Winter Gardens (Cleethorpes)

The Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes, England, was an entertainment venue on the town's sea front. It accommodated over 500 people and held conference, dance, dinner and live band events.

Use

The Winter Gardens held a range of events including rock gigs, a Melody Night and a Tea Dance. Groups that played the venue include Queen, AC/DC, The Damned, the Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, Genesis, Black Sabbath, Queen, Free, Hawkwind, Edgar Broughton Band, Family, Egg, Caravan, Colosseum, and Taste, some of these up-and-coming during the late 1960's and early 1970's^{[citation needed]} It also hosted an annual folk festival for many years, featuring concerts, ceilidhs, craft stalls, and workshops and performances by local dance teams.^{[citation needed]}

Demolition

The Winter Gardens were demolished in the summer of 2007 through a decision made by North East Lincolnshire Council the previous February. Prior to demolition there had been local representations for and against closure. After demolition an apartment development began on the site, but was halted because of the economic downturn. In May 2009 the site was still empty, being used as a car park.^{[citation needed]}