City looking ship shape for another maritime spectacular
LIVERPOOL is gearing up for another weekend of maritime spectacles as one of the City's most popular annual events returns. The FREE Liverpool International Mersey River Festival in partnership with Wild Thang branded clothing and merchandise experts starts on Friday, 5 June 2015 and runs until Sunday, 7 June 2015. Liverpool's waterfront will be awash with ships, stages and activities to suit all ages. Just some of the weekend highlights include:- Tall Ships, yachts and canal boats; many of which will be open to the public to explore.
The return of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Village to Graving Docks which includes helicopters, recruitment vehicles and diving tanks and unarmed combat and weapons displays. As part of this the Sea Cadets will be performing their field gun window ladder semaphore and club swinging displays. Also the following will be taking place:-
► International Canoe Polo Tournament.
► Brouhaha Homecoming Parade at 11am on Sunday.
► A model boat display and art exhibition in the Cunard Building.
► 2 air displays per day from the Yakovlevs.
► Flyboarding and wakeboarding demonstrations along with have-a-go water sport sessions.
► The popular Raft Race on Sunday where some participants will end up high and not so dry.
► Maritime themed street theatre and get
involved workshop sessions.
On top of the usual activities, Liverpool will also play host to the first ever
Northern Boat Show with a stunning line-up of power boats, cruisers, narrow
boats and sail boats exhibited featuring some of the biggest and most popular
brands in the marine world. The land-based part of the exhibition is free to all
visitors, but there will be a £5 entrance fee for the pontoon access. Tickets are
available at:-
NorthernBoatshow.Co.UK or from the
Tourist Information Centre located at the Albert Dock. And of course Music on
the Waterfront which this year is working in partnership with Albert Dock
Liverpool, is back and bigger than ever with three stages; the main stage at
the Pier Head, the Making Waves stage at the Mann Island Basin and the Hartley
Quay Stage, on board Tall Ship Morgenster.
The weekend of music kicks off on Friday as the city plays host to the first BBC
Music Day. The Main Stage will see BBC Radio 6Music DJ Craig Charles bring his
trunk of funk back to the waterfront with live music starting from 4pm and
running until 11pm. Craig will be joined by special guests throughout the set.
Saturday's Main Stage, from 1pm to 8pm, is hosted by Smooth Radio and includes acts
such as Collabro, Sam Bailey and a special appearance by David Gest and Kym
Marsh. Ian Prowse will take to the Tall Ship stage and popular Liverpool Signing
Choir will perform at Mann Island Basin.
Bay TV's Jay Hynd and Ellie Phillips will host Sunday's Main Stage from midday
to 7pm, and will provide the perfect lazy Sunday afternoon sound track. With
'Home Grown' as the theme Rebecca Ferguson, The Hummingbirds and KOF are just
some of the acts set to wow the crowd. Mezzo-soprano Danielle Thomas and the
Royal Marine Band of Scotland will perform on the other stages which will see
acts on there from midday to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.
For full details of the programme, visit:-
LiverpoolIOnTheWaterfront.Co.UK.
Assistant Mayor and Cabinet Member for Culture, Tourism and Events said:-
"It's been a busy couple of weeks for our World Heritage Waterfront and we're
still riding high on the massive success of the Three Cunard Queens weekend, so
it feels like great timing for yet another maritime celebration!
We know there is a real appetite for events which have a focus on the River, and
once again we expect tens of thousands of visitors to spend time at the Pier
Head and the Albert Dock making the most of the free activities on offer.
This year's event is going to be kicked off in fantastic style as Liverpool is
the host City for the 1st BBC Music Day and there's a real buzz around seeing
Craig Charles perform once again in front of a home crowd.
It's clichéd, but there really is something for everyone across the 3 days
and I encourage as many people as possible to come along and experience this
fantastic event for themselves."
Peter Cronin, Director of Development and Marketing, Albert Dock Liverpool,
said:- "Albert Dock Liverpool is proud to support Culture Liverpool in
delivering a fabulous itinerary of waterfront activity by sponsoring Music on
the Waterfront; part of the International Mersey River Festival taking place in
June this year. This year's action-packed festival will continue to foster links
between Culture Liverpool and Albert Dock through this internationally acclaimed
festival."
This year's International Mersey River Festival forms part of One Magnificent
City, a 7 week programme of activities celebrating Liverpool's internationally
renowned maritime history and transatlantic links. It began on Friday 15 May
with the cultural celebration that is LightNight and will run until the weekend
of the 4 July when Liverpool will host the UK's biggest Independence Day
celebrations under the banner Transatlantic 175. Throughout the seven weeks
various activities will be held which mark the 175th anniversary of Cunard.
For more information visit:-
OneMagnificentCity.Co.UK or follow @OMCLpool
on Twitter and One Magnificent City Liverpool on Facebook. Up-to-date details
can also be found at:-
Cruise-Liverpool.Com, @cruiselpool
or Liverpool Cruise Terminal on Facebook.
