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TikTok selected as Official Entertainment Partner of Eurovision Song Contest 2023
TikTok will be the go-to entertainment destination for all things Eurovision with livestreams, exclusive performances, behind-the-scenes content and music playlists For fans in Liverpool, TikTok will be supporting busking stations across the city, host a performance with Eurovision legends in the official fanzone and partner with Liverpool City Council to help the community discover the...
Liverpool Biennial announces programme for its 12th edition opening June 2023
New venues announced include Tobacco Warehouse – the largest brickbuilt warehouse in the world – and the city’s historic Cotton Exchange building. Edgar Calel, Guadalupe Maravilla and Lubaina Himid join artists including Brook Andrew, Charmaine Watkiss, Gala Porras-Kim, Julien Creuzet, Raisa Kabir, Nicholas Galanin, Torkwase Dyson and Unmute Dance Theatre. A series of ambitious outdoor...
Liverpool BID Company launches Art & Culture Fund
Liverpool BID Company is launching a new Arts & Culture Fund for projects and events taking place in Liverpool city centre. The new fund has two levels of grants; one for small grants of less than £5,000 which can cover 100% of the project, and a larger grant which can cover up to 50% of...
World Poetry Day Slam!
An exciting event ft students from 6 Liverpool schools will be taking place at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool on World Poetry Day, Tuesday 21 March 2023. The event concludes the ‘Spoken Word Power Project’ that Writing on the Wall has been delivering for the past 2 years in collaboration with Eastside Educational Trust. During...
Liverpool gateway to be floral Eurovision tribute to Ukraine
A symbolic seed-spreading event which will transform one of Liverpool’s major gateways into a nature-rich sea of yellow and blue, as a floral Eurovision tribute to Ukraine, takes place tomorrow (Wednesday 15 March). Representatives from the city’s Ukrainian community, creatives from Yellow House and staff from National Museums Liverpool and the Eden Project will be...
Liverpool communities United by music
LIVERPOOL City Council is today launching the next part of its Eurovision engagement programme – EuroStreet. Following on from EuroFest, the two-week cultural festival, and EuroLearn, the education programme, EuroStreet, will make sure that communities across the city region get the chance to bask in Eurovision’s sparkle. And not only that – there is now a...
Brand new musical comedy Twice Nightly performs again this spring
A sparkling new stage musical about the golden age of variety theatre, set in the 1930s is hitting the road again this spring with a tour visiting venues across the UK. After premiering and captivating audiences at Liverpool Theatre Festival, winning best new production, Twice Nightly will open for three nights at Liverpool’s Royal Court...
Africa Oyé announce first wave of acts ahead of 2023 festival in Liverpool
Africa Oyé are delighted to reveal the first three acts heading to Liverpool’s Sefton Park for their summer festival! Artists from Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon make up the first wave of performers to be announced with plenty more still to come. Following an incredible 30th anniversary year in 2022, one of Merseyside’s most picturesque green...
The National Lottery announces huge outdoor party to welcome the Eurovision Song Contest to Liverpool
The National Lottery is delighted to announce it will be hosting ‘The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome’ – a spectacular live show, outside St George’s Hall in the heart of Liverpool. Taking place on the evening of Sunday 7 May this crucial part of Liverpool’s ambitious Eurovision host city plans, will see up to 30,000...
Liverpool starts 80-day countdown to Battle of the Atlantic commemorative weekend
Veterans who served during the most decisive and long fought battle of the Second World War – the Battle of the Atlantic – were the guests of honour at an event in Liverpool to launch an 80-day countdown for the 80th Battle of the Atlantic commemorations. Denis Rose, 98, from West Kirby, and John Dennett,...
