New ‘Boutique’ Venue For Newcastle
News posted Friday, January 6 2012 at 12:00 PM.
Related: Chinos, Gooch Palms, Newcastle.
A new “Melbourne-style” boutique venue will open in Newcastle next week.
Chino’s Bar – located on the Denison street side of The Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle West – will officially open with a performance by Wollongong two-piece Mother & Son on January 11.
The venue (formerly The Red Bar) is the brainchild of Leroy Macqueen and Katherine Friend from local outfit Gooch Palms, who modelled Chino’s on the dive bars frequented during recent trips to the US. The pair aim to fill a gap in Newcastle’s nightlife, hosting a variety of local, national and international bands from a wide range of genres.
“We wanted to create a community based space for like-minded people in Newcastle to see live entertainment, and have a feed and a beer in a relaxed environment,” Macqueen said in a release. “We’ve been really inspired by the amazing small bars we’ve visited in the past years and are thrilled to have the opportunity to execute our thoughts and ideas into Chino’s.”
The news follows the announcement of new a venue in regional Victoria, which will be run by Brendan Noonan from The Stabs and former Old Bar manager Kat Hamilton.
Upcoming gigs at Chino’s include San Francisco’s The Oh Sees (January 18), Sun Araw and Prince Rama (January 24) and The Middle East’s Rohin Jones (February 5). More information here.
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Three fucken cheers to all involved!
Great news for Newcastle!
top work. that's fucking great.
Brilliant news Leroy and Kat!
That's really good, newcastle sorely needs places like this. k
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I saw that dudes balls on New Years Eve.
yeah I'd probably take my own mic if I played at a venue run by the Gooch Palms
''Boutique venue'' sounds nice. Maybe Sydney can learn a lesson from this, like Darlinghurst learning from (Renew) Newcastle. Or something.
Good to hear. It's a good space and where I used to run a music night back in the day.
Will have to check it out.
so, everyone acts more in the know than everyone else (ha, 'the know'), don't go to each-others gigs or if they do stand up the back with arms crossed, or, waits to see if someone else thinks it's 'cool' before getting behind it.
*urgh, farken cynic.
Good job though!
shut down! that was quick
what happened?
doesn't look like it's over on farcebook, a show on tomorrow night but there does seem to be one overly sensitive set of ears that's causing grief (the usual story :-( ...