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The Vortex is fighting for survival & we need your help. Support will enable us to survive closure due to Covid-19 & keep our venue
The Vortex is fighting for survival and we need your help.
After more than 30 years as one of the most important live Jazz venues in the world, Vortex needs your help to survive. Like so many other venues, we’ve been forced to shut our doors. With no income since March, no government support, and no rent relief from our landlord, we are literally fighting for survival.
Why we’re in this situation
It costs £20,000 a month for us to be able to pay our rent and cover our basic costs. That’s just over £650 a day. With no clear idea of when we will be able to re-open the club to a live audience and no associated income, we are completely reliant on the generosity of our loyal supporters and the public to keep going.
We need your help to survive this period of closure so that we can once again welcome you through our doors, smile, and enjoy great music together.
About Vortex
Vortex Jazz has been a proud member of the live music venue community for over thirty years, with a simple formula: great live jazz from emerging talent as well as some of the world’s best; low door prices and a team mainly comprising volunteers who all have a passion to give you, the punter, a great night out.
Over the years, we have hosted household names including Jamie Cullum, Nigel Kennedy, Amy Winehouse as well as artists of world renown in the jazz community including Aaron Parks, Craig Taborn, and Dave Holland.
And we also play a vital part in ensuring that talented emerging musicians have a place to develop their career and as a ‘listening club’ musicians can play to an appreciative audience.
How you can help
Help us to survive: please give what you can. You’ll not only be supporting Vortex, but also ensuring that jazz musicians can continue to have a place to play to audiences and earn a living.
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Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made