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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 alive, not just for a few more weeks but for many years to come. Part of EuroStreet – Culture Liverpool’s community programme supported with funding […]

It’s the most hotly anticipated game of hide and seek around with the ultimate Eurovision prize… Details have been released about how people can be part of Spot Sonia – a real life game of Where’s Wally – but instead of hunting down a bespectacled, jumper-wearer, players are on the lookout for images of Liverpool and Eurovision legend Sonia. And the prize for finding all the hidden images of Sonia around the city centre? A pair of tickets to the […]

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 and community organisation Squash. Supported with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Department for Culture, Media & Sport, Spirit of 2012 and the UK […]

Get the latest information on the city region’s timetable for trains and buses during the festival. Tens of thousands of people are expected to travel to Liverpool in May when the city hosts the 67th Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine. The action is set to hot up on Sunday (7 May), when St George’s Hall provides the back-drop for the National Lottery Big Eurovision Welcome. It also signifies the start of very large crowds gathering in the city […]

Liverpool’s official Eurovision Village (fan zone), at the world-famous Pier Head, will have a distinctive Ukrainian flavour – thanks to a dedicated area celebrating the country’s culture and people. ‘Discover Ukraine’ will be a unique, dedicated area located in front of the Port of Liverpool building where visitors can experience the diversity of the country through food, drink, crafts, fashion, workshops and exhibitions. On the menu includes traditional delights such as borscht with smoked pears, chebureki (deep fried dough with lamb […]