RMIT University (City) Charles Baudelaires Les Petites Vieilles, More by Sarah Taylor on Cordite Poetry Review, The iconic Melbourne live music venues we dearly miss from the last 30 years - Beat Magazine. What about Queens Hotel , National Hotel, Brothers ,George Hotel etc etc. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. IS. Theres not much to say except that it was widely renowned as one of the best clubs in Sydney and it stuck it out for as long as it could post lockouts, but all good things come to an end and in 2017 we said goodbye to one of Sydneys oldest clubs! Somehow it still remained at the pinnacle of Sydney clubbing institutions until it cited unpaid debt as part of the reason for its close. 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. The pub rock sound that defined Australian popular music in the 70s and 80s was still years away. Sandringham Hotel (Newtown) Correction It was called Starz. )to burn off a lot of excess alcohol. I also vaguely remember alternative markets run in the Druids hall nearby, with the Perfumer Johnathon Smiggley? Thanks John. I both worked and played in the Valley and later in the City. From the street in Piccadilly Arcade, Primitif was down two sets of stairs, Prim Junior was down only one. The Retro. Best for: Lettin' loose in summertime like Hollywood royalty. The Primitif ran as a coffee lounge from the late 50s, but in about 65 or 66, the management (Peter?) p.s.TCs and Top Cats are one and the same. Transgender Australian cabaret performer and entertainer who became the most famous member of the Les Girls show, in Sydney's Kings Cross. Average distance between gigs: 308m p.p.s.One of the most successful clubs from 1976-1982 was the Mayne Sporting Club. They used to sell rum and coke that had no alcohol in it essence of rum of something. Annandale Hotel (Annandale) By the second half of the 1940s he owned a number of pubs and nightclubs. Find more fab sticky carpet groove sessions. I am in my mid 50s. Revolver Upstairs (Prahran) 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. THE NAKED CITY - REMEMBERING RHUBARBS - City Hub Sydney | Your Local Notes. Bustling Haymarket, between Central Station and Darling Harbour, is the home of Sydney's Chinatown, which is Australia's biggest. Home the Venue in Darling Harbour is Sydney's original superclub. Nightclubs | The Dictionary of Sydney I remember it was upstairs. I went there many times; it was my favourite hangout. Grant. This was around 1960. 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. Saturday mornings from something like 10am to 1pm (not sure of that), this tiny venue would pump out some of the loudest and bestest sounds Brissie had to offer in those days. Chinese settlers arrived in Sydney from 1818 and their compatriots followed, especially after gold was discovered in New South Wales. Thanks for commenting, and yes its amazing to remember how much more separate the Australian cities would have seemed in the 1970s and 1980s; they still are (and more so with the borders closed! Perhaps because women had only just been allowed into pubs the novelty value was enough to outweigh this! However we now have proof that it was called 64 Club which opened in 1964. It was thesecond venue opened by entrepreneur, Ivy Richter. It then moved to 79 Goulburn Street. Bars. Lesbian bar and dance venue on Crown Street in the 1970s and 80s. I think it was originally, or turned into, a Russian restaurant. I used to DJ with Darren on Tuesday nights. I have to correct my comment of yesterday April 14, 2017 regarding your Club List under DECADE 1950s for 64 Club. Their website states: The sixties brought the Valley, always a shopping mecca, into the wilder years. Categories: 1970s, unknown descriptor (21998). The Junction is one of the hottest nightclubs in Sydney hosting live gigs and art exhibitions. However its life would eventually come to close as it became embroiled in a gang war. 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 ! 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You had to walk down a set of stairs to get to it. The booze was cut at 10.00(on odd occasions with a special license at 10.30pm) with half an hour of dancing (usually This is a work is progress, and is certainly not complete.. We are currently working on an online database with much more information. 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'. The inspiring late Professor Henry Mayer marked student papers while dining there. Band/Performer count: 324, Sydney, 1994, most listed venues: The gig listings have been compiled into an historical Geographic Information System (historical GIS). It is the treasure house of the Grape, presided over by the Master Vigneron, Mr. Leo Buring. Despite being accused of murder, assault, race-fixing, bribery, illegal gambling and narcotics. Central Club Hotel (Richmond) 11. Couldnt wait to legitimately go into Sibils 25 and over downstairs. They had different themes for different nights girls night, boys night, mixed night..and the music was to die for, all cool and funky. One of the greatest gigs I've ever been to happened here in late 1977, when Radio Birdman played their "farewell we are off to Britain" final assault. Chinese businessman who first arrived as a student in 1938 and who, with his brother, Denis, established a highly successful nightclub business. Site and contents 1997-2021 Cordite Publishing Inc. unless otherwise stated. Strut your stuff to Earth, Wind, and Fire while a hype man shouts encouragement from the stage. Excelsior Hotel (Surry Hills), Gigs listed in one week: 788 Once the most glamorous dance hall in Sydney, the Trocadero hosted Queens, Dukes, and international stars, as well as Sydneysiders out for a good time. Safe as houses back then! If you're more in the mood for some body-numbing technocheck our guide to the best night clubs in Sydney. I remember going to the record store and picking up a copy of Drum magazine regularly. Nightclubs, bars, late-night eats & more - Sydney These leave their traces in maps of the past, but require some translation. Dance battle someone to Staying Alive and wave your arms in the air with hundreds of your new friends to Rufus and Chaka Khans Aint Nobody while glitter and streamers rain down. There was also a pub, I cant remember the name, used to have a sunday arv session with a DJ and a band, eastern end of the city. This Oxford Street haven is one of Sydneys oldest gay clubs and, if you can get in, a paradise of pop bangers from the past and present. 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. Disco music, then, evolved into rave music. The entire block as it stood is gone now, but for a brief period in 1978 Blondie's was somehow one of _the_ punk/new wave places. easy way tea has replaced the music and cafe culture we had (actual cafes not the corporate cafeterias they call cafes now).. sad. Many a good time had there. Did they wear a Velcro suit and also thrown against a Velcro wall? Legendary Kings Cross 'drag' show. on the Internet. Moulin Rougeis arguably the most iconic Kings Cross of all time. I used to DJ all over Brisbane in the 80s (I had a different name then) working for Kev Batten who ran a DJ business called Modern Music. I think i went back to DJing at The Beat after about 4 to 6 months. A Guided Tour of Sydney 1970's Music Venues. This made it popular with the ladies and beefed up athletes who were all probably on blow. Candys Apartment (Kings Cross) on June 4, 2019. Wine cellar opened by the winemaker and viticulturist, Leo Buring, in the basement of the former Primrose Building at255A George Street in August 1931. R&R in Sydney | My Vietnam Experience Sydney, 2006, most listed venues: Candy's Apartment (Kings Cross) Hopetoun Hotel (Surry Hills) Basement (Circular Quay) Sandringham Hotel (Newtown) Mandarin Club (Haymarket) Cat and Fiddle (Balmain) Spectrum (Darlinghurst) Empire Hotel (Annandale) Gaelic Theatre (Surry Hills) Excelsior Hotel (Surry Hills) Gigs listed in one week: 788 VJ the DJ spun some bodacious tunes while we sat in old airplane seats. How Australian dining began to shift in the 1960s There was actually a time when rock groups didnt even have demo tapes to shop themselves with, and here's a place that let that happen. There are photos of the venue in action on line here and there, but I figure that most times I was off doing something else. CIVIC HOTEL Cnr Pitt and Goulburn Streets, Sydney . It was written up as The Regatta of the alternative scene because it was so crowded. Sydney's 4 best retro dancefloors - Time Out Sydney One-C-One Folk Club (Princes Hill) Green Man (Armadale) Yes i do i worked at hollywoods elizabeth street just down from.it, Hi Pauline Although newly launched, this club has taken no time in being an exceptional addition to Sydney's nightlife. Sammy Lee's Pigalle nightclub, Sydney, 26 October 1960 (SLNSW) Sammy Lee's Pigalle nightclub, Sydney, 26 October 1960 (SLNSW) Pink Pussycat, Sydney, 1967 (SLNSW) Stripper at the George Hotel, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, ca. im talking late 80s, very early 90s. 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. I have accessed the Holy Trinity Church website and it shows the location of Trinity Hall at Church Street at its intersection with Ann St, Fortitude Valley.
