Past Events

The night before the main event. We bring you an evening of soft and sharp sonic curiosities at Lyttelton Coffee Company. Sounds provided by Peter Wright and Bruce Russell's tone-wrangling duo – The Escalation, sound artist and head of Melbourne/Naarm's Nice Music Label – Simon J Karis, and Tāmaki based audio-visual artist Ducklingmonster. Biographies: THE ESCALATION The Escalation is a guitar duo consisting of Peter Wright and Bruce Russell. Bruce can’t play guitar properly and Peter doesn’t try very hard.…

With a knack for unearthing hidden gems released in the 1960’s-80’s across the Middle East and North Africa and spanning a plethora of genres from funk, soul and jazz to punk and hip-hop; Jannis Stürtz’s Habibi Funk has been a musical staple for every environment, from the record player at the bar to the one in your living room.   Reissuing the records in eclectic compilations for the modern listener, as well as more recently releasing music from musicians in…

Join us at the Taproom for a blast of a night featuring five bands for ten dollars. $10 house pints and $6 shots. It doesn't get much better than that so come on down and we'll keep you well entertained and libated until the early hours Featuring: Danny Rascal (Wellington) - Scoundrel, Libertine, Rogue… Surfer, Father, Teller Of Terrible Jokes Sentient Mud - Angry but you can dance to it Phatsak - Stoner Rock & Dirty Blues Fatter than ya…