Motion nightclub in Bristol has said it is "not in a position" to close its doors over the weekend in part due to soaring costs. It has defended its decision to host a free rave on Sunday (September 18) ahead of the Queen's state funeral, after one club-goer described it as "distasteful".
The legendary venue on Avon Street had initially programmed to host two after parties for Tokyo World music festival this weekend (September 17-18). It was forced to cancel both club nights on Saturday and Sunday after First Bus axed the shuttle service from Eastville Park a couple of weeks ago, making transport from the festival site "mission impossible".
Speaking to BristolLive, a spokesperson for the nightclub explained: "We were due to host the after parties for the Tokoyo World Festival this week, however, due to the perfect storm of Brexit and Covid-19, First Bus has cancelled the planned transport from Eastville Park to the venue in BS2. In light of these being cancelled, and with wages, increasing power costs plus multiple other factors of life in 2022, we felt we were not in the position to keep the venue shut.
