Bongo Club and University agree extension to club’s lease
22nd June 2012
Press Release: BONGO CLUB AND UNIVERSITY AGREE EXTENSION TO CLUB’S LEASE
Friday 22 June 2012
The Bongo Club and The University of Edinburgh have agreed to extend the Club’s tenancy at
its current home in Holyrood Road. The Club will stay until 15 January 2013 and the
arrangement offered by the University has been welcomed by the Bongo Club’s Board of
Directors.
Ally Hill, Bongo Club manager, says: “The extended time at Moray House is great news for the
thousands of people who visit the Bongo Club and those who appreciate its value to the city.
The extension to our lease gives us vital additional time to take forward promising partnerships
to enable the Bongo Club to flourish in new premises.“
“At the heart of Edinburgh’s cultural scene since 1996, the Bongo Club is a social enterprise,
nightclub, gig venue, learning centre and all-round artistic hub with a street-level-headed attitude
and international acclaim. It is the performance venue of local arts charity Out of the Blue which
has an established track record as a catalyst for creativity in Edinburgh. This has allowed the
Bongo Club to support and encourage those learning their craft. A longstanding stalwart of the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a list of guests that reads like a ‘who’s who’ of cultural
alternatives, the Bongo Club’s activities are a valuable asset to the artistic life of the city.”
Professor Nigel Brown, University Senior Vice-Principal, says: “We have come to an agreement
which accommodates the Bongo Club for these extra months and will also allow the University to
provide improved and much-needed teaching facilities for thousands of
community students who benefit from our Lifelong Learning programmes.“
“We recognise the importance to the city and to our students of a vibrant and diverse creative
scene to which the Bongo Club contributes. It is essential, however, that we complete our
planned investment in additional classrooms at Moray House. These are urgently needed to
augment teaching spaces for some 15,000 local and international students who, each year,
benefit from the high quality evening and weekend classes,
summer schools, professional courses and preparatory academic English courses which we
provide across a wide range of subjects. Our Lifelong Learning programmes are also vitally
important in enabling returners to learning to enrol on access courses which prepare them to
apply to university.”
Ends
For further information please contact:
Ally Hill, Venue Manager, Bongo Club, Tel +44(0) 131 558 8844, email:
ally@thebongoclub.co.uk
Edd McCracken, Press and PR Office, University of Edinburgh, Tel 0131 651 4400; email:
edd.mccracken@ed.ac.uk
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