Entertainment in Palmerston North
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Bar Mode
Ground zero for live bands in Palmerston North, Bar Mode is a big beery room with a big stage and a big sound system. Rock, punk, indie, metal and ska – big. Usually full of pool-playing, jukeboxing students, unwinding after a hard day spent aspiring to adulthood.
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Fish
A progressive, stylish, Pacifically-hewn cocktail bar, the Fish has got its finger firmly on the Palmy pulse. DJs smooth over the week’s problems on Friday and Saturday nights as a sexy, urbane crew sips Manhattans and Tamarillo Mules (yes, they kick).
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Brewer’s Apprentice
What was once a grungy student pub is now a slick Monteiths-sponsored bar. Business crowds flock for lunch (lunch $10 to $17, dinner $27 to $29), and 20-somethings fill the beer terrace after dark. Live music Friday and Saturday nights.
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Mao Bar
Cool cafe by day, full-scale cocktail bar by night, serving East-meets-West fusion food. The interior is aptly bamboo-strewn, with tall screens, red lanterns and dark timbers.
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Celtic Inn
The Celtic expertly offsets the Fish nearby with good old-fashioned pub stuff, labourers, travellers and students bending elbows with a few tasty pints of the black stuff. Friendly staff, live music, red velvet chairs, kids darting around parents’ legs – it’s all here
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CinemaGold
In the same complex as the Downtown Cinemas, CinemaGold has plush seats and a booze licence to enhance art-house classics and limited-release screenings.
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Regent Theatre
Divinely detailed theatre hosting big-ticket international acts like the Russian Ballet and the Platters.
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Downtown Cinemas
The capacious Downtown Cinemas megaplex shows mainstream new-release flicks.
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Centrepoint Theatre
Bigger-name professional shows, theatre sports and seasonal plays.
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Abbey Theatre
Quality amateur productions, with a penchant for cheesy musicals.
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