DO you hear the sound of distant drums? No dear, IT'S NOT YOUR TINNITUS. That would be the Brazilica festival and samba carnival, back yet again this weekend.
You know the sort of thing: Carnival Queen Competition, Carnival Parade featuring samba bands from all over the place - feathers everywhere. You've probably given up all hope of gyrating in the shadow of Sugarloaf Mountain and this - a fantastic assault on the senses - is the next best thing (full route below).
District and Constellations in the Baltic Quarter will host the carnival after parties on Sat 18 July from 10pm where the samba and latin house vibes are set to keep crowds partying until 3am. “A night set to be full of surprises” it says here, and only a fiver.
Grafitti documentary Cidade Cinza at FACTBefore then, there is plenty left this week of the Brazilica Film Festival in association with Fazenda Rodizio Bar & Grill.
Films celebrating Brazilian life and culture are being screened at various venues across the city up until Sunday July 19, , with the majority of films free to attend.
A Graffiti Art Exhibition at FACT can also be sen until then which compliments the screening of Cidade Cinza there tomorrow night (Weds, July 15).
Inspired by the work of graffiti artists Os Gemeos, Cranio and others, the exhibition presents the style of graffiti shown in the documentary that has made the trendy suburb of Vila Madalena, in Sao Paulo, a tourist attraction, and brought some of the artists worldwide fame.
BRAZILICA 2015 - WHO, WHAT, WHEN
Graffiti Exhibition
FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 4DQ
Wed 1 – Sun 19 July
Tickets: Free Event
Samba Funk Factory
The Cavern, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L2 6RE
Fri 17 July
5pm
Tickets: Free Entry
Carnival Queen Competition
Alma De Cuba, Seel St, Liverpool, L1 4BH
Fri 17 July
9pm
Tickets: Free Entry
Forro de Alegria – Brazilica Launch Party
Arts Club, Seel St
Fri 17 July
10pm
Tickets: £7.50
Brazilica Carnival Parade
Liverpool City Centre.
Sat 18 July
8pm
Tickets: Free Event
Starting from Abercromby Square, the parade will turn onto Oxford Street and turn left on to Hope Street, the parade then turns right by the Philharmonic pub and will follow Hardman Street and continue on to Bold Street.
This year, the parade will then turn left on to Slater Street, left on to Duke Street then right going through the Chinese Arch on Nelson Street to come to an end in Great George Square. The parade end is the perfect place for all involved to join the nearby after parties in the Baltic Quarter which will move between Constellations and District.
Brazilica After Party
District, 61 Jordan Street, L1 0BW
Sat 18 July
10pm
Tickets: £5 (Pay on the door)
FILM FESTIVAL LISTINGS
City of God – 10 Years Later (15)
Mon 13 July
Fredericks
32 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BX
7:30pm
Tickets: Free
Flying Down to Rio (U)
Tue 14 July
St Luke’s Church (Bombed Out Church), Berry Street, Liverpool, L1 2TR
9:00pm
Tickets: £3
Cidade Cinza (PG)
Wed 15 July
FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ
7:30pm
Tickets: Free
Trash (15)
Sun 19 July
The Brink, 21 Parr Street, Liverpool, L1 4JN
8:30pm
Tickets: Free
