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Nightlife CafÉ Bars: Auckland may not be New York or Paris but it has its share of night-time entertainment. Weekdays tend to be quiet with Friday and Saturday the big nights for going out. In bars and clubs the dress code tends to be smart-casual, although some places enforce this more strictly than others. The age limit for drinking alcohol is 18 years. The waterfront is where most of the smarter venues are, in particular around the Americas Cup Village and the new Princes Wharf development. High Street to the south of Queens Wharf also has a number of good bars, including some with live music. To find out what's on, read the Thursday and Saturday editions of the New Zealand Herald, the free monthly listings magazine What's Happening, or the free newspaper Tourist Times. Bars: Lots of local favourites are down by the waterfront, such as The Loaded Hog, Quay Street, in the Viaduct Basin, with newly fashionable hangouts in Princes Wharf, refurbished in time for the 2000 Americas Cup, including the Belgian CafÉ Hoegaarden and the decidedly un-Russian vodka bar, Lenin Bar. With the city's British-influenced past it is not surprising that there are numerous British-style bars in Auckland, the biggest being the Civic Tavern, 1 Wellesley Street West. This has an Irish bar, Scottish bar and English bar on three different floors, two of them having live music. The Immigrant, 104 Fanshawe Street, is an out-and-out Irish pub with live music at weekends, and The Rose and Crown, 69 Customs Street, is an English bar with music Wednesday to Saturday. Casino: Sky City Casino (tel: (09) 912 6000), in the Skytower on the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets, is an entertainment complex that includes a theatre, restaurant, bars and a hotel, as well as the casino itself. There is a minimum age of 20 years for entering the casino. Clubs: The Club, 371 Queen Street, is a good place to start, with DJs from 2200 on Friday and Saturday. By the harbour, The Loaded Hog, Quay Street, in the Viaduct Basin, has long been a favoured hangout for yachties and yuppies alike. The younger and wilder crowd go to Calibre, K0evins Arcade, 179 K Road, but not before 2300, Thursday to Saturday, as it is open until 0800. Live music: There is plenty of choice at the weekends, mostly in the downtown areas, along K Road and in Ponsonby. Try The Temple, 486 Queen Street, which has music every night after 1700 or Deschlers, 17 High Street, for live jazz Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. If folk appeals, then each Monday there are live acts at 2000 at the Devonport Folk Music Club, which meets in The Bunker, Mt Victoria, Devonport. |
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