Monday 19 September 2016

Save London's Nightlife

 
(Picture: Instagram @btraits)

On Saturday night, nightclubs across London switched off their music at midnight for one minutes silence as a protest against recent club closures.

The silent protest comes just weeks after one of the biggest venues in the country, Fabric, was shut down after its licence was revoked. The protest was organised "to show what our world will look like if we continue to lose our cultural spaces."

The protest was organised by Gudrun Getz from Passing Clouds - a recently closed venue in East London - had backing from other bars such as KoKo and Dalston Superstore who joined in on the action.

"If we can get some legislation in place to protect our culture and value - the thing that we as artists and musicians bring to this place - then we will be making a move forward," says Getz.

Fabric and other nightclubs aren't just serving a purpose to the music and dance scene, it paves the way for much more creativity, especially within the fashion industry. Designers and industry creatives often turn to the underground scene and the music and artists to seek inspiration. Not only that but it's a great way of expressing who you are. If we no longer have these spaces to go to then it's going to have a massive impact on the UK clubbing scene but also London.

Yes, these places can occassionally cause a bit of a scene, but that doesn't mean that all clubs must be shut down. What protesters are asking for is simply a change in the law that'll not only protect the people that go to these venues but also the clubs themselves.



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