Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) – the longest running festival of Arab arts and culture in the UK – returns for its 22nd year this July.
LAAF exists to support and champion creatives from across the Arab region and its diaspora, in the belief that art and creativity have the power to express a shared humanity.
The festival will celebrate Liverpool’s unique identity; a city, with a global community and brimming with artistry, that looks outwards across the world. Highlighting the importance of this shared humanity, Port Cities, a brand-new visual arts project in partnership with British Council – MENA, will premiere newly commissioned artwork by four internationally renowned Arab artists exploring the social, historical and cultural links between Liverpool and the Arab region.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2024 Festival Lineup
With more festival events to be announced soon…
Port Cities exhibition
Friday 12 July – Saturday 20 July / 12pm – 4pm
Exhibition launch event: Friday 12 July / 1-4pm
Space Liverpool, 41 Stanhope Street, Liverpool, L8 5RE
FREE / NO TICKETS REQUIRED
Yalla Neحky – Hadi Badi Books workshop for children 4-8 years old
Saturday 13 July / 12pm – 1:30pm
Liverpool Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW
FREE / BOOKING REQUIRED
Comedy Workshop with Maria Shehata
Saturday 13 July / 1-2:30pm
Liverpool Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW
£6 / TICKETS
Arabs Are Not Funny
Saturday 13 July / 7:30pm
Unity Theatre, 1 Hope Place, Liverpool, L1 9BG
£15.00 / TICKETS
Arab Film Night: At The Library X LAAF
Sunday 14 July / 4 – 7pm
Plaza Community Cinema, 13 Crosby Road North, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 0LD
£5 / TICKETS (Free for L20, L21, L22 postcodes)
Port Cities Symposium
Monday 15 July / 10am – 4pm
Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
£10.00 / PAY WHAT YOU CAN / TICKETS
Fundraising Screening: At Home in Gaza and London
Monday 15 July / 6-8pm
Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
£10 / TICKETS
Janette Ayachi: Exploring Heritage Through Poetry
Wednesday 17 July / 6pm – 7pm
Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
£8/£6 / TICKETS
Chambers of the Heart: Hassan Abdulrazzak, Laila Alj & Sepy Baghaei
Friday 19 July and Saturday 20 July / 7:30pm
Unity Theatre, 1 Hope Place, Liverpool, L1 9BG
£15.00 / TICKETS
The Ayoub Sisters
Saturday 20 July / 8pm
Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP
£15.00 / TICKETS
Family Day
Sunday 21 July / 12pm – 5pm
Sefton Park Palm House, Sefton Park, Liverpool, L17 1AP
FREE / NO TICKETS REQUIRED