Mountain Scene
By PHILIP CHANDLER
A Queenstown music promoter says it’s costing him thousands of dollars extra to relocate a big-name DJ.
Bryce Wrigley had been due to put on Andy C (pictured) rated the world’s best drum and bass DJ over the past 11 years at the resort’s biggest live music venue, Loco, on March 14.
Loco, however, fell victim to Covid and shut its doors last weekend.
Andy C’s now playing that date at council-owned Queenstown Memorial Centre.
‘‘There’s really no venues in town that are already licensed for us to use that are big enough without going through the whole process of renting the [Memorial Centre] through council and doing all the licensing and that sort of stuff,’’ Wrigley says.
Mountain Scene
February 18, 2021
By PHILIP CHANDLER
Queenstown’s biggest live music venue has become another Covid victim.
Loco nightclub, which is part of the Base Backpackers complex, closes its doors after next weekend.
In a Facebook post this week, it announces, ‘‘with the heaviest of hearts’’, it’s closing ‘‘due to circumstances outside our control’’.
It says Loco’s been ‘‘an [integral] part of Queenstown’s nightlife and culture for so many years’’.
‘‘It’s the place that so many hospo legends started their humble beginnings, it’s the place that all international travellers started their first nights out, it’s the place of Queenstown’s infamous silent discos, it’s the place that has seen some of [the] biggest domestic and international artists perform and it’s the place that we call home.’’