InvercargillEntertainment

Entertainment in Invercargill

  1. A

    Tillermans Music Lounge

    Upstairs from Don St, Tillerman’s is an alternative live music/DJ venue, with live music ranging from local thrash bands to visiting rock or reggae talents, and DJs doing mostly dub and house. Decrepit black couches and a battered old dance floor prove its credentials. Free entry Thursdays.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Stadium Southland

    Stadium Southland is home to Invercargill’s extremely successful and popular Southern Steel women’s netball team (www.southern steel.co.nz; season April to July). You can try out rock climbing here from $5 (7pm Tuesdays and Thursdays) and there’s also New Zealand’s only indoor velodrome. Come along Tuesday at 5.30pm for the opportunity (per hour $10) to get high on the wall on two wheels. Coaching is provided.

    reviewed

  3. C

    One Blue Dog

    Advertising four Jäger and Red Bulls for 30 bucks when we dropped by, this compact upstairs bar has free pool tables and a raucous devil-may-care, don’t-waste-the-weekend atmosphere. DJs and occasional bands kick in later at night. It’s definitely not sophisticated, but after four Jägerbombs, will you really care?

    reviewed

  4. D

    Saints & Sinners

    This is the nightclub that ate Invercargill – an intricate collage of bars, pool halls, dance floors and flashing lights. Maybe take a GPS with you. While entrapped, you’ll discover Saints & Sinners, the preferred live music venue for touring Kiwi bands, and the raucous Players Entertainment Venue.

    reviewed

  5. E

    Speight’s Ale House

    Innumerable TV screens in case someone somewhere takes a wicket or the All Blacks score another try. A good selection of Speight’s brews south from Dunedin, and outside tables to watch Invercargill’s after dark cavalcade of annoying boy racers in their hotted-up Mazdas. What would Burt Munro think?

    reviewed

  6. F

    Kiln

    Stylish Monteiths bar with hanging lampshades, underlit bar and Great Aunt Edith’s wallpaper. Easily the most civilised drinking option in town and surprisingly good food, too. Try the parmesan -crusted blue cod with a honey- and spice-infused Summer Ale.

    reviewed

  7. G

    Reading Cinemas

    Reading Cinemas shows recent blockbusters. Tuesday nights offer a discount.

    reviewed

  8. H

    Waxy O’Sheas

    Noisy drinking den of the clan O’Bogan. Reputedly the planet’s southernmost Irish pub.

    reviewed

  9. I

    Sugar Shack

    Student pub that gets messy in the early hours.

    reviewed

  10. J

    Frog ‘n' Firkin

    Riotously noisy Friday and Saturday evenings.

    reviewed

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