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Eurovillage has shown what Liverpool is really capable of.

The festival was nothing short of a smash-hit, and over the week around 100
performers and tens of thousands of fans transformed the Pier Head and
perhaps reminded the city what it was capable of. It could easily top the list of
biggest events the city has hosted since our success as Capital of Culture in 2008.
For many the Eurovision Village will have been a reminder of times lost. At times
in our history - many not so distant - the city was welcoming such events every
year such as Summer Pops and the Mathew Street festival.

was once massively popular and welcomed some of the world's biggest names
in music to the city. It was set up in 1993 as somewhere to give the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra a place to play as the Philharmonic Hall was
being refurbished, but it was so popular that it carried on.

Diana Ross, Sir Elton John, ZZ Top, Paul Simon and Julio Iglesias are just some of
the names the festival once hosted on the Kings Dock, where the M&S Bank
Arena now stands. Peter Kay also once packed the tent for five nights in a
record-breaking sell out run.

Has Eurovillage made the case for a new yearly summer festival in Liverpool? Do
you want to see Summer Pops return to the waterfront, or a revival of the Mathew
Street festival perhaps? Tell us in the comments.

(Image: Liverpool Echo)