Allkins succumbed to the. Band/Performer count: 353, Sydney, 2006, most listed venues: War & Peace Nightclub Parramatta was an iconic live music venue of the seventies and eighties and was probably the first real nightclub that I ever went to as a fresh-faced 17 year old in 1979. Old Push (The Rocks) 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. What a great list!! Try another? Despite being accused of murder, assault, race-fixing, bribery, illegal gambling and narcotics. Prince of Wales (St Kilda) Sydney. What they do point towards is spatially tempered expansion. The comments below have been moderated in advance. The Venue (St Kilda), Gigs listed in one week: 358 By the 1950s it was neglected but in the 1970s the arcade was refurbished, and has since been restored after fire damage. Cant say it could pass as entertainment now. 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. It is the treasure house of the Grape, presided over by the Master Vigneron, Mr. Leo Buring. It then moved to 79 Goulburn Street. TCs Sound Lounge was very big in the middle 60?s with all the top Brisbane bands having performed there. Best, Empire Hotel (Annandale) Strut your stuff to Earth, Wind, and Fire while a hype man shouts encouragement from the stage. But by 2006 Sydney live music can be seen making a recovery along the same lines as Melbourne: greater clustering, and loss of suburban circuits. Nightclub in Redfern featuring drag shows. 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. A dark rumpus room of swirling disco tunes colliding with Adele remixes, the dancefloor here is thumping to a soundtrack of top notch Priscilla anthems that dont take a breath. Find more fab sticky carpet groove sessions. Brisbane tavern was on the corner of Ann street and wharf street. This is what they look like now - or the places where they once stood CIVIC HOTEL Cnr Pitt and Goulburn Streets, Sydney. Nightclub on William St Kings Cross during the 1960s and 1970s. I saw a band called The Last Words there in 1978, and a whole bunch of name Sydney new music bands played there around that time. The venue Surf City in the former Kings Cross Theatre onDarlinghurst Road was accused of breeding delinquents soon after it opened in 1963. United States servicemen on a twelve-month tour of duty were given seven days R & R outside Vietnam. Kings Cross nightclub which featured 'drag' acts. Inside Sydney: Nightlife - Before you visit Sydney, visit Tripadvisor for the latest info and advice, written for travelers by travelers. Rest and Recuperation. I remember going to the record store and picking up a copy of Drum magazine regularly. My City of Sydney was performed by Tommy Leonetti on Channel 9 during the 1970s as the station shut down for the evening. 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). IT. Knew a few ppl. Legendary Kings Cross 'drag' show. Great times! For a short period, the smaller clubs ceased to exist. VJ the DJ spun some bodacious tunes while we sat in old airplane seats. I remember going to Transformers with my Husband and Brother must have been late 80s early 90s to see Black Sorrows perform it was great, standing overlooking the stage great view and great music. 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. Average distance between gigs: 336m Lots of good nights out in the Valley in the 1990-2000s . Photograph: Supplied. By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. No-one does clubs like these any more and its a real shame, You forgot dwarf throwing at the Manhattan! One of those near the junction of George & Roma streets was called Sensoria. Through the glass doors (behind that car in the middle there) and down a wide carpeted curving stairway walked thousands upon thousands of people down through the years. dan@dannyblue.co.uk thanks. Spectrum (Darlinghurst) CIVIC HOTEL Cnr Pitt and Goulburn Streets, Sydney . Stranded! p.p.s.One of the most successful clubs from 1976-1982 was the Mayne Sporting Club. Melbourne, 1983, most listed venues: Nightclub at 83 Anzac Parade Kensington famous in the 1970s for elaborate drag shows. Thats correct. )to burn off a lot of excess alcohol. 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. 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! Another monthly suburban gem, this packed disco night in Ashfield includes light-up dancefloor a la. Many a good time had there. As well as housing Mark Gerber's Oxford Art Factory, Oxford Street is the hub of Sydney's queer community - including Arq, Australia's biggest gay nightclub, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019. I dont think it was particularly Mexican themed, however the tequila throwbacks and the name (which escapes me) I think, was Mexican influenced. Tunnel night club had, like so many places back then, a heavily policed female majority policy. The booze was cut at 10.00(on odd occasions with a special license at 10.30pm) with half an hour of dancing (usually Great list. Tammys disco was run by the Ashgrove west Methodist church in its hall on waterworks road. Sylvania Hotel (Sylvania) Managers: Edward Chan and others . The gig listings have been compiled into an historical Geographic Information System (historical GIS). OXFORD TAVERN - THE FUNHOUSE Darlinghurst. 1972 (Howard Bruce, NLA) Notes That lovely glassy tall building is there now, where one of Sydney's old cinema/theatres once stood. Hellllp! Couldnt wait to legitimately go into Sibils 25 and over downstairs. There are no reviews yet. As with many other industries, live music in Australia has undergone a form of restructuring. Part of the first generation recognised as 'teenagers', bodgies embraced fun, sensuality and spectacle as a rebellion against the dull years of depression and war and the conformism of the dominant Anglo-Irish culture, and their parents' generation. 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. Cat and Fiddle (Balmain) I remember a chap called Robin Oxland was in charge of the Australian side of things. The Retro. The premises weredescribed as having 'the head of Bacchusto guide guests in and out' with 'shaded lights' and a feeling of 'cloistered gloom'. plus the clubs were better more underground and no drunk asshats. It was November 1970, almost eight months, since I first set foot in Vietnam. 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 If you have any information about actual dates and addresses or clubs not listed here, please leave a comment below, or Contact us Older Comments It was time for a much needed break, so I put in for R & R at Sydney . 'And the Cross is a very different place. Mandarin Club (Haymarket) Her trial gained significant national media attention at the time. Rainbow Hotel (Fitzroy) on the Internet. CHEQUERS (also RAGS 1979) Goulburn Street Sydney. The crowd is all ages and ready for a good time. Average distance between gigs: 308m And Mass. 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. So I was incorrect with the Warner St location, but not too far off. Sydney was home to some iconic nightclubs during the 50s and 60s and showbiz stallwart John Burls remembers them all. She spent decades performing with the troupe, who performed in a purpose-built building owned by 'Mr Sin' - Abe Saffron, Welcome to the Paradise Club, I'm your host: Decked out in a tuxedo (and with very fashionable mutton chops), the master of ceremonies at a Kings Cross strip club glances away from the camera. Sydney Trade Union Club (Surry Hills) Revolver Upstairs (Prahran) Sarah. 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. 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. Thank you. Shirley Beiger was a fashion model who shot and killed her lover, Arthur Griffith, outside Chequers Nightclub in 1954. 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. Rhythm Zone Wednesday nights at Rumours on Adelaide St. ME. CHEQUERS: Location: Gouldburn St, Sydney. Their website states: The sixties brought the Valley, always a shopping mecca, into the wilder years. Pony (City) Over the years there has been no decline in the number of performers, or even music venues, in Sydney or Melbourne. This pattern is stronger and starts earlier in Melbourne than in Sydney. 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'. Here you are certainly safe from judgement, swaddled by super-sloshed hens parties and able to indulge in a spot of the nutbush, or exercise your interpretive moves to the chorus of Madonnas Like a Prayer. Yes TCs was a great spot. Further, of the Sydney venues with the most listings in the 1994 sample, several are fancier and higher-capacity venues, not suited for musicians starting out. Basement (Circular Quay) Welcome to The Spot Nightclub- An energetic club that throws Sydney's hottest weekly hip hop parties. It later moved to Adelaide Street, in the National Hotel, but was never in Brunswick Street. Cinema on the corner of Darlinghurst Road and Victoria Streets at Kings Cross that opened in April 1916. It played reggae and early 90s RnB. Cathy Morris 2 min read January 13, 2015 - 12:00AM Parramatta Advertiser Can anyone remember the bar that used to be at Pier Nine, where the Georges of Paragon restaurant is now? The screen for King Charles' coronation anointing is revealed, Monstrous tornado seen bearing down on Palm Beach, Ukraine drone strike hits major fuel depot in port Sevastopol, Women's rights activists and pro-trans campaigners separated, Historic chairs to be reused by the King for the coronation service, Hundreds of Household Division members rehearse for coronation, Russian freight train derails and bursts into flames after explosion, 'You motherf***ers don't understand': Bam Margera details 'turmoil', Moment large saltwater crocodile snatches pet dog off beach in QLD, Doctor slams Laurence Fox for 'spewing out biased views', Australian tourist allegedly spits in the face of a Java Imam, Braverman: People crossing Channel are 'at odds with British values', Daniel Piotrowski for Daily Mail Australia, Do not sell or share my personal information. Happy clubbin!! Just behind the delightfully daggy glamour of Darling Harbour is the neon-tinged, two-floor dance arena of the Retro. The glamorous showgirls at Chequers, one of Sydney's leading nightclubs 1968. . In 1986 Morticias was also at the Canberra Hotel before it got demolished. We would go to The Basement or The Windsor Hotel in the CBD, Lord Nelson at the Rocks, The Rest Hotel Milsons Point, Selinas Coogee. Ms Dunn said then, like now, the Cross has always been a magnet for people looking for something a 'little bit naughty' and unique. . I wish I could remember the name of it as I remember one of the bands very well. This was the first place I recall seeing The Laughing Clowns after The Saints first split and Ed Kuepper returned to Australia. Nightclub in Sylvania Waters which featured drag shows. I used to DJ with Darren on Tuesday nights. His fortune was founded on flouting the war and . A hang for stars, wannabees, groupies, roadies, you name it, the Wifeswapper (man, how corny) was the Ozrock scene alive before your very eyes. He became the public, and to a degree the deceptively benign, face of organised crime. Thats correct. Yes i do i worked at hollywoods elizabeth street just down from.it, Hi Pauline By the 1950s it was neglected but in the 1970s the arcade was refurbished, and has since been restored after fire damage. 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. Shirley Beiger was a fashion model who shot and killed her lover, Arthur Griffith, outside Chequers Nightclub in 1954. He later moved his club to where Sybills use to be (literally 50m up the road) and called it Euphoria (1997-1999? This was around 1960. The first gig for the new partnership was New Years Eve 1984 and I had 7 days to organise and promote it turned out pretty successful too!! Sefton Hotel (Sefton) Meanwhile, the average distance between gigs shrinks considerably: 336m, 189m, 85m. Perched just off Oxford Street on Flinders Street, this two-level club is a Darlinghurst landmark. Rob Roy (Fitzroy) Despite its short lifetime, the venue is crucial to the musical history of Australia. 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. I would love to hear from any one who was there or associated with it. very fast music for 30mins. Empress Hotel (Fitzroy North) created and designed by Sam Fallows, which are all named after circa 1970s James Bond birds. The late award-winning photographer Rennie Ellis and his friend Wesley Stacey snapped these startling images over six months from 1970 to 1971, mostly in the summertime. Just reading the names invokes many, many memories for me. 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. 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. This is where I first saw Sydney glamrockers Hush in 1973 - probably the biggest live draw around that year. It was pulled down years ago, but for a good period in the mid - late 1970's The Bondi Lifesaver was Sydney's most renowned rock joint. The Carousel Club was purpose built by underworld figure Abe Saffron to house the show. 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. My dad is Chris Johnson, I think one of the guys you mention here. There was also The Tube Club in the 80s, Mary St I think. The cellar's special vintagesattracted crowds and the venue also played host to many distinguished guests. Categories: 1970s, unknown descriptor (21998). Club located in Oxford Street,Woollahra, where Lea Sonia would often appear in drag. Owners: Keith and Dennis Wong. And the Refectory at Uni of Qld in the 80s. 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. I think it was originally, or turned into, a Russian restaurant. DRUMMOYNE ROWERS EARLWOOD PUB EDEN NIGHTCLUB EL GRECO (Dulwich Hill) EMBASSY (Rosebay) ENVY EP1 (Former Tunnel) EQUINOX (Apia Club) ETTAMOGAH BAR (Darling Harbour) EXCHANGE HOTEL (Oxford St) FAME (Ashfield) FANNIES FANTASTIC VOYAGE (Hilton) FANTASY (Maroubra Seals) FLASH BACK (Southern Cross Hotel, Princess Hwy) FLASHEZ (Liverpool) FLINDERS You bought your own grog. It was run by John Harrigan, the manager of Surf City and other venues. 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. Sydney Tourism Sydney Hotels . 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 . But despite the often 'saucy' themes of the productions, Ms Dunn says: 'Today they'd be nothing - because the morals have changed of what is acceptable and what isn't acceptable', Decades on, Kings Cross remains a place of hustle and bustle - although in recent years there has been an uproar from venue owners with the closure of several popular nightclubs. The foyer contains a sculpture by Raymond Hoff and the whole was considered one of the finest Art Deco style funerary spaces in Sydney. Fist pump along to high octane Greek club hits and retro classics in the euphoric strobe lights. After some time it was re-named UNCLES. 1972 (Howard Bruce, NLA) George Hotel, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, ca. The building is now used as a bar and function rooms. They had different themes for different nights girls night, boys night, mixed night..and the music was to die for, all cool and funky. The Tote (Collingwood) Hi Danny, Wine cellar opened by the winemaker and viticulturist, Leo Buring, in the basement of the former Primrose Building at255A George Street in August 1931. And that's when we had all the birdcages up and the stage up one end. (Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd, Mitchell Library), (The Australian Womens Weekly', 18 November 1953, p32 via Trove), Bodgies and African American Influences in Sydney, Breeding delinquents: Surf City 1963-1966, 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, Costume cavalcade at Artists' Ball at the Trocadero 6 November 1953, Jitterbuggers at the Trocadero February 1948, Kandy and friends performing at Ken's Karate Klub, Kensington 1981, Miles of carpet for the Trocadero 1936, Pedestrian crossing Darlinghurst Road outside the Tabou nightclub at night, Kings Cross 1961, Rolf Harris amuses diners at a nightclub in Sydney 1966, Roosevelt nightclub, Kings Cross September 1944, The Beach House Beatles performing at a 2UW Surf Music night at Surf City, Kings Cross February 1964, The Dorchester nightclub in Potts Point 1959, The Echoes band entertaining dancers at Surf City, Sydney 1963, The Phoencian Club on the corner of Broadway and Mountain Streets, Ultimo 1980s, The glamorous showgirls at Chequers, one of Sydney's leading nightclubs 1968, United States R & R men from Vietnam meet Aussie girls at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, 9 November 1967, [Decoration and Glass 1 May 1936 p43 via Trove]. with a song selection to match. Does anyone recall this venue? Like most serious criminals, he chose to serve his country during World War II on the home front. Restaurant which became one of Sydney's most elaborate and fashionable, open from the 1920s to the 1960s. Gaelic Theatre (Surry Hills) By the late 1990s even the unofficial home-town booster band, The Whitlams, was singing (sadly) about their hometown more than in it. Excelsior Hotel (Surry Hills), Gigs listed in one week: 788 It was designed as a covered shopping street, with 80 shopfronts on four floors. The business fell into ruin and was taken over by Chris (actually the names are escaping me right now but I will wake in the middle of the night remembering them LOL) I knew them both seperately, one was a dreamer with no money running the place as Macs 409 Club from about 1983 and the other a doer with money who eventually turned it into the successful Sensoria from about 1984 till it was shut down by the authorities a couple of years later anyone who followed the 4zzz music scene at the time will know these places at the end of George and Roma Sts . Royal Derby Hotel (Fitzroy) Hi Brett. Big changes are afoot for the historical district. Historian Ms Dunn speaks of some of the 'wonderful' strip venues which existed at the time, including Abe Saffron's Carousel Club and Venus Room, the Pink Pussy Cat and Crazy Horse, Pictured here dressed to the nines in 1971, Dorothy Dunckley - known as the 'Auntie Mame' of Kings Cross - ran the make-up department at the now defunct Minerva Theatre. It was a grand old lady with a great dance floor. 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. Business boomed for strip clubs on the Golden Mile (many run by 'Mr Sin' Abe Saffron) and throngs of partygoers would descend on shows at midnight. 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. Safe as houses back then! Sign up for our email to enjoy your city without spending a thing (as well as some options when youre feeling flush). Sydney was home to some iconic nightclubs during the 50s and 60s and showbiz stallwart John Burls remembers them all. Best for: Lettin' loose in summertime like Hollywood royalty. after Patchs closed. Just behind the delightfully daggy glamour of Darling Harbour is the neon-tinged, two-floor dance arena . I loved the Buzz Bar! Resident band was Sebastian Wood in which I was the keyboard player. Cat and Fiddle (Balmain) I remember walking from there to Sybils too. It's gone - demolished years ago. It go. Mass was awesome! Further, at each sample, Fitzroy, the CBD, and St Kilda (read: The Esplanade) made up an increasingly large proportion of the live music listings. By Daniel Piotrowski for Daily Mail Australia, Published: 02:57 BST, 28 April 2016 | Updated: 18:30 BST, 28 April 2016. Hi Grant, I had the Thurs night gig that remained named as Macs 409 Club using the 4zzz talent agency for bands and did that for about a year in 1984/5 it was my price for introducing the 2 guys.
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