An Annual Event

THE BIRKENHEAD DAY OF THE DEAD

including
Skool of the Spektacle
Spektacle Procession
Bricklaying Ceremony
&
Afterlife Party

 

Bricks of Mu are laid on The Peoples Pyramid in a Bricklaying Ceremony on the Birkenhead Day of the Dead every year.

The Birkenhead Day of the Dead has been called other things in the past but now Birkenhead is our home we hope to evolve the day into a spectacular yearly event that will engage with the local community and attract visitors from around the world.

From now on The Birkenhead Day of the Dead will be held on the nearest Saturday to the 23rd November every year.

On the Birkenhead Day of the Dead we gather
to remember
to mourn
to celebrate
and
to build The Peoples Pyramid.

During the Skool of the Spektacle we get together as a community and prepare for the day.

In The Spektacle Procession we process to the bricklaying site stopping off for The Naming of the Bricks and the Kalling Out of the Names of the Dead into the night.

At the Bricklaying Ceremony we witness new Bricks of Mu being laid, to hear about the people entering the Pyramid and to watch The Peoples Pyramid being built.

At the Afterlife Party we rave in peace until the days end.

The rituals around this evolve and change from year to year as recorded here in these pages.

Image credit: Jimmy Cauty

2025: Calling the Ancestors

 

2024: The Year of the Fog Horn

26 Funerals and a Fashion Show
Kurated by Sports Banger.
26 bricks added to
The Peoples Pyramid.

Image credit: Jimmy Cauty
Image credit: Thomas Ecke

2023: The Krossing

Future Yard, Birkenhead
20 bricks added to The Peoples Pyramid.

2022: Kradle to Brick

11 bricks added to The Peoples Pyramid.

Image credit: Dan Dares
Toxteth Day of the Dead in Buxton. Image credit: Dan Dares

2021: Toxteth On the Moors

Toxteth Day of the Dead held in Buxton.

26 bricks added to The Peoples Pyramid.

2020: Plague Year

No Toxteth Day of the Dead held.

Bricks of Mu awaiting MuMufication, 2020.
Toxteth Day of the Dead at Liverpool Cathedral Image credit: Dan Dares

2019: Make Mine A 99

Second Toxteth Day of the Dead held in the grounds of Liverpool Cathedral.

Eight bricks added to The Peoples Pyramid.

2018: Unexpected Item in Toxteth Town Hall

First Toxteth Day of the Dead event held at Toxteth Town Hall.

The first brick in The Peoples Pyramid is laid.

Unexpected Item in Toxteth Town Hall, 2018. Image credit: Jane MacNeill
Welcome To the Dark Ages, 2017. Image credit: Thomas Ecke

2017: Welcome To the Dark Ages

Three day event by The JAMs culminating in the announcement of MuMufication and K2 Plant Hire Ltd plans to build The Peoples Pyramid.