A festival for you! Our aim is to inspire and connect the next generation of young creatives.
Whether you are a musician, a singer, a musical theatre performer, an actor, a games designer, a film maker, fashion designer, we have a full programme to inspire YOU, motivate YOU, connect YOU and help you build a bridge to the industry.
A jam packed programme of networking events, industry panels, motivational and inspirational keynotes, film screenings, gaming workshops, music equipment expo and unmissable performances from students. Plus did we mention our indoor funfair!, Student bars, festival food trucks and a music LIVE festival, all inside our stunning arena?
Giving young people access to incredible, tangible, hands on industry opportunities & introducing industry to the next generation of incredible talent.
Last year we welcomed a wealth of prestigious talent to YOU Festival, including LMA co-owner Richard Wallace, Comedian John Bishop, Michael Looney (Manager of Robbie Williams), EMI, Banijay, SJM Live, Stacy Haynes (Creative Director and Theatre Director), Kilimanjaro Group (Ed Sheeran and Sam Fender Promoter), Tik Tok, SoundCloud, YouTube, Solo ITB, One Fiinix Live (Agency owned by Ed Sheeran), Sonor Drums, Fender, Ashdown Amplification, Cameron Macintosh, Edinburgh Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Naked TV, Fremantle UK, Little Dot, Primary Talent (Agency), Scruff of the Neck, Chris ‘Woody’ Wood (Bastille), Si Delany (Don Broco), Joe Cross (The Courteeners) and Jason Perry (Grammy Award winning producer of McFly and Don Broco) inspiring YOU, the media stars of tomorrow.
Join us in January for an incredible three days!
For Group Bookings, please email the team at groups@ticketquarter.co.uk
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From the south...
Avanti West Coast operates hourly, direct services from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street (with a journey time of just over two hours). Other long-distance rail services also operate into Liverpool Lime Street station.
M&S Bank Arena is a 20-minute walk from Lime Street or a short taxi ride. You can also transfer at Lime Street onto the underground Wirral Line trains to James Street station (10 minute walk) or catch the CityLink Route C4 (7am – 8pm) directly to the venue. If travelling from outside Merseyside, you can catch an underground train to James Street station from Lime Street station, inclusive of the cost of your train ticket.
Most Liverpool city centre bound buses will call at either Queen Square bus station (a 15-minute walk) or Liverpool ONE Bus Station, which is only a five minute walk to M&S Bank Arena.
For further information on bus routes within Merseyside, you can visit https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/customer-information/routes-and-maps/
For up-to-date information on all bus, train and ferry services, call Traveline Merseyside on 0871 200 22 33, open 8am – 8pm, 364 days a year or visit www.merseytravel.gov.uk
For all car journeys it's best to follow the white on brown tourist route signs for the Waterfront. These signs are visible on the major routes into the city. Exhibition Centre Liverpool is situated on the Kings Dock directly adjacent to the south side of the Albert Dock. Upon arrival, the Kings Dock entrance is clearly sign posted.
From the North...
Leave the M6 at junction 26 and follow signs for M58 Liverpool. Follow to end of M58 and then take signs for A59 Liverpool. Continue to follow Liverpool City Centre until picking up signs for the Waterfront.
From the South...
Leave the M6 at junction 21A and take the M62 to Liverpool. At the end of the M62 follow signs for Liverpool City Centre along Edge Lane, picking up and following signs for Waterfront.
Flying into Liverpool John Lennon Airport...
A taxi from the airport to the city centre will take approximately 20 minutes or the express bus service Route 500 will take approximately 25 minutes, dropping you off within a five minute walk of M&S Bank Arena, while Manchester’s international airport is just 45 minutes away by car.
Our new on-site temporary multi-deck car park is now open.
Kings Dock Car Park
There are 1450 parking spaces available in the on-site Kings Dock Car Park, with accessible bays and electric charging points on every floor.
There is plenty of parking nearby too, more information on driving to the venue and parking can be found here.
Accessible Bookings
To book accessible tickets please call our box office on 0344 8000 400 on the day that the event goes on sale - this applies to both presale and general sale.
Our contact centre is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
The M&S Bank Arena has recently partnered with Nimbus Disability and The Access Card to ensure customers' needs are met at events. Nimbus is one of the country’s leading providers of disability-related advice and support to professional organisations and is recognised as a leading authority on accessible ticketing in the UK.
To ensure the right tickets are sold to the right people, we will require all access bookers for events at ACC Liverpool to provide us with a Nimbus registration number to qualify for any accessible tickets or discounts available at the time of booking. Registering is free to Ticket Quarter customers with an option to upgrade for £15 to have access to all participating venues. For more information please visit here.