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Wiltshire Council on the hunt for firm to run concert venue Salisbury City Hall
It has played host to The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and David Bowie but has been empty since record crowds filed through its doors for The Jabs – also known as the Covid vaccination programme.
Now the owner of Salisbury City Hall – South Wiltshire’s largest concert venue – is looking for a new operator to bring it back to life.
The 60-year-old, 1,000-seat concert venue closed to audiences in 2020, but was open for the Covid vaccination programme until last year.
Launching a marketing campaign to find a new operator this week, the building’s owner, Wiltshire Council, said it would maintain ownership of the building, which it is offering with a lease of at least 25 years, and that “stipulation for prospective operators is that the venue remains as an entertainment venue.”
Wiltshire Council leader Richard Clewer, said: “We see the City Hall as an integral part of Salisbury’s future, and our sole focus is to secure an appropriate external operator who will reopen and manage it on our behalf as a thriving entertainment venue which complements our long-term vision for the city.
“We are not looking to sell the venue or change the site for another purpose, we remain committed to reopening it as an entertainment venue.”
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