Hull Welly Club: At risk music venue saved from closure

The Welly Club in Hull has been operating as a music venue for more than 100 years

A 100-year-old Hull music venue has been saved from permanent closure by being bought by new owners after it went out of business during lockdown. The Welly Club on Beverley Road is expected to reopen in May when government Covid restrictions permit live music venues to run again.Nightclub group Tokyo Industries has now agreed a rescue deal for the venue.The club has played host to hundreds of famous bands over the years, as well as offering early chances to perform for Hull acts like Roland Gift, The Housemartins, The Beautiful South and Everything But The Girl.

Tokyo Industries' managing director Aaron Mellor said the Welly Club was a "vital part of [the] city's cultural fabric"."Covid-19 has been hugely difficult for live music venues nationally and it will take some time to recover from this lost year. We hope to re-engage the jobs people lost during the closure.

Good news, had some good nights in there, few years ago I must say

The Welly is a fantastic club, it’d have been a huge loss to Hull.

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