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The 500 beautiful, bejewelled samba dancers, Brazilian style drummers and spectacular floats will start their journey through the city at 8.30pm at Abercrombie Square before leading down Mount Pleasant, past the Cathedral of Christ the King, turning onto Hope Street and leading past the Everyman Theatre. From here, the carnival will dance down Hardman Street and Leece Street, passing St Luke’s bombed out Church before making its way along Bold Street, stomping through Church Street and ending at the Main Stage Festival site at Williamson Square, in the heart of Liverpool city centre, where a number of acts will take to the stage to perform until 11pm. A completely FREE fiesta for everyone to enjoy!

"I'm ever so excited and can't wait for the Brazilica carnival parade! We can't wait to shake Liverpool to the rhythm of samba!"
SIMONE REEVES - Lead Dancer at Liverpool Carnival Company

Several members of Sao Paulo based samba group Nene de Vila Matilde will fly in from Brazil to join forces with the Liverpool Samba School, who are sure to cause a stir when they dance through the city’s streets alongside several celebrated Samba Groups from across the UK including London based Paraiso, Pulse of the Place from Edinburgh, and Manchester School of Samba to name but a few. The Liverpool based carnival would not be complete without acclaimed local samba groups including Batala Liverpool, Karambasamba from Chester, Widnes based St Peter and St Paul’s Samba Group and Oxiris Samba School from Wirral.

"We are delighted to be able to support Brazilica and are especially looking forward to taking part in the carnival parade through Liverpool’s streets. Hats off to Liverpool Carnival Company for creating the greatest annual Samba Carnival in the UK, long may it continue"
RICHARD GALBRAITH - Paraiso Samba School, London

The Carnival parade will be recorded for MY Channel Television (Sky 219) and Record TV (Sky 801). A programme featuring highlights from the festival will be broadcast later this year.

The BRAZILICA Carnival Parade would not have been able to take such a central route through the city without the support of Liverpool’s City Central Business Improvement District (BID), which came on board earlier this year as a festival sponsor. BRAZILICA festival organisers have been working diligently with the City Central BID Team to ensure that the whole area will come to life with colour, beautiful costumes, stunning samba rhythms, awesome floats, authentic Latino crafts, cuisine and drinks as well as free activities for the whole family to enjoy throughout the course of Sat 16th July.

"City Central BID is delighted to be supporting the Brazilica festival - it’s raising awareness of a very worthwhile cause and will bring a fabulous injection of colour to the city centre. It will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of a very exciting summer programme in the heart of Liverpool."
GED GIBBONS - Chief Executive of City Central BID

More information can be found at www.brazilicafestival.com

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