June 2026
Crimson Echoes And Friends
In their first headlining gig at Darkroom, Crimson Echoes brings to life hard-hitting Emo and Goth music that will rock your socks off. They're a two-female-fronted band inspired by revolutionary bands like Evanescence and Paramore, embodying these powerhouse vocals within their original music. They bring their own twist to the genre with an emotional and eerie spin on classic covers and a dark original songwriting style. Playing around 8.45\9 pm. Evergreen Terrace brings an emotional intensity into their music, fueled…
Find out more »Swamp Meet Returns – w/ Minerva and Crisis
Swamp Meet is back with another single and another explosive show! Catch the show live at Darkroom on the 5th of June! SWAMP MEET is a riffy, hard-hitting, chorus-loving grunge band based in Ōtautahi, made up of 3 guys from small, rainy Westport. Inspired by rock through the ages, such as Nirvana, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC. We Are Crisis. Garden City Hardcore // 03HC. Emotional, heavy and sure to get you moving! Check out their demo version of BONES via…
Find out more »Rabbits, Hotel Emily And Acid Wolf – Live At Darkroom
Join us for stacked night of local talent with live sets from up and coming local bands Hotel Emily, Rabbits, and Acid Wolf Sat June 6th at Darkroom 8pm doors $10 tickets from UTR Rabbits A rebrand from local psych-rock group Seraphim sees the group return under the new name of Rabbits. Tender harmonies, primal rhythms, celestial melodies and face melting fuzz combine to herald a vision of the end times. Hotel Emily Driven by restless energy and a love…
Find out more »SEREBII Album Release
SEREBII is the project of Auckland-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Callum Mower. Working across electronic production and live instrumentation, his music moves between alt-pop, dance and experimental forms, shaped by a tactile and emotionally unsettled sensibility. His third album, Nothing Grows Here, arriving in late May, sits in atmosphere and texture, leaning into transition, ambiguity and unfinished emotional states. Built from moments of movement rather than resolution, the record drifts between clarity and collapse, holding space for ideas still forming. These…
Find out more »Clap Clap Riot – Like A Lover – Tour 2026
Clap Clap Riot Announce First Tour in Seven Years *with special guests* The ever-energetic indie-rock outfit Clap Clap Riot are thrilled to announce a three-date tour of Aotearoa, marking their most substantial run of live shows in several years. The trek begins in Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara on Friday, May 22 before taking in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau on Saturday, May 23 and wrapping up in Christchurch/Ōtautahi on Saturday, June 6. The tour aligns with the release of the band’s latest single, “Like a Lover”, a…
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