Notes. Personally I went to happy hardcore events there, but ask anyone and tell you that there was so much more to the place than just what the music you experienced. Gaelic Theatre (Surry Hills) Its as interactive as the final hours of a wedding reception with the throbbing Euro beats and high energy power pop required to charge your uninhibited dance batteries. I went there many times; it was my favourite hangout. I remember TCs where I met my husband. Early house/techno. Nightclub in Surry Hills established by the American Red Cross during World War II, exclusively open to those of African or Aboriginal cultural background. A couple of my friends and I were patrons at the opening night of a club called the Whiskey Au Go Go in the upper floor of an old building on the eastern side of Wickham St, the Valley between Duncan St and Brunswick St on Friday 15th March, 1968. Melbourne, 1983, most listed venues: Springfields (Kings Cross) Kinselas (Taylor Square) Model and magazine cover girl who shot and killed her lover, Arthur Griffith, outside Chequers Nightclub in 1954. Just behind the delightfully daggy glamour of Darling Harbour is the neon-tinged, two-floor dance arena of the Retro. Another monthly suburban gem, this packed disco night in Ashfield includes light-up dancefloor a la. Still there, and abbreviated to just The Rose, though I'm sure few who imbibe there now would be aware that it once boasted appearances by The Thought Criminals and alumni. 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Playing host to iconic crews such as Bang Gangwith theirBang GangPresents series, the electro house being dropped was of an all time calibre. Chef Dave Evans told the Daily Telegraph people were 'voting with their feet' and going to different parts of Sydney after the laws, Lasting icon: The El Alamein Memorial fountain - a memorial to the soldiers who passed in World War II - stands as a lasting reminder of the link Australian and American servicemen have had with Kings Cross. My City of Sydney was performed by Tommy Leonetti on Channel 9 during the 1970s as the station shut down for the evening. Band/Performer count: 266, Melbourne, 1994, most listed venues: Curiously, a swastika of considerable size sits above her bikie tattoo, After the First World War, Ms Dunn says many 'respectable and advanced' single women moved into Australia's first high-rise apartment building in Kings Cross. Although newly launched, this club has taken no time in being an exceptional addition to Sydney's nightlife. Scary Canary delivers cheap drinks, foam machines, a huge dance floor and a crowd of international party-goers who aren't fazed its a school night. Arthouse (Melbourne), Gigs listed in one week: 839 T/Cs Sound Lounge was very big in the middle 60s with all the top Brisbane bands having performed there.About 1965 the resident band was a group called the Dominoes. Lesbian bar and dance venue on Crown Street in the 1970s and 80s. Great list! These were some of our picks for iconic venues that you can (for the most part) only hear talked about by word of mouth and nostalgic punters. Fist pump along to high octane Greek club hits and retro classics in the euphoric strobe lights. 2.0K members Join group About Discussion More About Discussion About this group Rules on joining this group are fairly simple and straightforward. Somehow it still remained at the pinnacle of Sydney clubbing institutions until it cited unpaid debt as part of the reason for its close. IS. No sensible drinking cautions, no smoking bans, and generally less . Cheers, Kim. Even inner-city areas such as South Melbourne, Richmond and South Yarra decline in activity or vanish from the data. Where were they? Just found out that rogues international that was in underwood on logan road is now a petbarn store for pets. Cat and Fiddle (Balmain) I remember dancing at the Buzz Bar in 1991 (not just the 1980s) when I first moved to Brisbane for Uni. Some claim patronage fell dramatically after the passage of lockout laws, A heaving hotspot on the Bayswater Road strip just years ago, the Hugos Bar and Restaurant went bust in 2015, with staff laid off. BF590.Peo. anthems that dont take a breath. A hang for stars, wannabees, groupies, roadies, you name it, the Wifeswapper (man, how corny) was the Ozrock scene alive before your very eyes. I remember walking from there to Sybils too. Document draftedby NSW Policeafter the death of Anna Woodin 1995 to ensurethe health and safety of participants at dance parties that was published in 1997. The building is now used as a bar and function rooms. )to burn off a lot of excess alcohol. Macs 409 Club was definitely in the early 80s not 90s. Kings Cross nightclub which featured 'drag' acts. Your email address will not be published. Nightclub in Kings Cross on the corner of Darlinghurst Road and Roslyn Street that was owned by Abe Saffron & Sammy Lee who had built the venue to house the revue 'Les Girls'. Where to daggy dance under a disco ball like no one is watching. In May 1933, officers of the German Navy light cruiser DKMKlnvisited the cellar. Grant. For three years it served as the spiritual home of Australian beat music, giving rise to mainstream pop stars and underground cult heroes whose influence remains today. From the depths of Kings Cross all the way over to Pitt St in the CBD and back towards the queer district of Oxford St, hundreds of nightlife venues have come and gone and here are some that we consider iconic for their own reasons. A 'junior' nightclub called the Birdcage, run by radio compere Peter Bergin was openbrieflyin the venue in 1963 after the theatre closed, and soon replaced byJohn Harrigan's Surf City, that occupied the building from 1963 until 1966 when the building was demolished, to bereplaced by the Crest Hotel. Nightlife is constantly evolving and were constantly trying to look forward, but we cant pretend we dont miss some of the older ones! Just behind the delightfully daggy glamour of Darling Harbour is the neon-tinged, two-floor dance arena . Bowlers Club of NSW (City) I'd been to a pub or two & seen some bands but this was like, at least in my Read more The Manzil Room - Springfields She was tried for murder andacquitted. Photograph: Supplied. Central Club Hotel (Richmond) Often, they would roar with laughter at the comedy and cabaret shows, the most prominent of which was the Les Girls troupe, which starred the iconic transgender drag queen, Carlotta. There was a go-go dancer on each side of the stage doing their thing, and because of a lack of staff that evening one of my friends and I were allowed to operate the spotlights at the other end of the room shining on the go-go dancers. Beppi died this year, aged 90, but his restaurant lives on. Bombay Rock (Brunswick) I remember it at the Manhattan. Opened in 1892, the Strand Arcade was one of five built in the city centre during the late nineteenth century. I remember a top-notch vocalist that sang with the Clefs at Mayne. Sarah. It's gone. the other problem was with The Roxy having bands (i remember Paul Kelly and the Colour Girls playing there) as well as music from Patches leaking into the Roxy and visa versa. Had been called Caesars Palace previously. Not a regular nightly or weekly gig, but hirable for those putting something on. Owners: Keith and Dennis Wong. How much: $20 before 10pm,$25 afterHot tip:Get a vodka cranberry at arguably one of Sydneys latest happy hours (9-10pm). It wasnt specifically about music or pubs, but i had a good laugh reading the Richard Glover book The Land Before Avocado, it cautions against reminiscing too fondly about the 70s and 80s. Later, after The Manhattan closed, we started going to the underground and kokoz, wall st and transformers with a little bit of Mary street thrown in for good measure! Hopetoun Hotel (Surry Hills) They had different themes for different nights girls night, boys night, mixed night..and the music was to die for, all cool and funky. Over the years there has been no decline in the number of performers, or even music venues, in Sydney or Melbourne. What a great list!! I had a marketing company working in club promotions at the time and was approached by Robin Oxland to assist with the marketing of The Manhatten. How much: FreeHot tip: Security is very strict about closed-toe shoes. In these samples the spatial variation of gigs (represented in the Average distance between gigs figure, and in the visual clustering in the maps) declines over time, while the number of performers increases. I did stints and residencies at Treasury Hotel, Majestic Hotel, The Criterion, The Embassy, Colmslie Hotel, Court Jester and Whispers. Just reading the names invokes many, many memories for me. I remember it was upstairs. we used to see live music 3 nights a week. It was thesecond venue opened by entrepreneur, Ivy Richter. Clip ref. Some of the early acts Abe Yasse had in the 1970s included a local teenager called Kerry Ann Kennelly, Hi, can anybody remember what street the Brisbane Hotel was on? You had to walk down a set of stairs to get to it. Chequers nightclub in Goulburn Street may now be a Chinese reflexology clinic and massage centre, but the sign remains at the top of the stairs that once led down to Sydney's most successful nightclub of the 1950s and '60s. These leave their traces in maps of the past, but require some translation. I think it was originally, or turned into, a Russian restaurant. The main reason Chequers lost money, Saw wrote, was that it paid top fees to visiting artists. I remember going into the building with dad on a Sat or Sun afternoon, it was pretty cool for a 13/ 14 year old as I was then. It was November 1970, almost eight months, since I first set foot in Vietnam. Safe as houses back then! Can anyone remember a night club called the the junk yard in Elizabeth street where the Myers is now. Return to Parramatta's lost nightclubs as Sydney Festival's Disco Dome tour resurrects legendary venues of west WHEN Midnight Oil played War and Peace in the late 1970s, Parramatta was at the height of its clubbing days and things could get pretty wild. Prince of Wales (St Kilda), Gigs listed in one week: 511 Soup Plus (City) It played reggae and early 90s RnB. I also vaguely remember alternative markets run in the Druids hall nearby, with the Perfumer Johnathon Smiggley? By the 1950s it was neglected but in the 1970s the arcade was refurbished, and has since been restored after fire damage. CHEQUERS: Location: Gouldburn St, Sydney. 1. Chinese businessman who first arrived as a student in 1938 and who, with his brother, Denis, established a highly successful nightclub business. This made it popular with the ladies and beefed up athletes who were all probably on blow. This was around 1960. If you like your daytime disco smoothly descending into late-night . The joint then sought to look after its patrons by creating a room with relaxed vibes and a cooler temperature stickered with information regarding the effects of drug use. To order the clip clean and high res or to find out more visit http://www.kinolibrary.com. By Daniel Piotrowski for Daily Mail Australia, Published: 02:57 BST, 28 April 2016 | Updated: 18:30 BST, 28 April 2016. As with the wider research project, earlier years rely more on Fairfax publications (The Age and Sydney Morning Herald), while in the 1990s this transitions to street press (Beat and Drum Media). Whisky a Go Go nightclub, Kings Cross 11 August 1969 APIA Club dance at the Trocadero March 1958 Band playing at a Popular Dance night at the Trocadero 1938 Carlotta, Kings Cross 1970-71 Costume cavalcade at Artists' Ball at the Trocadero 6 November 1953 Jitterbuggers at the Trocadero February 1948 Nightclub in Redfern featuring drag shows. Nightclub in King Street Sydney which operated from 1920 and was a well known venue for drag acts. Speaking on radio in 1997, lead singer Tim Freedman commented that Melbourne had a bigger sense of community, in pubs and being part of a crowd, while inner-city Sydney had been scattered to the wind (Australian Music Show, Triple J, 3 September 1997, quoted in Carroll & Connor 2000). The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Chinese settlers arrived in Sydney from 1818 and their compatriots followed, especially after gold was discovered in New South Wales. Her Majestys Nightspot (South Yarra) Advertisements for Phoenician Club (closed 1998) and Phantom Records store (also closed 1998), On The Street, Sydney, August 1991. It was designed as a covered shopping street, with 80 shopfronts on four floors. 469 Kent St, Sydney NSW, +61 2 9267 7087 Those same backpackers make a beeline to this inner-city Kent St venue on Wednesdays for a club night that's every bit as rowdy as it sounds. There seems to be a great deal of alcohol-relatedviolence today.At the Mayne Sporting Club between 1976-1982 we saw none. Saturday shoppers would wander past with mouths hanging open at the intensity of the music. The maps presented in this article derive from a wider research project in progress by the author. However its life would eventually come to close as it became embroiled in a gang war. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). Sydney's best known illegal casino, sly-grog nightclub and cocaine den during the 1930s. Yes TCs was a great spot. I never took him up on his offer. Hi! The glamorous showgirls at Chequers, one of Sydney's leading nightclubs 1968. . Bars. A favourite place for soldiers and sailors after the Second World War, the streets were swarming with U.S. servicemen on lieu from Vietnam seeking rest, relaxation and romance. Among the map data are some venue names from the past which may be familiar or surprising to readers, depending on the time frame in which they went out the most. The clubs were full of flamboyant characters - goths, punks, mods, bogans, sport-lovers and office workers hovering over dance floors and bars, reeking of sweat, Brut 33 and vomit . Contrary to contemporary yarns, there are still pubs who play live music in Sydney. the last band that played at Sensoria was New Order, I didnt get any more club gigs after that because it was shut down for lame reasons by the authorities over licencing. I am not 100% on this, but I should have proof (see below) I think Patches was actually Patchs, From memory Patch was a DJ at the Terminus and he was the main man behind Patchs and thus it was named after him I have a photos of a night Paramour played live there Matt, Me, Craig Sue from Paramour, Aunty Betty (Stephen Whiteman of DV8 Productions, and DJ at The Beat and manger of Dance Music Records) and a few other friends at Patchs with the logo clearly in the background I must find it and send to you That will have the correct spelling and answer the question ! 11. And the Refectory at Uni of Qld in the 80s. We used to hang out at The Manhattan in the valley almost every night of the week. Strut your stuff to Earth, Wind, and Fire while a hype man shouts encouragement from the stage. It later moved to Adelaide Street, in the National Hotel, but was never in Brunswick Street. VJ the DJ spun some bodacious tunes while we sat in old airplane seats. The room(s) were a completely ridiculous kind of set-up/shape for any serious music venue, but that didn't matter at the time while avant hippypunkers Voight465 Radiator, Crime & The City Solution and some of the initial wave of record company financed Melbourne bands played here (the 'Lethal Weapons' tour). Observations and reminiscences from someone who was there. Gigs and live musicstill thrivein the smallerdrinking hole worlds of theInner West and beyond. In addition, a variety of contemporary accounts point to a negative feeling in Sydney live music in the 1990s, depicting the city as a tough place to get a gig or find a friend (Ausmusic 1993; Carroll & Connell 2000; Casimir 1990; Holmes 1993; Homan 2000; Johnson & Homan 2003). OXFORD TAVERN - THE FUNHOUSE Darlinghurst. Sefton Hotel (Sefton) Band/Performer count: 738, Sydney, 1983, most listed venues: Thus, the negative reports of Sydneys live music in the 1990s are related less to overall numbers of venues or gigs, than to lack of spatial consolidation the feature which, for better and worse, characterised the survival of Melbourne live music through the same decade. The Primitif ran as a coffee lounge from the late 50s, but in about 65 or 66, the management (Peter?) treet haven is one of Sydneys oldest gay clubs and, if you can get in, a paradise of pop bangers from the past and present. An L shaped room with a curving bar on the first floor held host to Mental As Anything, X, The Lipstick Killers, Tactics, Flowers(later Icehouse) and lots of others. IT. Pry your shoes from the sticky carpet, wrap your chops around a cold tap beer and sashay away, but be mindful of Palms as a safe space relic and respect the queer communities who have been pounding the veneer dancefloor here for decades. Esplanade Hotel (St Kilda) Basement (Circular Quay) Much of this occurred during the 1990s, though it wasnt so obvious at the time and there were plenty of other interesting things happening, often within stumbling distance of ones affordable inner-city rental accommodation. ), but it can be much easier to forget this with quick internet or mobile phone communication instead of expensive and sporadic long distance phone calls, and I suspect that the types of jobs and houses you might find in each city are more similar. My intererst was piqued. The booze was cut at 10.00(on odd occasions with a special license at 10.30pm) with half an hour of dancing (usually Heading to 'The Land Down Under'. Those were the days. Yes i do i worked at hollywoods elizabeth street just down from.it, Hi Pauline Nightclub established by Chinese entrepreneurs Denis and Keith Wong which attracted a colourful and often notorious clientele to its original basement location in The Strand Arcade in the 1950s. According to my diary, the band I was in at the time played one night at Pinocchios in Ann Street, the Valley in November 1973 from 9:30pm to 3:00am. This article, based on oral history interviews, reveals how bodgies modelled their dress and movement on African Americans, including black GIs stationed in Sydney during World War II. We spoke to Stephen Allkins in 2018 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as it coincided with his 40th anniversary of DJing. The comments below have been moderated in advance. INSANE. Decades on, two leggy working women are pictured enjoying a conversation out the front of a community laundry, The Cross is only a short hike from both the city and the beach. he fact it is very different is what draws people to it. They used to do free tequila throwbacks at the bar on busy nights. Even early 70s has a picture taken at Cloudland. Britannia (Chippendale) Moulin Rougeis arguably the most iconic Kings Cross of all time. As well as that,the Homestead was very big from the early 70s.One of the early resident bands was a group called The Clefswho were there for almost 2.5 years.The venue also had an aray of overseas stars at the time including Helen Shapiro,Louis Armstrong,Edward Woodward(a great baritone singer)as well as actor and others too numerous to mention.The Homestead at Zillmere was originally set up by a consortium of tennis professionals. Did they wear a Velcro suit and also thrown against a Velcro wall? Hi Danny, A dark rumpus room of swirling disco tunes colliding with Adele remixes, the dancefloor here is thumping to a soundtrack of top notch. We would get up to 700 kids on a Saturday night to dance to our music, visiting bands including Colored Balls, Flamingos.. A coffee shop operated downstairs, along with a theatrette which showed movies like Endless Summer.
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