New business The Vault Townsville entices fans of karaoke and musical trivia
Whether you love belting out karaoke, or you’re a musical trivia buff, an exciting new Townsville business has got you covered. See when it’s opening.
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Whether you love grabbing a microphone to belt out karaoke, or you fancy yourself as a musical trivia buff, an exciting new Townsville business has got you covered.
Continuing the musical traditions of businesses occupying the Townsville building at 232-234 Flinders St – most recently the relocated Lux Noir – The Vault Townsville is a fun new CBD bar that will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday night.
Founded by Ryan Domingue, and backed by Lux Noir’s Stuart and Debbie Read, The Vault will be an irresistible lure for the city’s thriving karaoke scene every Friday and Saturday, while music trivia was planned for Thursday nights.
Originally from the southeastern US state of Louisiana, Mr Domingue met his Townsville fiancee while singing karaoke, before emigrating to be with her in 2019.
With 15 years experience DJing, hosting musical trivia, and karaoke across the road at 237 Flinders Street, Mr Domingue initially approached the Reads for an acting job, but leapt at their suggestion of launching a business aligned with his passions, in their former-premises.
“Everyone wants to get a little taste of being a star, and karaoke does that to people,” Mr Domingue said.
“(The Vault is) focused on karaoke but we’re still doing events. You can hire it privately, and I want to do holiday events and cycle through some stuff in town, for instance there’s no LGBTQ venue in Townsville … where that demographic can go now.
“We might do some stuff like a country night or an emo night down the line, if (the business) keeps doing pretty well.”
While there were plenty of places to go and have a drink or a dance, he said the Vault would give people heading into town a “little cerebral engagement” with his trivia Audiolympics.
“Music trivia is something I used to host back in the states, and there’s a bar back home that I’m still sending questions off to,” he said.
“My aunt was a band director, I’ve been in bands, I’ve been to a trillion concerts, met a million musicians, and so this is my niche. There’ll be four rounds of music trivia, and then a fifth round, which will be an activity of sorts.
“Every week the genre changes, or the category changes, so it might be 80s, hip hop, top 40, musicals, or Netflix theme songs, … there’s a tonne of variety I can work with and I already have about two years of material I can tweak specifically for an Australian audience.”
The business is currently looking to recruit bartenders.
For more information, follow The Vault Townsville on social media.
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