The Liverpool Brazilica Festival is the largest carnival celebration in Europe that is all about Brazilian culture. So instead of mas band parades the festival is more about samba parades. This is actually a fairly new carnival celebration and has only been taking place since July 2008, after the city of Liverpool became the European Capital of Culture.
The Liverpool Brazilica Festival takes all its inspiration from Rio Carnival with samba parades taking place through the city streets. The festival embraces Brazilian culture not just samba parades but also Brazilian food, music, dance, film and art with events taking place all over the city that build up to the highlight of carnival which is the Samba Carnival Parade that occurs in Williamson Square.
