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Africa Oyé announces full line-up for 2023 Festival in Sefton Park
The Africa Oyé Festival in Liverpool has announced its final wave of live acts for its 31st annual celebration of music and culture this June. Acts representing Ghana, D.R Congo, Cuba, and Colombia are included in the reveal. On 17th and 18th June 2023, thousands in Sefton Park will celebrate the music and culture of...
Eurovision may have left the city, but Liverpool’s European communities are here to stay
While the majority of visitors have returned home following the most successful Eurovision Song Contest ever, for those who have made Liverpool their home, the party has only just begun. The inaugural Liverpool European Festival – the brainchild of Founder and Director of Merseyside Polonia Gosia McKane – is hoped to keep the Eurovision spirit...
Liverpool gets ready to raise the curtain on 80th Battle of Atlantic Commemorations
A packed programme of events will take place across the city, 26-28 May Merchant and Naval ships and will sail into Liverpool next week (26 – 28 May) to begin three days of commemorations and celebrations marking the Battle of the Atlantic. The vessels, led by Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender, are due to arrive...
Eurovision in Liverpool smashed visitor targets
AS the final sequins are getting swept up from the Pier Head, Liverpool City Council has announced early indications that the Eurovision Song Contest has smashed visitor targets. Although the economic impact and full evaluation will not be known for a few weeks, early footfall data and figures from Merseyside Police suggest that, over the...
Musical stairs and showstopping projections to take over Museum of Liverpool for Eurovision
In the coming days, the Museum of Liverpool will be transforming its steps and terraces, along with its iconic façade, to transport passers-by into fantastical, undiscovered worlds and immerse themselves in the musical spirit of Eurovision. From Monday 8 May, the magnificent south end of the museum, looking towards the city’s Royal Albert Dock and...
Disco fever sweeps Liverpool ahead of Eurovision
Ukrainian and Liverpool singers, artists and cooks will come together in a series of Solidarity Disco Banquets in the run up to the Eurovision Song Contest. Commissioned by Liverpool City Council’s Culture Liverpool as part of the host city’s EuroStreet programme, the Solidarity Disco Banquets are a joyful celebration of unity devised by award-winning arts...
Free Park-and-Ride service for Eurovision Welcome Concert
Music fans attending The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome concert on Sunday, 7 May are being offered a free park-and-ride service. Liverpool City Council and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority have joined forces to give free access to a minimum of 1,000 vehicles at the Stanley Park car park, next to Liverpool FC’s Anfield stadium....
The Full Eurovision Village line up has been announced!
The main stage line-ups for the official Eurovision Village have been revealed and it’s going to be nine blockbuster days! Around 100 acts – from pop royalty to future stars, community groups to children’s favourites– will take the stage across nine days, alongside a stellar line up of DJs. From the 5 – 12 May,...
First look at Unity Theatre and Culture Liverpool’s World-Premiere Production Maria
Next week, to celebrate Eurovision, Unity’s iconic venue on Hope Place will instead become A Place of Hope – a hub for Ukrainian creativity featuring world-premiere theatre, special events and exhibitions. Created in partnership with award-winning Ukrainian theatre makers Yurii Radionov and Shorena Shoniia, this jam-packed programme runs from Tue 2 – Fri 12 May...
Underwater sea disco kicks off city’s Eurovision party
As the city gears up for the biggest Eurovision takeover a host city has ever staged, more details have been unveiled about a very special event which will kick-start Liverpool’s celebrations. The Blue and Yellow Submarine Parade will take over the city centre on Friday 5 May, and will see an underwater sea disco come to life...
