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City Doof
Boom Candy presents City Doof City Doof is back after a year hiatus for its 20th edition and ready to shake the foundations of Christchurch with night of heavy weight rollers, dub step and funky drum & bass. We're bringing the heat, the vibes, and the downright filth with our 20th installation of CITY DOOF!!!! We've stacked the lineup with local legends for a night of full noise DNB & Dubstep!!! featuring: OPTIMUS GRYME MISH & GREEEN INDECISIVE BULLA NEUTZE…
Unity Fundraiser
We're back! This time it's a fundraiser for Kahu Carter, our Green Party MP running for Christchurch Central! The community has truly come together for this one! Starting at 7pm, we've got live graffiti, market stalls, petition signing, educational booths and art installations for you to enjoy. As always, the spotlight of this event is music. We've got an insane lineup of our favourites from the local Aotearoa Hip-Hop scene here in Ōtautahi and all the way from Tāmaki and…
STARS Ōtautahi 2026
It’s time for the iconic Stars In Their Eyes now rebranded as STARS Ōtautahi 2026 talent quest. Come and support your friends or cheer on the amazing everyday legends that enter and give it their all. Contestants sing live on stage with our legendary house band all hosted by the master himself Keith Preene (aka Shay Horay). This show sells out without fail, so grab your tickets now while you still can. It’s guaranteed to be best night out this…
Minerva With The Perfect Gun And Plastic Manor
Ōtautahi alt-rock, shoegaze band Minerva are returning to Space Academy after a brief hiatus for new material and out of town shows! Excited to be joined by two other local acts: rock n roll The Perfect Gun and the alt-rock, post-punk Plastic Manor!!
Out Of Luck! Please Leave The TV On Album Party Christchurch
OUT OF LUCKS! ALBUM RELEASE SHOW FOR THE 4TH OUT OF LUCK ALBUM CALLED PLEASE LEAVE THE TV ON October 17th at darkroom with hardcore band Stitched up and pop punk band Peaking in highschool. come along for a fun time! The 4th out of Luck Album is 4 Years! We Recorded it over 4 days but I think it was only about 13 hours all up. It's a fun party punk album ya know? Girls, skateboarding, Sasquatch and UFOs.…
Beyond Music Special Interest Mini Lecture Night Vol 3
Join us for an evening of short presentations from some of our Darkroom community members about what they get up to beyond making music, performing & attending gigs here! Darkroom's music community is a wonderfully diverse and interesting group of people, and while we know everyone loves live music, we want to give folks from the Darkroom community an opportunity to share what else they do outside of music. This series welcomes folks to talk about their hobbies, studies, work,…
Dull Drones, Near Death Experience, The Space
dull drones Near Death Experience The Space At the Wunderbar Friday October 23 $10 door UTR doors at 8pm
Lewis Parke X Hotel Emily
Lewis Parke is an artist with a bite, blending new wave influence with a modern alt indie pop sound. Whether it’s his live performative antics, striking social media content or his studio releases, he’s an artist that captures your attention and inspires what’s achievable with passion. His veteran drummer 'Ralph Hall' needs no introduction, playing expert drums live alongside all of the studio releases, with decades of experience under his belt. This music lives in the dark, the mysterious, the…
DARTZ
Daniel Vernon, Clark Mathews, Hakopa Kuka-Larsen and Christan Pianta will perform at Churchills Tavern in Christchurch on Friday 23 October 2026. Their band is called DARTZ. DARTZ are a rock band from Wellington, New Zealand. Their last Ōtautahi show sold out Space Academy in January. They intend to sell out Churchills in October. Next January, they plan to assist Foo Fighters in selling out One New Zealand Stadium. More importantly, they have just finished making their third album. Most people…
Warm Soup – Presented by Wheke Sound
Join us for some warm soup and warm vibes as we serve you up a night of delicious doof and chunky croutons, celebrating all the Libra birthday peeps out there! Featuring local DJ’s and producers playing House, Dub Techno, Prog, Bush Tech and Progressive Trance We’re excited to announce: Weka Tek Willy Styles Optic Swerve Ooz (Debut producer / DJ set from Andy Tron’s new project) Doors open from 7pm with warm up tunes and actual…
High Altar
Alternative art/noise electronic jazz rock. with Medal
10 Years Of Witchcult
Ōtautahi stoned rockers Witchcult reunite for one night only at their spiritual homeland the darkroom to celebrate love, marriage and their double digit milestone. That's right 10 years of Sabbathic Riff Piracy, Decibel Excess & Standing on Hills in Skirts. 10 Years - 10 Dollars - Nau mai Haere mai. darkroom - 24/10 - Support from Bin Day.
Vaegon – Omega Species Eradication Tour Christchurch show
Vaegon are inbound to bring destruction and desecration to NZ! With a dedicated following in their home country of Canada and beyond, they have set their sights on NZ as their next port of call to bring their brand of Brutal Tech Death metal and show us how Canada throws down. If crushing riffs, precise technicality, and music as cerebral as it is devastating is your jam, this one is NOT to be missed! Support acts to be…
Footmahi World Cup 2026 Release Party (CHCH)
HAT’S RIGHT PEOPLE THE BIG FRESH COLLECTIVE IS BACK FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! It’s the TWIN CITIES Footmahi 2026 World Cup launch parties and we’re going out with a BANG! Ōtautahi AND Te Whanaganui a Tara will simultaneously host two of the HOTTEST gigs of the calendar year ❤️? MARK THE DATE Sunday 25th October (day before Labour Day)! This will be the first two BFC run shows in well over a year and it also doubles down as an extra…
Tim Mahon And Kerfuffle
Following the release of the single 'Vote' on May 11th, Tim Mahon unleashes his new album The Great Kerfuffle, and he'll be hitting the road with his band – also named The Great Kerfuffle. Tim Mahon has a track record in multiple areas of Aotearoa music, and somehow he's also found the time to keep writing his own music. His first solo album Music From a Lightbulb from 2002, was cleverly released under the name The Moth. As the former…