Some of Liverpool’s best home grown musicians, including mezzo soprano Danielle Thomas and the bright and beautiful Mersey Wylie will come together for a one-off charity bandstand event at Sefton Park this Saturday (August 15).
The pair will join Creaky Bones and The Choir With No Name, which features singers from Liverpool’s homeless community, on the park’s famous stage on the lake, as part of the annual Bandstand festival to help raise funds for North West Cancer Research – Liverpool’s only locally-based cancer research charity.
Commissioned by Liverpool City Council and co-ordinated by Open Culture, Bandstand got under way in Sefton Park and Stanley Park bandstands last weekend (8 August). Part of the Liverpool International Music Frestival, it goes on until September and each weekend features a different line-up.
This weekend's charity event also includes jazz bands Blowback Horns and Bagga, as well as DJ collective Mixnots, who will open the five hour open air event and, of course, for the traditionally minded picknicker, The Salvation Army wind band.
The event is free to attend and guests can take part in a special butterfly trail around Sefton Park, in honour of NWCR’s logo and symbol of hope, the Holly Blue Butterfly. The butterfly trail will run throughout the day with the fastest time landing the winner with free tickets to next year’s Threshold Festival in the Baltic Triangle. Entry to the competition costs £1.
Headline act Danielle was announced as North West Cancer Research’s first ever ambassador in April this year. The singer was inspired to work with the charity after her grandad sadly died from colorectal cancer aged just 76.
She said: “Losing my grandad to cancer two years ago, really hit home to me how important cancer research is and the hope that it gives to stop others from suffering the way he did."
The North West Cancer Research Bandstand event will start at midday until 5.30pm on Saturday August 15th.
Bandstand: Here's the full listing from now to September.
Mersey WylieSaturday 15 August, Sefton Park in association with North West Cancer Research
1pm – 1pm: Creaky Bones
1pm – 2.05pm The Salvation Army Liverpool Walton Band
2.15pm - 2.40pm: Mersey Wylie
2.55pm - 3.20pm: Choir with no Name
3.30pm - 3.55pm: Blowback Horns
4.10pm - 4.35pm: Bagga
4.55pm - 5.20pm: Danielle Louise Thomas
Mixnots DJs will also feature throughout the day
Sunday 16 August, Stanley Park:
1pm - 1.25pm: Grateful Fred
1.40pm - 2.05pm James Edgar
2.15pm - 2.40pm: Fazzmatazz
2.55pm - 3.20pm: Mersey Swing (free dance workshop)
3.35pm – 4pm: Bad Kitty and the Black Kats
4.20pm - 4.45pm: Joe Symes and the Loving Kind
Saturday 22 August, LIMF Academy showcase, Sefton Park:
1pm - 1.25pm: Eleanor Nelly
1.40pm - 2.05pm: Dominic Dunn
2.20pm - 2.45pm: Sophia Ben-Yousef
3pm - 3.25pm: Shamona
3.40pm - 4.05pm: Katy Alex
Plus Adam French DJ set
Sunday 23 August, Stanley Park:
10.00 - 18.00: KidsFest, in support of the James Bulger Foundation. Features a performance stage, food stalls, educational events, cookery workshops, sporting activities, dance classes and more.
Sunday 30 August, Sefton Park - Bandstand at LIMF Summer Jam in association with Mellowtone:
Xam Volo
Sunstack Jones
Little Sparrow
Ivan Campo
Paul Wilkes
Beaten Track DJs
Simon Herron
Katie Mac
Monday 31 August, Sefton Park - Bandstand at LIMF Summer Jam in association with Mellowtone:
The Midnight Ramble
Roxanne L Jones
Rosenblume
Me and Deboe
Paul Straws
Grace Hartrey
TJ and Murphy
Sensorites
Luna
Saturday 5 September, Sefton Park:
1pm - 1.25pm: Daniel Saleh
1.40pm - 2.05pm: The Shipbuilders
2.20pm - 2.45pm: Liverpool Ukulele Orchestra
3pm - 3.45pm: Simply Dylan
3.55pm - 4.20pm: Alex Gavaghan
4.35pm – 5pm: Mamatung
5.20pm – 6pm: Clinic
Sunday 6 September, Stanley Park:
programmed by Soul Fest, plus wellbeing workshops
For full details about Red Square Vodka presents LIMF, visit www.limfestival.com or follow @LIMFestival on Twitter or Liverpool International Music Festival on Facebook.
