The Dark Eighties Dance Party at The Retreat in Melbourne!

You will hear some music from most of the following categories... cult 80s hits including goth, minimal wave, EBM, new beat, synth pop, post punk, industrial, death-rock, cold wave, dark wave, new romantics, italo disco and more great 80s music plus modern bands who are influenced by dark 80s music plus the occasional late 70s punk song!

Our tribute to Depeche Mode, The Cure AND New Order sold out!

We're going to dance to songs like Sanctuary, Sharp Teeth, Pretty Teeth, Tainted Love, Enjoy the Silence, Boys Don't Cry, The Killing Moon, Head Over Heels, No Tears, Spellbound, Bela Lugosi's Dead, This Corrosion and all those other moody gems you love to sing along to from the 80s and we are GOING TO PLAY THEM LOUD!

The Retreat Hotel would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which The Retreat now stands, and pay our respects to all elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded and that our venue operates on stolen land.