With some great up and coming local acts on the bill tonight, The Old Bar is the place to be.
Organised after a last minute cancellation just a couple of days ago, up-and-coming acts Squid inc. and Grevillea Hedge are playing at The Old Bar tonight. With doors at 8pm and tickets being $15, it’s a great way to spend a Friday evening and support some local acts.
What you need to know
- There’s a gig happening at The Old Bar tonight
- Squid inc. and Grevillea Hedge are on the lineup
- Doors are at 8pm, with music starting from 8:30
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Tucked away on Johnston Street, The Old Bar has always been a place where artists and performers alike have united over a shared love of art and music. With an art gallery upstairs that showcases new exhibitions every fortnight and a new live act to catch literally every week of the night, it’s the perfect place to go on a Tuesday or Wednesday when nothing else is on.
With one of the venue’s owners Joel Morrison booking the bands personally, they’ve hosted a massive variety of big name local acts as well as consistently showcasing some of the best underground and up-and-coming stuff that the city has to offer.
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“King Gizz, Courtney Barnett, Wil Wagner and The Smith Street Band have done residencies,” Joel says. “Cash Savage still plays here lots, Graveyard Train, Brothers Grimm. There have been so many shows. There have been at least nine shows a week for ten years.”
The owners of The Old Bar also run The Carringbush Hotel in Abbotsford, a cosy venue with plant-based meals, art, live music and Taco Tuesday seven days a week. Visit them on Johnston Street for a great evening out or, you could even catch them on the field as The Old Bar Unicorns also play in the Renegade Pub Footy League at Victoria Park – a not-for-profit community organisation that operates a gender-inclusive Aussie Rules league in Melbourne’s north.
Head on over to The Old Bar for a fun gig tonight. For more information, head here.
