Address 336 St Asaph St, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand Profiles | ||
Darkroom is a bar and venue located in Christchurch, New Zealand.
History
The bar opened in October 2011, as one of the first venues to open just eight months after the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake which closed most venues in the city. Almost entirely self-renovated by its owners, the bar also operates a small complex which includes record store Galaxy Records (displaced from its central city location due to the earthquakes) and NEXT gallery which incorporates The Auricle run by the Canterbury Society of Sonic Artists.
Darkroom hosts regular music, theatre, comedy and other events, including international acts such as MC Lars, Blues Control, Eric Copeland, Pairs, Mark McGuire, Shenandoah Davis and Sherry Rich as well as many New Zealand acts including Opossom, Flip Grater, Street Chant, Bang Bang Eche, The Unfaithful Ways, Collapsing Cities, Pikachunes, Delaney Davidson, The Axemen, Peter Gutteridge, T54, Disasteradio and Bachelorette.
The bar is one of the few remaining completely independent bars in the city.