Zaphod Beeblebrox (nightclub)

Zaphod Beeblebrox was a ByWard Market nightclub in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada featuring live band performances.

Zaphod Beeblebrox
Zaphod's
Location27 York Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1N 5S7
Coordinates45.427943°N 75.693779°W / 45.427943; -75.693779
TypeNightclub
OpenedMarch 1992 (York St Location)
ClosedMay 14, 2017
Website
www.zaphods.ca

It was themed after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with drinks like the Pan Galactic Gargleblaster and other cocktails, and the Zaphod Beeblebrox style, which is described as "...the worst dressed sentient being in the universe, and even though he didn't try to be cool, he was."[1]

Eugene D. Haslam originally opened the venue on Rideau Street on August 1989, but was shut down on January 1991 when Bell Canada purchased the club's property for its telephone facilities. Haslam reopened Zaphod Beeblebrox on York Street on March 1992. Haslam later acquired and reopened Barrymore's, an Ottawa live music venue in 1996, and opened another short-lived club on Bank Street which was named Zaphod's 2.

The club introduced Electronic Mondays in July 2012, a free-admission event hosted by DJ Lowpass[2] featuring many generes of electronic music.[3][4][5]

Zaphod's hosted many artists who would go on to international success such as Alanis Morissette, Jewel, Bif Naked, Ani DiFranco, The Philosopher Kings, The Sheepdogs and Nickelback.[6]

On August 29, 2005, the Rolling Stones shot the music video for "Streets of Love" at the club.[7]

During the week of March 4–10, 2012 Zaphod's celebrated its 20th anniversary with week-long concerts and DJ sets.[8]

On May 1, 2017, it was reported that the club would be closing within two weeks. It closed its doors for the last time on May 14, citing "uncertain economic times".[9][10]

References
  1. eugene :: zaphod beeblebrox Archived August 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Spotlight: Ryan King (Ottawa) Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Potter, Rebecca (13 July 2012). "A dubstep in the right direction". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  4. EDM has come to Zaphod's: Interview with Lowpass and Eugene Haslam
  5. Zaphod Beeblebrox: Weekly Events
  6. Zaphod Beeblebrox: History Archived March 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. McQueen, Ann Marie (October 17, 2005). "Stones video makes TV debut". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  8. Rea, Cormac (1 March 2012). "Zaphod Beeblebrox's 20th Anniversary - The Bar at the End of the Universe". Ottawa XPress. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  9. http://exclaim.ca/music/article/ottawa_venue_zaphod_beeblebrox_to_reportedly_close
  10. http://zaphods.ca/closing-may-14th/
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