Nottingham to get 350-capacity national venue

Nottingham is set to get a new 350-capacity venue for music, moving image, video games, live performance andand spoken word.

Metronome will open this October, is based on the ground floor and basement of the Marco Island building, and will be run by creative organisation Confetti and Nottingham Trent University.

A statement on the Confetti website says: “Confetti is set to become a leading force in contemporary music education with the creation of our new home for music and live events in Nottingham.

“We’re working on transforming the ground-floor of the Marco Island building in Nottingham into a contemporary music and events education hub which will include music studios, rehearsal rooms, sound recording and editing suites, social spaces and a 300-capacity auditorium.”

The studios and rehearsal spaces will be open for use by those at college-level and students degree courses in Music Performance, Music Technology and Live and Technical Events production.

Confetti is the specialist creative industry institute part of Nottingham Trent University. It was established by Craig Chettle in 1994.