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SOLAR FLAIR AOTEAROA – Launch
☀️ SOLAR FLAIR - Toronto’s daytime disco dance party - is launching in Ōtautahi! ☀️ For four years, this monthly project by @planetfabulon has been shaking up the way people party by creating safer, more intentional, choose-your-own-adventure social spaces where wigglers and wonder-seekers can connect, create, and BOOGIE in the sunshine! Now that one of the original co-creators has packed a bag, crossed the equator, and been snatched up by the new crew at XCHC, we’re launching the first-ever international chapter of…
Darkroom Free Pub Quiz
Join us for a FREE pub quiz hosted by Feather Unsure. Last Wednesday of every Month Doors open at 7pm Quiz kicks off 7:30pm Darkroom 336 St Asaph St Free entry! Teams of up to 6 people welcome. Bar tab up for grabs for the winning team, plus spot prizes throughout the night. Bookings essential, email info@darkroom.bar to book a table for your team R18. R.O.A.R.
Lakeward – featuring Steampunk Fish And Tephra
Lakeward once again take to the darkroom stage, bringing with them their brand of bass-focused prog rock, designed to groove and emotionally headbang to. Led by Cam Giddens on bass and backed up by Dean Gibson on the drumkit, the duo are a must see for anyone who is a fan of bass, odd time signatures, and a china cymbal being hit rather hard. They will be joined by Tephra, an Otautahi post-rock/metal trio that create melancholic and atmospheric music…
Rowena Wise – Debut New Zealand Solo Tour
Rowena Wise Aotearoa Debut Tour Presented by The Slack Agency, Beloved Records, Remote Control Records: This spring, Rowena Wise makes her long-awaited New Zealand debut, bringing an intimate solo show across the motu for the first time. With just voice and guitar, Rowena’s songs hit with a rare kind of clarity - tender, point-blank, and unafraid of the quietest truths. Recent accolades include in August, her second studio album Bad Things Feel Good* became her first to enter a national…
Where’s Jai Tour – Christchurch
Don’t miss Where’s Jai on tour. A five-piece band from New Zealand, Where’s Jai deliver a raw, high-energy pop-rock show built around two female lead vocalists whose voices will stop you in your tracks. Expect screaming lyrics back at the stage, massive moments of energy, and gut-wrenching emotional highs. Fronted by powerhouse vocalists Grace Allis and Leigh Edmeades, and backed by Michael Walmsley (guitar), Jai Nielsen (bass), and Gene Todd (drums), the band is gaining serious momentum. Fresh off the…
Eigenface Tour
Eigenface celebrate their debut album release with a Aotearoa Tour over October/November. Eigenface is a New Zealand/New York trio that blend folk intimacy, dream-punk atmospheres and electronic experimentation. Their songs move between comfort and unease, pairing bright melodies with dissonance, layered vocal harmonies and richly textured arrangements. With a sound that sits comfortably alongside artists such as Everything Everything, Son Lux and Loma while harking back to Radiohead and Portishead. Eigenface have developed a softly disarming style that finds beauty…
Sound Salad ft. Nikki Lucas, DoughBoy, Oliver Prince b2b Sano, Noise Section
For the first time in years, Sound Salad is well due and psyched to be putting on our own night. We have a most wicked lineup featuring some of the best underground live music and vinyl selectors to be found for this evening, all to be brought to your ears through the Wheke Sound rig. The evening will be starting fairly early for anyone feeling like having kai together along to the sound selections of Nikki Lucas. There'll be…
Neither Do I – Christchurch
Auckland's indie rock 4 piece Neither Do I will be playing their first run of shows nationwide this October, playing their 2nd date of the tour at Wunderbar, with support by local midwest emo lovelies Model Home. Based on the songwriting of Danny Ebdale, the Neither Do I released their debut We're Not Known for Anything in April last year to warm reception: Ebdale has built an interesting body of work, largely out of earshot of a wider audience. But…
Brainless x Euphonic | Live @ The Underpass
The steeze weasels of Brainless Productions are gearing up with the industry magicians at Euphonic to bring you some of Ōtautahi's finest CDJ destroyers at none other than the Sydenham Underpass. Ever heard a sax or flute under a bridge? You just know those acoustics are going to be incredible. We couldn't be more satisfied with the sound combination of Le Butin (with live saxophone & flute), Mr Meaty Boy, Emilie and Frog to supply your ears with substance for…
Violet Hirst And Michael Llewellyn – Spring Duet
Violet Hirst & Michael Llewellyn present 'Spring Duet' an intimate run of shows across Aotearoa. Born and raised in Tāhuna Queenstown, Violet's musical journey began the day she was born: opening night of her mother's musical Kitchens. Her songs and live performance embody the theatrics and ballads that surrounded her childhood. Quoted as one of Aotearoa’s “most quietly distinctive contemporary songwriters,” (13th Floor) she gains comparisons to Aldous Harding and Julia Jacklin. Earning recognition on SRN and Radioscope scharts, Violet…
Violet Hirst & Michael Llewellyn: Spring Duet Aotearoa Tour
Aotearoa songwriting luminaries: Violet Hirst and Michael Llewellyn present Spring Duet. A series of intimate shows across the motu for an evening of theatrics, music and comedy. Born and raised in Tāhuna Queenstown, Violet's musical journey began the day she was born: opening night of her mother's musical Kitchens. Her songs and live performance embody the theatrics and ballads that surrounded her childhood. Quoted as one of Aotearoa’s “most quietly distinctive contemporary songwriters,” (13th Floor) she gains comparisons to Aldous…
Yujing Cui
Originally from China, now settled in Christchurch / Ōtautahi, Yujing presents a musical journey between East and West, between traditional and modern, between the familiar and the faraway... Yujing plays the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument with a history dating back over 2,000 years. She plays ancient melodies on this instrument, while also exploring how its voice can reach into modern indie folk and rock. Yujing writes and sings songs that express her thoughts and perspectives, shaped by a time…
ROCK’EN’ROL
JOIN US at Space Academy this Oketopa/October 4 for an incredible line up, all in the name of reminding/encouraging the good folk of Ōtautahi (particularly the young adults) to enrol, to vote in this years general election. Join Pickle Darling, FERBY, Velveteen & Model Home (all gifting their sets) for an evening of top notch tunes. Entry is by enrolment (R18 only - this is all about enrolment!). There will be a friendly, non-partisan support crew at the door, to…
Reb Fountain – Water For Gasoline Tour
NEW SHOW ADDED! Celebrating the release of her latest album, Water For Gasoline, Reb Fountain is embarking on a nationwide tour, hitting Ōtautahi this October. This latest body of work is her most striking yet. Backed by her full band, Reb brings the same artistic instinct and collective spirit that shaped the album to her live performances.
Alive And Unplugged Feat. Luca Joass, Anand And Karleshia
Coming to darkroom for a special night of intimate performances - Alive and Unplugged brings together three of Ōtautahi's finest solo acts. Darkroom Thursday 8th October Doors @ 7pm