Liverpool will be the host city for the 6 Music Festival 2019, taking place in venues across the city from Friday March 29 to Sunday March 31. Lauren Laverne announced the details and full line-up on the BBC Radio 6 Music Breakfast Show.

The line-up features The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Anna Calvi, Jon Hopkins, Hot Chip, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Ex:Re. Plus Little Simz, Bodega, Gang of Four, Villagers, IDLES, Slowthai, Fontaines D.C., The Cinematic Orchestra, Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts, Jungle and Marika Hackman. Liverpool is a city with music at its heart and the 6 Music Festival will be celebrating this both in the build-up and across the weekend with performances from She Drew the Gun, Bill Ryder-Jones (acoustic) and Stealing Sheep.

Mary Anne Hobbs said: “Ever since The Beatles came together as teenagers in 1957 and changed the musical landscape for all time, Liverpool has been a city that has inspired generations of musicians. I’m excited that we have a chance at the 6 Music Festival to explore the Liverpool scene in 2019.”

The 6 Music Festival By Night will take place at Eventim Olympia and Mountford Hall from Friday to Sunday. 6 Music Festival Late will take place over Friday and Saturday night at the Invisible Wind Factory with DJ sets from the likes of 2manydjs, Erol Alkan, Max Cooper and Craig Charles. 6 Music Festival By Day will feature spoken word, poetry and live performances at Camp & Furnace on Saturday and Sunday including performances from Liverpudlian legends Julian Cope and Roger McGough.

On Thursday 28 March, Steve Lamacq will be broadcasting his show, including Round Table, from The Cavern Club in Liverpool followed by a live event in the evening from BBC Music Introducing as part of BBC Radio 6 Music Festival. 6 Music’s Tom Robinson and Dave Monks from BBC Music Introducing in Merseyside will host the evening including a line-up of performances from Red Rum Club, Queen Zee, Zuzu and The Mysterines. This is a free entry event, with doors opening at 7.45pm.

Previously, the 6 Music Festival has visited Belfast as part of BBC Music’s Biggest Weekend (2018), Glasgow (2017), Bristol (2016), Tyneside (2015) and Salford (2014).

6 Music Festival By Night

FRIDAY 29 MARCH

Olympia: Anna Calvi; Bodega; She Drew the Gun

Mountford Hall: Ex:Re; Bill Ryder-Jones; Marika Hackman

Invisible Wind Factory: DJ sets from 2manydjs; Erol Alkan; Max Cooper; Nemone; Breakwave

SATURDAY 30 MARCH

Olympia: The Good, The Bad & The Queen; Villagers; Stealing Sheep; IDLES

Mountford Hall: Jon Hopkins; Little Simz; Slowthai

Invisible Wind Factory: DJ sets from Craig Charles, Elliot Hutchinson (Dig Vinyl) and a set from the Renegade Brass Band

SUNDAY 31 MARCH

Olympia: Hot Chip; The Cinematic Orchestra; Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts; Jungle

Mountford Hall: Charlotte Gainsbourg; Gang Of Four; Fontaines D.C.

6 Music Festival By Day

The 6 Music Festival by Day is a celebration of live music, conversation and spoken word. It takes place at Camp & Furnace on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 March from 11am until 5pm.

SATURDAY 30 MARCH

Live performances: The Coral; BC Camplight; Skinny Pelembe; The Comet Is Coming; Craig Charles (DJ set); Justin Robertson (DJ set)

Conversations/panels: The First Time: Craig Charles with Matt Everitt; IDLES in conversation with Steve Lamacq; Making Music In Liverpool with Liz Kershaw; Little Simz with Lauren Laverne; The Story Of Cream with Nemone, plus more to be announced.

SUNDAY 31 MARCH

Live performances: Julian Cope; Julia Jacklin; Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs; Clinic; GAIKA

Poetry: Roger McGough, Jess Green and Amina Atiq

Conversations/panels: Julian Cope in conversation with Mark Radcliffe; Roger McGough and Cerys Matthews; Psych In The City with Stuart Maconie; Charlotte Gainsbourg in conversation with Amy Lamé, plus more to be announced.

There will also be a whole heap of other great stuff, including an Independent Record Fair, 6 Music Bingo with Jonny Bongo, live screen-printing, a gig poster exhibition from Gigs & Graphics, cake and coffee from the Iron Maidens Women’s Institute and some seriously good street food.

Broadcast

6 Music Festival will broadcast on 6 Music and BBC Sounds across the weekend, with all the performances from Eventim Olympia and Mountford Hall available to watch live and in full at BBC iPlayer and at bbc.co.uk/6music, with catch up for 30 days afterwards.

BBC Red Button will be available all weekend with live and on demand highlights. BBC Four will broadcast a Best of 6 Music Festival show (Sunday 31 March). There will also be music mixes available on the BBC Sounds app.

Tickets

Tickets for each venue and each event will be sold separately. Full details plus terms and conditions can be found at bbc.co.uk/6music

6 Music Festival By Night at Olympia, Friday £35 (plus £2.65 booking fee per ticket) Saturday & Sunday £38 (plus £2.85 booking fee per ticket)

6 Music Festival By Night at Mountford Hall, £35 each night (plus £2.65 booking fee per ticket)

6 Music Late at Invisible Wind Factory, £18 each night (plus £1.80 booking fee per ticket)

6 Music Festival By Day at Camp & Furnace, £18 per day (plus £1.80 booking fee per ticket)

Tickets for each event at the 6 Music Festival will be issued as an e-ticket. The lead purchaser must be in attendance and will have to show their ID upon arrival at the venue to gain entry. All events for 6 Music Festival are 18+.

6 Music Festival Fringe

Alongside the 6 Music Festival, Liverpool City Council is working with local venues and music partners to create the 6 Music Festival Fringe to showcase exactly why Liverpool is a UNESCO City of Music.

It will run from 22 March and finish on the same weekend as the 6 Music Festival, featuring artists and bands performing at venues across the city. Highlights include the LIMF Academy Showcase at Jacaranda, Humble Abode presents Peach at 24 Kitchen Street and Threshold Festival in Baltic Triangle.

The festival for new music, The Great Escape returns to Brighton 18-20 May 2017. With over 450 of the best upcoming international and local artists taking to the streets of the seaside town, the festival is a showcase of unique performances across 30 plus venues, including a 2017 Brighton Palace Pier takeover from punk-rockers Slaves.

BBC Music is the corporation’s strongest commitment to music in 30 years, comprising of new partnerships and ground-breaking music initiatives led by Director Bob Shennan. Now they have announced a major new partnership with The Great Escape (TGE). In its 12th year, the festival will take place on Thursday 18 May - Saturday 20 May in Brighton. In addition to its already longstanding relationship with BBC Music Introducing; BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 Music will join forces with TGE 2017 to further champion and promote upcoming artists across these channels.

As part of the new partnership, BBC Music will take over the Paganini Ballroom for a spectacular three-night musical showcase; BBC Radio 6 Music will showcase their Recommends strand on the Thursday night; BBC Music Introducing will host Friday night and BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction will take over on Saturday night.

Artists announced so far include folk-rock sensation Marika Hackman, who will be performing tracks from her highly anticipated upcoming album, post-punk, post-grunge Goat Girl, a teenage quartet who have been making noise with debut track 'Country Sleaze', and the vibrant collision of soul, electro and West-African funk known as Ibibio Sound Machine. More artists will be announced very soon.

As well as having a huge line-up over three nights, BBC Music will also be bringing down some of their top DJs to broadcast LIVE from the TGE Festival Hub in Jubilee Square: Radio 1’s Mistajam (Thurs 7pm-9pm) and 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne (Friday 10am-1pm) and Steve Lamacq (Thursday and Friday 4pm-7pm). Delegates will be able to come down to listen and catch some of the artists who will play live on these shows.

BBC Music will also be getting involved in the TGE 2017 Convention, two days of discussions and debates exploring hot topics in the industry such as music media, exporting music worldwide, royalties and the impact of drugs within the music business. BBC Music will be taking over the Old Courtroom for their BBC Music In Conversation series. Mary-Anne Hobbs will speak to Kojey Radical, while Tom Robinson will share some insights with John Grant and Huw Stephens will also be speaking with a very special guest performing at the festival. These 'In Conversations' will be open to all delegates and festival goers.

The BBC Music News team will be out on the streets of Brighton and across the TGE venues, soaking up the atmosphere, chatting to artists and picking up all the latest news across the thought-provoking topics at the convention and reporting on what’s hot and what’s not.

James Stirling, BBC Music Editor, says; “BBC Music is dedicated to discovering and nurturing new British artists and The Great Escape is one of the best festivals to do this on the UK music scene. I'm very happy to be bringing TGE to life for our audiences across Radio 1, Radio 3, 6 Music, BBC Music Introducing and our digital platforms.”

Kevin Moore, The Great Escape’s Event Manager, says: “The announcement of this extended BBC Music partnership is great news for TGE - together we share a commitment to discover and nurture new music and we can’t wait to share our ideas and see this collaboration grow. As we approach our 12th year it’s important that we work with broadcast partners who share our vision and BBC Music do just that - which makes them a perfect partner for the festival.”