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Invisible Wind Factory

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Invisible Wind Factory
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Address3 Regent Road
Liverpool
UK
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OwnerKazimier Collective
TypeEvents venue
Capacity1,500
Construction
Renovated2016
Website
thekazimier.co.uk

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.

Building

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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]

Events

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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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