"Fake Plastic Radiohead", a Radiohead tribute band, playing at the 2006 Mathew Street Festival

The Liverpool Mathew Street Music Festival is a free music festival held annually in Liverpool, with Mathew Street as its central attraction.

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Mathew Street Festival from Law Courts, August 2008

It is also the largest annual free music festival in Europe. In 2006 the festival was held over four days from Friday 25 August to Monday 28 August, using five stages in the city centre, including one at the Strand, two at the Pier Head, one on Dale Street, and one on Derby Square.

The event attracts thousands of visitors and acts from all over the world and hosts many bands, both local and from around the world, including many Beatles tribute bands.

Mathew Street Festival seen from Derby Square, August 2008