The oldest nightclub in Europe, Barcelona’s La Paloma, has introduced it has completely re-opened after a number of years of closure.
The historic baroque ballroom, which first opened way back to 1903, has been working a phased re-opening in current months after closing its doorways in 2007.
Now, it has confirmed the 1000-capacity venue will boast a full membership programme in Autumn 2024, together with units from the likes of Sizzling Chip, Nightmares On Wax, Unbelievable Man, Machinedrum and Theo Parrish.
Situated on the border of the Sant Antoni and Raval districts of the Catalan metropolis, the membership is switching to its ‘tardeo’ or late schedule for the autumn and winter months, which means it will likely be open between 19:30 and 02:00 on membership nights.
Different artists introduced for the season embody Antal, Danilo Plessow B2B Hugo LX, Mainline Collective, Loco Bingo, Egyptian Lover, Luke Una, Mr. Bongo, Ruby Savage, GAZZI, Chico Blanco, Toy Tonics DJs and Bradley Zero.
As a part of its phased re-opening to date, it has already welcomed the likes of Adrian Sherwood, David Rodigan, Gilles Peterson and Francois Ok.
The excellent news is a welcome respite from the difficult few years which have inflicted the reside leisure trade. A report this week revealed, for example, that the UK misplaced 480 nightclubs between June 2020 and June 2024.
The Night time Time Industries Affiliation (NTIA) reported the huge decline within the variety of venues nonetheless working, emphasising the pressing want for assist and intervention.
The NTIA revealed earlier this yr that 31 per cent of nightclubs within the UK had been pressured to shut final yr. In Could, it was revealed that the primary three months of 2024 alone noticed a devastating lack of 67 nightclubs.
The NTIA has referred to as for fast authorities motion, explaining that the shuttering of nightclubs displays a broader disaster within the UK’s night time time cultural financial system. The affiliation has urged the Chancellor to increase enterprise charges reduction within the Autumn finances as a method to ease the monetary burden on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and as a means to make sure their survival.
In an identical vein, again in January, the outcomes had been shared for 2023 – revealing a “catastrophe” that hit grassroots music venues throughout the 12 months.
Among the many key findings into their “most difficult yr”, it has been reported that final yr noticed 125 UK venues abandon reside music and that over half of them had shut completely – together with the legendary Moles in Tub. A few of the extra urgent constraints had been reported as hovering vitality costs, landlords rising price quantities, provide prices, enterprise charges, licensing points, noise complaints and the persevering with shockwaves of COVID-19.
