The former Beneficiaries Hall, at the corner of Filleul and Hanover Sts, has been demolished to make way for planned student accommodation. "It's pretty much the birthplace of early Dunedin Sound, for The Enemy and The Clean, and, as such, it should [have been] preserved. Workers demolish the site of the former Beneficiaries Hall, at the corner of Filleul and Hanover Sts, yesterday. "It was really important to those early Dunedin bands that really shaped the Dunedin Sound. The former Beneficiaries Hall is not the only historic Dunedin music venue to be demolished in recent memory.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 27, 2026 21:11 UTC