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May 2024
MAYDAY – Featuring Bad Schematics (Palmerston Nth), and guests
Up In Smoke Entertainment and Madhouse Studios presents MAYDAY - A New Zealand Music Emergency, Featuring Palmy pop punk legends Bad Schematics with local veterans The Snake Behaviour, and other local favourites Hecate's Cult, and Phatsak. It all goes down at Ōtautahi's home of live gigs The Embankment Tavern Come to the rescue on 18 May 2024 Doors open 8pm
Find out more »June 2024
Utilize The Remains | Road To Obscenity
Utilize The Remains are raising funds for their UK/Europe tour Making a number of appearances across NZ as part of The Road to Obscenity Tour. Catch them live in Christchurch @ The Embankment Tavern Saturday 1 June 2024 Featuring special guests: - BORER - SAWNOFF - EARTH & RUIN Doors open 8:00pm, first band 8:30pm.
Find out more »“Obnoxious” New Zealand Tour
The Rising Tide Sawn Off Locked in Stasis No Life Presents: The Obnoxious Tour Hot off the heels of an impressive 2023 that saw No Life open for Metalcore royalty "While She Sleeps" and reach International Shores. No life unleash their most abrasive & pissed off track yet! "Obnoxious ft Emmure" Joining this impressive quartet are Palmerston North Deathcore veterans The Rising Tide and many more amazing local acts. This monstrously heavy package is not one to be missed!
Find out more »August 2024
Gabba Gabba Hey!
Gabba Gabba Hey! The Embankment Tavern presents a celebration of the Ramones and other punk pioneers! 50 years after the Ramones first played CBGB's we're blitzing through their back catalogue. Three extraordinary bands will be charging through your favourite Ramones songs with a bonus scattering of originals and carefully curated covers to keep your heart singing and your ears ringing! Who's playing? We kick off with COCK SLAUGHTER, a gloriously strident 2nd wave of punk originals band. All killer, no…
Find out more »September 2024
Punk Vs Metal
Punk vs Metal 2024 How good is it that we have such a great variety of bands in Christchurch that we can throw 17 bands on one lineup, in one day?! The blend between the Punk and Metal scene here is great, and they typically support each other well. Punk vs Metal is back after a couple years hiatus. Pop down to The Embankment Tavern, 14th September. Doors open at 12.30pm. First band at 1:00pm.
Find out more »November 2024
Attrition (UK) – Australian And New Zealand Tour 2024
ATTRITION (UK) – ACCLIMATE (Christchurch) – PLACENTA COOKBOOK (Christchurch) – SUBTERRANEA (Canada) Live in Christchurch @ The Embankment Tavern World-renowned UK darkwave, industrial, and post-punk innovators ATTRITION have released their long-awaited new album, ‘The Black Maria’ (Two Gods Records, March 2024), to widespread critical acclaim. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, ATTRITION are about to embark on their Australian & New Zealand Tour in October-November 2024, and are excited to appear in New Zealand’s South Island for the first time…
Find out more »PATIENTS Homemade Pills Album Release Celebration
PATIENTS celebrate the release of their 2nd album HOMEMADE PILLS. Enjoy 6 great local indie bands! Show opens at 6pm with Indie Rock Duo PEPPY BAGGINS followed by dreampop gothic trio WHEN I WAS SEXY, then IN THE CITY, followed by Christchurch's boganic weed band PHATSAK! and exciting new band POST OFFICE. Early bird tickets $15+ booking fee $20 door sales available.
Find out more »Narcotic Tonsils Album Release Show
Our debut album You'll Get What You're Given drops on November 16th. Join us and our mates songwriter Andy Francis, dirty stoner blues merchants Phatsak, and surf punk post rock virtuosos Katharticus who've come all the way up from Dunedin to get your beers on while we smash out some tunes. $10 gets you in the door, $20 gets you a CD with a digital download code because who has a CD player these days, and there's extra for experts…
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