The vision of City Sings Gospel is to reach out to people on a local, regional and international level, bringing communities and businesses together to participate in a range of collective performances.

Our Objectives

• Providing opportunity for mass enjoyment of and mass participation in Gospel Music across the Merseyside region.
• Delivering a major event in the European Capital City of Culture calendar.
• Bringing quality national and international artists to the region.
• Inspiring and developing the quality of local choirs, bands and groups through workshops, master classes etc.
• Promoting Liverpool to the international gospel music industry as a city that creates and celebrates gospel music and showcases the talent of locally based singers and musicians.

What is City Sings Gospel?

City Sings Gospel project (CSG) was created with the support of the Arts Council and Liverpool Culture Company originally with a view of hosting an international festival of gospel music in 2008 and preparing the city to host such an event by developing capacity, interest and talent. The project promotes and develops gospel music and arts in the North West encouraging the community to create gospel choir groups and to support musicians and soloists.

Festivals and Learning how to sing gospel music

Liverpool Lighthouse embarked on an ambitious programme of organising three festivals over three years, a local festival in 2006, featuring predominantly local artists, a highly successful festival in 2007 to commemorate the 200^th anniversary of the abolition of slave trade with a clear national focus and dignitaries from Africa, Americas and the UK> The International festival of Gospel music in 2008 brought an international dimension of gospel music and arts to Liverpool, which it is hoped will be a springboard for future festivals in the region.