Liverpool venue The Kazimier has announced that it will close next year. Considered one of the city’s most vibrant venues, the owners said that a huge redevelopment of the surrounding area meant The Kazimier must shut its doors for the last time on News Years Day 2016.
“After discussions with Elliot Group, the developer of Wolstenholme Square, we would like to make it public today that The Kazimier Club will be closing its doors as a venue for the last time on New Years Day 2016,” reads a statement from the venue. “This gives us nine months of events to celebrate the life of the venue and provide it with a fitting end.”
However, the future of the team behind the venue is not yet over. The statement suggests that the “original artistic core and the wider Kazimier team” are planning a variety of “new projects in various new spaces” and its owners have reportedly been offered a new site within these new development plans.
Since its opening seven years ago, its owners have transformed it from a footballer’s hangout into a hub of creativity.
“The Kazimier club began as an artistic project. From the explosive theatrical parties of its early years to its current standing it has grown to infinitely more than a building - it’s home to a brilliant team of staff, collaborators, promoters and the community in Liverpool and beyond that have contributed to the club in so many ways. We would also like to thank the recent public support that has helped extend its life-span,” the statement continues.
Kazimier is the latest independent UK venue to announce its closure in recent months, following the news that Manchester’s Roadhouse venue will shut its doors at the end of this year.
Super club Cream will find a new home with the Wolstenholme Square redevelopment, and will be included in £40m plans for the area.
