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
SECRET WORLD
Feb 20
SECRET WORLD
Good Music presents All Star
Feb 21
Good Music presents All Star
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
Lara Anderson 'Sidelines' Single Launch
Feb 27
Lara Anderson 'Sidelines' Single Launch
Purée | What Happens Now? EP Tour
Feb 28
Purée | What Happens Now? EP Tour

Coming up in the bandroom!

Featured
Baker and Bunn in the Retreat Hotel Brunswick Front Bar
Feb 18
Baker and Bunn in the Retreat Hotel Brunswick Front Bar

Old Time/ Bluegrass duets. A new project from Chris Baker- Banjo (Amarillo, Anthony Atkinson) & Jason Bunn- Fiddle (Orchestra Victoria, Amarillo, Jemma and the Clifton Hillbillies, Silver City Highway).

Charles Jenkins in the Retreat Hotel Front Bar
Feb 19
Charles Jenkins in the Retreat Hotel Front Bar

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

SECRET WORLD
Feb 20
SECRET WORLD

Fresh off their tour supporting Scowl and End It from the US, Sydney's Secret World will be playing three intimate headline shows in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney in February 2026.

The Dozeytones in the Retreat Beer Garden
Feb 21
The Dozeytones in the Retreat Beer Garden

The Dozeytones are a 7 piece Melbourne based trad jazz group!

Good Music presents All Star
Feb 21
Good Music presents All Star

Good Music presents All Star.

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

Lunch special with the bin night bandits & suzie so blue
Feb 22
Lunch special with the bin night bandits & suzie so blue

get down early for a 2pm start, ‘n get you the best lunch special you gon get!


College of Knowledge DJs in The Retreat Beer Garden (February Residency)
Feb 22
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.

Old Time Jam Session w/ Double Dole String Band
Feb 22
Old Time Jam Session w/ Double Dole String Band

Come along to the old-time jam session at The Retreat Hotel.

The Double Dole Stringband will be hosting an all-in jam session starting at 6:30pm at the Retreat Hotel.


Hot Tubs Bingo Machine !!!
Feb 23
Hot Tubs Bingo Machine !!!

The Retreat Hotel bring you Hot Tubs Bingo Machine

A free night of multiple rounds of bingo hosted and set to music by local duo Hot Tubs Time Machine. Observational humour meets bingo hall vibes via bedroom pop. Fly solo or pull together a team. Prizes, lols and pub grub. Take that Monday!

Amadou Suso in The Retreat front bar
Feb 25
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.


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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.