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Landlords have announced “with great sadness” the closure of a popular Nottingham pub and live music venue.

The Maze, in Mansfield Road, will pull its last pint on Saturday, June 29 – just two years after successfully crowdfunding £20,000 to revamp the premises.

Owners Gaz and Steph Peacham took to Facebook to explain the difficult decision with an open letter.

The pair included “changes in personal circumstance, growing economic pressures and a need for new challenges” in their decision to move on.

They said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that the management and current owners will be leaving The Maze and therefore the venue will close this Summer.

This is a decision that has been made with a huge amount of thought and has not been an easy conclusion to come to.”

The couple, who have seen the likes of Jake Bugg and Sleaford Mods cut their musical teeth at the venue, said they want to continue pulling out all the stops at the nightspot until the very end.

“Look out for some great events at The Maze in coming months, with some of our favourite acts back here as well as at lot of our most loved promoters to give everyone a chance to have some final parties and farewells,” says Gaz.

He adds: “The Maze has been a life changing experience for all of us who have worked here as we know it has for many acts, promoters and customers and we will all sorely miss it. But, we desperately feel that we want to choose when we go and we want to give everyone a chance to say goodbye properly rather than see the place closed suddenly by other means.This is why we are choosing now, to give you all a chance to celebrate with us and to commemorate what we, as a community, have done in this little venue on the edge of town over the last 15 years.”



Punters have been devastated by the news.

Louis Cypher commented on the news saying: “Sad times guys - but Thank you for everything you’ve done.. the Nottingham music scene wouldn’t be the same if it wasn’t for all the hard work you guys have done over the years. One love.”

Nottingham musician Harleigh Blu added: “Thanks for all the good times... and continuously supporting Nottingham music. You will be dearly missed.”