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
Naiad at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick
Jan 22
Naiad at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick
Mr. McClelland's Finishing School
Jan 23
Mr. McClelland's Finishing School
Good Music presents All Star
Jan 25
Good Music presents All Star
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)

Coming up in the bandroom!

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Naiad at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick
Jan 22
Naiad at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick

Naiad at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick

Mr. McClelland's Finishing School
Jan 23
Mr. McClelland's Finishing School

Mr. McClelland's Finishing School is coming to The Retreat to kick off your long weekend with a big old dance! Join legendary Melbourne DJ Andrew McClelland on Friday January 23 for his signature mix of song you love, songs you'd forgotten you loved, and songs you will soon love. Remember; if you can dance to it, they’ll play it, so come shake it in Brunswick in January!

An arvo with The Sunken Sea at The Retreat!
Jan 24
An arvo with The Sunken Sea at The Retreat!

After three years of music making in the UK, Melbourne born songwriter Dougal James is back on home turf. Having expanded his group of collaborators in London, The Sunken Sea has morphed into a larger collective spread across two different home bases.

ernie w/ Pool Sharks
Jan 24
ernie w/ Pool Sharks

After a packed first show, ernie return to The Retreat for their second outing. Expect jangly guitars, drum machine beats and thick bass lines

Good Music presents All Star
Jan 25
Good Music presents All Star

Good Music presents All Star.

Full venue takeover @ The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
5pm-3am.

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!

Click to check out the full gig guide...

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.