Everything You Need To Know About International Beatleweek Festival in Liverpool

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Fans of the Fab Four are gearing up for International Beatleweek Festival because, as Cavern Club director and event organiser Jon Keats says:

“There are many Beatles festivals and conventions held all around the world – but nobody does it like Liverpool! As the birthplace of The Beatles, it offers an experience that simply can’t be replicated anywhere else.”

This year is the 38th International Beatleweek Festival and it promises to be the biggest and best yet with new events and guest speakers, and tons of bands paying tribute to the legendary group.

Money can’t buy you love, but it can buy you a fabulous time celebrating and honouring John, Paul, George and Ringo.

So here’s Everything You Need To Know…
When is International Beatleweek Festival?

It’s being held right across the August Bank Holiday weekend from Wednesday, August 21 to Tuesday, August 27.
Where is it being held?

It’s taking place throughout Merseyside, with much of the action centring in and around Liverpool but, with more venues than ever this year, stretching across to the Wirral too.

What venues in Liverpool will events and shows be held at?

Loads of places, from the Cavern Club and Live Lounge, to Central Hall, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), the Adelphi Hotel, Ye Cracke Pub, and the Pier Head.
Beatles Convention – Sunday, August 24 at 11am

Sunday can only mean one thing during Beatleweek and that is Convention Day. Originally started in the late 1970s with Liz and Jim Hughes it goes on from morning until midnight with the promise of live music, interviews, guests, historians, plays, films, a memorabilia market, and exhibitions.
Who are this year’s guest speakers for International Beatleweek?

Among the speakers scheduled to appear for 2024 are Geoff Baker, Paul McCartney’s main PR man for more than a decade; May Pang, John Lennon’s partner during his ‘Lost Weekend’; Jay Bergen, Lennon’s lawyer during a turbulent period for John in the mid-70s, and Kevin Harrington, the roadie who featured in The Beatles’ Let It Be film and Peter Jackson’s recent documentary, The Beatles Get Back (affectionately known as ‘The Redhead on the Roof’). What all these people have in common is that they knew The Beatles well and can offer fans unique and intimate insights.
What’s new for this year?

Blimey, where do we start? There’s quite a lot but here’s our pick of the best.

* Beatles v Stones: One of the highlights this year will be over on the Wirral with the first ever takeover of New Brighton, where a theatre show, The Beatles vs The Stones, will be performed at the Floral Pavilion on Friday, August 23. It will feature the officially endorsed Cavern Club band, The Cavern Club Beatles, alongside Swedish favourites Rocks Off, in a musical showdown.

* Mad Day Out: This event on Saturday, August 24, will pay homage to the historic Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, where The Beatles performed an impressive 27 times, offering fans a unique opportunity to experience the magic of the seaside town steeped in Beatles history. It’ll include a concert featuring The Cavern Club Beatles, Rocks Off from Sweden and a bone-a-fide Little Richard! There will be three stages at the Floral Pavilion Theatre and another one opposite at Fort Perch Rock, as well as bars and restaurants along Victoria Street joining in.

* The Grosvenor Ballroom in Wallasey: Another iconic Beatles’ haunt, The Grosvenor, will open its doors exclusively for International Beatleweek Festival with the energetic young Beatles Complete band transporting fans back to the golden era of Beatlemania.





I wonder if the Fab Two will show up.

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1. Fest for Super Fans

I wish I could be there!

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2. Me, too. Biggest thing musically in my life.

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3. marble falls........

What I'd give to go to this festival!

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4. Me, too. Maybe we have enough to organize a DU group trip, but only if EarlG comes along to keep us in line.

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5. Several years ago I met an older British man who was hosting a yard sale. He had a distinct Liverpool accent and,

being a diehard Beatlemaniac from the Ed Sullivan Show on, we struck up a conversation about them. He was just a young lad back in the day, but he remembered them playing all kinds of different places. He told me about their first "official" appearance which was in an auditorium somewhere and didn't have much interest from the locals. A relative of his got tickets and asked him to go, but he told her had better things to do. LOL. Can you imagine??

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6. If it was at this time, I can understand why. I hate this song ...

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7. LOL - you've got to start somewhere.

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8. And I am glad they got their start.