Everton have applied for a licence to hold major non-football events at Hill Dickinson Stadium, confirming the club will be seeking to bring major music and boxing events to Bramley Moore Dock.
The club has already secured a licence to hold football events at the new stadium including plans to open bars within the stadium for an hour after matches end.
It has now applied for a licence to hold major live music and boxing events in the stadium and the details of the licence showcase what it will look like when Everton attract some of the world’s biggest musicians to the banks of the River Mersey.
The licence application will allow for live music performances every day of the week from 9am to 3am but the club says any live acts would be finished before 11pm.
The licence also includes a plan to hold boxing and other fighting events with a licence to serve alcohol until 3am and a further half an hour for people to remain in the stadium.
The application means Everton will be able to hold major concerts at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. The city currently has two concert venues – the space-limited M&S Arena in the city centre and Anfield Stadium, which is limited to four events a year due to its location in a residential zone.
Everton have already revealed plans to hold events of up to 17,000 people in the fan plaza of the stadium with facilities within the East Stand open to concert-goers for the unique outdoor venue. The new licence will allow for major gigs inside the stadium too, with over 50,000 people able to attend.
The concerts will be a money-spinner for Everton. Taylor Swift’s three nights of gigs at Anfield generated an estimated revenue of £7.5m-£9m and each gig at Hill Dickinson Stadium would be expected to bring in at least £1m-£2m for the club.
The stadium’s superb acoustics, modern hospitality areas and location a short distance from the city centre will make Hill Dickinson Stadium the city’s best music venue and should help the city attract top acts.
Everton will host the Rugby League Ashes event between England and Australia in November in the first non-football event at the stadium. It is also booking commercial events in its various restaurant and event spaces. The latest application, which will be decided in August, would pave the way for the first music concerts potentially as early as summer 2026.