open 7 days till late

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food, drink, trivia + live music

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open 7 days till late 〰️ food, drink, trivia + live music 〰️

280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick VIC 3056
+61 3 9380 4090

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Live music every night of the week and Pumpy’s Pub Quiz every Monday and Tuesday evening (book a spot here).

Dinner/Table/Beer Garden bookings are highly encouraged, grab a spot below!

Gigs
DISCO NOT DISCO
Jan 31
DISCO NOT DISCO
Kiss It Better Jam
Feb 2
Kiss It Better Jam
TEAM LOVE w/ Jules Sheldon & The Boundary Riders (duo)
Feb 15
TEAM LOVE w/ Jules Sheldon & The Boundary Riders (duo)
SECRET WORLD
Feb 20
SECRET WORLD
Hot Tubs Bingo Machine !!!
Feb 23
Hot Tubs Bingo Machine !!!
Destinezia- Crooked Teeth Single Launch at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick w/Townhouse
Feb 26
Destinezia- Crooked Teeth Single Launch at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick w/Townhouse

Coming up in the bandroom!

Featured
Amadou Suso in The Retreat front bar
Jan 28
Amadou Suso in The Retreat front bar

Known widely as the ‘Jimi Hendrix of the kora’, Amadou fulfils his ancestral duties to share the culture of his people through the African harp.


Charles Jenkins in the Retreat Hotel Front Bar
Jan 29
Charles Jenkins in the Retreat Hotel Front Bar

I’m back! They’ve let me back in the Retreat Hotel (Brunswick) Beer Garden!

Clementine - High St single launch W/ Jasmin Adria + Hologram Sam
Jan 30
Clementine - High St single launch W/ Jasmin Adria + Hologram Sam

Join Clementine for his debut full-band headline show to support the launch of his new single 'High Street'. Featuring support from Surfcoast/Melbourne folk-rock Luminary Jasmin Adria and her band, alongside Hologram Sam. FREE ENTRY. DOORS - 7:30

The Agents of Reverb - Monster Beach Party
Jan 31
The Agents of Reverb - Monster Beach Party

Help us celebrate Agent Yaraslav’s birthday at our Monster Beach Party, Satdee arvo Beergarden session. Dance till you drop

DISCO NOT DISCO
Jan 31
DISCO NOT DISCO

Come along and enjoy a night full of new-wave, dance-punk, indie sleaze, and some of our best local noise!

The Backyard Banjo Club At The Retreat Hotel
Feb 1
The Backyard Banjo Club At The Retreat Hotel

Hailing from Northern Melbourne, The Backyard Banjo Club are a tangled mess of banjo, violin, accordion, saxophone and bass. Sometimes upbeat, sometimes sultry, we don’t take ourselves too seriously and we always have fun. Think Wes Anderson meets Quentin Tarantino for a festival set.

College of Knowledge DJs in The Retreat Beer Garden (February Residency)
Feb 1
College of Knowledge DJs in The Retreat Beer Garden (February Residency)

College of Knowledge DJs take over the Retreat beer garden, spinning tunes every Sunday in February, 5-9pm.

The Owls play the Retreat Hotel Front Bar
Feb 1
The Owls play the Retreat Hotel Front Bar

The Owls are a 4 piece rock n roll band who's sound rings out somewhere within a realm defined by the countrified rock of the Byrds and CCR, the melodic guitar tapestries of Television and the wide open range of Neil Young's Crazy Horse.

Kiss It Better Jam
Feb 2
Kiss It Better Jam

Wipe the tears from your eyes, forget your hex debt and gear up for Brunswick’s very own improvised funk, jazz, and groove jams with a rotating house band.

Free in the main room!

Low Down Big Band
Feb 4
Low Down Big Band

Formed over 15 years ago, the Low Down Big Band are stalwarts of the Melbourne Big Band Scene. Come join in the fun on October 5th


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The Retreat Hotel Merch!

Show your support for your favourite local pub by wearing our merch!
Tees are $25 each - just ask one of our friendly staff members behind the bar to purchase!
Designs by James Devlin, Carolyn Hawkins + James Vinciguerra

 
 

The Retreat Hotel would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which the venue now stands, and pay our respects to all elders past, present and emerging.

We also acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded and that our venue operates on stolen land.