Come and join Moonee Ponds' finest dance-punk band launch our first and possibly very best single! 

Joining us will be "coupl'a duds making suds" Squid Doctors, who never fail to stimulate at least three out of five senses in any given audience.

We'll have a third band TBC, but rest assured they'll be mind blowing.

Kick off is at 8pm and it's free entry for one and all, so forget about your excuses right now and make sure you get down.

Every Wednesday, Melbourne's most charming and musical quizmaster Pete 'Pumpy' Lawler dishes out the trivia either in the dining room or the beer garden (location depends on the weather). Come down by 7pm and sign up your team for you're chance to show off you knowledge, win great prizes and have the most entertaining evening meal of your week!

well well well. HD played their first ever show at the retreat this year in august, released a single in october & somehow managed to keep it all together.

in celebration the band return to the cowboy front bar with some of their closest pals to celebrate music & friendship! these are the last shows until 2019 (meag is disappearing offline n back to the coast. will she return? only time will tell).

doors at 7:30, first act at 8 ~ gold coin donation ! $

4th:
Jarrow (solo)
everyone's favourite rascal, who released his sophomore record 'expensive hugs' earlier this year and has been super cheeky ever since ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31rWhnLb2WE

mara
dreamy sonic ambient sounds that'll subsequently melt n break your heart ~ https://soundcloud.com/maramaramusic

AND
** a special one-time duet from sam + meag! expect covers & lots of emotions. **

Charles Jenkins returns to his regular spot - solo in our front bar on Monday nights with an array of friends and special guests.

Yep, we're all here... for now? 

We're going to play two shows in The Retreat Hotel front bar on two consecutive Sundays of two consecutive weeks in December. 

We've played all but an intimate backyard affair in Australia this year after our Euro-trip in January and figured we should probably perform some songs, new and old after having recorded some new numbers in May for our upcoming album. We'd love to see you on the following evenings if you'd like to come along x

Sunday December 9th w/ Program & Doda Rivka
Sunday December 16th w/ A+ music & Blackheart

We acknowledge this event takes place on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and pay respects to elders past, present and future. Sovereignty has never been ceded.

Rain Of Animals is the euphonious collaboration between Pepita Emmerichs (Oh Pep!) and Theodore Barnard (Wire & Wool) and their love of all things mandolin, fiddle, guitar, vocal harmony, bluegrass, swing, oldtime, tunes and songs. Spanning originals to arrangements of classics and gems of rarities you wish you had discovered earlier, their sound is both new and old, unique in it's instrumental wizardry and musical integrity all at once.

8 Ball Aitken Touring Australia with his new SWAMP BLUES album.

Mr. McClelland's Finishing School is a celebrated night of dancing to pop music.

And that means all kinds of pop music;

From The Smiths to The Beatles, from Weezer to Prince, from Belle & Sebastian to The Supremes, from Pulp to Passion Pit, from James Brown to Blur, from Rage Against the Machine to Run DMC, from The Spice Girls to Arcade Fire.

It's all for dancing.

Cabinet will be launching their NEW ALBUM at the Retreat Hotel on Thursday the 6th of December!

Cabinet are a five-piece original band from Melbourne. Playing together since 2016, the band blends elements of funk, soul, hip hop and jazz to create an original, groove-based sound. Cabinet recorded their debut self-titled album in the winter of 2018, successfully launching it in December. 

Supporting Cabinet will be solo house/funk artist Christian Foyle, and Melbourne band Funk Me Right. 

Come along for an unmissable night of Funk and Groove!

Every Wednesday, Melbourne's most charming and musical quizmaster Pete 'Pumpy' Lawler dishes out the trivia either in the dining room or the beer garden (location depends on the weather). Come down by 7pm and sign up your team for you're chance to show off you knowledge, win great prizes and have the most entertaining evening meal of your week!

well well well. HD played their first ever show at the retreat this year in august, released a single in october & somehow managed to keep it all together.

in celebration the band return to the cowboy front bar with some of their closest pals to celebrate music & friendship! these are the last shows until 2019 (meag is disappearing offline n back to the coast. will she return? only time will tell).

doors at 7:30, first act at 8 ~ gold coin donation ! $

4th:
Jarrow (solo)
everyone's favourite rascal, who released his sophomore record 'expensive hugs' earlier this year and has been super cheeky ever since ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31rWhnLb2WE

mara
dreamy sonic ambient sounds that'll subsequently melt n break your heart ~ https://soundcloud.com/maramaramusic

AND
** a special one-time duet from sam + meag! expect covers & lots of emotions. **

Charles Jenkins returns to his regular spot - solo in our front bar on Monday nights with an array of friends and special guests.

Pink Wasabi in getting together with Melbourne artist Infraghosts for a night of electro & hip-hop. These girls bring you off the wall beats full of fun and heart. 

Artists DyspOra and Kenyan of the year winner Elsy Wameyo come together to launch their latest single Open Road. They are the essence of hiphop. With soulful tunes and lyrics that speak wonders. 

Come and see these power houses for their Melbourne show, you will not be disappointed.

Little Georgia launch their new album ALL THE WHILE at Melbourne's The Retreat Hotel Brunswick, with Benny Williams opening the show. 

Ben and I are doing a cheeky acoustic gig on Saturday arvo at the good ol’ Retreat.

Support from Oxcyde!

Come on down for a bevy or two.

Grizzlee Train return to Melbourne for a one-off show at The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
FREE ENTRY - Support from Katie Bates & Riley Catherall

Fairtrade Narcotics return to local saloon Retreat Hotel for a Thursday evening of debaucherous dancing and tasty, turbulent tunes. Supports from folk-rock wizard Oliver Northam with The Elsewheres, and sorceress/singer-songwriter, Eliza Joan.

Every Wednesday, Melbourne's most charming and musical quizmaster Pete 'Pumpy' Lawler dishes out the trivia either in the dining room or the beer garden (location depends on the weather). Come down by 7pm and sign up your team for you're chance to show off you knowledge, win great prizes and have the most entertaining evening meal of your week!

GUS will be making her first appearance at the Retreat Hotel front bar for a mini-residency in November. Taking place on the 20th, GUS (solo w/ special guests tba) will be supported by Marlings and on the 27th, GUS (band) will be joined by Franco Cozzo. 

Come on down for a refreshing and sombre take on an indie folk, shoegazey daydream that will make you fall in love with her the minute she steps foot on the stage.

SET TIMES TBA

MARLINGS-
With their vivid folk style, and heartwarming delivery of their fragile, soft ballads, the Marlings' gentle and inviting performance should not be missed. Their expressive qualities are just one reason they manage to captivate and engage their audience, as they are sure to do at the Retreat.

FRANCO COZZO-
Franco Cozzo consist of intricate, reverb and delay laden dual guitar work, jazzy saxophone melodies, thumping basslines, crashing yet funky drums and hazy vocal melodies all contributing to a wall of sound akin to 90's shoegaze with an indie and jazzy twist.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4CsiisyvRlJfsOYzMYBS6b?si=2F-ZlBgPSEaEbqOvP4OwQQ

GUS-
https://soundcloud.com/ames234

This event takes place on the land that belongs to the Wurrundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present and future and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

Massive special thanks to Claudia Chew for her art work ♥

Charles Jenkins returns to his regular spot - solo in our front bar on Monday nights with an array of friends and special guests.

The Good Minus are putting on a special show to celebrate their latest single, “Laughing Full Steam”. This will also be their last show for the year before they go into the studio to finish recording their album. They’ll be joined on the evening by Harry Permezel and Susy Blue.

https://thegoodminus.bandcamp.com
https://www.thegoodminus.com
https://www.facebook.com/thegoodminus/

https://www.facebook.com/harrypermezel/
https://hazerous.bandcamp.com/

https://susyblue.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SusyBlueBand/

As lead singer of legendary Melbourne Blues Punk firebrands, Harem Scarem, Christopher Marshall blew out the speakers on many a Melbourne stage. For those of you who missed them first time around, Harem Scarem were a much loved fixture of Melbourne’s thriving live scene back then. Renowned for their ferociously intense gigs, they were described variously as “Cold Chisel with a punk-rocking heart” or as “the Stones meet Creedence covering the Cramps” (or some such nonsense). With an intensely loyal following and upward trajectory of critical and popular acclaim they nonetheless disbanded way too soon in 1987 following the release of their landmark LP, Pilgrims Progress – re-released to renewed critical ravings in expanded format by AZTEC in 2008. Christopher Marshall then retreated into monastic seclusion before dragging himself out of the swamp temporarily in order to reinvent himself as a Scott Walkeresque soul rocking crooner for 1998’s well received Strange Waters, Small Mercies (Hi Gloss CD). A brace of shows backed by an all-star band (featuring members of Hunters & Collectors; Stephen Cummings, the Models etc.) recaptured the glory days but proved to be a flash in the pan as the singer retreated all too soon into the welcoming mangroves of obscurity.

Who would have guessed that in the midst of all this, Christopher Marshall was itching to reboot his fabled singing career.

Join us for a free show at The Retreat on Saturday November 24th with your friends Field Maps & 808s and Greatest Hits.

Music from 4pm

Perfect Whip will be bringing their unique brand of crunchy surf-psych to The Retreat Hotel alongside very special friends Dexy Oscillator & Uva Ursi ~ 

Every Wednesday, Melbourne's most charming and musical quizmaster Pete 'Pumpy' Lawler dishes out the trivia either in the dining room or the beer garden (location depends on the weather). Come down by 7pm and sign up your team for you're chance to show off you knowledge, win great prizes and have the most entertaining evening meal of your week!

GUS will be making her first appearance at the Retreat Hotel front bar for a mini-residency in November. Taking place on the 20th, GUS (solo w/ special guests tba) will be supported by Marlings and on the 27th, GUS (band) will be joined by Franco Cozzo. 

Come on down for a refreshing and sombre take on an indie folk, shoegazey daydream that will make you fall in love with her the minute she steps foot on the stage.

SET TIMES TBA

MARLINGS-
With their vivid folk style, and heartwarming delivery of their fragile, soft ballads, the Marlings' gentle and inviting performance should not be missed. Their expressive qualities are just one reason they manage to captivate and engage their audience, as they are sure to do at the Retreat.

FRANCO COZZO-
Franco Cozzo consist of intricate, reverb and delay laden dual guitar work, jazzy saxophone melodies, thumping basslines, crashing yet funky drums and hazy vocal melodies all contributing to a wall of sound akin to 90's shoegaze with an indie and jazzy twist.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4CsiisyvRlJfsOYzMYBS6b?si=2F-ZlBgPSEaEbqOvP4OwQQ

GUS-
https://soundcloud.com/ames234

This event takes place on the land that belongs to the Wurrundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present and future and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

Massive special thanks to Claudia Chew for her art work ♥

Charles Jenkins returns to his regular spot - solo in our front bar on Monday nights with an array of friends and special guests.

The Retreat Hotel Front bar at Brunswick FREE ENTRY 

THE SPAGHETTI STAINS  
POLITE SKELETONS  
NIPPLE CHAFFES

The Spaghetti Stains are a three piece, all female band from Gippsland, made up of members Emmah, Pantjiti and Rose. Their alt/indie rock sound takes inspiration from the likes of Dumb Punts, Wolf Alice, and The Grogans, featuring generational subject matter and lyrics from real events, bringing a hyped vibe to the stage.
Having recently won their local FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands, these girls are working hard on generating new material, following a high demand of bookings for up and coming gigs, both local and in other regions. 

Polite Skeletons are hitting all your favourite venues around Melbourne. A three piece from the north suburbs, drawing inspirations from the white stripes, thee oh sees and even homeshake. A simple sound with a tied up load of energy. Having just started playing together they are fresh from loungerooms, annoying neighbours and brewing some catchy quirky new tunes.  
https://politeskeletons.bandcamp.com/releases 


Nipple Chaffes, everyone's favourite 3 piece surf punk band. Playing a heap of gigs at all the classic venues Melbourne has to offer and just having released their single "Op shop mosh", they've proven to always be a wild fun time.

“This album is a cracker from start to finish. A magnificent record.” Neil Rogers, Triple R.

High-energy rock’n’roll!! ‘Ain’t Ever Going Home’ – the new album from Melbourne five-piece Riflebirds – sees the band move into new territory, stepping up the tempo and taking the spirited riffarama of their live shows and capturing it on studio record.

This is the third album in as many years for these prolific Riflebirds. Its release follows a busy schedule of bringing their live show to a slew of festivals, bars and pubs across the land.

Riflebirds and The Delvenes reunite for a Sunday arvo gig at The Retreat. Don't miss this free show in the main band room!

The Delvenes: 3pm

Riflebirds: 4pm