Liverpool it’s a city of creative types, music lovers and culture addicts. Music is Liverpool’s lifeblood. It’s the heartbeat of the city. Music is at the very core of what unites Liverpool and makes it unique. Liverpool was declared as UNESCO City of Music in 2015. This music city is a lot more than its legacy. We have a thriving music scene in a city complete of musical talent expressed in its booming live scene and a variety of locations. Just look at the music festivals highlighting Liverpool’s international status and rich history of the port.

Liverpool has Africa Oye, Europe’s largest African music festival, Liverpool Irish Festival reflecting our strong Irish relations, Arabic Arts Festival, Sound City, Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF), Fusion, Positive Vibration etc. There’s also an outstanding international reputation orchestra which is Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO).

In this city, music education and talent development are important. If you want to study music or the music industry, Liverpool has more decisions than anywhere else in the world, with the three universities and the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) providing a wide variety of options.

Liverpool is a birthplace of a rock band, they are The Beatles. The Beatles formed in 1960 with members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. At the beginning of the 1960s, their popularity first emerged as “Beatlemania,” a term describing the intense fan frenzy directed at the British band. The phenomenon started in 1963 and continued with the breakup of the band in 1970.

They became popular in the United Kingdom after their first hit, “Love Me Do,” at the end of 1962. They obtained the surname “Fab Four” as Beatlemania developed in Britain in the previous year. By the beginning of 1964, they had become international stars, prompting the “British Invasion” of the United States pop market. After their break up in 1970, they each enjoyed a good musical career of variable duration. McCartney and Starr, the remaining members, remain involved musically. Lennon was shot and murdered in December 1980, and Harrison died in November 2001 of lung cancer.