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Sat 1 Dec 2018

A true Collingwood local, the Gem has remained true to its Americana aesthetic since opening for business in 2006.

With its wooden honkytonk interior, ranch-style furniture, and shrines to the memory of the late Elvis Presley, not only does it capture the warmth and friendly feel of a Southern American bar, it's married authentic Texas Barbecue with a range of delicious vegetarian dishes creating a truly unique Melbourne food experience.

Thu 22 Nov 2018

Leave the wallet at home as 13 of Melbourne’s famed live music venues swing open their doors for a night of free music for Live Music Safari.

Thu 15 Nov 2018

From the PBS Vault – a live set from Laughing Clowns, recorded at the Seaview Ballroom on 12th September 1981.

Mon 5 Nov 2018 to Sun 11 Nov 2018

by NUN

 

Formed in late 2011, Nun started life as a recording project for members Jenny Branagan, Tom Hardisty (Woollen Kits), Steven Harris and Hugh Young (Constant Mongrel / Hamhock).

 

Their new LP THE DOME opens with a track named ‘Wake In Fright’, and presents a conceptual framework inspired by R. Buckminster Fuller that arms the record with a cohesive horror.

Thu 1 Nov 2018

The Grace Darling is an ornate 19th-century pub with a focus on locally produced beer and food, plus live indie bands.

With two seperate live music spaces and a warm and bustling front bar and eatery, this inner Northern staple is a great place for a casual pub lunch, group dinner or gig going for all kinds of music lovers.

 

 

Mon 1 Oct 2018 to Sun 7 Oct 2018

by Cash Savage and The Last Drinks

 

Good Citizens begins and ends with a thought. “I’m thinking violence is the answer”, Cash Savage sings as the Last Drinks rally behind her.

 

Mon 1 Oct 2018

Keeping the filth in Fitzroy for over fifteen years. The Old Bar is a beacon of dirt in the sparkly clean ether of the Melbourne bar and music scene.

Live music 7 nights a week and Saturday and Sunday afternoon shows.  

Satellite art gallery upstairs.

Good poeple, good staff, good bands.

 

The Old Bar

Wed 1 Aug 2018

150 years old, The Royal Oak provides a welcoming atmosphere with cold beer, pub food, sports viewing, live music and trivia.  There's always something going on at The Oak!

 

 

The Royal Oak

442 Nicholson St, Fitzroy North

Monday - Sunday: midday till midnight

Phone: 9481 4693

Mon 23 Jul 2018 to Sun 29 Jul 2018

by Deaf Wish

 

Lithium Zion is the fifth full-length album for Deaf Wish (and second for Sub Pop following 2015’s Pain), and while it’s a rare case that a group’s fifth album is their best, particularly any band operating under a “loud fast rules” ethos, Deaf Wish make a strong case as the exception.

 

Mon 28 May 2018 to Sun 3 Jun 2018

by Primitive Calculators

 

Seminal proto synth-punks Primitive Calculators are back with their third studio album On Drugs. In a career spanning four decades, a lot has changed but just as much has stayed the same.