A basement club with a DJ Mag Top 100 sound system
A basement club with a DJ Mag Top 100 sound system
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CBD basement club ranked 97th in DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs 2026, with two rooms, room for about 800 and DJs booked since 1996.
Chinese Laundry is a basement club in a century-old CBD building at 111 Sussex Street; Time Out lists the entrance as 1 Slip Street. DJ Mag placed it 97th in its Top 100 Clubs 2026, down three places. It has two rooms, a Martin Audio Torus sound system, low ceilings and a capacity of 800, and it has booked DJs since 1996. A custom LED cube installation called BLOCKIGHT adds a digital art layer.
The club reopened on 28 June 2024. Recent bookings range from Estella Boersma to Skee Mask, with local names such as Caleb Jackson, Jacqui Cunningham and Merve. Opening days are not fixed in the sources we checked, so read the listing for the night. Not for you if you want big-room spectacle. This is a low-ceilinged, no-frills room built for the music.
Sydney CBD club with house, techno and jungle programming; past bookings include Jeff Mills, Sasha, Flume and Dom Dolla.
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Opened in 1996 and closed in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. It reopened on 28 June 2024 after a four-year hiatus, with new Martin Audio sound systems and revamped DJ booths.
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2026-10-25
· Sources:
ra.co, djmag.com, chineselaundry.club
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1996
