Milan venue Leoncavallo will now remain open in its current building for an extra month following the news that an eviction mandate had been postponed.
The club's operators have announced that the mandate, which was originally issued for November 2024 and has since been pushed back a number of times, will now force them out on 15th May. They said that the postponement had happened in part thanks to a resistance brunch held outside the venue on 19th March, which saw people gather to protest its impending closure.
Leoncavallo was first established by anti-fascist squatters in 1975 and is considered one of the oldest surviving grassroots music venues in Milan.
In a statement announcing the extended opening, Leoncavallo's team said: "Since 1975, Leoncavallo has been part of the history of the city of Milan, opening its doors to dissidence, conflict, political creativity. We want this laboratory of ideas and practices of struggle to continue to be alive, passable and part of the life of the new urban proletariat."
The venue previously mobilised to call for support in the face of eviction notices late last year.