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Recovering American in Aotearoa 🇳🇿 ; designing clubhouses for creatives
✖️prototype | @_xchc
✖️Mary Hush
✖️Heritage Buildings

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Last night's last five artists in order of appearance.

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Next up is a locals night. These artists have been contributing to the scene for many years now.

My pics for a great night of dance fun into full party mode.

Announcing that we have to Close @silent_studios_nz middle of November and we have a special month of music from October - November.

We are going to start a go fund me page so it can allow us to move. Set up something special and give back to the community again.

Will do a seperate post on this and let’s show what love we can do for the work that’s been put in .

Buy tickets early, making it easy to manage staffing and they are cheaper.

Donate to the go fund me when that comes about.

If you have spare time contact me if you are good at packing trucks and unpacking trucks.

Much love from me @logan_bakernz and don’t worry there’s is a space brewing for the whole of summer !

👧let’s go !

Gather.rsvp for tickets

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World premiere DONE!

Wow what an awesome experience shared with some great people! We just wanted to share some of the pictures from the evening and say a massive thank you to @docedgefest for selecting our film, @thecapitolcinema for hosting the screening and to everyone who came out and watched the film! It's crazy to see it on the big screen and smell the popcorn in the lobby.

We still have tickets available for the remaining screenings in our bio.

Photography by Deane Cohen

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🎧 Meet the artists of Winter Wonder World — Black & White Edition 🖤🤍

PISTACHIO

Playfully disobedient dancefloor selections — style, attitude, and a low-stakes-high-reward feeling for the after-hours.

24–26 July 2026 · Exchange Christchurch
Tickets: link in bio 🎟️

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🖤🤍 The full lineup is here.
Every name on one poster. No headliners — just a lineup we're proud of, top to bottom.
Early Access has sold out. Just over 200 spots total. Black or white, your call each night.
📅 24–26 July · XCHC, Waltham
🎟 Tickets in bio.
— Stadtmusik

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Pulled an all-nighter drawing sigils after a fine dining experience with an instant noodle bar 🍜 and installing mushrooms with @nico.woodward 🍄

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Another update of Doc Edge missions and sidequests 💫
Thanks to @cannabismuseumnz and @realgroovyrecords for having us and to Cozy the best cat in Tāmaki 🐈‍⬛

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We’ve Auck-landed & ready for some DocEdge related missions, promotion and immersive installation activations! 🔥
If you haven’t already grab your ticket to the nearest screening of @mme.documentary near you!.

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Join us this evening for a kōrero this evening. All are welcomed. We’ll be sharing a bit about our history, current position, and future.

As you may have seen our recent announcement, we’re facing some challenges, and the decision to extend the lease is at a crossroads. And we’re inviting everyone who’s interested in our story, or being a part of the future.

Thousands of people have visited XCHC over its 11 years. As the city evolved, so did the way our space operated; attempting to balance affordability, and filling a creative gap in the city within our capacity.

We’ve lost a number of spaces in this city already, and every 2 years we extend the lease, we revisit what’s working, what’s not, and what’s sustainable.
We want to do this With you.
With the right structure going forward, I believe we can figure this out.

This session will also have a co-facilitator who has experience in governance and strategy; bringing a fresh perspective from their experience as Director of Christchurch Community Events, and working across the multi-cultural and queer community spaces.

We’ll be recording our session so that we can publish it as an informative source for anyone to watch, but encourage anyone who’s interested to join.

Hope to see you there!

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*WE NEED YOUR HELP*
🚨 This is not a drill 🚨

TL;DR:
Our lease is due for renewal, and we need your support, otherwise we'll have no choice but to wrap up the space.
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Kia ora friends & followers 🌎

It is with heavy hearts to say, after almost 12 years, we’re at a very difficult crossroads.
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Following suit with the global trend of spaces closing, we’re facing the same fate.
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As a space that doesn't get funding, this has been a huge labor of love surviving off low fees to remain accessible, and despite having a bar, our low consumption culture has made our space unique, safe, and special. Financially this isn't ideal, but we don't want this to change.
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With our lease renewal on the table, facing a rent increase, and our current activities not generating enough revenue, we’re asking for help.
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We want to be transparent in every way; the situation, where our model, events, and capacity has come up short, so we’re writing a blog post now to give you the full picture, and will be doing live streams/Q&As to share more & how things could change if things turn around.
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In the meantime, we’re asking for you to take action.
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There are 3. ways you can help

Subscribe as an "XCHC Supporter"
$1 a Day ($7 a week).
Thats all. The price of a scone.
Half the price of Netflix.

A little help from everyone is our biggest chance to turn things around and actually build momentum again.

We have 20,000 online followers, if 1,000 committed to this, even for a few months, it would completely change the game.

🔗 in bio
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2. Make a one-off Donation to help us cover immediate debts.

These are challenging economic times for our creative scene, but we know some out there may have the means to give more.
We're calling on you.

🔗 in bio
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Before we can commit to the lease from August 1st, we need you to commit to us; help us build our faith and capacity back up over the coming months.

Don't leave it to the promoters and event organizers who already give so much. You, the audience & followers, are who we need right now.
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3. SHARE THIS POST ✨
It would mean the world to us to hear in your own words/IG story what XCHC has been to you.
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4. Your Energy. See you Saturday 🪩

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🔴 SAT 13 JUN // TECHNO + HOUSE

Week two of XCHC Genre Month.

Pistachio b2b Ben Fein
Maia Katz
ASH-S

8pm–2am. Alcohol sales stop at midnight, party continues.
$15–20 — or grab the $50 Genre Month Pass for all four Saturdays.

🎟️ Link in bio
📍 376 Wilsons Rd N, Waltham

#XCHC #Ōtautahi #Techno #House #ChristchurchEvents

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Stavroz make their Auckland debut. One night. One ride. Only at the The Tuning Fork⚡️
🎟️ Tickets on sale now

Supported by Uone, Mia Kober & DirdyGerdi

#beatandpath #visionhound #stavrozmusic #nzmusicscene

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