WHAT'S HAPPENING
Plenty of great times coming up at Smash Palace ... LOUD & PROUD !
Every Tuesday at 7pm - PUB CHOIR GISBORNE - singalong with your favourite songs.
Every Wednesday 7pm - HANDLE CLUB DRAW
Every Friday night from 8pm - 11pm - BUILD-A-BAND .... motivate your muso mates or just turn up - everything's set up ready to go. Let's jam ! FREE ENTRY
Saturday June 15th - THE ASHES - party cover band - 9pm $5 door
Friday June 21st - WINTER SOLSTICE DANCE PARTY - details to come.
Saturday June 22nd - CLOWN’S KISS + THE NGO’s - 9pm $5 door.
Saturday August 10th - NZ/DC - AC/DC Tribute. Details to come.
Saturday October 12th - ExNE - East by North East new music showcase - details to come.
Saturday November 16th - INK & IRON BIKE & TATTOO SHOW - details to come.
SMASH PALACE
Smash Palace is all about good times with great live music, delicious drinks + food and awesome locals. It's also a function venue like no other ! Open from 3 every day except Monday and from midday Saturday.
Live Music
The Home of Live Music in Gisborne - and judged the Best Music Entertainment Venue in New Zealand !
For the past 25 years, Smash Palace has been pumping out the hottest live sounds with acts like Head Like A Hole, The D4, Ladi6, Jordan Luck Band, Paua, as well as local heroes Skankamelia, The Nervous Surgeons and Uni-Fi to name a few turning on huge nights for music lovers.
Friday nights from 8 should be in your diary as a regular live music "must-do" as Gizzy's finest muso's and guests "Build-A-Band" - jamming up a storm.
When sunny days are here we use the outdoor stage, but otherwise the indoor stage at Smash Palace is pumping every Saturday night ! A growing collection of more than 500 vinyl albums is regularly spun on the Smash Palace turntables before and after the live acts.
Find out why Smash Palace was judged the Best Music Entertainment Venue at the 2016 Hospitality NZ Awards !
Delicious Drinks + Food
What are you having ?
The finest beers and ciders on tap, RTD's + non-alcoholic drinks in the chiller and blow-torched pizza + deep fried goodness from the kitchen ... smashing !
On tap: Steinlager Classic, Gisborne Gold, Panhead Supercharger, Macs Interstate APA, Speights, Macs Green Beret, Macs Gold, Macs Mid Vicious (2.5 %), Tui, Harvest Cider, Bulmers Cider.
Non-alcoholic drinks: Locally produced Gladstone's Ginger Beer, Bundaberg Ginger Beer, local organic Hill Road orange juice, Hopt Watermelon and Mint, Macs Lemonade and Rhubarb, Macs Feiloakitohi, Pearcand Elderflower, Kiri OJ, Heineken 0% Beer + the usual soft drinks.
Check out the menu to the left ...
Awesome locals
Where the world meets Gisborne and Gisborne meets the world.
Friendly faces are a big part of what makes Smash Palace great.
People from all walks of life enjoy sharing the relaxed good times and East Coast vibes at Smash Palace - including the Smash Palace Shockers, our very own champion Football team. Whether you find yourself under the DC3 plane in the garden bar, parked up in front of the open fire, or front and centre of one of the two stages.
Smash Palace is a level playing field of true “Kiwitanga” !
Gallery
Photos & videos from Smash Palace.
SMASH PEOPLE
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata ...
Darryl Monteith
Publican
Your host is well known around Gisborne as a musician and supporter of the arts. Dad to Maia, Jasmine and Jackson, he shares a life with their understanding mother Kerry.
A squash and football playing (Smash Palace Shockers) kombi enthusiast, he likes to grow and eat food.
Dash
Cat in Charge
Miaow.
Now feed me.
Now.
Stephen
MacGyver
The smiley guy who can put his hand to almost anything. King of the dress-ups and now a married man.
Maia
2IC
The smiley girl who's learning the ropes and may one day stage a coup .... Maia enjoys Hip Hop dancing, photography and watching TV ! Even while she's working !
Shivaughan
Foxy
Satanic pixie or corpse bride ? All we know is she cooks a mean feed and pours a pretty pint !
Leave her alone - she's a married woman !
Danielle
Blondie
She don’t take no shit ! So don’t mess with our platinum blonde hot mama. Unless your Dash. Star of the stage and disliker of any food that might be the least bit healthy.
GET IN TOUCH
Stay in touch.
Phone
0274 844580 / 06 8677769
