Agincourt Annexe (1993–1995)

Agincourt Annexe

Agincourt Hotel, Harris Street, Broadway, c. 1980s. The Hardcore Café and the Annexe operated behind and adjacent to this building. The archive notes the Sri Lanka Restaurant signage.

Active period	1993–1995 (approx.)
Location	Harris Street, Broadway, Sydney
Adjacent venue	Agincourt Hotel (Hardcore Café)
Type	Annexe (Type 4)
Estimated events	~40
Documentation	Oral history. One photograph of the hotel building held.

The Agincourt Annexe was a semi-enclosed rear structure attached to the Agincourt Hotel on Harris Street, Broadway, Sydney, used as an overflow and secondary event space from approximately 1993 to 1995. It operated in conjunction with the Hardcore Café, a venue associated with Sydney's early house and techno scene that operated behind the Agincourt Hotel during the same period.^[1]

Agincourt Hotel, Harris Street, Broadway, c. 1980s. The Hardcore Café operated behind this building. The Annexe was attached to its rear. The archive notes that both the café and the Annexe are absent from this photograph, as they did not face the street.

The annexe is described in community oral histories as a tent or semi-permanent structure sharing a wall with the hotel's rear facade. It was accessible from the primary venue and functioned as additional dance space during busy events. Its precise dimensions are not recorded. No photographs of the structure have been confirmed to exist, a fact noted by multiple community sources who were present at events there.^[2]

The Agincourt Annexe operated over an estimated forty events across its two-year active period. The number is imprecise; oral history sources disagree on total event count by a margin of approximately fifteen events in either direction.^[3]

The structure no longer exists. The Agincourt Hotel and its surrounds were modified or demolished in the mid-1990s. Community sources date the final event at the annexe to sometime in 1995, though the exact date is not recorded.^[4]