Get ready for the annual Eat Your Heart Out Liverpool festival, to showcase the best of the west.
As you might have guessed from the title, Eat Your Heart Out Liverpool is bringing some pretty cool food options to Liverpool's centre. The festival of art, music, culture and food aims to have something for everyone, with cuisines from around the world represented.
You'll want to come hungry. Food trucks offering delicious street food throughout the day include Lambda (Greek favourites like gyros and souvlaki); Dirty Bird (Southern-style chicken wings and burgers, plus Japanese flavours); El Caminito (chorizo and South American street food); You Pizza; Rangers Texas BBQ; Angy's Pancakes; and Fritz's Wieners. It's not all food trucks, either, with local eateries like El Topo Cantina (Mexican food) Indian Taste Liverpool and juice bar Tropicana having a presence at the festival. There will even be a bar by Macquarie Bistro.
The festival is a tasty treat for your other senses, too. There will be performances by singer, rapper, guitarist and producer Milan Ring, the Australian Arabic Band, a dance and music performance by dance company Shaun Parker and Co. and DJ Fly Waves will be performing. Hip-hop artist L-Fresh the Lion, who was born-and-bred in Liverpool and has been breaking barriers with his messages of social justice, will be headlining the live music line-up on the day so don't miss out!
The fun doesn't stop there, either, with visual art also a big part of the festival. Melissa Carey's giant heart sculpture Open Heart is returning as the centrepiece of the festival and street artist Ox King will have painted a new mural inspired by Liverpool's multicultural make-up and the area's Arabic influence, so make sure you check it out while you're at the colourful festival.
Don't forget your wallet, because there will be plenty of market stalls offering art and artisanal goods produced in Sydney's vibrant west. The market stalls will be powered by The Westies Markets, which runs local produce, arts and design markets in Western Sydney.
And for the little ones (or those young at heart), there will be free face painting, garden games and a napkin-painting workshop.