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A new concert hall is expected to open in Merseyside, providing presentations, industry education and a regional center for artists.
The new 350-seat space, Future Yard, will open in September, attracting new domestic and foreign artists to Wirral, as emerging local musicians.
The announcement of the new Birkenhead comes at a difficult time for concert halls, as coronavirus restrictions remain in place and provide demanding situations for venues across the country.
Future Yard will be on Argyle Street in Birkenhead and will be presented in September with a series of digitally broadcast social distance programs before welcoming live audiences once government rules allow it.
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Future Yard founder Craig Pennington said: “We Future Yard is needed more than ever.
“Certainly, this is a difficult time, however, we delight in the blocking that blocking has shown how resilient a network can be and we need to supply an area for our local network to join.
“We’ve also noticed an explosion of live streaming and virtual performances, which has been incredibly welcome and is here to stay, but that’s not a replacement for live music.”
“People who love live music have fully understood how vital it is to them, how much a role plays in their lives. We are committed to creating a new place to protect and new music in Birkenhead.”
Future Yard claims to be “an area for local youth to expand the skills needed to pursue a career in the foreign music industry.”
Along with this on-site training, Future Yard will also provide a new vanguard artist progression center, providing a platform for emerging new artists to shape their musical careers.
The site will be controlled through Future Yard CIC, a non-profit organization that aims to create a social and environmental impact.
The team is also committed to achieving the long-term purpose of the UK’s leading carbon neutral popular music venue, in collaboration with LJMU’s Low-Eco Eco-Innovatory.
While the site originally intended to be a three-month pop-up site beginning in April 2020, the effect of the coronavirus pandemic meant it may not go ahead, although organizers have now secured a long-term lease.
Craig added: “Music can reposition the global. Concert halls are the maternity halls of artistic cultures. They can be the spark to reimagine what a global position means, an instigator of replenishment.
“Even before COVID, Future Yard, from our initial festival last August, had been conceived as a way to bring new hopes, a new positivity, a new vision of a long-term future at Birkenhead.
“Our city has faced huge demanding situations in recent decades and COVID supplies another one: yet it also offers the opportunity to rebuild.
“We Future Yard can play a key role in recovery, offering opportunities for our young people, providing hope and a new vision for our future.”
For the full program of exhibits and more details, www.futureyard.org.