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Cunard’s Queen Anne leaves the Cruise Terminal on the River Mersey after her official naming ceremony in 2024(Image: Peter Byrne\/PA Wire)<\/p>\nThree huge occasions are expected to take over the city<\/p>\n
13:39, 05 May 2025Updated 13:42, 05 May 2025<\/p>\n
Cunard’s Queen Anne leaves the Cruise Terminal on the River Mersey after her official naming ceremony in 2024(Image: Peter Byrne\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
Liverpool is set to host nearly 1m people as major events take over the city centre. Taking place across the late Bank Holiday May weekend, the city will come to life celebrating music, sport and history.<\/p>\n
BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend <\/a>will set the tone in Sefton<\/a> Park, welcoming more than 100,000 music fans to this year’s festival. Headliners include Sam Fender, Sugababes, Tate McRae and Mumford & Sons, with dozens of rising and local stars also on the lineup.<\/p>\n Once the dust settles on the musical weekender, Liverpool FC<\/a> will kick off their victory parade through the city. When the Reds triumphed in the Champions League an estimated 750,000 fans lined the streets to watch their bus drive through.<\/p>\n Cunard’s newest ship Queen Anne<\/a> will return to Pier Head to celebrates its 185th anniversary. In June 2024, thousands waited all day to enjoy the naming ceremony in a magnificent musical celebration of the city and its maritime heritage.<\/p>\n Below is everything you need to know about Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Liverpool FC’s parade and the Queen Anne ship.<\/p>\n BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2025 is set to take place in Liverpool from Friday, May 23 until Sunday, May 25<\/a>, with an incredible line-up of music stars set to grace the city over the course of the weekend.<\/p>\n The festival takes places each year in a different location across the UK, with a superstar line-up curated by the radio station. Confirmed artists include Sam Fender, Biffy Clyro, Tom Grennan, Blossoms, Jorja Smith, Jade, Myles Smith, Wet Leg, Natasha Beddingfield, Sugababes and Lola Young.<\/p>\n Over the course of the weekend, around 100 acts will take to the stage, from the biggest artists in the world to exciting new and emerging artists, performing across four stages.<\/a><\/p>\n Stages include the Radio 1 Main Stage, Radio 1 New Music Stage, Radio 1<\/a> Dance and BBC<\/a> Introducing. With over 100,000 music fans expected to attend, the event will take over the city with an unforgettable music spectacular.<\/p>\n Liverpool FC parade Liverpool FC’s Premier League title parade<\/a> will be monumental event for the city as the team make their victory lap.<\/p>\n In 2019 an estimated 750,000 lined the streets to celebrate Liverpool’s Champions League triumph and similar numbers are expected on the Bank Holiday Monday 26.<\/p>\n The 15km victory route, the same as the 2019 and 2022 parades, will start at Allerton<\/a> Maze in the south of the city. It will then travel northbound on Queens Drive towards the Fiveways roundabout and on to the Rocket flyover.<\/p>\n From there, it will journey along Queens Drive, Mill Bank, West Derby<\/a> Road and Islington before approaching the city centre via Leeds Street and on to The Strand, concluding at Blundell Street.<\/p>\n It is anticipated the parade will last between three to five hours<\/a>, though this is subject to change.<\/p>\n Cunard 185th anniversary Cunard’s newest ship Queen Anne will return to Liverpool as the luxury cruise line celebrates its 185th anniversary.<\/p>\n The ship, which was dedicated to the city of Liverpool at her naming ceremony on the Pier Head last June<\/a>, will arrive in the River Mersey<\/a> on Bank Holiday Monday, May 26, and will stay overnight at the Liverpool Cruise Terminal, departing late evening on May 27.<\/p>\n Last year’s naming ceremony for Queen Anne saw Andrea Bocelli perform on the Pier Head<\/a> during a day of celebrations. Craig Charles<\/a> and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra also led an evening party<\/a> before the ship departed after a firework spectacular.<\/p>\n Cunard’s 185th anniversary will also feature a photography exhibition called ‘Sea of Glamour’, set to debut at the Liver Building. The exhibition will feature a collection of photos of Hollywood icons, musicians, politicians and royalty from the Cunard archives, alongside newly curated images from the public to form a timeline of nearly two centuries of transatlantic travel.<\/p>\n![\"BBC](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Fans-enjoying-the-Headliner-Harry-Styles-as-he-brings-the-BBC-Radio-1s-Big-Weekend-to-an-epic-end-.jpeg\")
BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in 2022(Image: Coventry Live\/Tristan Potter)<\/p>\n\n
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Parting of the Red Sea – Thousands of jubilant supporters line The Strand in celebration as Liverpool FC players parade the Champions League Trophy(Image: Liverpool Echo\/James Maloney)<\/p>\n![\"Fireworks](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2_The-Naming-Ceremony-for-Cunards-newest-shipQueen-Anneat-the-Pier-HeadLiverpoolPic-Andrew-Teeba.jpg\")
Fireworks as Cunard’s Queen Anne sailed from Liverpool last year(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n\n