UK: ”MANCHESTER’S GORILLA AND DEAF INSTITUTE ARE PERMANENTLY CLOSING DOWN”

They are shutting because of the COVID-19 economic crisis and “restrictions on opening of live music venues”

Manchester venues Gorilla and The Deaf Institute have both closed down permanently due to financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Deaf Institute first opened as a music venue in 2008 in the previously derelict Grade-II listed building on Grosvenor Street, while Gorilla opened in 2012. They were important fixtures of Manchester’s music scene hosting regular gigs and club nights.