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
Good Music presents All Star
June 6
Good Music presents All Star
DJ Be Kind to Other People & Friends
June 7
DJ Be Kind to Other People & Friends
Apolline at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick w/ Special Guests
June 9
Apolline at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick w/ Special Guests
Great Lake w/ Jumbuck + Maisie B
June 10
Great Lake w/ Jumbuck + Maisie B
Plan B Big Band
June 18
Plan B Big Band
Good Music presents All Star
June 20
Good Music presents All Star

Coming up in the bandroom!

Featured
Fairtrade Narcotics at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick w/ Lunar Lagoon
June 5
Fairtrade Narcotics at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick w/ Lunar Lagoon

☆ ☆ ☆ PERFORMING LIVE & FREE AT THE RETREAT HOTEL BRUNSWICK ☆ ☆ ☆

After some time between drinks, FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS return to The Retreat Hotel.

Good Music presents All Star
June 6
Good Music presents All Star

Good Music presents All Star.

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

DJ Be Kind to Other People & Friends
June 7
DJ Be Kind to Other People & Friends

BEER GARDEN

1pm - 3pm: MzRizk

3 pm- 7pm: DJBKTOP

BAND ROOM

7pm - 9pm: Yarra

9pm - 11pm: AROHA

11pm - 12am - AROHA B2B DJBKTOP

12am - 1am - DJBKTOP B2B LUKE McD

1am - 3am: Luke McD

Apolline at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick w/ Special Guests
June 9
Apolline at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick w/ Special Guests

Join Apolline for an evening of foot-stomping contemporary celtic tunes and emotionally immersive songs on June 9th at the Retreat! Is their album out yet? No! But did they just finish the recording part of the process? Yes! And surely that’s worth celebrating. Featuring some very special guests, to be announced closer to the date!

Great Lake w/ Jumbuck + Maisie B
June 10
Great Lake w/ Jumbuck + Maisie B

Three of your warmest and most earnest friends in Great Lake, Maisie B, and Jumbuck are convening on the Retreat Hotel front bar

BELLA FIOR 'Dirty Bones' Single Launch
June 11
BELLA FIOR 'Dirty Bones' Single Launch

Join BELLA FIOR on June 11th at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick to celebrate the release of her debut single 'Dirty Bones'!

Orphix “Album Fundraiser” at the retreat with “Violet Tendencies” and “Black Wattle Witches”
June 12
Orphix “Album Fundraiser” at the retreat with “Violet Tendencies” and “Black Wattle Witches”

Orphix is trying to make another album! After the raw punk energy of 2023’s “NO CONTROL” and the jangly surf of 2024’s “SURF CURSE” they’ve been cooking something really special for all of your ears!

Anatreptix at The Retreat
June 13
Anatreptix at The Retreat

An free afternoon of live music at the Retreat with Anatreptix playing Rebetika.

A Night For Cuba feat. Super Tart + Operation Karma + Footscray Hotel Choir + Bayan Chorus
June 13
A Night For Cuba feat. Super Tart + Operation Karma + Footscray Hotel Choir + Bayan Chorus

Join us at The Retreat Hotel from 7pm on the 13th of June to raise funds for the steadfast Cuban people in their struggle against US Imperialism.

Van Walker in the Retreat Front Bar
June 14
Van Walker in the Retreat Front Bar

Tassie's own Ramblin Van Walker is a prolific and celebrated songwriter in the genres of folk, blues, country and hardcore rocknroll, a 'cult figure' in his adopted home of Victoria, with a vast catalogue of poetic lyric-driven material that explore a range of personal and social themes.

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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.