24 Kitchen Street has announced it could be closing down

Owners of our beloved 24 Kitchen Street announced today on Instagram their "worst fears are being confirmed" as Liverpool City Council threaten to force Kitchen Street to close.

Landlords of residential flats surrounding the venue have asked Liverpool City Council to install windows to their properties, and there will "almost certainly [be] noise complaints once residents move in" from September 2020.

The Instagram post has been circulating on social media with the hashtag #savekitchenstreet in an attempt to save the venue from having to close.

Due to the likelihood of 24 Kitchen Street receiving noise complaints after the conversion, Liverpool City Council have told the owners that they would need to obtain a Temporary Events Notice which ultimately limits 24 Kitchen Street to host 12 events per year – a drastic decrease from the venue's usual 60-90 shows a year.

Kitchen Street's owners have claimed they would "rather shut our doors than work under such restrictive conditions" as the notice would "reduce the artistic and creative freedom on offer at Kitchen St."

So long, those awful First Year memories I'd love to forget

As Liverpool is renown for being a UNESCO World Heritage Site for Music, the owners are confused as to why Kitchen Street should "limit the way we operate to save a developer money", and continue to point out how "ironic" of the council this decision is as this is "failing to protect grassroots and independent music in the city"

A petition has been launched to prevent the closure of the music venue, which you can sign here.