Join our new WhatsApp channel: The Morning Round-Up Get the biggest pub trade stories straight to your phone. It includes a new festival-themed garden aimed at re-establishing the pub as a major music venue, according to Star. The external works include a full refurbishment of the late-1800s building, with new signage, lighting and a repaint. Star Pubs investment manager Craig Foweather said: “We’re delighted to be teaming up with Jonathan and Ollie to restore such a well-known pub to its former glory. “We’re giving the Donkey the works inside and out; it will be a premium community pub for the city’s residents as well as a superb music venue that attracts music lovers from far and wide.”