Entertainment in Hamilton
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Shine
It’s a measure of Hamilton’s increasing sophistication that its main gay-and-lesbian club is now visible to Victoria St’s passing parade. There’s a dance floor at the back and an intimate beer garden in front.
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Diggers Bar
This funky good-time bar has outlasted plenty of come-and-go Hood St bars, with a wealth of liquid bread on tap and nightly live music in a huge room out the back. Buy four beers on a Wednesday night and score yourself a gourmet pizza.
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Cook
Rambling through a noble, burgundy-coloured timber hall (1874), this buzzy cafe-bar dishes up good pub grub (mains $13 to $24), plus live music, poker, comedy and quiz nights.
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Bank
Inside this snappily renovated 1878 heritage building are plenty of beers on tap, a good wine selection and lots of screens to catch the big games.
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Cubbyhole
Watch the parade on the street below with a cocktail in hand from the 1st-floor balcony. It attracts an older party crowd with its classic grooves.
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Founders Theatre
For live theatre and concerts (anything from Bee Gees tributes to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra), try Founders Theatre.
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Rodeo Rodeo
This cheesy bar goes off on the weekend, with its free pink cowboy hats and Neil Diamond/Glen Campbell soundtrack.
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Meteor Theatre
Live theatre and concerts can be enjoyed at the Meteor Theatre .
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Skycity Cinemas
A seven-screen mainstream multiplex. Adults pay $10 on Tuesdays.
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Victoria Cinema
Watch art-house and international films while sipping on a fine wine or cold beer at 'Hamilton's home of fine movies'. Very bohemian. Tickets are $2 cheaper on weekdays.
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Limestone
Inside Hamilton's oldest stone buliding – a former habardashery – moody Limestone offers respite from Hood St's otherwise raucous boozy nocturnal parade. An excellent range of bottled beers, a dazzling selection of spirits, and cigars to puff street-side.
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Lido Cinema
Sassy Lido – all black carpet, chandeliers and gold fleurs-de-lis – offers an upmarket art-house movie experience in three 100-seat cinemas with comfy chairs and drinks to smooth the mood.
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House on Hood
A crafty place for a craft beer or four, House on Hood is a 1915 barn with lots of drops to slake your thirst. Beer specials, tasting sessions and meal deals abound, plus Saturday night bands and Sunday afternoon DJs. Beer nirvana.
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