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This is my favourite cafe and my favourite bar and my favourite performance venue. Let me tell you why ~
I appreciate this place a lot for its inclusiveness, its versatility and its cultivating and sustaining of a community.
As a performance venue, Smith's hosts a wide range of (mostly but not exclusively) musical acts. The venue's variety shows and open mic jams foster local artists and makes performance opportunities very accessible for everybody.
The diversity of musicians and bands that perform makes the atmosphere of the place a little bit different each time. I love how the place adapts, and I love to see the creativity that it cultivates in the people who come in.
As a cafe, it has quite a homely feel, as all the food is baked in the store. Most of the food is, but not exclusively vegan. The peanut butter brownies, I recommend. The coffee is great, and the barista's are all very talented with what they do.
As a bar, the place has a range of house cocktails and a very good house red.
As a safe space, the place is welcoming and accepting of all who walk in. People are very respectful. I love to see how comfortable people are there, and quite often their will be someone dozed off on a couch ! It's beautiful. The ~donated~ piano ( and many other instruments) outside depicts Smith's' sense of community, conviviality, cultivation of creativity and its accessibility. The place is important to me, as it is important to many other people I know. I'll love to observe it as it changes with the many lovely people who come and go through.
This place is just brilliant! I love it. A beautiful vibe. Relaxed folkie/hippie/shabby undertones, with a hip/cool sheen over the top. Who puts a piano out on the footpath for anyone to play whenever! Instruments hanging and sitting around the place inside. Nigel and staff are friendly and laid-back. The music/art/entertainment they put on is varied and wonderful. Canberra is so lucky to have this cultural icon!! Go Smith's Alternative!!
Great coffee and baked treats made on the premises. Proudly supporting and promoting Canberra's awesome original music/arts scene too. Highly recommend.
Best place for original music, poetry, art and creatives of all sorts in town. Comfy, friendly, great drinks and snacks. Feels like home �
The coolest place in Canberra. Come to a book launch, a poetry reading, live alternative music, coffee, wine, snacks, etc.
The people are so nice here I love this place great relaxing space with great staff and great food very comfy and healing love the books and the little stage and the great musicians all round great great great
Saw Fred Smith there at few weeks ago. Awesome comfy place to listen to a diverse range of music have a wine and relax.
Brilliant venue - comfortable, quirky, sound is great, they sell midstrength tasty beer and friendly staff who let us bring food in from another venue. What else would you want from a venue? Oh, yeah - the toilets are good too. Thanks for hosting live music.
A delightful and great venue to play with a real attentive listening jazz audience. + another great jazz band working right outside the joint...a real object lesson for all other venues with their mindless musak etc....
Excellent space for feeling like the world is going to be ok.
I can easily end up spending all day and night in there. Great venue, interesting people, awesome, accommodating staff. Creative oasis
Relaxed, friendly staff who make you feel welcome. We're old friends really. Great venue with great sound for an eclectic range of live music. Great for walking up to the instrument wall, picking one off it to just play (or just play the piano on the street). Someone else is more than likely to join you for a jam!
Where do I begin? This place is a Canberran institution. Great for hosting events, wandering in off the street, doing work on the couch, drinking, eating, chatting, just about everything apart from buying books (although I think you can do that as well)
Ahh..what a lovely place with lovely people in a lovely town! x
Vinicius Moreira Brasil
+5
Wonderful and Cozy artistic place to enjoy good music, arts,drinks and delicious cakes :-)
Was an awesome night This way North has the place pumpin. Will def going again in the not too distant future. Great to talk to the musician after the gigs
More places like this, everywhere. Laid back, unpretentious, DIY, grass roots, independent...music venue, serving quality coffee late night. Great door policy - get a drink sit outside and listen to the music for free. Or pay to go in. More of this!
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