Famous Beatles Cavern Club to get government cash for Covid shutdown

The Mathew Street venue is deemed a ‘special place which forms the soul of our nation,’ according to the Culture Secretary

Liverpool’s famous Cavern Club is one of more than 1,300 arts venues and organisations to receive up to £1m each as a share of £257m of state funding.

The tranche of cash is part of the government’s £1.6 billion Culture Recovery Fund, and will “protect these special places” which “form the soul of our nation”, said Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.

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