February 2026
RADIO WITHOUT PICTURES DJ Music Night
Sanctuary Events present Radio Without Pictures - DJ Music Night For a generation of music fans before the internet, Radio with Pictures (1976 - 1989) was a vital link to the music that mattered — and essential viewing before TV2's Sunday night horror flick. Revisit the classic tunes from the late 70's and 80's as DJ's Regress & Selecta Buddub take you on a journey of iconic music featuring punk, new wave, synth pop, indie, post-punk and more. Tickets from…
Find out more »An Evening Out With StupidSaysWHAT!? And Ratcry
Ladies, Gentlemen, and everyone else please put your hands together for “An Evening Out with StupidSaysWHAT!?”. On a mission to release their first album this year, StupidSaysWHAT!? take to the stage bringing you with them on a musical journey through nostalgia. With a set full of classic covers and pop-punk inspired originals, get ready to be taken all the way back to the 2000s. Joining them at darkroom for the first time are the incredible punk-powerhouse 'RatCry'. With an impressive…
Find out more »All Ages | Only You | Evergreen Terrace | ANTIBODY
LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG PRESENTS: All Ages Gig w/ Only You, Evergreen Terrace & ANTIBODY. Performing live at Space Academy on February 27th! Only You are a female-fronted emo band blending 90s emo nostalgia and the intensity of modern hardcore. Inspired by Title Fight, Scowl, Have Heart, and pretty much anything else that is suffixed by "core." Evergreen Terrace are a new 4-piece emo/melodic hardcore adjacent band from Springfield, or close enough! (Ōtautahi, Aotearoa). Taking inspiration from bands like Modern…
Find out more »Prosa South Island Tour w/ Hoihoi and Mental Joy
Tāmaki Makaurau post-punk/post-hardcore band PROSA are bringing their EP release tour to the South Island After touring the North Island in December and playing shows with the likes of Dick Move, Back to the Hillside, Dead Empire and Late To Chelsea, Prosa are ready to bring their infectious blend of 80s post punk and 90s post hardcore to the South Island Joined in Ōtautahi Christchurch by two of the city's best local bands at the sublime Space Academy, this will…
Find out more »March 2026
Friday Night Hootenanny
Come Friday the 10th of April, don your finest attire and join us at Darkroom for a rootin’, tootin’ hootenanny. Live music for dancing Cold beer for sipping Prizes for fancy dress Face painting throughout the night the double Doubro comp allows a ticket buyer the chance to receive 1 of 4 x2 free Double Brown vouchers upon entry at the Darkroom but you gotta be in to win. bands including The Charlotte Sometimes Ōtautahi-based indie/alternative rock band The Charlotte…
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