Corsica Studios closed in March 2026 after bar takings halved. Across the UK, 36% of nightclubs have shut since 2020. The economics of underground music venues were always brutal; the sober generation is finishing the job.
The Night Time Industries Association has sent an open letter to the Prime Minister demanding formal cultural recognition for nightclubs, as business rates relief ends and venues from Corsica Studios to The White Hotel go dark.
The Night Time Industries Association has asked the UK government to classify nightclubs as cultural institutions, the protection Germany wrote into law this year, after a run of closures from Manchester to Bristol.
Germany's federal cabinet has approved a building-law change that reclassifies music clubs as cultural venues rather than entertainment businesses, and within a week the UK's night-time lobby demanded London do the same.
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