The creative team behind the Shangri-La area of the Glastonbury festival site is set to open a new arts centre and bar in Bristol.
Lost Horizon HQ, a few hundred metres from Cabot Circus, St Pauls and Old Market, is to open its doors four days a week from July 1.
The venue will open with a reduced capacity to encourage social distancing, with up to 120 people inside and another 120 in its beer garden, before moving up to 350 once covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
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The independent establishment will showcase digital and visual art and stage music and spoken word performances.
It is set to mark its opening with two events across its first two weekends, featuring performances from acts including Blak Twang, The Nextmen and Heidi Browne.
A street gallery will be open to the public while new exhibitions will be added fortnightly to the indoor space.
The Shangri-La team previously launched Lost Horizon as a virtual reality (VR) festival last summer, after the pandemic forced the postponement of live music events across the country.
The two-day event attracted 4.36 million people and featured virtual versions of Shangri-La’s real life stages at Glastonbury and sets from DJs Fatboy Slim and Carl Cox.
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The creatives have gone on to hold 30 independent VR shows featuring hundreds of artists. The new physical Lost Horizon venue will also have a small VR hub inside.
Kaye Dunnings, creative director at Lost Horizon and Shangri-La, said the opening of the new creative headquarters was the realisation of “a lifelong dream” for the group.
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Ms Dunnings said: “Inclusivity at our core, we will raise the bar with our new venture, forging collaborations and partnerships within the city and beyond on our ever evolving exploration into human connection.
“My vision for the space is to create a jumping off point for creatives of every kind in which we can break new ground, take risks and experiment together both in real life and virtually.“
Chris Macmeikan, director at Lost Horizon and Shangri-La and DJ, said independent live music venues were the "lifeblood" of new music and socialising.
"As inner city development gets more crazy and becomes the realm of millionaires it’s quite rare for people to make their own arts venue," he said.
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“Lost Horizon and team Shangri-La, have always brought the hottest and most diverse underground music to new audiences.
"The Lost Horizon venue will be an excellent place to find killer new sounds and alternative culture. We’re super proud to bring you a whole army of new and unseen brilliance.”
The Shangri-La outdoor art gallery has been staged at the south east corner of the Glastonbury festival since 2008 when it replaced the Lost Vagueness arena.
It is known for its dystopian displays exploring themes of social activism and politics and offering a soundtrack of alternative music.
In April, Glastonbury Festival received nearly £1m from the Government to help keep the organisation afloat following the pandemic.
It was among more than 2,700 organisations given a share of nearly £400m in grants and loans to help reopen and recover.