The Meteor

Front door of The Meteor, showing Innes window

Located on the corner of Victoria and Bridge Streets (1 Victoria St), the Meteor building started life as the Innes bottling factory, and was a Skateworld in the 1970's to 1980's. In the early 1990's, it briefly became a car-yard (Hamilton Wholesale Cars), before finally becoming a theatre and music venue in September 1996. Tania Ussher, the then Community Arts Co-ordinator for Hamilton City Council was a central figure in the creation of The Meteor. A notable early event that took place here was the 1996 In Love With This Town release party. The Meteor is used mostly by the punk and hardcore scene, and hosted the annual Hamtown Smakdown events and several international hardcore acts.