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Gone are the days when evenings in Christchurch revolved around decaying, male-dominated Edwardian pubs. The modern city harbours enough traditional hostelries, late-night cafés and throbbing music bars to suit most tastes, and many of these offer more than just booze: live music, resident DJs and good food are increasingly taken for granted. After about 10pm the restaurants of "The Strip"
metamorphose into rowdy bars and clubs: just follow the crowds.
Serious music and drama are centred on venues like the Town Hall and the Arts Centre, while less cerebral entertainment is offered by a concentration of downtown clubs and a clutch of city-centre cinemas. Entertainment
listings
are published in Christchurch's daily newspaper
The Press
(the "What's On" section on Fridays is best for live music and clubbing), and in the free monthly magazines
Volume
and
Presto
.
Drinking
Most drinking venues are to be found within the Four Avenues, with Colombo and Cashel streets harbouring a particularly dense concentration of watering holes. This is probably the best place to stroll at weekends, when a variety of establishments use loud...
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Clubs and gigs
Christchurch may not be the clubbing capital of the southern hemisphere, but there's a sprinkling of places within the Four Avenues offering a range of dance-music styles. Some of these are full-on
club venues
, although there's a growing...
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A Maori concert, theatre, classical music, cinema and spectator sports
Apart from in Rotorua, the best chance you'll get to sample a Maori concert (and savour a hangi) is here in Christchurch at the
Nga Hau E Wha National Marae
, 250 Pages Rd ("Marae of the Four Winds"; tel 0800/456 898, fax 03/388 7692,...
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