Carousel Bar
Stage 2, 163-169 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
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It appears to be like just like the gradual march to revitalise Oxford Avenue has simply acquired a lift with the opening of Carousel, a cabaret-inspired ’70s discotheque vibe. With a roster of top-notch DJs and membership acts, and thoroughly curated cocktails, it’s a haven for clubbers.
Carousel Bar and Ballroom is delivered to you by Sydney social gathering collective, S.A.S.H., the staff behind Darlinghurst bar Stanley’s on Stanley and the now defunct Sly Fox Lodge, which closed down in 2020.
With the artful styling of design impresario Michael Delany (The Abercrombie, Vermuteria, amongst others) Carousel is a rebuild of considered one of Oxford Avenue’s oldest sizzling spots that when housed Byblos, Miind Membership and, extra just lately, Nevermind. The identify “Carousel” got here up because of the invention of a rotating stage, which they unearthed throughout renovations.
Sound and lighting must be bang on within the clubbing world so the staff has put in a state-of-the-art sound system – a FunktionOne – with 33 audio system littered all through the venue, together with the loos. They’ve distinctive lights imported from Amsterdam that you just received’t discover anyplace else within the nation.
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The venue will commerce as a small bar on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the nightclub heating up Thursday by Sunday.
