First Wave Stage Lineups Revealed For Liverpool Loves Festival
This year’s Liverpool Loves Festival will be delivered through a wide programme of quality artists across five separate stages – offering visitors to this free, public event a taste of just why Liverpool has been named a UNESCO City of Music.
This year’s diverse afternoon Main Stage line-up includes a mix of genres from indie-pop and dance acts to ten-piece funk bands – and is designed to bring a real foot-tapping, festivalatmosphere to the waterfront. Acts include The Hummingbirds; Halem; The Native Kings and The Soul Rays with The Guide Liverpool and presented by Jay Hynd.
The Ragamuffins; The Cheap Thrills; and Shellsuit are confirmed for The Rider Stage presented by John Gibbons of The Anfield Wrap – along with a host of young, buzz bands from across Liverpool that represent areas from Huyton to Anfield and Aigburth to Walton.
The CultureBox Stage will see two special guest performances from legendary Liverpool selectors DJ Bernie Connor and the acclaimed Greg Wilson – as well a host of cultural shows from international communities in the region and festival partners like China Pearl; Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival and more. To round up this year’s programme – new breakthrough music talent will be showcased by Liverpool SoulFest and Liverpool Disco Festival at Bar Funk, alongside acoustic performances on the Merseyrail SoundStation Pop-Up.
Liverpool Loves attracted more than 27,000 visitors across the weekend in 2015 to celebrate everything that is fantastic about the City Region – with the spotlight falling on the four key themes of Business, Culture, Food and Wellbeing.
Liverpool Loves 2016 takes place over three days – Liverpool Loves Business on Thursday 4 August; Liverpool Loves Nightlife on Friday 5 August; and Liverpool Loves FestivalDay on Saturday 6 August.
Find out more at www.liverpoolloves.co.uk and get involved by emailing your details to [email protected]
