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On Saturday 30 November, a special event, Expedition One, will take place at Exhibition Centre Liverpool, which will officially launch Liverpool’s UN Accelerator City for Climate Action status – a world first, powered by Ecotricity.

There will be access to FREE tickets to be in the audience for the recording of three popular, thought-provoking podcasts on the Saturday:

  • BBC Radio 4 Rare Earth – the environment and wildlife podcast hosted by Countryfile’s Tom Heap and physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski.
  • Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake – a BBC Radio 5 Live podcast commission in which Nihal Arthanayake presents in-depth interviews with headline guests (to be announced).
  • ZeroCarbonista with Dale Vince – from building his first windmill in 1996 to taking Forest Green Rovers Football Club vegan in 2015 and becoming a United Nations Ambassador in 2019, Dale Vince has made saving planet his life’s mission. Dale is in conversation with author and host, Ian Collins.

As well as the podcasts there are a number of unique, ticketed events including:

  • Scoring Change – Music in Mind and members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present a brand new commission ‘A Moment of Truth and a Vision of Hope’, performed for the first time at Expedition One. This session will bring together composer and conductor John McHugh and musicians to discuss the piece produced in collaboration with European Space Agency as well as the impact of music for climate action.

Visitors will also be able to experience two extraordinary installations on site – an immersive journey around the planet exploring the impacts of climate change presented by the European Space Agency and ‘Present Shock II’ an extraordinary multimedia installation by celebrated artists UVA and Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja.

For full details, visit the Liverpool Music City website. These will be issued on a first-come-first-served basis. Please note, the first day is an invite-only, industry event.

Expedition One runs alongside three live shows at M&S Bank Arena from Massive Attack, Nile Rodgers and IDLES. For more information about the live music gigs, head to the Ticket Quarter website.

Expedition One will be a plant-based event.


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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.

Exhibition Centre Liverpool 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.

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 Exhibition Centre Liverpool.

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 Exhibition Centre Liverpool.

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. 

There is onsite parking and plenty of parking nearby, more information on driving to the venue and parking can be found here.

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