Gigs in Liverpool
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Arts and Culture
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Announce 24th Edition Returning This July
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF), the UK’s longest running annual festival of Arab arts and culture, and returns for its 24th year this July. Founded in 1998, LAAF exists to support and champion creatives from across the Arab region and its diaspora, in the belief that art and creativity have the power to express a shared humanity. The festival – recently nominated in the LCR Culture & Creativity Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Culture –…
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Festivals
‘Queen of Lovers Rock’ Janet Kay joins Africa Oyé Festival lineup in latest artist reveal
The next wave of artists for Africa Oyé’s 2026 festival have been announced. The first Black British female reggae artist to have a number one in the UK; a feminist trio from Togo with a transcendent live show; and an Afrofuturist singer-songwriter will play the iconic Liverpool festival this June. Janet Kay, Nana Benz Du Togo, and Kizaba join the three artists already announced for Africa Oyé ’26 – eco-punks Fulu Miziki, Afrobeats heavyweight Patoranking, and the Afrofuturist…
