Winterfest: A White Party For Sickle Cell

If you’re looking for an event to go to this December, Winterfest is a must — with incredible live music, a gospel choir, Caribbean food and loads of boss prizes on offer! Local grass roots Black Arts organisation, BlackFest, are putting on an amazing showcase of multi award winning talent in memory of Naomi Loy who recently died from sickle cell. The show is from 7pm on Saturday 18th December at District and sees a host of  extremely talented Merseyside artists come together to collaborate and raise awareness and money around sickle cell. Live acts on the night include Amique & The Ecstasy, Wavertree Gospel Choir, iamkyami, Ni Maxine, Remée, Sorelle, Shak Omar, DJ Shenice and Tyrone Lewis and tickets are just £15! For tickets to the event see here. If you would like to donate to Rebecca’s GoFundMe see: https://www.gofundme.com/f/winterfest-fundraiser-for-sickle-cell-disease?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer Profits raised from Winterfest will go to The Sickle Cell Society, with a portion of proceeds also going to the Haemoglobin Unit at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Naomi Loy’s sister, Rebecca, has also set up a GoFundMe page for the cause with the aim of raising £5000.