Last month it was announced that the 200-seat site was threatened with closure due to the effect of coronavirus.
A new crusade has been introduced to save Hull’s musical site, The Polar Bear.
Last month it was announced that the 200-seat site, as well as Hull’s site, The Welly, would be closed due to the influence of the coronavirus. He arrived here when two of the six corporations that added the British event control and theatre company, VMS Live, entered the administration.
Now Mark Hall, the guy guilty of the Good Fortune of the Welly Club and the rise of The Polar Bear from pub to other, and a team of other activists have introduced a Crowdfunder crusade to save the Polar Bear.
“We need to lead the polar bear for the other people in Hull,” a statement reads. “We don’t need to send our source of income south to waste it on inflated wages or ridiculous rents. We need to use the area and the apparatus we have to raise local musicians, we don’t need to be informed that a practice organization will result in a “depreciation of capital”. »
He continued: “We need to get rid of corporate discourse, we need the polar bear to become a CIC… a type of business that exists to take advantage of the local network and social causes.”
The famous polar statue of polarArray CREDIT: Instagram / The Polar Bear
Revealing their intentions, the activists explained that in short: “The polar bear would provide the local network with a position that exists to inspire the local scene; it doesn’t matter what this scene is. There are no rental fees for local customers looking to immerse their feet in the music scene. No hidden fees for local artists who need a position to release their new EP. No hidden or obscured intentions. »
In order to raise 15,000 pounds to bid on the assets of The Polar Bear, which are being auctioned due to VMS Live access, crusade officials are urging others to “tell their friends, tell their circle of family members and their binman.”
“Once we have secured the assets, we want to raise 40,000 euros more to allow the Bear to go through the next six months of COVID uncertainty. The team has all key strategic partners; Hull City Council, City Arts and Music Venue Trust,” they added.
#SaveThePolarBear pic.twitter.com/OQbxaenlGX
– Music Venue Trust (@musicvenuetrust) August 5, 2020
Rewards in exchange for the diversity of donations of a “horribly sticky thank you trophy” and a donor polaroid at the bar, naming the rights to one of the stalls of the place and the opportunity to spend the night with the famous polar bear statue.
At the time of publication of this story, the crusade raised 3,515 euros. To donate, the Crowdfunder page here.
After the news, there was a wave of aid from all sectors of the music industry. Twitter was full of stories about the importance of these spaces to people, with Music Venues Trust (the team behind Save Our Venues, a crowd-funded ongoing crusade to help more than 400 popular music venues at this unprecedented risk to their lives). commenting on the drawing closing closures.
“We perceive that the long-term of all those spaces as fundamental music venues can be recoverable,” they said in a statement. “And we urge Hull City Council and Manchester City Council to bring together all stakeholders in the city to see what can be done to protect the facilities, locate operators of choice and prevent those important spaces from being permanently lost.”
LIFE devastated when they saw that The Polar Bear and The Welly were closing. CREDIT: Janine Van Oostrom.
Speaking to NME, Mez Sanders-Green of Hull, the newcomers to LIFE, said of the close closures: “I was devastated when I saw that The Polar Bear and The Welly were closing, as were many others in Hull because they were. those establishments in the local community. This is where a lot of teams start. »
Ryan Smith of Hull’s new shoegazers bdrmm added: “The polar bear spent one night on a Tuesday called The Sesh. It has been around for over 15 years and is the only position that provides local teams with a platform to act. It’s vital for teams to expand their self-esteem and play on stage.
“When you start losing plays like that, when you come from a position that’s not in the [cultural center], like Hull, it’s a shame.”
The Zanzibar Club in Liverpool has its permanent closure. CREDIT: Facebook / Zanzibar
Early in the day (August 5), liverpool’s iconic Zanzibar Club announced that it would do so permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic.
One company said the venue, which has been providing live opportunities to countless local artists for nearly 30 years, is final because COVID-19 has made its reopening financially impossible.
On the other hand, Manchester’s historic Band on the Wall concert runner announced its closure.
One company said the site, which has been in operation for approximately two hundred years, had long-standing renovation plans as uncertainty continues over site reopening due to the existing coronavirus crisis.
Meanwhile, figures from the music industry are adding more volume to the crusade #LetTheMusicPlay to ask that the percentage of government arts investment protect long-term musicians, musicians, and others who run the scenes.
Last month, more than 1,500 artists and industry figures amassed to call on the government to end “catastrophic damage” to music amid the COVID-19 pandemic at the launch of the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign.
After months of campaigning through enthusiasts and the music world, the UK government has revealed its goal of injecting an unprecedented $1.57 billion in cash to help the arts, culture and heritage industries that have an effect on coronavirus closures, offering independent cinemas for music theaters. , galleries, theatres and heritage sites with grants and emergency loans.