The Guild Hall was the city’s premiere entertainment venue and was built in the early 1970s. It was sold off to the late businessman Simon Rigby and then went bust, falling back into council ownership in 2019. It remains mothballed as a venue.
The Guild Lounge work reaching final stages as part of Preston Guild Hall venue prepares to re-open
Work is nearly finished to bring part of The Guild Hall back into use as a venue. The RAAC-ridden building has been mothballed for half-a-decade but live entertainment is being […]
A Santa show is coming to The Guild Lounge in the run up to Christmas. The venue, inside the foyer of The Guild Hall, is playing host to Santa’s Christmas […]
It is impossible to estimate when Preston’s Guild Hall will be fully operational again – because the extent of the structural problems facing the venue is still unknown. That was […]
The re-opening of Preston’s Guild Hall foyer as a venue is to kick in from Thursday 3 October. 15 events including tribute acts, Gareth Gates and burlesque shows are confirmed […]
Preston Guild Hall is to see its first live events for more than half-a-decade from early October. Proposals to re-open the foyer area as a make-shift venue branded as The […]
One of Preston’s richest businesspeople claims he was shunned when it came to the future of the Guild Hall. Yousuf Bhailok, who stood in the recent general election, has revealed […]
Preston Guild Hall has cost the city council nearly £4million since they took back control in 2019. And those costs spiralled recently with rising energy, construction, legal and maintenance costs […]
“…in a dire state, with numerous boarded up shops and a general sense of neglect”. So concluded a member of the public speaking to candidates to become the next MP […]