The changing landscape of Canberra music venues

The Front seems to be a good option to check out…I like the sound of these “The Band Broke Up” nights.

Nickamc, Hippo does a fair bit of blues and folk as well

I live in Melbourne now but the amount of venues in Canberra for original bands that are frequently populated by people SUCKS. Here’s a list off the top of my head.

Civic:
-The Phoenix (just about everything except for metal, although Inflatable Ingrid and Super Best Friends got away with gigs there)
-Bar 32 (pretty much anything, I’m fairly sure)
-The Front (pretty much anything that isn’t very very loud)
-Transit (just about anything again, although metal is frowned upon due to The Waldorf)
-Civic Youth Centre (Mainly just for younger bands)
-ANU Bar (Pretty much anything, except DJ’s)
-Knightsbridge Penthouse (mainly DJ’s, but have been known to host the odd band)
-Hippo (Pretty much just Jazz)

Belco:
-The Pot Belly (pretty much anything except DJ’s, but who’d want to see DJ’s at the Pot?)
-The Basement (Mainly just hard rock and metal nowadays)
-UC Bar (Is that even still operating after the Greenroom moved back?)

Woden:
I guess now that the Greenroom’s gone/about to go, its a bit of a ghost town.

and I never ever went to a gig in Tuggeranong.

That’s all I can think of for now.