Liverpool Gospel Music Festival

Aim

Support the UK's first mainstream gospel music festival - Stanley Park, North Liverpool, September 9th 2023.

About the Festival

The Liverpool Gospel Music Festival will be an outdoor festival on September 9th in Stanley Park, North Liverpool, bringing gospel music to the mainstream. It will bring together internationally acclaimed artists like The Kingdom Choir and Called Out Music with local talent from Liverpool and the North West in a family-friendly, fun day out, attracting local communities and gospel music fans from across the country.

Why Gospel Music, Why Liverpool, Why Now?

Liverpool is a thriving, diverse city with an incredible cultural heritage and an amazing sense of community. With its historic connection with Black history through the slave trade, it is the ideal place to recognise and celebrate the cultural contributions of Black communities and artists. This makes it the perfect location for Liverpool Lighthouse to develop the National Gospel Music Centre and Liverpool Gospel Music Festival, which they are launching as the UK's first mainstream gospel music festival in September.

With the performances at the Coronation, the Coronation Concert and the Royal Wedding, Gospel Music is having a moment in the UK. Anecdotally, around 60-70% of people supporting mainstream music touring in the UK – from musicians to technicians and producers, have a background in gospel music and there is a huge, diverse audience that values gospel music as part of their cultural history and identity, across the UK.

How you can help

£65,000 has already been raised for the Festival, including support from Liverpool City Council, Vistaprint, LFC, the UK government's Shared Prosperity Fund and the Arts Council England among others. However, to help bring gospel music to the mainstream and keep the Festival affordable for all, we need your help to make it happen. Give £5, £10, £20 or £50 to bring this vital cultural event to life and keep it accessible for the whole community.

Become a Friend of the Festival!

Donations of £250 and over will automatically make you eligible to be a Friend of Liverpool Gospel Music Festival with your name printed on the brochure and announced on the stage!

This project successfully funded on 2nd June 2023