Enigma Bar

  • Cuisine:
    Pub Food
  • Phone: 0882122313
  • Open:
    Lunch and Dinner
  • Address:
    Enigma Bar
    173 Hindley St
    Adelaide, SA 5000
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Thu 7pm - 2am
Fri- Sat 7pm - 5am
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Enigma Bar established since 1999 is one of Adelaide's premiere live music venues situated in the vibrant West End of Hindley Street in Adelaide. Enigma Bar with a 300 capacity has hosted an incredible range of local, national and international acts from all genres of music. The venue provides professional door, technical and security staff for all shows. Promotion for gigs at Enigma Bar is via street press,web site (http://www.enigmabar.com.au), myspace and tour posters & flyers.Enigma Bar is also a second home to many of this cities sub-culture club nights for indie, punk, metal & gothic kids, which has also seen Enigma Bar playing host to many a fine after concert party over the years, where fans and some of rocks biggest names have been able to share some quality time ! Additionally Enigma Bar is home to Adelaide's best Tequila Bar with many of the world's finest tequilas including patron and cabo wabo. Enigma Bar is a way of life!!!


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D At Sea 'Unconscious' Australian Tour 2013

5th May

Doyle Perez AKA D At Sea found his audience by doing acoustic covers of hardcore and metal songs. He garnered nearly 4 million YouTube views in the last...

$15.30

Black Breath Australian Tour 2013

10th April

Black Breath emerged from dark basements and dive bars in the belly of Bellingham, Washington in 2005. Bored by the region’s apathy towards trenchant and...

TBA

The Resignators 'Down In Flames' Australian Tour 2013

30th March

The Resignators have been a staple in the Australian diet for the past seven years with high energy ska and punk releases including Offbeat Feeling, Time...

TBA

William Elliott Whitmore - Byron Bay Bluesfest 2013 Sideshows

24th March

William Elliott Whitmore returns to Australia for a series of headline shows in March 2013, plus two special performances at Byron Bay Bluesfest!Hailing...

$28

Title Fight Australian Tour 2013

15th March

Musical trends come and go, but the bands who stick around are the ones who eschew whatever’s popular in favor of playing the music that’s in their...

$31

The Smith Street Band 'Young Drunks' Tour

1st March

Melbourne’s THE SMITH STREET BAND won a lot of hearts this year with much-loved sophomore album ‘Sunshine & Technology’ and some seriously extensive...

TBA

Enigma Bar

7th January

Bands Upstairs - Check on our home page for details. Downstairs Bar Open Drum & Bass Drink Specials 9.30pm-1am $4.50 Tooheys Extra Dry Stubbies $5 Bacardi...

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Enigma Bar

7th January

Bands Upstairs - Check on our home page for details. Downstairs Bar Open 3 Pool Tables Random 2-4-1 Specials throughout the night

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The Hard-Ons Australian Tour 2012

15th December

Having recovered substantially from a well-publicised incident, Peter "Blackie" Black will take his band The Hard-ons back on the road in Australia in...

$15

The Hard-Ons

15th December

Sydney legends The Hard-Ons are hitting Adelaide Dec 15th with local boozer stoner/grind band Guantanamo Bay City Rollers

N/A

Fight for the Right

7th December

Join us on a Friday night at Enigma with four energetic, explosive metal bands for a night of absolute madness!All hailing from Adelaide, the metal...

$8

Fight For The Right!

7th December

Join the revolution on a Friday night at Enigma with four of the most energetic, explosive metal bands from the south for a night of absolute madness!All...

$8

The Siren Tower 'National History' Australian Tour 2012

17th November

There hasn’t been an Australian band like the Siren Tower in quite some time. That is, a band distinctly and unmistakably Australian. The country and...

TBA

Thy Art is Murder 'Reign of Darknes' Australian Tour 2012

16th November

Brisbane and Sydney-based extreme metal outfit THY ART IS MURDER are unleashing Hate on the world once more. They are stoked to announce that they are...

TBA

Touche Amore / Make Do And Mend Australian Tour

11th November

Touche Amore are a thought-provoking, passionate hardcore/punk band from Los Angeles, CA. From the first strikes of their angular, yet melodic, chords,...

TBA

Yung Warriors Australian Tour 2012

3rd November

Off the back of their smash single “Standing Strong”, Australian emcees and Deadly Award Nominees, Tjimba & D Boy aka YUNG WARRIORS are back on the road...

$12

Progfest Australian Tour 2012

6th October

Headlining all national PROGFEST tour dates in 2012 are Melbourne's progressive/extreme/violin-laden metallers NE OBLIVISCARIS who have, after many years...

TBA

Jerrico Australian Tour 2012

29th September

After three years together, 137 blistering shows, eleven Festival appearances, many sold out head-lining gigs, a solid offering of two highly successful...

$12

Defeater / Blacklisted Australian Tour 2012

26th September

In what could be one of the worst kept secrets of 2012 we can now confirm Massachusetts band Defeater will indeed be returning to Australia this September...

$35.00

Regular John 'Strange Flowers' Australian Tour 2012

21st September

Sydney band Regular John have announced an eight-date national tour in support of their new album. The Strange Flowers tour will see the band travel to...

$12

Rival Schools Australian Tour

16th September

Born out of a hearty hardcore pedigree, the members of Rival Schools stepped to the plate with a phenomenal history and the qualities that would point...

TBA

The Toasters (USA) Australian Tour

13th September

Thirty years ago a bunch of upstarts ignited a spark on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. A spark that fired the imagination of the American music scene,...

TBA

Sydonia 'Words That Don’t Exist’ Australian Tour 2012

8th September

Sydonia will be touring nationally throughout August and September to promote their latest release: the EP ‘Words that don’t exist’, featuring their...

TBA

Breaking Orbit - The Time Traveller Tour - Adelaide

31st August

TBA

The Smith Street Band 'Sunshine And Technology' Album Launch Tour

30th August

We’re delighted to reveal that burgeoning buzz band The Smith Street Band will release their second album Sunshine And Technology on August 24, 2012. To...

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Grass Taylor 'Broken Vaults' Tour

30th August

After a very warm welcome back to the stage during his ‘This Art’ tour in April, Grass Taylor is hitting the highways again this August while serving up...

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Mayweather @ Enigma Bar

18th August

$12

Rosetta @ Enigma Bar

5th August

TBA

Adrift For Days Australian Tour 2012

14th July

Adrift for Days formed in late 2008 in Sydney, Australia. Their debut album "The Lunar Maria" was released in August 2010 to widespread critical acclaim,...

TBA

I Am Giant 'Purple Heart' Australian Tour 2012

6th July

I Am Giant are returning to Australia in late June for their second headline tour this year. The 5 date tour is in support of the UK based bands’ latest...

Basement Australian Tour 2012

4th July

Basement are a band that is making waves around the world. Their meaningful brand of punk rock and emo melody has led them from their home in Ipswich,...

Macabre Australian Tour 2012

27th June

Headlining this year’s ‘High Voltage Festival’, Macabre blends elements of true crime, math rock, nursery rhymes, thrash, folk melodies, death metal, jazz...

Bellusira 'Culprit' Australian Tour 2012

16th June

One of the most prolific alternative rock bands to ever come out of Melbourne, Bellusira has raised the standard of the scene yet again. With the...

Hard-Ons 'Smell My Finger' Australian Tour 2012

10th June

One of the most unlikely rocknroll bands to reach hero status in Australia and elsewhere is The Hard-ons. Originating from the underprivileged suburb of...

TBA

Ne Obliviscaris 'Portal Of I' Australian Tour 2012

9th June

Almost 9 years after the bands formative rehearsals first took place; after numerous line-up changes that has seen the band go through almost continual...

Ska Weekender Festival 2012

8th June

You know that old bird, she’s been around forever, she get’s loads of flowers wherever she goes and has a birthday when it’s not even her birthday? She’s...

Day On Fire Apologies and Ghosts Album Launch

26th May

After seven years as a band, a debut EP and countless live shows including amazing local and international supports, Adelaide's Day On Fire are proud to...

$10

Bitter End Australian Tour 2012

25th May

Influenced by the metallic New York Hardcore bands of the late 80's and early 90's, San Antonio's Bitter End have established themselves as a brute force...

The Strums & Set Sail Australian Tour 2012

12th May

The Strums are getting ready to make play their way around the country by land and by sea in support of their second single Gimme Some Hope. The song’s...

Rockin' Rocks - May Mayhem - Official Adelaide Halestorm Album Launch Party

4th May

It'll be absolute Glam Rock Mayhem at Rockin' Rocks this May with live music from;Laced in LustThe XOX'sLoaded Leopard$5 EntryDoors at 9Drink Specials!!!2...

$5

Rockin' Rocks! Easter Special (Adelaide Official Shinedown Album Release PARTY!)

7th April

Come check out some awesome local talent and maybe even discover your new favourite band right here on your doorstep!!! Rock out and burn off those easter...

$5

Dead To Me (USA) & Cobra Skulls (USA) 'All Drive, No Lullabies' Australian Tour 2012

28th March

Over March and April 2012, San Francisco’s DEAD TO ME and Reno’s COBRA SKULLS will team up for an Australian tour covering four states over nine dates....

Twelve Foot Ninja 'Swarm' Australian Tour 2012

10th March

Twelve Foot Ninja suspected their live performance was sufficiently honed when they were invited to support international acts Periphery (US) and...

$15.00

Bomb The Music Industry & Smith Street Band

8th March

Blood Sweat & Beers, Poison City Records, and Dying Scene are incredibly proud to bring you New Yorks Bomb the Music Industry! & The Smith Street Band...

$18.50

Bomb The Music Industry! (USA) & The Smith St Band - BYO Band Tour

8th March

Blood Sweat & Beers, Poison City Records, and Dying Scene are incredibly proud to bring you New York’s Bomb the Music Industry! & The Smith Street Band...

Sybreed (Switzerland) Australian Tour

6th March

Formed in 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland by guitar player Drop and singer Benjamin, Sybreed was created to reflect their mutual tastes for metal and...

Sybreed

6th March

One of Europe's finest, Industrial groove masters Sybreed head down under in March 2012 for their first ever-exclusive Australian Tour. The four piece...

$18.50

Rockin' Rocks! Soundwave Warmup Party!!!

2nd March

http://www.facebook.com/events/319207231449345/COME GET PSYCHED FOR SOUNDWAVE!!! ONLY $5 ENTRY!!!DRINK SPECIALS!!!2 Jager bombs for $10 ALL NIGHT!!!2 for...

$5

Fuse Showcase

23rd February

Move To Strike (SA) is a rock band from Adelaide, who has fast become one of South Australia’s premier acts. The bands original sound added with their...

SLAM Day 2012

23rd February

Emperors @ Enigma Bar

18th February

t’s been over three years since rock group Antiskeptic finished up after a ten year career that spanned a massive 1000 shows worldwide. So it is with HUGE...

$22.00

Rockin' Rocks! BDO Afterparty

3rd February

BDO AFTER PARTY!!! DOORS @ 9PM, ONLY $5 ENTRY!!! (FREE AFTER 12!!!)TIX AVAILABLE FROM MOSHTIX!!!http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=53773DRINK...

$5

Lydia (USA) 'Paint It Golden' Tour

20th January

LYDIA (USA) - 'Paint It Golden' Tour. January 2012 Australian TourGreat art is never literal and usually left open for interpretation. With Lydia, that is...

$25

Juke Kartel 'Freeway' Australian Tour 2012

8th January

Topping off a stellar year, including a US radio tour for new single "SOULSHAPER (Come with Me)" and headline act to a capacity crowd at House of Blues on...

Off! (USA) Australian Tour

3rd December

Fronted by legendary Black Flag and Circle Jerks vocalist Keith Morris, all-star Californian hardcore ensemble OFF! announce their first ever Australian...

Finding Giants

2nd December

Finding Giants debut inner city show innaugerating the FG summer 2011/12 run through regional S.A ending up in melbourne in january.

$5.00

After The Fall (USA) Australian Tour

25th November

Established in 2003, After The Fall play melodic hardcore in the vein of Bad Religion, Paint It Black, NOFX, Propaghandi and Kill Your Idols. After criss...

Negura Bunget (Romania) Australia Tour

17th November

Immortally rising from the spirituality of immortal lands, Romanian folk/black metal band Negură Bunget began their journey through the universe of Black...

$20

Descent Into The Australian tour of... The Planet Smashers

2nd November

Montreal’s the Planet Smashers are an institution across the world having released 7 full length albums,played on the world renowned “Vans Warped Tour”...

$37.50

Heirs + Alcest (France) Australian Tour 2011

28th October

In September 2011, Melbourne five-piece, Heirs, will release the first taste of its forthcoming third album in the form of a double A-Side 7"/CD. To...

Doomsday Festival 2011

21st October

Doomsday Festival debuted in 2009 and primarily showcases a selection of Australia's finest sludge, doom metal, psychedelic, heavy stoner, post-rock and...

TBA

Pour Habit (USA) & Smoke Or Fire (USA) Australian Tour 2011

14th October

Once every now and then a tour comes along that makes you give yourself a little pinch; just to see whether your dreaming or not, well, sit back, take a...

Ringworm (USA) Australian Tour September 2011

18th September

It’s been four long years, but hardcore heavyweights, Ringworm, have finally resurrected with their fifth assaulting and vicious album Scars, released...

Stray Dog Strut

16th September

$7.00

2011 Ska Weekender Festival

9th September

It's time to dust off the suspenders, chequered belts and pork pie hats because the SKA WEEKENDER FESTIVAL is back in 2011. This year is bigger, better...

$15.00

Enforce on tour

20th August

“Enforce on tour 2011”It has been 5 yrs since our last adventure from our city in Western Australia. So in 2011 on the release of our 3rd album...

$10

Winter Unplugged featuring Mere Theory, Move To Strike and More

19th August

Winter Unplugged Acoustic NightMERE THEORYMOVE TO STRIKETHE MIRACLE IS NOW (EX-IN FICTION)JOSH MANN (PAPER ARMS)FIRE FOR A DRY MOUTH$8 ENTRY, 18+COME HAVE...

$8.00

Quiet Child

6th August

Forbidden (USA) Australian Tour

3rd August

Old school metal masters Forbidden are smashing their way into Australia this July for the very first time. Set to play 6 massive shows in support of...

$44.00

Doomriders (USA) Australian Tour July 2011

28th July

Boston’s Doomriders are sonically antisocial and undeniably unforgettable as they come. Comprised of a stellar lineup starring Converge bassist Nate...

$25

Emmure (USA) 'Speaker of the Dead' Australian Tour 2011

17th June

Having postponed their highly anticipated January Australian Tour, New York’s most notorious live metal band Emmure have announced that they will finally...

$27

Coerce 'Ethereal Surrogate Saviour' Tour

11th June

After garnering much critical acclaim along with a Triple J Next Crop spot, national Karnivool tour, Big Day Out performance and several international...

The Fireballs 'Psychotic Music for Neurotic People' Australian Tour 2011

10th June

Fireballs have long been one of the fastest and most furious outfits ever to terrorise Australian audiences. Now with a revitalized lineup, a new album...

$28.70

Alestorm 'Back Through Time' Australian Tour

11th May

Arrr! Those piratical badasses ALESTORM are sailing their way through the seas of time, to once again plunder our shores on an ale and wench raiding...

$51.50

Enigma Exstatic

16th April

Get Involved a check out some of Adelaides Premium Rock Giants!!!

$7

Frank Turner (UK) ‘England Keep My Bones‘ Australian Tour

14th April

After a busy few months of writing and recording tracks in a studio in North London, Frank Turner emerges with details of his forthcoming album, plus...

$23.60

Tim Barry (USA) Australian Tour 2011

7th April

Tim Barry’s been kicking around the musical underground for nearly 20 years, first as the front man for Virginia punk heroes Avail, and more recently as...

$28.70

Streetlight Manifesto (USA) 'Ship Of Fools' Tour

3rd April

Of all the various compliments Streetlight Manifesto have received from fans over the years, there is one in particular that seems to resonate most with...

King Cannons EP Launch Tour

1st April

Melbourne based rockers King Cannons have well and truly exploded into 2011, kicking off the year with a new label, new management and are about to shake...

$13

The Hard-Ons Live March-April 2011

31st March

THIS IS OUR PROPAGANDA: If you consider yourself a music fan and you've not heard the name Hard-ons then you must have lived in a cave for the last 21...

Miles Away / Defeater (USA) / Fires Of Waco Australian Tour

30th March

Since releasing their standout third album "Endless Roads" in August 2010, by Miles Away's standards have been laying low. With members now residing on...

$25

D.O.A. (Canada) Australian Tour

9th March

Canada’s legendary Punk Kings,who helped spread punk rock counterculture around the world, approach a momentous milestone. For nearly 25 years D.O.A. has...

Laura ‘This Grey Earth’/ Mark The Day’ Tour

4th March

For anyone who ever thought that making good music was a lost art, Laura compels you to think again. This March, the Melbourne 5-piece returns with the...

$17.40

Sydonia & Jericco 'Swarm' Tour 2011

25th February

SYDONIA and JERICCO are very excited and proud to announce that they will be smashing it together live across the nation. The two Melbourne alternative...

$18

Death Audio

19th February

$10

I Exist / Phantoms 'Bad Romance' Tour

17th February

Just south of Brisbane is a lovely place where dreams come true - Wet'n'Wild. While touring together in March 2010, Canberra sludge merchants I Exist and...

No Trigger (USA)/Such Gold (USA) Australian Tour 2011

5th February

No Trigger have never been a band to rush things. After releasing their first full-length album “Canyoneer” back in 2006 to widespread acclaim from both...

La Dispute (USA) Australian Tour 2011

19th January

Outside of a die-hard cult following, few within Australia had heard of La Dispute before their 2009 tour. Quietly and surely, though, the Michigan...

The Poor 'Round 2' Tour

12th November

The Poor started out playing the pub circuit in Darwin nearly 2 decades ago. The plan was simple, hard rockin’ hard drinkin’ and world domination. In...

$19.40

4Arm 'Crush The Empire' Tour 2010

29th October

Australian Thrash Metal band 4ARM are scheduled to play eight shows across Australia on their, "Crush the Empire" Tour. The tour kicks off in Melbourne...

Sydonia "Ocean of Storms" Single Tour

13th October

Sydonia is proud to announce our new single "Ocean of Storms". Mixed by Colin Richardson (Slipknot, Trivium, Machine Head, etc, etc) & Martyn "Ginge"...

MM9 ‘Let It Take Over’ Tour

1st October

Sydney based genre defying MM9 are hitting the road to celebrate the release of their latest single ‘Let It Take Over’. The boys are fresh from the...

$16.40

Miles Away 'Endless Roads' Tour

22nd September

The culmination of eight years of hard work, heartache and good times, Endless Roads is the sound of a passionate, road-hardened band at the height of...

$15

Hell City Glamours/Devilrock Four Australian Tour

18th September

After a quick warm up show with LA Guns on Sept 3rd in Sydney, Hell City Glamours are going to hit the road for a quick bash with old friends and touring...

Leatherface (UK) Australian Tour

16th September

Forming in Sunderland, UK over 2 decades ago, Leatherface’s legacy has spanned across 7 studio albums, countless 7″s and vinyl releases, 2 discographies...

$28.60

Lust 'First Tattoo' Tour

11th September

From the back streets of Sydney’s Inner-West, L.U.S.T. are a band of four who play hard rock. With a new history on the road ripping apart venues...

$12

Death Before Dishonor (USA) Australian Tour 2010

9th September

Australia needs to forget everything it knows about Boston Hardcore to prepare themselves for the beatdown that Death Before Dishonor are bringing to...

Cancer Bats (USA) ’Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones’ Tour

7th September

They’ve birthed a grimy hardcore giant and hailed a more metal-centric destroyer, but in 2010, CANCER BATS dropped their heaviest and deadliest offering...

$36.90

Extortion Headline Tour

27th August

Arguably the most potent musical force Australian music has ever seen, Perth's Extortion are preparing to set out this August on a run of East Coast...

$12

Rock Godz

21st August

Australian Whitesnake Tribute, Slip of The Tongue & Def Leppard Tribute, Def Replica rock the Enigma this Saturday night 21st August. Slip of The Tongue...

16

Samsara and Dropsaw 'Instinct Over Influence/Hard Justice' Tour

13th August

To celebrate the release of their tough as nails sophomore record, Melbourne hardcore crew Samsara are teaming up with Novocastrian five-piece Dropsaw...

Delta Reds (Melb) Play @ Enigma Bar

6th August

N/A

The Hard-Ons 'Alfalfa Males Once Summer Is Done Conform Or Die' Tour

22nd July

Presenting the new album by THE HARD-ONS “ALFALFA MALES ONCE SUMMER IS DONE CONFORM OR DIE” and the Australian Tour It sounds ridiculous, but right now,...

$17.40

Recoil 'The Will To Sin' Tour

17th July

Having recently signed to New Justice Records, Sydney metal band – RECOIL, whose name derives from its synonym ‘kick’, best describing their music – will...

Strike Anywhere (USA) Australian Tour

15th July

Strike Anywhere is more than a band; Strike Anywhere is a movement, a sound and a force. The band’s incredibly solid career has spanned ten years across...

$26

Carpathian 'Wanderlust' Tour

2nd July

Having survived countless line-up changes and a touring schedule that would break a lesser band, Carpathian have delivered their most impressive...

Eye of the Enemy ‘Weight of Redemption’ Tour

25th June

Spawned in the armpits of Melbourne, Eye of the Enemy ripped their way into the metal scene in 2006 with the debut release of their Demo. Show after show...

50 Lions/Blkout National Tour

24th June

Fresh from their European tour with Parkway Drive, 50 LIONS will be teaming up with BLKOUT this June/July for a full east coast tour that will take in...

The Miles Away/Break Even 'I'd Rather Be Giggin' Tour

18th June

Afends, Staple Management and Killyourstereo.com are proud to present the first ever I'd Rather Be Giggin Tour traveling nationally across Australia...

$15

The Vibrators (UK) Australian Tour

16th June

For over three decades, The Vibrators have punched above their weight when it comes to writing great songs and putting on good old-fashioned rock shows....

$25

The Poor 'Round 2' Tour - POSTPONED

5th June

Have had to postpone the upcoming ROUND 2 "WEIGH IN" shows as i have just been strongly advised by an audiologist not to fly or be exposed to any loud...

Toe To Toe 'Arturo Gatti' Tour

4th June

Over nearly two decades the tale to Toe To Toe has been rooted in survival, struggle and conviction. Forming at a time when many felt real hardcore punk...

$15

Doom Show

29th May

$10