X (Formerly Twitter) WhatsApp In a Friday statement, organisers confirmed that an 80 percent cut in public funding has left the venue 'no longer financially viable.' Brussels club RESET will close at the end of this month after three-and-a-half years. The Belgian venue shared the news on Friday, November 7th, confirming that an all-night-long set from Ben UFO on November 29th would be its final night open. According to the statement, the closure is the result of an 80 percent cut in public funding, which has left the venue "no longer financially viable." "The current political and economic climate is just too brutal for spaces like ours—and for the people who run them," the statement read. Established in a former bank in 2021, RESET also oversees the visual arts platform RESET Atelier, the music creation hub RESET Studios and Abrupt Festival. In Friday's statement, organisers emphasised that they are "looking into ways" to keep all three of these endeavours active despite RESET's closure. "RESET was build for experimentation, risk-taking and artistic freedom, not compromise. We won’t become something else just to survive. If we can't honour the mission, we'd rather close up shop with integrity." Read RESET's full statement below. Photo: Antoine Grenez Source: https://ra.co/news/83959