A record-breaking catwalk, free dockside after party and a vintage festival will mark the final weekend of the city’s One Magnificent City celebrations, organisers have announced.

The events will end seven weeks of festivities marking the arrival of Cunard’s Three Queens to the Mersey in May.

Creative director Wayne Hemingway will deliver events over the weekend of 4 July, beginning with an attempt to break the world record for most models on a catwalk. Jane Galpin from Channel 4’s How to Look Good Naked will help coordinate the catwalk show, sponsored by Very.co.uk, which will aim to attract 3,500 participants.

‘The Very Big After Party’ will follow, with a free dockside disco starring DJ Greg Wilson. Finally, Wayne Hemingway will bring a bespoke version of his Vintage Festival to the city, featuring fashion, music, film and food from across the Atlantic over the ages.

The renowned designer and entrepreneur says: “This once in a lifetime record-breaking carnival will be an audio, visual feast designed to showcase the city’s diverse, welcoming, expressive, humorous and fun-loving spirit that characterises it around the world.”

Other events include the 4 July ‘Eat the Atlantic’ food festival on Mann Island including street theatre and workshops, as well as a Classic Car Cavalcade on 5 July. Meanwhile Liverpool ONE will host a world-first sound installation from musician and producer Martyn Ware called The Crossing, which will celebrate Liverpool’s connection to New York.

The festival will mark 175 years since the first commercial transatlantic crossing, and celebrations will end with the RMS Queen Mary 2 departing on a journey to Boston to recreate the original crossing in 1840.

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