Sefton Park Palm House
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Taking place on the final day of the festival, Sunday 26th July, the long-established LAAF Family Day is a celebratory showcase of Arab arts and culture.
Creating a moment of togetherness and community, Sefton Park’s Palm House will play host to a free afternoon of music, performance and authentic Arab culture, complemented by a range of stalls offering Arabic and Middle Eastern food, arts and crafts, traditional practices such as calligraphy and dance, as well as activities for children, including storytelling and workshops.
“The jewel in the festival’s crown, this free event has something for all the family”
The Guide Liverpool
Doors / Start Time – 12.00pm
Finish – 5.00pm
Venue:
Sefton Park Palm House, Sefton Park, Liverpool L17 1AP
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Yossr Labidi: Keys Live by Yossr offers vibrant North African live music performances, combining keyboard and vocals with traditional cultural songs from Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Libya. Her performance brings authenticity, warmth and energy to the stage.
Hawiyya Dance Company: was founded in 2017 as an all-women’s collective exploring identity, culture and resistance through dance. Its members come from diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds, with training across a range of dance forms, and are united by a shared commitment to anti-racism, anti-imperialism and solidarity with oppressed peoples. Drawing on Dabke, the Levantine folk tradition, alongside Contemporary Dance, Hawiyya creates narrative works that celebrate Palestinian cultural heritage while telling stories of lived resistance.
Since its founding, the company has achieved significant success, including the collaborative full-stage production Curfew with El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe, which toured London, Liverpool and Palestine between 2018 and 2022. They also developed Safar: Journey, a project with migrant and refugee women, performed at Shakespeare’s Globe and the V&A Museum.
Today, Hawiyya is pursuing a more educational approach, bringing Dabke and Palestinian narratives into schools and other educational institutions, with the mission of working with young people to decolonise the art form.
Shurooq Abualnas is a Sudanese singer and performer known for her dynamic blend of traditional Sudanese music and contemporary sounds. She has performed at the Cairo Opera House, London’s Barbican, and a range of global festivals.
Her performances often feature reinterpretations of songs by Lebanese and Iraqi artists, traditional Arab classics, and international favorites. Shurooq is best known for her acclaimed releases “Um Al Yatama” (2021), “Sudaniya” (2022), “Watani” (2022) and Ya Ziad (2025).
She has been featured on major TV networks including BBC, MBC, and more recently on Nile TV (WATCH VIDEO)
The Yemeni Musical Group Birmingham is led by Mohammed Alshameery, a prominent musician and singer based in the UK. A skilled oud player and vocalist, he is dedicated to preserving and performing traditional Yemeni music —including classical melodies and the famous traditional Yemeni zaffa (wedding procession music)— for the Yemeni diaspora.
Mohammed has built a strong reputation as an artist who uses his art to keep his homeland’s cultural identity alive. Working primarily in the UK, notably in cities with vibrant Arab communities like Birmingham, he performs both at community gatherings and in cultural media features.
Through this, the group’s work serves as an emotional bridge for Yemenis living abroad, blending classical Yemeni rhythms with the expressive storytelling native to the region’s poetic traditions.
The London Syrian Ensemble are a collective of some of the finest Arab musicians living in the UK. Their sound mixes traditional Middle Eastern instruments –Qanun , Ney , with violin, viola , percussion, and vocals . They perform twentieth-century Syrian classics and traditional melodic loops or maqams of Syrian musical tradition.
