Brazilica Festival 2019

Friday 12th to Sunday 14th July 2019
Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 7NU, England MAP
FREE except afterparty on Saturday (£5)

Daily capacity: 80,000

Last updated: Wed 19th Jun 2019

The 12th edition of Brazilica Festival takes place on Liverpool's city streets from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th July 2019.

The festival celebrates the vibrant culture of Brazil including the annual Carnival Ball and Carnival Queen Competition, Brazilian film screenings, carnival art exhibitions and more. A variety of fringe events including club nights, live music, film programme, workshops and the Carnival Queen competition all form part of this year's festival.

New for 2019 will see the addition of a Carnival King who, along with this year's crowned Carnival Queen, will lead the sensational night-time parade on Saturday 13 July. The highlight of the festival, the vibrant and colourful parade featuring 16 samba bands from across the UK and Europe will make its way through the city.

Programme

The Brazilica parade remains the highlight of the festival and this year there's 19 bands from all over the UK and Europe are taking part in the night-time procession on Saturday 13 July.

The 2019 line-up includes: ABC Dance; Arco Iris; Batala Mersey; Baque de Axe and Baque de Ogum; Beat Life; Cork City Samba; Karamba; Katumba; Liverpool Samba School with Samba Livre dancers; Manchester School of Samba; Oba!tuQ; Oya Batucada; Paraiso; Samba Espirito; Samba Funk Factory; Sambafriq; Unidos do Ritmo with percussionists and dancers from Leeds, Huddersfield and Brighton; Wirral School of Samba; and Worldwise Samba drummers and Preston dancers.

There will be live samba bands in the Fan Park located in Chavasse Park in Liverpool ONE which will be hosting the Vitality Netball World Cup this summer. The Fan Park has been organised and programmed by Liverpool City Council.

Samba Funk Factory will open the festival, with a performance on Friday 12 July from 1pm at Fan Park. The 25-strong French batucada percussion band will be performing original compositions spanning rock, reggae, samba, Bollywood.

The music continues across the weekend, with Oba! TuQ from Paris performing at Fan Park on Saturday 13 July from 2pm. The 40 percussionists and dancers will have the crowds dancing in the street as they bring their sizzling selection of samba.

Festival-goers can samba until the early hours at the official Brazilica After Party taking place at Camp and Furnace on Sat 13 July from 10pm - 4am which will feature carnival DJ's and live music. Entry £5. Book tickets here.

Keep the party going on Sunday 14 July; head to Church Street in the city centre as samba bands will be performing throughout the afternoon. Visit www.brazilica.co.uk for times and performance information.