Nottingham Castle to host Eurovision screening event

Nottingham Castle will become a Eurovision live site on Saturday 13th May 2023 to broadcast the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Today, Nottingham has been announced as an official broadcast partner for the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final, with the event being streamed live from Liverpool Arena on a giant screen measuring 28m squared, with a concert-quality sound system.

Nottingham is one of several confirmed UK cities to host an official Eurovision screening, allowing up to 30,000 people to participate in Eurovision celebrations across the country. The screening has been made possible thanks to funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

This event will follow the live screenings of the Coronation and Coronation Concert on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th May 2023, and comes ahead of the castle fully re-opening in June.

Eurovision fans will be able to bring picnics and blankets to watch the Grand Final in the beautiful surroundings of the castle grounds. The castle’s visitor centre will also be open selling food and drink.

Due to limited capacity in the castle grounds, people will need to pre-book for the screening and tickets will cost £1 each.

Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Friday 14th April and can be booked via the What’s On Nottingham website.

Nigel Hawkins, Head of Culture & Libraries at Nottingham City Council, said: “It is very exciting that Nottingham is one of the UK cities hosting an official Eurovision screening. The castle grounds will be a great venue for the celebrations, and we’re delighted that we can open the gates for this event before fully re-opening the castle to the public in June.”

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