The MET (Mobile Event Tent) located on Earl Street in the city’s Harris Quarter is intended as a venue to help revitalise the city and attract new audiences to its centre.
Launch month events range from dance, skateboarding and street art with a whole range of theatre, art, music and movement events to come. For a flavour of the kind of events that will be on offer, click HERE
Our photographer Neil Cross went for a look around ahead of the opening this weekend.
Our photographer Neil Cross went for a look around ahead of the opening this weekend.
9. A look inside The MET
The design is made from specially adapted shipping containers, a state-of-the-art fabric cover, and other materials to create an inspiring 150 square metre space capable of accommodating up to 100 people. Photo: Neil Cross
Chris Hayward, Director of Development at Preston City Council, said: “It’s a great opportunity to be able to host a diverse city centre events programme, especially while the Harris Museum is undergoing much-needed renovations." Photo: Neil Cross
John Chesworth, Executive Chairman of Harrison Drury Solicitors and Chair of the Preston Towns Fund Board added: “The Pop-Ups programme is just the start of what will be a sustained programme of investment in the city centre using the Towns Fund money we’ve secured. Photo: Neil Cross
Professor Charles Quick, Professor of Public Art Practice at UCLan, said: “This will be an important piece of community cultural infrastructure, which like projects in the past and present, will not only contribute to the lives of people in Preston and surrounding districts, but will attract attention from much further afield." Photo: Neil Cross