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| Address | 3 Regent Road Liverpool UK |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 53°25′06″N2°59′59″W / 53.4183°N 2.9998°W |
| Owner | Kazimier Collective |
| Type | Events venue |
| Capacity | 1,500 |
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| Renovated | 2016 |
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Invisible Wind Factory is an events venue based in a former factory in Liverpool, UK. It opened in 2016 and has hosted a range of gigs and other events.
The building is at 3 Regent Road, to the north of Liverpool city centre and near to the Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse. [1] [2] It was acquired by the Kazimier Collective, already known in Liverpool for the Kazimier club, which closed at the end of 2016. [2] [3] The ground floor was developed into an events space and workshops, the first floor was split up into artists studios and the basement became a second events room known as Substation. [4] [5] The Invisible Wind Factory opened to the public in May 2016, with a multimedia show called Omphalos. [2] In 2018, Paulina Olowska installed a mosaic on the outside wall as part of the Liverpool Biennial. [6] The Kazimier collective is part of the Liverpool City Council's regeneration plan for the Ten Streets zone. [1]
The collective use the exhibition space for events and gigs. It has a capacity of 1,500 people. [7] [8] Musicians who have played at the space include Example, Fat White Family, Peaches, Ride and The Orielles. [8] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the venue closed during the lockdown period starting March 2020 and furloughed its staff. It received grants from the Culture Recovery Fund and Arts Council England. [7] Afterwards, it was used as a COVID-19 testing centre. [9]
The venue planned to host the Futurama Festival which was originally due to be headlined by Heaven 17 and then the New Model Army; after being postponed twice it was definitively cancelled in early 2022. [5] [10] From May 2021 onwards, the events space was also used in the daytime as a rollerdisco. [11] [12]
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