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Jazz, blues, funk, soul, R&B, folk, Latin, acoustic and DJ nights. Mostly Sydney locals with the odd touring blues or jazz act. Most residency nights are free; one-off touring shows carry a door charge.
Basement room. Venue PA (16-channel Nexo with up to three monitor sends) and an in-house engineer. Full backline: Gretsch kit, bass amp, Roland Bolt60 and JC60 guitar amps. Keys: Bechstein baby grand in the bar, Wurlitzer, Nord Electro 5D, Akai MPC Key61, Kurzweil SP2X. Serato controller, projection and 16-track multitrack recording. Weekly: Mon industry night, Tue emerging artists 7 to 10pm free, Wed open jam 8 to 11pm free, Thu jazz from 8pm free, Funky Friday 8pm to 2am free, South American Sunday 5.30 to 11pm free. Kitchen on site.
[email protected] for shows. [email protected] for venue hire. For the Tuesday emerging artists slot they ask for a clip to [email protected], or come in and talk to them at the bar. Phone 02 8528 2618.
The room is in the basement, downstairs from the street. Ask about access.
Basement level, 220 William St, a minute from Kings Cross station. The venue gives the suburb as Kings Cross and the council as Woolloomooloo; same address. Programmed by musician Sean Mackenzie, who plays keys on most house nights. Tuesday's emerging artists night is open to any genre and any age, by audition clip.
4 gigs listed here since the guide started keeping count.