Base bar to land live entertainment licence

Preston Hip-hop bar, Base, located on Friargate, is to apply for a live music licence, enabling it to showcase local live music from the region’s fast increasing number of unsigned bands.

Owner of the Base bar, Dan Yates, told Listen Up:
“We’re all into the whole live music thing here so hopefully we’ll get to be part of it, especially now the Adelphi seems to have stopped putting on bands.

“We’ve already applied and The Public Entertainment Licence officials are due here on May 5 to carry out inspections, it shouldn’t be too long after that before we can get going with it all.”

Inspection

Entertainment licensing is undertaken by Tameside in adherence with the government. Their website, www.tameside.gov.uk states that:
“Once the inspection has been completed, reports are submitted to the licensing section for their perusal. Whilst the inspection is being carried out, you the applicant will have to publish a public notice in the local press and at the premises concerned to advise member of the public of the pending application.

"Once all the reports and the notices have been received and there are no objections to the application then the licence is issued after 28 days from receipt of the application.”

Written by Dan Jeoffroy

Photography: Dan Jeoffroy