Manchester’s Night & Day hoping to have noise complaint notice and threat of closure lifted next week

nme.com:

over two years after it was first served.The iconic venue has been under threat of closure for the past couple of years, after it faced a noise complaint from a resident who had moved to Manchester during lockdown in 2021.Following the complaint, more than 94,000 people signed a petition to remove the Noise Abatement Notice (NAN).

These came from the likes of Johnny Marr, New Order, Courteeners, Frank Turner and Mogwai, as well as the network of the UK’s grassroots music venues.The Charlatans‘ Tim Burgess – who was instrumental in saving Manchester’s Gorilla and Deaf Institute through the pandemic – told NME why it was essential to fight back against this complaint while Elbow frontman Guy Garvey described Night & Day as an “essential” independent venue “that took it upon themselves to look after the city’s music and art”.Now, the venue has shared an update, and revealed that it hopes that the threat of closure will be lifted in the following days as the residents who placed the complaint have moved out and no further queries have been raised.“We head back to Manchester Magistrates Court on Monday [January 29] for our final three day hearing.

We’re hoping to remove the Noise Abatement Notice (NAN) MCC Environmental Health Officers served on us over 2 years ago,” read an update on X/Twitter.We head back to Manchester Magistrates Court on Monday for our final three day hearing.

We’re hoping to remove the Noise Abatement Notice (NAN) MCC Environmental Health Officers served on us over 2 years ago.1/8— Night & Day Cafe (@nightanddaycafe) January 25, 2024“The NAN relates to one noise complaint from a resident who bought an adjoining flat during lockdown.