COEUR d'ALENE — The Wiggett Building at Fourth Street and Lakeside Avenue will not be housing Emerge's third annual pop-up show Friday as originally planned.

Emerge, a nonprofit art agency in Coeur d'Alene, was going to host its event in the historic building, but a visit from the Coeur d'Alene Fire Department has required a change of venue.

"They came in here this morning. They've never bothered us," Emerge executive director Jeni Hegsted said Tuesday. "They said that there were too many code violations. There’s not a working sprinkler system in here. They said, 'No go.'"

Coeur d'Alene Fire Deputy Chief Glenn Lauper said he didn't even know the event was happening until he walked by the building a day or so ago and saw the advertisements in the window. This would have been the third year for the event to take place in that location.

"This is the first year that we knew that there was going to an event there," Lauper said. "The error is that we weren't notified that the city had issued the permits for a building that's not up to fire code."

Lauper said the Wiggett Building's sprinkler system had not been inspected since 2003 and for an assembly event that requires a catering permit to take place, it should have yearly inspections.

"I think they've been very good at having safe events," Lauper said of Emerge. "It's a matter of code compliance. It came to our attention after doing an inspection."

The Emerge Collective Pop-Up Show features regional artists, a wide variety of juried art pieces, live music, interactive art and dance performances. The free show was originally scheduled to take place in the Wiggett Building, 117 N. Fourth St., from 5 p.m. to midnight Friday.

"They were very cooperative," Lauper said. "We know this is very last-minute and it's very unfortunate that we caught it so late."

Coeur d'Alene deputy city clerk Kathy Lewis said in the past, the city also wasn't aware of the pop-up party since it took place in a private venue. However, the catering permit allows for alcohol and may have triggered a response. A pop-up bar with a variety of wines and regionally crafted beer is on this year's list of event features.

Lewis said she did not know offhand if Emerge applied for a catering permit in years past, but this year's has been withdrawn and can be re-issued for a different venue.

"They’ll be able to have their function, just at a different location," Lewis said.

Lauper said fire personnel did look at Emerge's facility at 208 N. Fourth St. and proposed the pop-up show take place at that location, including in the parking lot.

"We promised them we will do everything we can to help them have a successful event," he said.

"They did go down to the city with us so we can hopefully extradite the event permit," Hegsted said. "We're trying our hardest here to make sure this happens."

Info: www.emergecda.org