Restriction-free events return for the music lovers of Liverpool

The 30^th of April goes down in the history books for being the first event with zero restrictions since Covid-19 sent the UK into lockdown back in March of 2020. Six thousand Liverpool residents gathered at Bramley-Moore Dock to attend the first of a sold-out, two-day event called ‘The First Dance’, hosted by ‘CIRCUS music (@circusmusic on Instagram).

Videos of the night were shared over social media by teenagers and  young adults admitting their jealousy of the ravers from Liverpool.

Just two days after The First Dance event, 5000 more music lovers gathered at Liverpool’s Sefton Park to attend the popular indie-band ‘Blossoms’ Pilot show.

Lucia Manfredi, 18, from Liverpool attended Blossoms’ returning gig. “For our tickets to be activated, we had to go to a test centre the day before and test negative”, she explained that to qualify for tickets you had to be from the Liverpool City Region.

There was no sense of worry for Lucia wasn’t about catching the virus as “it was the safest place to be if everyone had to test negative”. Safety precautions were still in place as they were given two extra tests for at home, one for on the day and one to take 5 days after.

“The atmosphere was electric… people were just so happy…everyone was hugging and laughing and it just felt so normal like the past year had never happened”

Dan Latimer, lead guitarist of indie rock band, ‘Candid’ from Coventry expressed his gratitude for seeing these events take place. “Seeing these gigs with huge audiences taking place again really gives me hope for the upcoming months”. Dan’s band were scheduled to play a sold-out concert which they were headlining, back in March of 2020, just a week after the UK went into lockdown. “The pandemic has been gutting for everyone, and musicians and music lovers were really feeling the blow. Not being able to play our biggest show to date was a real shame but having a rescheduled date over a year later and seeing Blossoms successfully perform a gig with no restrictions would put a smile on any musicians face”.