Now in its sixth year, LIMF returns to Sefton Park on Saturday and Sunday, July 21 & 22, with tickets giving access to more than 70 high artists and offering up 18 hours’ worth of live music over two days
Basement Jaxx, Example & DJ Wire, Hacienda Classical and godfather of grime Wiley are just some of the top acts in the line-up for the 2018 Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF).
Now in its sixth year, LIMF returns to Sefton Park on Saturday and Sunday, July 21 & 22, with tickets giving access to more than 70 high artists and offering up 18 hours’ worth of live music over two days.
For just £5 a day advance ticket, festival goers can enjoy performances across four music areas – Central Stage, True School Club House Stage and the itsliverpool Next Gen Stage – and there is also the return of the popular DJ tent, The Shubz DJ Tent, which proved to be a huge hit in its inaugural 2017 year.
Saturday headliners for this year include Example & DJ Wire renowned for their high-energy festival set, and also taking to the stage will be Wiley, NME’s Best New Artist Stefflon Don and Brit Awards nominee Jax Jones.
Haçienda Classiçal top the Sunday night bill with a brand new set for 2018 which will see the club’s original DJ partnership, Graeme Park and Mike Pickering, reinterpret seminal dance classics with the Manchester Camerata orchestra alongside some special guests.
Sunday also sees LIMF welcome back Basement Jaxx who will raise energy levels even higher ahead of Haçienda Classiçal with their renowned DJ set.
The 2018 line-up also includes rising star Rae Morris, the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff, acclaimed Norwegian singer songwriter Aurora, presenter and R&B guru Trevor Nelson, Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B, BBC 6 Music’s Gilles Peterson, hip-hop aficionado Tim Westwood and Mercury Prize winnersYoung Fathers.
More line-up announcements will take place in the forthcoming weeks.
The theme of this year’s festival will be Co-exist and Connection in a nod to how people, regardless of their background find common-ground through music which inspires and influences them.
Yaw Owusu, Curator of LIMF, said: “The line-up this year is really important as it not only reflects just how far LIMF has come in the past five years, but also showcases Liverpool’s bold contemporary musical voice and attitude.
Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased via www.limfestival.com
The confirmed line-up so far with performances taking place from 12-9pm each day:
Saturday 21 July
Central Stage
- Example & DJ Wire
- Wiley
- Stefflon Don
- Jax Jones (Live)
- Not3s
- Mahalia
- +more to be announced
- DJ: Panjabi Hit Squad (BBC Asian Network)
- Hosted by Jay Hynd from The Guide Liverpool
True School Club House
- Trevor Nelson
- Jazzie B
- Danny Rampling
- +more to be announced
The Shubz DJ Tent
- Toddla T (BBC Radio 1)
- Tough Love
- Ace (BBC Radio 1Xtra)
- Seani B (BBC Radio 1Xtra)
- Rude Kid
- +more to be announced
Sunday 22 July
Central Stage
- Haçienda Classiçal
- Basement Jaxx (DJ set)
- Aurora
- Young Fathers
- Rae Morris
- +more to be announced
- DJ: Adele Roberts (BBC Radio 1)
- Hosted by Jay Hynd from The Guide Liverpool
True School Club House
- DJ Jazzy Jeff
- Gilles Peterson
- Don Letts
- +more to be announced
The Shubz DJ Tent
- Tim Westwood (Capital Xtra)
- Riton
- Wide Awake
- Jus Now (DJ set)
- +more to be announced
More acts and the line-up for the Next Gen Stage to be announced in the forthcoming weeks.