Team Love are an Alt-Country Band from Melbourne and the Wombat State Forest. Traditional country songs, with popular influences, ranging from rocking duets to heartbreaking ballads to four part harmonies, Team Love makes songs that are both dynamic yet simple. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you’ll love, Team Love.
Sunday Scaries is a comedy night featuring some of Melbourne’s best comedic talent. Run by Comedian Sez this is the perfect event to finish your week and cure the Sunday Scaries.
Doors open 6pm and show starts at 6:30pm in the band room. Seating is provided.
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.
Good Music presents All Star.
Full venue takeover @ The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
5pm-3am.
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!
Destinezia and Townhouse are joining up for a short run of shows to celebrate the release of Destinezia’s new single, “Crooked Teeth.”
Good Music presents Lara Anderson, launching her new single 'Sidelines'. Also featuring Jasmin Adria, and Girl From Nowhere.
Purée are hitting the road this summer in celebration of their highly anticipated second EP, What Happens Now?
The Brunswick Music Festival Presents The Sydney Road Street Party!
Featuring:
FRENZEE
BROWN SPIRITS
RAMONA SKYE
ISABELLE SKYE BAND
Wipe the tears from your eyes, forget your hex debt and gear up for Brunswick’s very own improvised funk, jazz, and groove jams with a rotating house band.
Free in the main room!
Amy and The Rectifiers are pumped to hit the stage at The Retreat, one of Melbourne’s most iconic live music venues! Get set for a high-energy night packed with chart-topping hits from the '60s through to the 2000s—blending the best of RnB, Rock, and Pop into one unforgettable show. Come for the music, stay for the vibes—let’s make it a night to remember!
Melbourne-based indie rockers the Droptails are returning for select live performances in early 2026 to showcase their new album ‘Through Road’.
Sing It Sister! is a high-energy, all-genders singalong for sisterhood! It’s a blow-the-roof-off celebration on International Women’s Day.
Freya Josephine Hollick writes of breathtaking bucolic scenes, and articulates those things about love and loss most of us can scarcely put into words.
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!
Wipe the tears from your eyes, forget your hex debt and gear up for Brunswick’s very own improvised funk, jazz, and groove jams with a rotating house band.
Free in the main room!
Naarm based singer songwriter Flynn Gurry is hitting the road to celebrate the release of his new EP Gold.
Wipe the tears from your eyes, forget your hex debt and gear up for Brunswick’s very own improvised funk, jazz, and groove jams with a rotating house band.
Free in the main room!
Come along and enjoy a night full of new-wave, dance-punk, indie sleaze, and some of our best local noise!
Good Music presents All Star.
Full venue takeover @ The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
5pm-3am.
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!
Munroe are returning to The Retreat Hotel Brunswick for an afternoon of summer goodness. The alt folk outfit will kick off the new year in the sun with a slew of new music on the horizon. Supported by Meisie.
Good Music presents All Star.
Full venue takeover @ The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
5pm-3am.
Amaya Laucirica is a singer/songwriter whose music contains hints of pop, rock, and psychedelia. Her music combines the swirling contours of Cocteau Twins with the
wistful melodies of The Go-Betweens.
FINOJET is a dynamic singer/songwriter whose musical journey has been marked by genre-blending innovation and electrifying live performances.
Real Good Company are headed to The Retreat on January 2 to kick off 2026
DOORS 7:30pm
Jan 2nd 2026
One man band dance party guitar mess since 1996!
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!
Cycad-mas at The Retreat Hotel Brunswick with Last Embers and Una Mela
Join Brooke Russell in the Beer Garden for a special afternoon show.
December 27th - 2pm
The Pourshots fronted by a big bass baritone in Shaun Havoc the band play a healthy dose of classic truckin tunes, original country themed music and country covers.
The Retreat Hotel is throwing a Gig for Gaza, raising much needed funds to supply medical aid in Palestine via Medecins Sans Frontiers.
Indie-pop outfit ONIERA hail from Engadine/Dharawal and Hurstville/Dharug in Sydney, blending nostalgic warmth with a modern indie-pop edge.
Join the "Talking Pit" for an evening of energetic and spontaneous grooves and tunes.
Freya Josephine Hollick writes of breathtaking bucolic scenes, and articulates those things about love and loss most of us can scarcely put into words.
The time has come. Back where it all started and ended. Mylk reunite for one special show.
Amy and The Rectifiers are pumped to hit the stage at The Retreat, one of Melbourne’s most iconic live music venues! Get set for a high-energy night packed with chart-topping hits from the '60s through to the 2000s—blending the best of RnB, Rock, and Pop into one unforgettable show. Come for the music, stay for the vibes—let’s make it a night to remember!
Helpful Clever Horse is a new clothing brand with the goal of supporting neurodivergent artists in their unique musical journeys.
Sunday Scaries is a comedy night featuring some of Melbourne’s best comedic talent. Run by Comedian Sez this is the perfect event to finish your week and cure the Sunday Scaries.
Doors open 6pm and show starts at 6:30pm in the band room. Seating is provided.
SUPRISEEE! 👀👀 me and my BEAUTIFUL beautifullll friend Ruby Mae 😍😍😍 are playing the Retreat Hotel Brunswick 7th December! FREE ENTRY 2-4pm!
CIB & Bad Debts Free Saturday 2pm Arvo Show.
Beloved indie-rockers Eliza & the Delusionals are stripping things back for a special run of intimate live & acoustic shows this December in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Connor Callahan announces his new show ‘Live @ the retreat hotel’
Wipe the tears from your eyes, forget your hex debt and gear up for Brunswick’s very own improvised funk, jazz, and groove jams with a rotating house band.
Free in the main room!
Good Music presents Real Sleaze.
Playing indie sleaze hits until late.
Also featuring live performances.
GRUMPY are back with more brain melting grooves and coma inducing melodies (in a good way) to celebrate the start of #grumpysummer and the end of semester
