Tickets £10.00 – £16.00 Cobalt Studios

With their ever-mutating brand of jazz-and-country-laced punk, Opus Kink have always cut a singular figure in a saturated landscape. Making their name with incendiary, cult-like live shows, the band – formed in Brighton (UK) in 2017 – have developed a sound as elusive as it is recognisable. Underscored by a formidable horn section and ragged, sardonic delivery, the band bear passing resemblance to post-punk and no-wave acts like The Pop Group, Birthday Party and Lounge Lizards, but it’s the weaving of older, more traditional influences – choral, folk, country, Latin, Weimar cabaret, cruise-ship-crooning – into the fabric of their music that sets them apart. Through their songs concerning violence, evil, shame, troubled sexual politics, anxiety and emptiness, all served with a wry absurdist bent, Opus Kink craft an alluring nether-world for their voracious audiences to plunge into.

They tore through the UK and Europe in the early years of the group and formed a reputation for intoxicating, otherworldly carnage – broken ribs, bloody microphones, shamanic ritual and even a ruptured spleen were part and parcel of their touring show – as well as a fierce loyalty to the DIY and grassroots venues and heroes they encountered. While the narrative and spiritual world of Opus Kink underwent constant evolution, the close relationships they fostered with underground music-world-denizens would inspire their philosophies and works along the way. Performances in Serbian abattoirs, stadium complexes in Istanbul, spur-of-the-moment DIY shows in Tyneside industrial estates and secret appearances crammed into the back of their local dive that quite literally brought the roof down – this adaptability and unconcern for career propriety carved out a place for Opus Kink in the hearts of rock’n’roll weirdos.

Getting Here

On-street parking spaces are available to the front of the building and on surrounding streets, free after 6.30pm on weekdays and all day on weekends.

By public transport:

The nearest Metro station is Manors (Yellow line), around 10 min walk away.

The closest bus stops are:

• Warwick Street-Stadium (services 1, 32, 32A), 4 min walk away

• New Bridge Street-Blackfriars (services 12, 22, 39, 40, 301), 5 min walk away

• New Bridge Street-St Dominics (services 22, 62, 63, 91, 301), 5 min walk away

Where possible we encourage people to walk or cycle to the venue.

Accessibility

We are here to welcome and care for everybody who enters this space.

If there is anything you need, please let us know on arrival.

There is step-free level access from the street and throughout the venue, with exception of three shallow steps up to the stage and steps up to the mezzanine.

Toilet facilities are gender-neutral, three cubicles in one room and two solo cubicles that exit directly into the corridor. There is one accessible toilet available. There is one toilet with changing facilities.

Many events are seated. When the main room is not seated, there is peripheral seating and you may request a chair from any member of staff.

Club nights and some livelier gigs will use sterile, safe, non-toxic, non-irritating water-based haze and we may use intermittent lazers and strobe lighting.

For detailed access information and to request a PA ticket, please see our Accessibility page.

Food

Our neighbours at Ernest Cafe offer you a 10% discount on food with your ticket for this event. (We would recommend booking in advance). Occasionally there is food available on Friday nights once we have fed the artists, feel free to enquire at the bar.

Refunds

Cobalt is a tiny team, due to the administration time required and the fact that we can’t always sell on last minute ticket returns we are unable to offer refunds or transfers unless it is an extreme circumstance.

Timings

Doors open at 7pm, music starts from around 7.30pm, curfew is 10pm.

Age Restrictions
14+ can be admitted with an adult. For quieter gigs sleeping babes in arms are welcome. Any other ages please check with us.

Tickets

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Surviving
An entry level ticket for no and low waged.
£ 10.00
220 available
Driving
For most average incomes.
£ 13.00
220 available
Thriving
A ticket for those with a little more financial security who want to support Cobalt.
£ 16.00
220 available
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