Freshers Fair 2025: Your Complete Guide 🎉
We’re so excited for our JMSU Freshers Fair, and here’s everything you need to know.
Get your ticket on our website👉
📅 Key Details
- Date: Thursday 18th September
- Time: 10:30am to 5:00pm
- Quiet Period: 10:30am to 11:00am (for those who would prefer a calmer environment)
- Last Entry: 4:45pm. You can stay for as long as you like and go around again if you missed anything
- Location: Exhibition Centre Liverpool (What3Words: lively.define.finds)
- Entry Requirements: Freshers Fair ticket (get yours here) plus your LJMU ID card or enrolment letter
🎫 Tickets & Entry
- Tickets help us manage the number of people in the venue but you can attend at any time, no matter what your ticket says
- Even with a ticket, we must check your LJMU student status at the door using your LJMU ID card or enrolment letter
- The quiet period from 10:30am to 11:00am is for students who would like a calmer environment
🚌 Getting to the Fair
Free Shuttle Buses
While the fair is only a short walk from our campuses and many of our student accommodations, we will be running free shuttle buses all day from 9:30am until the end of the event. They loop between five LJMU buildings and the Exhibition Centre.
- Coach 1 Route: Student Life Building → Redmonds Building → John Foster Building → James Parsons Building → Tithebarn Building → Exhibition Centre
- Coach 2 Route: Tithebarn Building → James Parsons Building → John Foster Building → Redmonds Building → Student Life Building → Exhibition Centre
- Accessibility: Each coach has one wheelchair space. Look out for JMSU staff with lollipop signs who will be ready to help
Walking
Prefer to walk? Watch our Freshers Fair walking guide video for easy directions
Driving and Parking
- Liverpool Waterfront Car Park – Monarchs Quay, L3 4FP (Cash/Card)
- Car Parks 1 and 2 – Monarchs Quay, L3 4FP (Car Park 1: Cash, Car Park 2: Cash/Card)
- Liverpool Kings Dock Car Park – Monarchs Quay, L3 4FP (Cash/Card)
🍕 What to Expect
- A free slice of Domino’s Pizza when you arrive 🍕
- Over 200 student groups and more than 40 volunteering partners
- Commercial stalls including Boux Avenue, Bierkeller, Pure Gym and Boots
- LJMU services you can connect with directly
- Unlimited free fairground rides 🎡
- Loads of freebies including our limited edition JMSU tote bag, reusable cup, wall planner and plenty more
- On-site cafes where you can buy drinks and refreshments
⭐ Accessibility & Prayer Space
- Quiet spaces available
- Ear defenders and ear plugs provided if you need them
- Multi-faith prayer rooms on site
- JMSU staff will be around to support you. Just look for our team members
🌍 Sustainability
We are working hard to reduce waste so please reuse your tote bag and cup throughout the year
🦺 Safety & Lost Property
- Speak to a JMSU Steward straight away in an emergency
- There will be a First Aid Station on-site all day
- If you lose something, email JMSUevents@ljmu.ac.uk with a description and we will do our best to help you find it
🤝 Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Commitment
At JMSU, we are committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and we uphold a zero-tolerance policy toward any form of harassment or discrimination. We expect everyone to engage respectfully, creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. Any attendee who does not uphold these values will be asked to leave to ensure the safety and comfort of others. Our approach is aligned with LJMU and JMSU Respect Always charter.
Please also take a moment to read our event terms and conditions.
❓ Questions
📧 Email: JMSUevents@ljmu.ac.uk
If you cannot make it to the fair, you can still explore everything online. We will also be running events all year so you will have plenty of opportunities to get involved.
