25 key moments that led to Fabric reopening

After news broke that fabric would be closed for a second weekend running and concerns began to grow about the club’s fate, the Mayor of London, who had vowed to protect the city’s “iconic club scene” is his campaign, came out in support of the Farringdon nightspot.

Khan would later downplay his ability to influence to outcome of fabric’s licence review to the vexation of many who now saw his campaign pledges to fight for nightlife as empty promises, but starting the fightback on the footing with public vocal support from the head of the capital’s local government at least showed fabric weren’t fighting completely alone against the powers that be.

The launch of the #SaveFabric petition by Jacob Husley, promoter of the WetYourSelf! party that took place in fabric, spotlighted the strength of fabric’s public backing. Widely shared across social media, the petition informed many of the plights of the nightspot. Within a week it had clocked up 100,000 signatures, and drew a response from Sadiq Khan. It now stands at 160,000, the population of your average London borough, making the case in favour of fabric strongly known.

“Don’t let London lose a jewel in its clubbing crown,” urged Sasha as more and more prominent voices began to lend their support to nightspot.