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Lauren Harte

Derelict Bangor Court House transformed into Northern Ireland’s newest live music venue

Northern Ireland’s newest live music venue opens its doors in Co Down this week, following seven years of fundraising, lobbying, planning and extensive refurbishment.

The formerly derelict Court House in Bangor has been transformed into a permanent venue in the seaside city.

A small, local, independent charity has been behind the work to revamp the old Court House at a cost of £1.7m after the iconic listed building lay empty for almost a decade following its decommissioning by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunal Service in March 2013.

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