August 2025
Darkroom Open Mic Night
Join us for our Open Mic Night, on the first Weds of each month! Doors open 6:30pm with music from 7pm Sound person, drum kit, mics, and bass and guitar amps provided. Sign up on the blackboard on the night to play for up to 15mins. Spots are limited, first in first served. Musicians and bands of any genre, and any musical ability/experience level welcome to perform. Solo acts and group acts all welcome! Free entry R18 R.O.A.R.
Find out more »The Situations – Album Release w/ Violet French Band
After another year scattered across deserts, forests, and Papakura, power pomp popsters The Situations are coming back to Ōtautahi with their fourth full (of a) length album “Winning Home and Away” - written across continents and tracked in a couple of weeks on Karangahape road at Frisbee, and available on vinyl for the first time at the show. Joining the fun are Violet French Band adding to what will be a pomping evening folks. Tix at UTR
Find out more »Ani Saafa X Lipstick South Island Tour 25′
Making the trip from Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington), these two electrifying acts have come together to make their mark on the South Island with their 2025 South Island Tour. The pair of bands blossomed a partnership upon Ani Saafa’s recent move to the North Island (from Ōtepoti). With Lipstick’s foot already in the door of Te Whanganui a Tara’s music scene, and Ani Saafa's experience in the South, the two troupes are making a name for themselves in the…
Find out more »Lounge Dogs – Pre-Release Album Tour
Lounge Dogs host their very first series of music venue shows as they prep the release of their first full length album.
Find out more »Nick Gaffaney Quartet
Born in Christchurch, Nick Gaffaney attended the relatively early days of Ara Music Arts back when it occupied the magnificent (but leaky and drafty) St Asaph Street building in the mid 1990's. Some of his fondest memories are of cycling home through the late night Christchurch smog following a day's practice at what was affectionately known as "tech" by students of Nick's vintage. Since leaving Christchurch in 1998, Nick has travelled a wide and varied path through his career, making…
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