{"id":179631,"date":"2025-06-12T23:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179631\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T23:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:41:12","slug":"soulside-music-festival-brings-summer-soul-and-disco-vibes-to-boxpark-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179631\/","title":{"rendered":"Soulside Music Festival brings summer soul and disco vibes to BOXPARK Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready to boogie \u2013 Soulside Music Festival is back in the city this July and it\u2019s bringing some serious Motown and disco legends with it.<\/p>\n<p>The Summer Soir\u00e9e Soulside, takes over BOXPARK Liverpool on Saturday 12 July, and this year\u2019s line-up is packed with iconic artists, legendary tunes and non-stop good vibes.<\/p>\n<p>Headlining the festival are 70s chart-toppers\u00a0Heatwave, the band behind dancefloor classic\u00a0Boogie Nights, along with American soul icon\u00a0George McCrae, best known for his smooth anthem\u00a0Rock Your Baby.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only the second ever Soulside event, but it\u2019s already making a name for itself after a sell-out debut last November that saw nearly 2,000 fans fill BOXPARK for a night of live music from The Real Thing, Odyssey and Drifters star Ray Lewis.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"221471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/503286678_17897017749212689_2681147167691459360_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221471\"  \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"221470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/497684273_17894869809212689_3296399673127513723_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221470\"  \/>Credit: Soulside<\/p>\n<p>This summer\u2019s edition promises to be even bigger, with a mix of live soul, disco and Motown favourites, high-energy tributes, and Liverpool talent sharing the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Powerhouse vocalist\u00a0Angie Brown\u00a0will be raising the roof with her huge voice and stage presence, while tributes to\u00a0Tina Turner\u00a0and\u00a0Lionel Richie\u00a0are set to bring all the classics you know and love.<\/p>\n<p>Homegrown artists\u00a0Billy Strand\u00a0and\u00a0Dance Inc\u00a0will also be performing, and the whole day will be hosted by Soulside organiser and local favourite\u00a0Gary Barker, who wowed the nation on\u00a0The X Factor\u00a0back in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s not enough, there\u2019ll be DJ sets from Liverpool\u2019s own\u00a0Charlie Cee\u00a0and\u00a0Ant Chandler\u00a0of Paradisco, and brand new for this year \u2013 the BOXPARK Music Garden is being transformed into\u00a0Soulside\u2019s RnB Garden, with an old skool mix of RnB, hip hop, garage and more from a line-up of DJs and some surprise guest appearances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary says the festival is all about bringing joy through the music he grew up with.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just love soul, disco and Motown \u2013 it\u2019s in my blood \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what Soulside is all about. It\u2019s an eight-hour celebration of amazing music, incredible artists and a proper feel-good atmosphere you just don\u2019t get anywhere else in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"221472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SoulsideMusicFestival.jpg\" alt=\"Soulside \" class=\"wp-image-221472\"  \/>Credit: Soulside<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"993\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"126024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_20210806_100700-e1631029172283-993x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Barker \" class=\"wp-image-126024\"\/>Credit: Gary Barker<\/p>\n<p><strong>He added: <\/strong>\u201cTo have acts like Heatwave on the bill is huge \u2013 the last time they played Liverpool was at the M&amp;S Bank Arena, and now fans will get to see them up close in a much more intimate venue. It\u2019s going to be unforgettable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets start at \u00a325, and with a line-up like this, they won\u2019t hang around.<\/p>\n<p>To book or find out more, head to\u00a0the Soulside <a href=\"http:\/\/soulsidefestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website.<\/a><br \/>\nGet all your news around Liverpool with <a href=\"http:\/\/theguideliverpool.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guide Liverpool.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out what\u2019s good up North on our new platform, The Northern Guide.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From the best hotels, beauty spots, days out, food and more up North \u2013 visit<a href=\"https:\/\/thenorthernguide.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0thenorthernguide.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow The Northern Guide on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenorthernguideuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get ready to boogie \u2013 Soulside Music Festival is back in the city this July and it\u2019s bringing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,2766,393,9144,4884,179,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-179631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-culture","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-going-out","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114673043782369377","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}