A new bar is set to open up in a former live Ipswich music pub that has been closed for several years.

Signs for Bar A to Z, which will be managed by Jay Deverell and Hasan Demaj, have gone up in the former Pump & Grind venue in Great Colman Street near the town centre.

Pump & Grind closed back in 2016 after the building's tenant and owner could not come to an agreement over the lease for the pub.

Ipswich Star: The bar is planned for the former Pump & Grind music venueThe bar is planned for the former Pump & Grind music venue (Image: Archant)

It has remained shut ever since, but signs for Bar A to Z have recently been placed in the building's windows.

Mr Deverell said: "It is going to be a Yates-like pub. We will play a load of 80s, 90s and 2000s music – the things people liked back in the day.

"We will look to do a bit of food too, but not straight away at the start as the building has been closed for the last six years.

Ipswich Star: Pump & Grind shortly after its sudden closurePump & Grind shortly after its sudden closure (Image: Archant)

"I've managed pubs for 15 years, and the thing we will try to do differently is have bands and singers on Sunday nights and open mic nights too."