The New Brew is deep in the heart of Albany, it’s tucked away in a residential neighborhood in the center of a thriving street of restaurants bars and dairies. We love playing here because it’s always packed and fun to play!

This night was no exception. We love these nights when there’s a 21st birthday celebration (and there seems to be at least one here every week), they just have unbridled energy. Wild, man!

We played four great sets emphasising the music of British chanteuses Amy Winehouse and Adele. In between there was a speech given by the birthday boy and speeches given by his friends; we stopped playing so they could give it their full attention.

We rounded out the night with a celebratory beer – we scored a wonderful wedding gig on Waiheke for April next year for a client who found us at one of our other gigs. She loves our setlist, check it out – we’re available for weddings as well as corporate functions and private events, so don’t be afraid to contact us now to hire us for your event!

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SugarBang poster for our New Brew tavern gig

The New Brew gig was AMAZING last Friday night. It was a singles event and they were definitely ready to party. All. Night. Long.

Now to be fair there was no dancing on tables, but there was dancing, and lots of it. The crowd even obeyed commands to “get more to drink” and cheers to “how you doing out there?!”.

This is even more wonderful when you realise that Rosedale and Pickering roads are deep in the heart of Albany, some might even say it’s hard to find because it’s in a residential area.

But this is not the case! Just get off at the Greville exit, go north on Bush Road, right on to Rosedale and turn left on Pickering at the roundabout and you’re there.

New Brew has lots of parking and drink specials. Check out their website here.

We always love playing New Brew and we’re there next on the 10th of September. Are you keen to see this show? Find the event soon on our Facebook page and RSVP!

We’ve played here before, see the blog post about that gig here.

Cheers, SugarBang

We played the New Brew last weekend and had a great time, as always. There was a function in the function room with everyone dressed in black (how gauche!) and lots of people braving the cold on the outdoor patio.

It was our last gig with our singer Kim Sutton, so tears were shed, but we’re moving on with new singer Juliet Cross – we’re very happy to have her!

We’ll be posting band pics soon so keep an eye out for that.

Thanks again to the staff at New Brew for the bar tab and for keeping us feeling welcome everytime we play!