Recently we received what is undoubtably the greatest edition to Major Toms ever. An old school arcade game custom built with 1300 classic games. As you can imagine, ain’t a whole lot of work been going down at Major Toms this week.

To celebrate it’s arrival on Wednesday 1st Feb we are going to host Mt Maunganui’s first ever Street Fighter tournament! It’ll kick off at 9:00pm and registration will start at 8:00pm. You’ll just need to pay 50c for your first game and if you advance through the tournament we’ll pay for the remainder of your credits.

We’ve consulted Major Toms self proclaimed resident Street Fighter guru Lex Mawson and he’s chosen “Street Fighter II Champion Edition” as the official version for the tournament.

The Street Fighter champion will win a $50 bar tab. Don’t forget to bring your game.

Our buddies from Lower have done a sweet collaboration with G-Shock and produced this badass looking new watch.

Inspired by NZ’s farming heritage it features a tough leather cover and comes in a sheepskin lined leather case. Nice!

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The Lower crew are having a launch for the new watch on Saturday 28th January and we’re hosting the after party with the Sweet Mix Kids DJ’n from 9pm.

On Thursday 26th January Major Toms is hosting a tribute night to The Beatles. A bunch of our regular local muso’s like The Libres, Matt Bodman, Joe Thompson & friends are going to cover a bunch of classic Beatles tunes. Should be awesome! Beatlemania kicks off at 9pm.

There’ll also be a $50 bar tab for the best dressed Beatle.

Alright, New Years Eve is just around the corner. The weather report is looking terrible, so you could either wander around the main beach sober in the rain trying to get a pash, or come to Major Toms and have the time of your life!

We’ve got the guru of vinyl Toni Cooper dragging his crates of records into Major Toms and rocking the party right through into the New Year.

We’ve got multiple happy hours rolling throughout the night, with good tunes and good times.

Toni Cooper dragged his crates of vinyl into Major Toms on Boxing Day and threw down an awesome set of his favorite funk, soul, beats and hiphop. We’re stoked to have him back on Friday 30th December for the Corona Sounds of Summer.

It’ll be a night of epic tunes and good times. And we’ll have 4 Coronas for $20 until 11:00pm. Sweet!

Our buddy DJ Bobby Johnson is hitting the road on his annual summer tour. He’ll be stopping by Major Toms on Wednesday 28th December with his swag of garage rock, soul, garage and bloc party jams. Last year Goodnight Mumbo Jumbo was so busy we had to stop letting folks in by 11:00pm. A super fun night.

Toni Cooper loves vinyl. And the brother owns a LOT of records. He’s going to dig into his extensive collection and bring along a selection of his favorite funk, soul, beats and hiphop for your listening pleasure on boxing day.

C’mon down and groove off all that Christmas dinner.

This Saturday 24th December is Xmas eve and it’s the biggest night of the year at Major Toms! Because we’re only a little bar and the whole town wants to come party we’re selling tickets. But they’re only $10 and if you get in the door before 9pm you’ll get a free drink (tap beer, house wine or house spirit) and also a Xmas shot! We’re practically paying you to come along.

We’ve only got limited tickets so drop by Major Toms this week and get yours. If you’re freaking out that you’re out of town this week and are going to miss out then email majortomsbar@clear.net.nz and we’ll sort out some kind of interweb bank transfer/name on the door gig.

We are so excited to announce that on Wednesday 21st December our favorite local Band “The Libres” will finally be playing another show at Major Toms.
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And if that wasn’t awesome enough, one of our favorite acts who has ever played at Major Toms is going to play in support! Ellen Young who now goes by the name “Castlecliff Lights” is amazing live. Ellen is kind of a one-woman-band, using a loop pedal to build and layer her songs right before you eyes (and ears). Handclaps, banjo, xylophone and who knows what else she’ll slide in there. Amazing!
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Her new track is so good, it takes about a minute and half to kick off, but look at it go!