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Liverpool Events Calendar

The aim of the Liverpool Events Calendar is to give a one-stop resource of all the activities taking part in Liverpool that is of interest to Eurovision fans attending the Contest this year.

Not every event taking place in Liverpool is listed – this year’s Contest has too many things go on for that – and if an event has an explicit non-Eurovision connection (i.e. an art exhibition at EuroFestival) we don’t include that here. The events we list are either:

  • Events where Eurovision artists are performing
  • Events where Eurovision fans can come together or discover something about the Song Contest
  • Events with an explicit connection to, or run by, members of the Eurovision community

Beyond this page we recommend viewing:

If you have more things that you would like to add to the Events Calendar please contact Ben Robertson via ben@escinsight.com

We will update the Events Calendar the weekend before Eurovision when more events and details are published!

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Tuesday May 2, 2023

The Legacy For Liverpool

Taylor Wessing LLP / 4:00 pm / Edward Pavillion

Professional Liverpool and Taylor Wessing are collaborating to bring our members a Eurovision event to celebrate a historic moment in time for our city and discuss how we capitalise on the legacy the opportunity will afford.

Free entry but one must pre-register via this link.

Artists with Wiwibloggs

LUSH Liverpool / 6:00 pm / 38-46 Church St

At 18:00 The Busker from Malta will attend the LUSH Liverpool Lounge for an interview, Q&A and then a performance and mingle with the crowd.

Free entry

Wednesday May 3, 2023

Artists with Wiwibloggs

LUSH Liverpool Lounge / 1:00 pm / 38-46 Church St

Blanka representing Poland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be meeting fans at Wiwibloggs’ lounge at LUSH Liverpool from 13:00

Free entry

Meet and Greets @EuroClub

Camp and Furnace / 1:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

All accredited press for Eurovision as well as card holding OGAE members can attend the Meet and Greets at EuroClub.

Wednesday’s schedule has the following acts.

13:00: Denmark, Romania, Estonia, Slovenia

14:00 Cyprus

15:00: Greece, Georgia, Australia

Thursday May 4, 2023

Artists with Wiwibloggs

LUSH Liverpool / 1:00 pm / 38-46 Church St

A busy day for the Wiwibloggs team with six acts confirmed.

Voyager 11:00, Wild Youth 12:00, Piqued Jacks 13:00, Dilja 14:00, Iru 15:00, Victor Vernicos 16:00

Free entry

Late At Tate

Tate Liverpool / 6:00 pm / Royal Albert Dock

Live music, performance, workshops and fashion inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest will all be on show at an evening at Tate Liverpool.

At 18:00 tickets will be distributed for a discussion called “The Importance of Eurovision” inlcuing Dr. Toni Sant from Malta, educator Lisa Shaw and Dr. Paul Jordan.

Free entry

Meet and Greets @EuroClub

Camp and Furnace / 12:30 pm / 67 Greenland St

All accredited press for Eurovision as well as card holding OGAE members can attend the Meet and Greets at EuroClub.

Thursday’s schedule has the following acts.

1230: Norway, Malta, Serbia, Latvia

1330: Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, Azerbaijan

1430: Croatia, Finland

Friday May 5, 2023

Welcome To Eurotopia

Eurovision Village / 5:00 pm / Pier Head

Eurovision Village will be open from 17:00 to 23:00 with a performance from Kalush Orchestra and then following by a Liverpool/Ukrainian musical collaboration

Free to enter

EuroClub Night 1

Camp and Furnace / 8:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

The opening night of EuroClub features the ABBA Revival Tribute Band!

Tickets are available for a cost of £22.25 on this link

Artists with Wiwibloggs

LUSH Liverpool / 5:00 pm / 38-46 Church St

Mimicat from Portugal meets the Wiwibloggs team and her fans at 17:00.

Free entry

Meet and Greets @EuroClub

Camp and Furnace / 2:15 pm / 67 Greenland St

All accredited press for Eurovision as well as card holding OGAE members can attend the Meet and Greets at EuroClub.

Friday’s schedule has the following acts.

1415: Germany

1445: Spain

Saturday May 6, 2023

A Royally Good Party

Eurovision Village / 10:30 am / Pier Head

Follow the BBC’s live coverage of the King’s Coronation before a range of Eurovision acts are welcomed to the stage including Voyager, Andrew Lambrou, The Busker, Remo Forrer and Mimicat

Open until 23:00 and free to enter.

EuroClub Night 2

Camp and Furnace / 9:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

Reigning champions Kalush Orchestra are on stage here as well as some of your favourite Eurovision DJs

Tickets still available costing £22.25 via this link

Artists with Wiwibloggs

LUSH Liverpool / 3:00 pm / 38-46 Church St

Another big day of artists meet and greets with the following making an appearance at the LUSH lounge.

Sudden Lights 11:00, Pasha Parfeni 12:00, Monika Linkyte 13:00, Joker Out 17:00, Alessandra 18:00, Remo Forrer 18:00

Free entry

Sunday May 7, 2023

Firstival

Eurovision Village / 12:00 pm / Pier Head

A kids and families day at Eurovision Village with favourites from CBBC and Cbeebies as well as emerging local artists as presented by LIMF Academy.

Freya Skye, public vote winner of Junior Eurovision 2022, will also perform

Free to enter

EuroClub Night 3

Camp and Furnace / 9:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

2019 Televote winners KEiiNO will be on stage alongside fellow 2019 entrant Michael Rice and Nanne Grönwall of Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame recognition (and a lesser known UK National Final entry!)

Last few tickets available costing £22.25 via this link

The National Lottery's Big Eurovision Welcome

St. George's Hall / 8:00 pm /

A concert featuring huge local names as well as previous Eurovision winners following the glitz and glamour of the Turquoise Carpet

Frankie Goes to Hollywood,  Lightning Seeds, Atomic Kitten, The Real Thing, Jamala, Conchita Wurst,  Shirley Ballas,  Ricky Tomlinson,  The Vivienne

Tickets available for £2 here (players must show they are National Lottery players on entry)

The Turquoise Carpet

Walker Art Gallery / 3:00 pm / William Brown St.

On Sunday afternoon the 37 acts will go down the Turquoise Carpet on their way to the Opening Ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Some Eurovision fans have been given access to the event through a ballot run by OGAE.

Monday May 8, 2023

Semi Final 1 Evening Preview

Liverpool Arena / 8:00 pm / King's Dock

The first time the public can assess the Eurovision Song Contest inside the Liverpool Arena

SOLD OUT, but any returned tickets will be on sale here

This Is Ukraine

Eurovision Village / 12:00 pm / Pier Head

Acts from BBC Introducing as well as Ukrainian talent including Go_A (Eurovision 2021) and Jerry Heil (Vidbir 2023) amongst the best of modern Ukrainian music attending.

Open until 23:00 and free to enter.

EuroClub Night 4

Camp and Furnace / 9:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

Joker Out from Slovenia join legendary UK Eurovision acts from yesterday, Lindsay Dracass and Samantha Womack (2001 and 1991 respectively) on the EuroClub stage.

Last few tickets still available, they can be purchased for £22.25 via this link.

EuroFansClub Night 1

Fusion / 9:30 pm / 17 Fleet Street

The opening night of the EuroFansClub welcomes performances from The Roop from Lithuania, James Newman from the United Kingdom and Zoe from Austria.

Tickets available from £18

Artists with Wiwibloggs

LUSH Liverpool / 2:00 pm / 38-46 Church St

Wiwibloggs are bringing more artists for meet and greets during Eurovision week, this time it is Alika from Estonia (13:00) Gustaph from Belgium (14:00) and TVORCHI representing Ukraine (16:00)

Free entry

EuroJam Drag Vision

District / 9:30 pm / 61 Jordan St

EuroJam’s opening night features DQ (Denmark 2007) on stage alongside local drag shows from the Merseyside region.

Tickets available from £20.

The Karaoke Bar of Fun

Moloko / 5:00 pm / 2 Saint Peter's Square

This is the first of two Eurovision karaoke early evenings organised by OGAE Iceland.

Free entry!

String Quartet Concert

Museum of Liverpool / 3:00 pm / Pier Head

The Didsbury String Quartet will be performing a Eurovision concert in the exhibition space at the Museum of Liverpool.

Free entry!

Tuesday May 9, 2023

Semi Final 1 Afternoon Preview

Liverpool Arena / 1:30 pm / King's Dock

The final rehearsal for the 1st Semi Final

SOLD OUT, but any returned tickets will be on sale here

Eurovision Semi Final One

Liverpool Arena / 8:00 pm / King's Dock

The first live show of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest

SOLD OUT, but any returned tickets will be on sale here

 

Night at the Opera

Eurovision Village / 12:00 pm / Pier Head

The English National Opera will be joined by former Eurovision contestants Ruslana and Sonia as well as tenor Russell Watson to perform some of Eurovision’s greatest hits before a live screening of Semi Final One.

Gustaph, Victor Vernicos and Joker Out will also perform.

Free entry

Eurovision Semi Final 1 at EuroClub

Camp and Furnace / 6:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

Guests are warmed up by the ‘Over The Water Show Choir’ before watching Semi Final One with other Eurovision fans.

Tickets available here at a cost from £13.45.

EuroClub Night 5

Camp and Furnance / 11:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

This EuroClub night features former Eurovision winner Linda Martin alongside the UK’s SuRie and Moldova’s Sunstroke Project.

SOLD OUT but a waiting list exists.

Eurovision Academic Conference Day One

Capstone Theatre / 8:45 am / 17 Shaw St

Attend the first day of the Eurovision Academic Conference “EUROVISIONS”, featuring discussions about all the submissions for the annual Science Slam, speeches by British and Ukrainian researchers as well as a roundtable discussion about the future of Eurovision studies.

Full programme here, free to enter.

EuroFansClub Night 2

Fusion / 7:30 pm / 17 Fleet Street

In a night dedicated to the Nordic and Baltic nations of Europe listen to two famous Danish Eurovision acts, Emmelie de Forest and Rasmussen.

Tickets available from £18 

Lord of the Lost Concert

Cavern Club / 10:00 am / 10 Mathew St

German representatives Lord of the Lost will be performing at Liverpool’s iconic Cavern Club for an acoustic breakfast concert.

Start time is 10:00. Free entry but no reserved tickets (max. capacity 300)

EuroJam United for Ukraine

District / 7:00 pm / 61 Jordan St

One can watch the Semi Final of Eurovision here before dancing the night away to an evening themed around last year’s Eurovision winner, Ukraine.

Tickets available for £20.

Cheer Up! It's Eurovision

The Yacht Club / 7:00 pm / Coburg Whart

A night of Europop, Eurodance, S.A.W, Schlager and Eurovision anthems with its star guest Nicki French.

Tickets available for £15.38.

Artists with Wiwibloggs

LUSH Liverpool / 3:00 pm / 38-46 Church St

Blanca Paloma from Spain will be with the Wiwibloggs team from 14:00.

The Danish acts of yesterday, Emmelie de Forest and Rasmussen, arrive at 17:00, with this year’s representative Reiley coming down at 17:30.

William Lee Adams discusses his book Wild Dances at 15:00

Solo Traveller Meet Up

EuroCafe / 2:00 pm / 49, 51 Seel St

Eurovision fans wanting to meet up with other fans can come to this solo meet up upstairs at EuroCafe.

Free entry

Eurovision Quiz

EuroCafe / 3:30 pm / 49, 51 Seel St

At the OGAE run EuroCafe there will be a quiz held in the downstairs section from 1530 to 1630.

Free entry!

Wednesday May 10, 2023

Semi Final 2 Evening Preview

Liverpool Arena / 8:00 pm / King's Dock

The first public performance of the acts in Semi Final 2

SOLD OUT, but any returned tickets will be on sale here

United By Music

Eurovision Village / 12:00 pm / Pier Head

The National Lottery and Music Venues Trust will organise an evening of break out stars and music icons, including Girls Don’t Sync, The Lightning Seeds and Miles Kane.

Eurovision artists performing include Marco Mengoni, Käärijä, Alessandra and TuranTuralX, who are also bringing along 2011 winner Eldar Gasimov.

Free to enter, closing at 23:00

EuroClub Night 6

Camp and Furnace / 9:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

Featuring Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst, Fredrik Omar and Selma from Iceland and Ukraine’s Tina Karol on stage.

SOLD OUT but a waiting list exists.

Eurovision Academic Conference Day Two

Capstone Theatre / 8:45 am / 17 Shaw St

Featuring a conversation about representation at Eurovision (including Blanca Paloma from Spain), a roundtable about hosting Eurovision in a different country and concluding remarks from Stephen Davismoon about Unity and Sanctuary Through Song.

Free to enter, more info on this link.

EuroFansClub Night 3

Fusion / 9:30 pm / 17 Fleet Street

The annual WiwiJam, where the team from Wiwibloggs brings us as many current and former Eurovision acts as they can muster, takes place at EuroFansClub this evening.

SOLD OUT currently, link here.

EuroJam Vision Fest

District / 9:30 pm / 61 Jordan St

On the Vision Fest evening be entertained by Dschinghis Khan (Germany 1979) as well as dancing to your Eurovision favourites.

Tickets available for £20.

Subwoolfer Concert

Hanger 34 / 7:00 pm / 34 Greenland St

The duo we can now publicly confirm are Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåson, Norway’s Eurovision act from 2022 in Turin, will be performing in a concert in Liverpool on this night.

Tickets available from £16.75

Organ Recital: Eurovision Classics

St. George's Hall / 1:00 pm / St. George's Place

Get ready for a music event like no other, as St George’s Hall Charitable Trust team up with organist, Lee Ward, to present the best of Eurovision as never heard before… On the 7,737 piped Willis Organ of St George’s Hall!

Tickets are £19.80 per person and include a glass of fizz* or soft drink on arrival.

Chris West in conversation with William Lee Adams

Waterstones / 6:30 pm / 12 College Lane

The two authors discuss their new books, Eurovision! A History of Modern Europe Through the World’s Greatest Song Contest and Wild Dances: My Queer and Curious Journey to Eurovision.

Tickets available for £5.00 (£4.00 for Waterstones cardholders)

The Karaoke Bank of Fun

Moloko / 5:00 pm / 2 Saint Peter's Square

The second night of karaoke with OGAE Iceland running from 17:00 to 19:00 UK time.

Free entry

JÚRÓDAÐI

Jimmy's Liverpool / 7:30 pm / 130 Bold Street

JÚRÓDAÐI 2023

Daði Freyr will be playing an intimate and exclusive gig at Jimmy’s Liverpool,
performing both classic and current songs of the Eurovision Song Contest

Tickets available from Thursday May 4th from £28.90 via this link.

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Thursday May 11, 2023

Semi Final 2 Afternoon Preview

Liverpool Arena / 1:30 pm / King's Dock

The final rehearsal for acts taking part in the Second Semi Final

SOLD OUT, but any returned tickets will be on sale here

Eurovision Semi Final Two

Liverpool Arena / 8:00 pm / King's Dock

The live broadcast of Semi Final Two

SOLD OUT, but any returned tickets will be on sale here

Jamala presents QIRIM

Eurovision Village / 12:00 pm / Pier Head

Before Semi Final Two is broadcast 2016 winner Jamala will perform with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in an extraordinary musical moment.

Also on stage is KRUTЬ, 2nd place in Vidbir this year as well as Luke Black and Let 3

Free to enter

Semi Final 2 at EuroClub

Camp and Furnace / 6:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

Guests are warmed up by the ‘Over The Water Show Choir’ before watching Semi Final One with other Eurovision fans.

Tickets available here at a cost from £13.45.

EuroClub Night 7

Camp and Furnace / 11:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

After the Second Semi Final dance the night away with Jedward, Nicki French and Ukrainian artist MELOVIN on stage at EuroClub.

SOLD OUT but a waiting list exists.

BetEurovision Meetup

The Long Shot Bar / 5:00 pm / Unit 3, Britannia Pavilion, Albert Dock

If you want to discuss the Eurovision odds while in Liverpool come and hang out with the BetEurovision team during happy hour at the Long Shot Bar.

Free to enter, more information on this link.

The EuroTrip and Friends

Sugar and Dice / 1:00 pm / 33a Cornhill

Come and join Rob & James from the EuroTrip Podcast and some of their favourite podcast friends for a fun afternoon of board games and the chance to hear them discuss all things Eurovision 2023.

SOLD OUT but a waiting list exists.

EuroFansClub Night 4

Fusion / 7:30 pm / 17 Fleet Street

On Euro Queens night there will be stunning performances by Kate Ryan, Anxhela Peristeri and Rosa Lopez.

SOLD OUT, link here if more come available.

EuroJam Turkish Night

Distict / 7:00 pm / 61 Jordan St

A night celebrating the best of Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest, featuring their most famous Sammarinese participant, Serhat.

Tickets available for £20.

Eurovision as a Tool for Diplomacy

Tate Liverpool / 12:30 pm / Royal Albert Dock

Moderated by Dean Vuletic, the author of a book on the history of Eurovision (‘Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest’), A panel includes Claudette Buttigieg (Maltese national parliamentarian and Eurovision contestant), Martin Österdahl (Eurovision’s executive supervisor), and Sarah Sands (Chair of the British Council).

Free sign up available via this link, and the event also includes a free networking lunch.

Solo Traveller Meet Up

EuroCafe / 4:00 pm / 49, 51 Seel St

A second meet up for travelling Eurovision fans to meet fellow Eurovision fans

Upstairs at EuroCafe

Free entry.

Friday May 12, 2023

Grand Final Evening Preview

Liverpool Arena / 8:00 pm / King's Dock

The first public run-through of the Eurovision Grand Final

SOLD OUT, but any returned tickets will be on sale here

EuroEve

Eurovision Village / 12:00 pm / Pier Head

TikTok will be organising Eurovision Legends to take over the stage before performances by Sophie Ellis Bextor, Fleur East and Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon

Free to enter

EuroClub Night 8

Camp and Furnace / 9:00 pm / 67 Greenland St

Camp and Furnace parties hard the night before the Grand Final with Charlotte Perrelli, Eurovision winner in 1999 on stage alongside Liverpool’s own Jemini, the UK act from 2003.

SOLD OUT but a waiting list exists.

EuroFansClub Night 5

Fusion / 9:30 pm / 17 Fleet Street

A night featuring acts from some of the smallest nations in Europe, with Destiny, Susanne Georgi and Valentina Monetta performing for Eurovision fans.

SOLD OUT, link here if more tickets become available.

EuroJam EuroJustice

District / 9:30 pm / 61 Jordan St

In collaboration with Eurovoix this evening will be dedicated to bringing in as many of your National Final favourites from this year’s Contest as possible.

Tickets available from £20

Bongo's Bingo goes Eurovision

Content / 6:00 pm / Stanhope St

Both Katrina (from the Waves) and The Fizz (of formerly Bucks Fizz) will be on stage between the Bingo games here on the special Friday night party.

Tickets currently SOLD OUT, check this link for future availability.

Liverpool Calling

The Yacht Club / 7:00 pm / Coburg Wharf

A special night for Eurovision fans with a huge outdoor concert with Linda Martin, Lindsay Dracass and more Eurovision acts to be added.

Tickets for £18.45 with a discount for OGAE members.

Nicky Stevens: In Conversation

British Music Experience / 7:00 pm / Cunard Building

Nicky Stevens, one quarter of Brotherhood of Man and the only Welsh winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, discusses her career at the British Music Experience.

Tickets to the event are £17 and give access to the museum for one year.

Eurovision Football

FireFit Youth and Community Hub / 11:00 am / 115 Upper Warwick Street

Eurovision fans who wish to play football with each other are welcome Friday lunchtime to the FireFit Hub, roughly 15 minutes walk from EuroClub, for a friendly kickabout on a 7-a-side 3G pitch.

Cost of £5 per person for pitch hire, fill in this form if you wish to attend.

Saturday May 13, 2023

Grand Final Afternoon Preview

Liverpool Arena / 1:00 pm / King's Dock

The very last practice run for all the artists at Eurovision 2023

SOLD OUT, but any returned tickets will be on sale here

 

The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final

Liverpool Arena / 8:00 pm / King's Dock

Who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2023? Attending this and you will find out first!

SOLD OUT, but any returned tickets will be on sale here

The Grand Final Party

Eurovision Village / 2:00 pm / Pier Head

Katrina (yes, of the Waves), Jedward, Brooke and The Vengaboys will entertain the crowd at Eurovision Village before the Grand Final is streamed to the 25,000 attendees.

Ticketed event with tickets available here: £15

 

EuroClub Night 9

Camp and Furnace / 12:30 am / 67 Greenland St

Party away your Eurovision memories as the Song Contest comes to a close at the last night of EuroClub.

SOLD OUT but a waiting list exists.

EuroFansClub Final Night

Fusion / 7:30 pm / 17 Fleet Street

Katrina (from the Waves) is the headline act for this Eurovision after party.

SOLD OUT but link here if more become available.

EuroJam Winners Night

District / 7:00 pm / 61 Jordan St

Watch the Grand Final here and dance the night away until 04:00 here at EuroJam

Tickets available from £25.