Sophie Ellis-Bextor to headline Liverpool Pride

Pop icon Sophie Ellis-Bextor will headline this year's Liverpool Pride Festival

She's set to wow festivalgoers when she performs on the Barclays Main Stage on Saturday 28 July.

Sophie shot to fame as a vocalist on Spiller’s huge number one single Groovejet and then followed it up with Take Me Home and her worldwide smash hit, Murder on the Dancefloor.

Her solo debut album, Read My Lips was released in 2001 and reached number two in the UK Albums Chart and certified double platinum by the BPI.

Liverpool Pride Festival is the region’s established annual celebration of all things LGBT+, and this is ninth consecutive year the festival has been staged.

This year’s event takes place across two days – Saturday 28 July and Sunday 29 July 2018.

Liverpool Pride has grown to become one of the city’s major annual events, last year a record 8,000 people joined the march and over 50,000 festivalgoers enjoyed two days of entertainment to celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

Tithebarn Street in the city centre is the main festival site on Saturday 28 July.

Liverpool Pride’s #AllTogetherNow theme will also complement a city-wide season of events and performances to mark #Liverpool2018 – marking 10 years since the city was named European Capital Of Culture 2008.

The Liverpool Pride Festival 2018 marks a decade since the death of gay teenager Michael Causer, who lost his life on 2 August 2008 after a vicious homophobic attack.

Saturday’s festival programme will focus on the area round Tithebarn Street, which will be closed between the Superlambanana and Moorfields to ensure the festival takes place in a safe and controlled environment.

The Liverpool Pride March officially starts the Liverpool Pride weekend on Saturday 28 June, starting from St George’s Hall and finishing at Moorfields