This week Liverpool officially handed over the mantle of Eurovision host to Malmö in Sweden but a festival will be held in the city centre to celebrate this year’s contest. Tony McDonough reports
Eurovision fever will return to Liverpool for the second year in a row in 2024 with a new festival announced that will coincide with this year’s contest.
Liverpool hosted what is widely regarded as the ‘best Eurovision ever’ in May 2023. This week the city handed over the mantle of Eurovision host to Malmö in Sweden for 2024. But Liverpool is not saying goodbye to the event completely.
Liverpool Loves Eurovision will be a city-wide campaign to help cement its position as the UK’s Capital of Eurovision.
A number of major events are being planned, with an open invitation to fans from across the UK and Europe who can’t get to Sweden, to party in style in Liverpool instead.
More details are to be publicised in the next few weeks, but today the city – which has been celebrated for redefining Eurovision – is announcing:
Malmö on the Mersey
Brought to you by Liverpool City of Music and OGAE International (the world’s largest Eurovision fan network), this will be the UK’s biggest grand final screening party.
Held on the site of Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena – the home of the 2023 final. This event will offer eic live performances and Eurovision surprises before the final is shown live from Malmö.
More details on the event and tickets will be released next week, but you can register to hear about tickets first by clicking here.
The Return of EuroClub at Camp and Furnace
The home of the Euroclub in 2023 will once again be turning into a mecca for megafans with screening parties for both semi-finals on May 7 and 9 as well as for the grand final on May 11 followed by a Eurovision-sized afterparty.
More information and tickets will be released in the coming weeks.
Liverpool Calling at St George’s Hall
For those who want to watch the grand final in style, St George’s Hall is gearing up for a mega screening party.
Plans are being kept under lock and key but will be announced in the coming weeks.
Alongside these events, planning is under way to help recreate some of the magic of last May with live music and performances taking over the city’s streets and a campaign to get bars and restaurants once again involved.
Liverpool’s relationship with Ukraine will also be reflected with plans to offer tickets to local displaced Ukrainians, as well as bringing back some of the Ukrainian acts which performed in the city in 2023.
Any organisations in the city who want to join in with Malmo on the Mersey should contact: info@marketingliverpool.co.uk
Liverpool’s relationship with Ukraine will also be reflected with plans to offer tickets to local displaced Ukrainians, as well as bringing back some of the Ukrainian acts which performed in the city in 2023.
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Cllr Harry Doyle, Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet member for Health, Wellbeing and Culture, said: “From the moment we won Eurovision it has always been our plan to make sure it wasn’t a one-year wonder.
“We want Liverpool to be the best place to experience Eurovision outside of Malmö, with all the colour, joy and humanity which we all fell in love with last year.”