WELCOME TO LIVERPOOL MUSIC MONTH

Liverpool Music Month is a brand-new, city-wide celebration of live music, culture, and creativity taking place across the Liverpool City Region throughout May 2026.

Running from 1-31 May, the initiative brings together artists, venues, communities and audiences from across the city region to showcase everything that makes Liverpool one of the world’s most iconic music cities.

Delivered by Culture Liverpool and Sound City, Liverpool Music Month is more than just a series of gigs, it’s a major cultural programme designed to celebrate the city’s musical heritage while championing the next generation of talent.

The aim is to spotlight the artists, venues and communities that have earned Liverpool its status as a UNESCO City of Music, celebrating both its rich history and thriving contemporary scene.

Liverpool Music Month is packed with high-profile moments alongside grassroots activity. It’s about celebrating what is already scheduled in the city. You don’t need to miss Glastonbury this year, you just need to dive into what’s going on around you. You can see what’s on here.

A unique element of Liverpool Music Month is its international link with New York Music Month, an established fixture in New York City’s cultural calendar. It began by an official handover from New York to Liverpool. twinned with New York Music Month, an established fixture in New York City’s cultural calendar since 2017.

This partnership creates a transatlantic celebration between two historic port cities with deep musical roots, strengthening cultural ties while showcasing Liverpool on a global stage to develop their own events, performances, and creative projects as part of the programme. This helps ensure the month reflects the diversity, creativity and innovation of the entire city region.

At the Liverpool Philharmonic there are gigs across all genres on most days including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Celebration of the Beach Boys, Roland Gift Presents Fine Young Cannibals, Max Cooper, and US acts Hannah Wicklund and Ondara.

Wrapping up the month, Baltic Weekender is set to take over multiple venues across Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May, including Camp and Furnace and Brick Street, with a line-up of up-to-date house music, disco, techno, bass, and grime sets.

Liverpool Music Month acts as the launchpad for a broader Liverpool Summer of Music, which continues from June through to August.

From the stage of The Cavern Club and global arena shows to the region’s legendary grassroots spaces, Liverpool has shaped the sound of modern music.

Liverpool Summer of Music’s events focus on influential independent venues – such as 24 Kitchen Street, The Jacaranda, and other cutting-edge indoor and outdoor spaces that continue to nurture new waves of artists – and major city events including Foo Fighters and My Chemical Romance’s huge Anfield Stadium shows, Lewis Capaldi taking over Sefton Park, and eternal festival headline favourites Nile Rodgers & Chic performing at Lock and Quay in Bootle.

Liverpool Music Month and Liverpool Summer of Music build on the global momentum created when the city hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, an event watched by 162 million people worldwide and which generated more than £54 million for the local economy. Liverpool Music Month will be the first event to capture that same energy, once again putting music at the heart of the city’s cultural life and international reputation.

Underlining its continued importance as a centre of musical talent and export, analysis by the BPI shows that, outside London, Liverpool produces more chart-topping albums than any other UK city.

Together, Liverpool Music Month and Liverpool Summer of Music will invite music lovers from across the UK and beyond to experience the best live music the region has to offer, reinforcing Liverpool’s reputation as one of the world’s great music cities while ensuring the benefits of music tourism are felt across the entire city region.

Ultimately, Liverpool Music Month is a celebration of what the city represents: a place where music is part of everyday life. Want to know more? Join the mailing list here and find out what’s on here.

If you’re one of Liverpool’s brilliant bars, venues, restaurants, hotels, shops or hospitality providers, we’d love for you to show your support for Liverpool Music Month. Download and use our Partner Pack to help fly the flag!