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20 Liverpool Moments from last year to get you in the mood for Summer 2017
6 years ago

So spring has sprung and summer is just around the corner and the sunny Liverpool events calendar for 2017 is looking rather huge. We will celebrate one of histories most influential albums turning 50 years old with a set of incredible Sgt Pepper 50 events. LIMF is back in July with the likes of Gorgon City, Corrine Bailey Rae and Cast all on the bill. The Albert Dock will once again bring us festivals of folk, pirates and steam. And if that wasn’t enough the city will be transformed into a fashion lovers paradise for the British Style Collective.
So dust off the ray-bans, get the summer wardrobe open and get ready for one hell of a Liverpool summertime.
Last year Liverpool provided us with one of the busiest and best summer’s yet, bringing festivals a plenty, gigs galore and events every single weekend – and of course we were there to capture all of the action.
LIMF celebrated it’s biggest year to date with headliners Sigma, The Wombats & Lianne La Havas, Mersey River Fest brought Billy Ocean to the Mersey & Fusion had it’s Liverpool debut.
We have chosen 20 of of just some of our favourite summer 2016 highlights.
Sit back and re-live a time when skies were blue(ish), music was loud, the word brexit was used in every other sentence and Brangelina were still an item…
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Brazilica brought the carnival to Liverpool
Read more about Brazilica 2016
2. 40,000 attended Liverpool Loves on the Pier Head
Watch all of our coverage from Liverpool Loves – interviews, tours & live sets
3. Olly Murs gets his kit off at the first ever Fusion Festival in Liverpool
Watch all of our Fusion coverage here and we test Olly Murs Scouse knowledge
4. We ran to the tunes with the Rock n’ Roll Marathon 2016
Sign up for next year’s Rock n’ Roll Marathon
5. The biggest Africa Oyé to date
Watch all of our Africa Oye coverage here with Ben Osu
6. We sang Happy Birthday to the Cunard Building as it turned 100
Did you complete all 55 of our things to do in Summer 2016?
7. Retro came to the Albert Dock for Vintage on the Dock
Check out what else is coming up at Albert Dock on their website here.
8. The Vengabus arrived for Reminisce Festival 2016
Watch all of our coverage from Reminisce including interviews with Vengaboys & Sonique
9. The biggest Liverpool Pride march in it’s history
Watch all of our covergae from Liverpool Pride including interviews with Sonia & Mason Noise
10. Billy Ocean brought 75,000 people to the Pier Head for Mersey River Fest 2016
11. Mickey Mouse and his mates brought a big massive ship to Liverpool
So much fun at Disney Magic on the Mersey – Watch all the action with Claire Simmo
12. Sefton Park was lit up in pink for Race for Life
Sign up for next year’s Race for Life here
13. The sound of beautiful folk music was heard at the Albert Dock
We also had a Pirate Festival on the Dock – And this Ship came to say hi
14. Liverpool Arab Arts Festival transformed the Palm House
Check out the LAAF website for details on how you can get involved next year.
15. The Hummingbirds were the perfect daytime headliners for Liverpool Loves
Check out all of the live performances form the Guide Liverpool stage at Liverpool Loves
16. The Jam moved all their stuff into the Cunard Building
Read more about the celebration of The Jam at Echo Arena
17. We had a Royal visitor or two
We told you about the places you could find LOVE in Liverpool this summer – did you find any?
18. Music Royalty also came to town
Watch all of our coverage from River Fest 2016 including an interview with Gwen Dickey
19. Another carnival came to town – Brouhaha 2016
How many of our list of 55 things to do this summer did you get through? Let us know below…
20. Tinie Tempah, Craig David, Jason Derulo & more on day one of Fusion
Watch of all of our coverage and backstage chats at Fusion here