After last year’s event, which saw the participation of more than 100 musicians and attracted coverage from BBC North West and ITV, the aim has been to double the participation (and hopefully the donations for Clatterbridge Cancer Charity too!)

Performances will take place at busking locations in Liverpool ONE and inside Bierkeller from 1pm.

All the 27 participating bands will then join together for the singalong on the Sugar House Steps (near John Lewis & Partners) at 3pm.

Shoppers are invited to join in the fun by singing along to three megabusk songs: Three Little Birds, You are My Sunshine and Stand By Me, and of course dig deep and donate towards a good cause.

Some of Liverpool’s best-known established ukulele bands will perform, including local music festival favourites the Splintered Ukes, the D’Ukes of Hazzard, The Secret Ukulele Band from Crosby, Wirral acts the Broken Strings and the Two of Us, and Liverpool Ukulele Orchestra – which has been going for over a decade.

New bands this year include the Florence Institute band ‘Florence and the Ukes’, set up to support wellbeing in L8 community.

The megabusk will be followed by a singalong jam and afterparty at Bierkeller from 5pm, which will be hosted by BBC radio DJ Janice Long.