does not. Ticket Quarter is selling it as separate one-hour slots:
- 4.30pm to 5.30pm
- 5.30pm to 6.30pm
- 6.30pm to 7.30pm
- 7.30pm onwards
You are booking one of those hours, so pick the slot that fits round the market rather than assuming you can drift in whenever.
You do walk on the floor. Ticket Quarter describes it as the chance to walk across the tiled floor, and City Halls calls it stepping onto the historic Minton floor, which is a different thing from the perimeter viewing most daytime visitors get. The floor is uncovered from 17 July to 2 September 2026 and, according to City Halls, is made up of around 30,000 handcrafted tiles.
The ticket includes a drink: a 175ml glass of wine, a bottle of beer or a soft drink.
The price is not the advertised price
City Halls advertises Night on the Tiles at £14.95. Ticket Quarter, which handles the sale, shows £16.45 once its administration fee is included. There is no separate fulfilment fee on top.
So budget £16.45 a head. Tickets are also sold on the night from the Portico Bar, subject to availability, though for a timed slot on a one-off evening that is a gamble rather than a plan.
Is it really Liverpool's first night market?
The council's wording is careful, and worth repeating accurately. Liverpool City Council calls this the city's first outdoor Night Market. The city has had night markets before, so the claim rests entirely on that one word.
The Night Market UK has run indoor Liverpool events before, including at Cains Brewery Village. What is new here is the outdoor format on the plateau and the later finish. St George's Hall already runs seasonal artisan markets, but those are daytime events that generally finish by 4.30pm.
That is the real change: an 8.30pm finish means you can get there after work instead of giving up a Sunday.
