Venue Profile
SHADES
🕯️ Note: This venue is sadly no longer with us.
Central Station, Eddy Ave
Haymarket NSW 2000 [see map]
https://www.instagram.com/shades___bar/
Capacity: Unknown
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Past Gigs (27)
Aug '23
Fri
18
Close Friends #2
W/ Glo [Live], Yasmina Sadiki [Live], Scruffs b2b Hungry Jack [DJ], Farazzled [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
Thu
17
Presented by Void + Southern Steppa. "Showcasing UK breakbeat music from 1990 to the present day". Runs late. Go after your gig. 👍
Sat
5
Presented by Decay Audio
Fri
4
Jul '23
Fri
28
Featuring live local R&B and hip-hop. RSVP encouraged.
Thu
20
RUFFAGE #2
W/ ELI [DJ], HAZE [DJ], SOFIE LOIZOU [a.k.a. ANOMIE] [DJ], ALEC SANDER [a.k.a. DUNJ] [DJ], VAUGHAN HEALEY [DJ]
7:00pm SHADES
Free but "limited capacity so RSVP is wise". Second round of a wide-ranging showcase of UK breakbeat music from the 90s to the present day. Presented by the teams behind VOID and Southern Steppa. LD writes in: "expect sub-bass weapons along the lines of Jungle, UK hardcore, original Dubstep, 'ardcore, Drum n Bass, early rave breakbeat, 140, future bass, left-field bleep and more"
Sat
8
1NCE GAIN PRESENTS: OBLIVIA
W/ YAWDOESITALL and the GOOD CITIZENS, TAWANDA, DEVAURA, KENOBI [f.k.a. OVO], SHZAR
8:00pm SHADES
Art/video exhibition along with a line-up I know very little about, but I'm playing some of the acts now - this is some seriously good stuff.
Thu
6
Amazing line-up put on by Dinosaur City Records
Sat
1
TRAUMASQUAD PRESENTS: WASTELAND
W/ Cyndiket, Synic, Lucid Recrdz, Twilight Shawty, DXTRS, Like Mind Society, Diskusting, Flood Flaco, BecAnimae, Aztec Flow
8:00pm SHADES
Copy snippet: '9 acts, 3 songs each, plus a headline performance from Traumasquad'
Jun '23
Fri
30
Copy snippet: 'esoteric grazing platter with selections of grime, footwork, hardcore and hyperpop'
Sat
24
Uncultured
W/ Holliday Howe [Live], Parasol [DJ], Darkmoneyz [DJ], Cass Lee [Live], Mayke [DJ], Gregor McMurray [DJ], Orca! [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
Fri
23
Positive
W/ Anthony Pappa [DJ], Robbie Lowe [DJ], Barrie Barton [DJ], Jono Fernandez [DJ], James Elder [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
Positive is a new club night. Anthony Pappa (Naarm) rules - has been a giant since the early 2000s.
Thu
22
RUFFAGE
W/ Eli [DJ], Ross Fader [DJ], Garage Pressure [DJ], Vaughan Healy [DJ], Luke Snarl [DJ]
7:00pm SHADES
VOID and Southern Steppa are collaborating on this night "showcasing UK breakbeat music from 1990 to present day". Heaps of great stuff in the world of breakbeats, dnb, bass music and more. Free, but registration recommended via the link!
Sat
17
Abundance 2.0
W/ Moopie [DJ], Barney Kato [DJ], Mehmet Alpdogan [DJ], Will Freeth [DJ], Jono Xidias [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
Fri
16
Sat
10
Injury presents: 'Your Love Is Your Reality'
W/ Trophie [live], Parasol [DJ], Kavi [live], Rhinestone Cowgirl [DJ], DJ Juju, Fever Break [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
Thu
8
Single launch for 'Get What I Want'
May '23
Fri
26
Tseba is a new 'anonymous' (hint: it's Basenji) project on Future Classic and managed by Astral People. Lucy Cliché does crunchy hardware techno / electro.
Fri
19
Sat
13
Thu
11
"... whispers of kosmische, tape music, post-punk and minimalist composition echoing into a formless ambient space ..."
Wed
10
All live electronic acts. Luke Dearnley (host of Vitalise) writes in: "expect repetitive beats, heavy bass, bafflingly complex-looking modular synthesisers and more..."
Fri
5
Prophecy Girl
8:00pm SHADES
Sidechains presents, Melbourne artist, supported Charli XCX on recent tour …
Wed
3
Homies Beat Market
W/ WISDWM [live], Tatzumakiii [live], Supaadry [live], Threatnique [live], Poor Homie Lowe
5:00pm SHADES
Apr '23
Thu
27
Marcus writes in: "It's a new night I'm starting that is intended to have a very mixed bill of different kinds of performance, mostly musical but some not, some danceable, some less so - all under a pulsing blue light."
Feb '23
Sat
25
Hyperpop Appreciation: Alone Together Afterparty
W/ 14strk (DJ), BBianca (live), Kavi (Live), Cass Lee (DJ)
7:30pm SHADES
The Charli XCX doco "Alone Together" is screening at Golden Age earlier in the day, and Shades are putting on a lineup of hyperpop to keep the vibes going. $10 on the door.
Dec '22
Wed
21
Sound/Vision: Live Electronic Music and Visuals
W/ Nina Buchanan, Del Lowmanta, Low Stakes, LowkSnarl, Low Flung
8:00pm SHADES
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🔊🔊🔊 NEW SPACE ALERT 🔊🔊🔊 Hello to SHADES, a new space operated by the owners of Golden Age Cinema & Bar who have been reliably putting on free gigs every week for god knows how long. Get amongst it with a free gig featuring incredible line-up of home grown electronic music and visuals. This is going to rule. Exciting to see something new. And so incredibly... Central! *rapturous applause, exits stage*
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SydneyMusic.net is not-for-profit, but costs money to curate and run - and we're at risk of needing to shut the project down due to costs. If you find it useful, please consider buying some merch or donating to support us.
Want to discuss partnership, investment or a significant contribution?
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