Liverpool has revealed plans for a new festival to celebrate the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024. Just days after handing over hosting duties to Malmö, Liverpool is launching “Liverpool Loves Eurovision,” a citywide campaign that invites fans from across the UK and Europe to party in style in Liverpool. A number of major events are being planned, including “Malmö on the Mersey,” the UK’s biggest grand final screening party. This event will be held on the site of Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena, with epic live performances and Eurovision surprises before the Grand Final is screened from Malmö.
The festival also includes “The Return of EuroClub at Camp and Furnace;” the home of the Euroclub in 2023 will once again be turning into a mecca for mega-fans with screening parties for both semi-finals and the Grand Final, followed by a Eurovision-sized after-party. For those who want to watch the Grand Final in style, St George’s Hall is gearing up for a mega screening party. Alongside these events, live music and performances will take over the streets, and a campaign will be launched to involve bars and restaurants to create a Eurovision party atmosphere.
The festival will offer tickets to local displaced Ukrainians, as well as bringing back some of the incredible Ukrainian acts which performed in the city in 2023. More details on the festival will be revealed in the coming weeks. Liverpool’s relationship with Ukraine will be reflected in the event; a campaign to get bars and restaurants involved in bringing a Eurovision party atmosphere to Liverpool, planning is underway to help recreate some of the magic of last year’s contest.
“We want Liverpool to be the best place to experience Eurovision outside of Malmö, with all the color, joy and humanity which we all fell in love with last year,” said Councillor Harry Doyle, Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet member for Health, Wellbeing and Culture. “Today, we are teasing celebrations so that fans from across the UK and Europe can start to plan their trips. Still, we will be announcing more details in the coming months about how we plan to make Liverpool the UK’s capital of Eurovision!”
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