SRD 2025: Walk of Remembrance

We will mark SRD 2025 on Saturday the 23 August with a Walk of Remembrance through Liverpool City Centre, taking pauses at landmarks of historic significance. Along the walk we’ll speak about the journey and hear from influential voices.

The walk will comprise key sites around the city, pausing for moments of reflection, performance and historic insight, before culminating with a masquerade and libation, performed at the historic waterfront. 

The event begins at Williamson Square with an introduction from Michelle Charters before moving through the city with stops at Clayton Square, the Bluecoat and Liverpool One’s Sugar House Steps. The procession will be accompanied by a series of performances and talks from Elliss Eyo Thompson, Felix Ologbosere, Yusuf Sani, Khan Odita, Congolese Association, Adam Andre and Positive Impact.

After the walk there will be a Masquerade and Libation ceremony on the waterfront, which is a commemorative ritual, honouring and remembering the ancestors who have gone before us. 

Schedule 

12pm - Event begins

12.15pm - Williamson Square

12.35pm - Clayton Square

1.05pm - Bluecoat

1.30pm - Liverpool One’s Sugar House Steps

 2.20pm - Masquerade and Libation at Piermaster’s House grass

All times are approximate and may be subject to change

Please note the event location says International Slavery Museum but the event will start outside the Playhouse on Williamson Square, L1 1EL and will end at Albert Docks.