diff --git a/_includes/common/banner.html b/_includes/common/banner.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea6d189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/common/banner.html
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<div id="full-banner">
+    <h1 class="countdown">
+      Livestream begins in: <span class="cd-time" id="replace-me">10:45:00 18.09.2020 (CEST)</span>
+    </h1>
+
+
+  <script>
+      var bannerVisible = false;
+      var module,countdown=function(v){function A(a,b){var c=a.getTime();a.setMonth(a.getMonth()+b);return Math.round((a.getTime()-c)/864E5)}function w(a){var b=a.getTime(),c=new Date(b);c.setMonth(a.getMonth()+1);return Math.round((c.getTime()-b)/864E5)}function x(a,b){b=b instanceof Date||null!==b&&isFinite(b)?new Date(+b):new Date;if(!a)return b;var c=+a.value||0;if(c)return b.setTime(b.getTime()+c),b;(c=+a.milliseconds||0)&&b.setMilliseconds(b.getMilliseconds()+c);(c=+a.seconds||0)&&b.setSeconds(b.getSeconds()+
+      c);(c=+a.minutes||0)&&b.setMinutes(b.getMinutes()+c);(c=+a.hours||0)&&b.setHours(b.getHours()+c);(c=+a.weeks||0)&&(c*=7);(c+=+a.days||0)&&b.setDate(b.getDate()+c);(c=+a.months||0)&&b.setMonth(b.getMonth()+c);(c=+a.millennia||0)&&(c*=10);(c+=+a.centuries||0)&&(c*=10);(c+=+a.decades||0)&&(c*=10);(c+=+a.years||0)&&b.setFullYear(b.getFullYear()+c);return b}function D(a,b){return y(a)+(1===a?p[b]:q[b])}function n(){}function k(a,b,c,e,l,d){0<=a[c]&&(b+=a[c],delete a[c]);b/=l;if(1>=b+1)return 0;if(0<=a[e]){a[e]=
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+      function d(a,b,c,e,d){var f;c=+c||222;e=0<e?e:NaN;d=0<d?20>d?Math.round(d):20:0;var k=null;"function"===typeof a?(f=a,a=null):a instanceof Date||(null!==a&&isFinite(a)?a=new Date(+a):("object"===typeof k&&(k=a),a=null));var g=null;"function"===typeof b?(f=b,b=null):b instanceof Date||(null!==b&&isFinite(b)?b=new Date(+b):("object"===typeof b&&(g=b),b=null));k&&(a=x(k,b));g&&(b=x(g,a));if(!a&&!b)return new n;if(!f)return B(new n,a,b,c,e,d);var k=c&1?1E3/30:c&2?1E3:c&4?6E4:c&8?36E5:c&16?864E5:6048E5,
+      h,g=function(){f(B(new n,a,b,c,e,d),h)};g();return h=setInterval(g,k)}var s=Math.ceil,m=Math.floor,p,q,r,t,u,f,y,z;n.prototype.toString=function(a){var b=z(this),c=b.length;if(!c)return a?""+a:u;if(1===c)return b[0];a=r+b.pop();return b.join(t)+a};n.prototype.toHTML=function(a,b){a=a||"span";var c=z(this),e=c.length;if(!e)return(b=b||u)?"\x3c"+a+"\x3e"+b+"\x3c/"+a+"\x3e":b;for(var d=0;d<e;d++)c[d]="\x3c"+a+"\x3e"+c[d]+"\x3c/"+a+"\x3e";if(1===e)return c[0];e=r+c.pop();return c.join(t)+e};n.prototype.addTo=
+      function(a){return x(this,a)};z=function(a){var b=[],c=a.millennia;c&&b.push(f(c,10));(c=a.centuries)&&b.push(f(c,9));(c=a.decades)&&b.push(f(c,8));(c=a.years)&&b.push(f(c,7));(c=a.months)&&b.push(f(c,6));(c=a.weeks)&&b.push(f(c,5));(c=a.days)&&b.push(f(c,4));(c=a.hours)&&b.push(f(c,3));(c=a.minutes)&&b.push(f(c,2));(c=a.seconds)&&b.push(f(c,1));(c=a.milliseconds)&&b.push(f(c,0));return b};d.MILLISECONDS=1;d.SECONDS=2;d.MINUTES=4;d.HOURS=8;d.DAYS=16;d.WEEKS=32;d.MONTHS=64;d.YEARS=128;d.DECADES=256;
+      d.CENTURIES=512;d.MILLENNIA=1024;d.DEFAULTS=222;d.ALL=2047;var E=d.setFormat=function(a){if(a){if("singular"in a||"plural"in a){var b=a.singular||[];b.split&&(b=b.split("|"));var c=a.plural||[];c.split&&(c=c.split("|"));for(var d=0;10>=d;d++)p[d]=b[d]||p[d],q[d]=c[d]||q[d]}"string"===typeof a.last&&(r=a.last);"string"===typeof a.delim&&(t=a.delim);"string"===typeof a.empty&&(u=a.empty);"function"===typeof a.formatNumber&&(y=a.formatNumber);"function"===typeof a.formatter&&(f=a.formatter)}},C=d.resetFormat=
+      function(){p=" millisecond; second; minute; hour; day; week; month; year; decade; century; millennium".split(";");q=" milliseconds; seconds; minutes; hours; days; weeks; months; years; decades; centuries; millennia".split(";");r=" and ";t=", ";u="";y=function(a){return a};f=D};d.setLabels=function(a,b,c,d,f,k,m){E({singular:a,plural:b,last:c,delim:d,empty:f,formatNumber:k,formatter:m})};d.resetLabels=C;C();v&&v.exports?v.exports=d:"function"===typeof window.define&&"undefined"!==typeof window.define.amd&&
+      window.define("countdown",[],function(){return d});return d}(module);
+
+      const banner = document.getElementById('full-banner');
+      banner.classList.add('hidden')
+      const cdTime = banner.querySelector('.cd-time')
+
+
+      function cdText() {
+        const cd = countdown(new Date(), new Date("Wed Sep 18 2020 10:30:00 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)"), 0, 3).toString();
+        cdTime.innerHTML = cd;
+
+        if (!bannerVisible) {
+          banner.classList.remove('hidden')
+          bannerVisible = true
+        }
+      }
+
+      cdText()
+      setInterval(cdText, 1000)
+  </script>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_sass/includes/banner.scss b/_sass/includes/banner.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ef1c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_sass/includes/banner.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#full-banner {
+  position: fixed;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  z-index: 5;
+  background-color: var(--colour-white);
+  padding: var(--size-8);
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--colour-grey-light);
+  border-left: 1px solid var(--colour-grey-light);
+  border-color: var(--colour-grey-light);
+
+  h1 {
+    font-size: var(--size-16);
+    font-weight: 800;
+    margin: 0;
+    color: rgba(29, 32, 34, 0.5);
+
+    &.countdown,
+    span {
+      font-family: var(--font-logo);
+    }
+
+    .cd-time {
+      color: rgba(29, 32, 34, 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.hidden {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  @include touch {
+    width: 100vw;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    padding: var(--size-8) var(--size-32);
+    left: 0;
+
+    h1 {
+      // font-size: var(--size-24);
+    }
+
+    .cd-time {
+      display: block;
+      margin: 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @include darkMode {
+    border-color: var(--colour-graphite);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/_sass/includes/footer.scss b/_sass/includes/footer.scss
index c562891..803b8ac 100644
--- a/_sass/includes/footer.scss
+++ b/_sass/includes/footer.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 footer.page-footer {
   padding-top: var(--size-16);
-  padding-bottom: var(--size-32);
+  padding-bottom: calc(var(--size-32) + var(--size-32));
 
   a.social-link {
     padding: var(--size-16);
diff --git a/_sass/variables.scss b/_sass/variables.scss
index d294223..560c725 100644
--- a/_sass/variables.scss
+++ b/_sass/variables.scss
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   --colour-highlight-darker: #06a1a7;
 
   --colour-bg: #ececec;
-  --colour-text: var(--colour-black-graphite);
+  --colour-text: var(--colour-graphite, #1d2022);
 
   // margin
   --size-base: 4px;
diff --git a/assets/css/index.scss b/assets/css/index.scss
index 4ad984e..2f4b5d0 100644
--- a/assets/css/index.scss
+++ b/assets/css/index.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 @import 'includes/header';
 @import 'includes/footer';
 @import 'includes/back-button';
+@import 'includes/banner';
 @import 'pages/home';
 @import 'pages/about';
 @import 'pages/how-to-participate';