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Time Out
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
This groovy underground Sydney bar just made it onto a world's best list
Here at Time Out, we're in the business of recommendations – specifically, ones that get you off the couch, outta your house and experiencing the best of the city. We recommend everything from the best hikes to the best affordable eats – and, of course, the best bars in the city for when you're feeling thirsty. Now, Time Out has just dropped its 2025 round-up of the best bars in the world – curated by Time Out's international network of parched writers and editors – and one Sydney bar made the cut. That calls for a celebration. Pleasure Club – a purple-hued, disco ball-lit basement bar where hedonism is not only welcome but encouraged – landed in 16th place on the world's best bars list. Having opened in 2024, this late-night live-music bar was the first Newtown venue to be granted a 4am licence in more than 100 years – so if you wanna party late into the night, you can do that here. The drinks are excellent and tinged with nostalgia, there's free live entertainment on every night of the week, and if you come at pleasure hour (5-7pm), you can score $12 Martinis and $2 oysters. In fact, we love Pleasure Club so much it won Time Out Sydney's Bar of the Year Award 2025. Head down and see why it lives up to the name. Elsewhere on the list, you'll find everything from a classy little wine place in Madrid to a speakeasy in Manila, a sultry cocktail joint in Edinburgh and a no-fuss institution in London. And our good friends in Melbourne did well too, with sexy cocktail bar Apollo Inn landing in 11th place. Check out Time Out's guide to the world's best bars here. After a watering hole that's a bit more casual? See our list of the best pubs in Sydney, here.
Time Out
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Just in: These two Australian bars were named among the world's best by Time Out
Thirsty? You've come to the right place. Time Out is known for recommending the best places to go out around the world, and that absolutely includes must-visit bars. Much like our restaurant scene, Australia is home to some of the grooviest, grungiest and downright glorious watering holes this world has ever seen. Case in point: Time Out has just dropped its 2025 roundup of the best bars in the world – and two Aussie standouts made the cut. To curate our list of the world's finest, funkiest and most fantastic bars, we asked Time Out's international network of writers and editors to share their number one spot for a drink in their city. In the 2025 ranking, two Australian bars made their mark among just 18 inclusions. Obviously, Melbourne's ever-evolving bar scene featured on the list, with the handsome Apollo Inn landing in 11th place. Tucked inside a 1920s Neo-Renaissance building, this cosy, dimly-lit cocoon is perfect for old-world cocktail classics and sophisticated snacks. Apollo Inn's refreshing Picon Bière is a one-way ticket to summer in France, but you can also never go wrong with the Gibson Martini. Time Out Melbourne contributor Lauren Dinse says, 'Your best bet for getting a table at this perennially popular 30-seater is to clock off early from work and pop in at around 4pm. Stay as long as you like; any night of the week, you'll be made very welcome.' Over in Sydney, Pleasure Club – a purple-hued, disco ball-lit basement bar where hedonism is not only welcome, but encouraged – landed in 16th on the world's best bars list. Having opened in 2024, this late-night live-music bar was the first Newtown venue to be granted a 4am licence in more than 100 years. Time Out Sydney Editor, Avril Treasure, says the drinks are weird, wacky and tinged with nostalgia – think Cherry Ripe-inspired cocktails and even Vegemite Martinis. There's a reason Pleasure Club won Best Cocktail Bar at Time Out Sydney ' s Food and Drink Awards 2025 – head down and see why it lives up to the name. You can read Time Out's list of the world's best bars here. 🍹 The best bars in Australia right now 🥐
Sydney Morning Herald
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
The hottest gigs in town to beat the winter blues
Instead, the Faroese-Icelandic duo of multi-instrumentalists Janus Rasmussen and Ólafur Arnalds combine pulsing beats with melodic ambient music and orchestral flourishes. Get along to experience what the group call 'emotional rave' – music designed to get your feet moving while simultaneously tugging at the heartstrings. King Street Crawl Various venues, July 13 Now in its 11th year, this free live music festival is a suburb-wide celebration of Newtown's music, culture and community. A whopping 150-plus acts will be playing across 25 venues, with artists set to appear including Sydney alt-pop artist Annie Hamilton and a reactivated Deep Sea Arcade at Pleasure Club, Melbourne garage rockers Delivery and shoegazer Julia Why? at Vic on the Park, local retro rockers Salarymen at The Trocadero, and dance/hip-hop artist Dante Knows at The Botany View Hotel. Faye Webster Enmore Theatre, July 15-16 The delicate and delightful music of Atlanta's Faye Webster offers some fascinating clues to her past: the dalliances with alt-country can be traced back to a bluegrass-playing grandfather and a fiddle-playing mother, and the seemingly odd appearance of rapper Lil Yachty on new album Underdressed at the Symphony makes more sense when you discover Webster used to be in a rap group as a teenager. Barack Obama counts himself a fan; you'll probably be one too after hearing her exquisite tunes live. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers The Landsdowne, July 18 Formed by singer Anna Ryan, guitarist Scarlett McKahey, drummer Neve van Boxsel, keyboardist Pip Gazard, and bassist Jaida Stephenson when they were 15-year-old students in Canberra, rock band Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers have come a long way in a relatively short period of time. The band opened for Foo Fighters in 2023 and for Pearl Jam on their American tour in May; catch them playing old and new tunes at this pub gig before they inevitably start filling stadiums themselves. The Hives Enmore Theatre, July 23 The Swedish garage rock band, which comprises Pelle Almqvist (vocals), Nicholaus Arson (lead guitar), Vigilante Carlstroem (rhythm guitar), The Johan and Only (bass), and Chris Dangerous (drums), have a reputation as one of the best live bands on the planet, a lot of which comes down to the deranged energy of frontman Almqvist. As evidenced by their names, the band don't take anything too seriously, except their decades-long mission to blow audiences away with a killer rock show. Georgia Lines Low 302, July 25 Here's a chance to see one of New Zealand's biggest singers in a cosy, intimate venue. Hailing from Mount Maunganui, Georgia Lines has scooped numerous Aotearoa Music Awards, was the most played New Zealand-female artist on radio in 2023, and had a number one album in NZ with last year's debut The Rose of Jericho (which includes four number-one singles). This is a rare chance to hear Lines' soulful, R&B-inspired pop songs up close and personal. Dope Lemon Enmore Theatre, July 31 Sydney could currently do with less chill: the temperature, and more chill: the attitude. Northern beaches singer-songwriter Angus Stone brings plenty of the latter under his Dope Lemon guise, particularly on the project's latest album, Golden Wolf, which was released in May. It's more experimental than the popular music Stone makes with his sister Julia, mixing up sun-drenched psychedelia, electro-pop, indie-pop, and several other genres that will no doubt make this show a cure for the winter blues. Bloc Party Hordern Pavilion, July 31-August 1 Touring artists playing a beloved album in its entirety is obviously a nostalgia-driven cash grab, but it's not something to get upset about when it's giving fans exactly what they want. UK post-punk band Bloc Party are getting in on the action, promising to play their classic album Silent Alarm, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, front to back. Gig goers may also be treated to tunes from Bloc Party's upcoming seventh album, which is being recorded with legendary producer Trevor Horn. Australian artists playing shows in Sydney this month include rapper 360, James Reyne with Alex Lloyd, Pete Murray, the Angels, Meg Washington, Melbourne rockers the Smith Street Band, ARIA-winning hardcore band Speed, the Dreggs, Karnivool, Kita Alexander, Donny Benét, and Choirboys, who are celebrating 35 years of their signature song Run to Paradise with a show combing music and storytelling. Overseas visitors include Swedish rapper Bladee, Touché Amoré with Militarie Gun, Theo Katzman, Billy Strings, the Juliana Theory, Simon Svoboda, Yhwh Nailgun, Bear McCreary, Jenny Mitchell and Nepal's Samir Shrestha & Good Boyz. Who will you be checking out? Let us know in the comments.
The Age
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
The hottest gigs in town to beat the winter blues
Instead, the Faroese-Icelandic duo of multi-instrumentalists Janus Rasmussen and Ólafur Arnalds combine pulsing beats with melodic ambient music and orchestral flourishes. Get along to experience what the group call 'emotional rave' – music designed to get your feet moving while simultaneously tugging at the heartstrings. King Street Crawl Various venues, July 13 Now in its 11th year, this free live music festival is a suburb-wide celebration of Newtown's music, culture and community. A whopping 150-plus acts will be playing across 25 venues, with artists set to appear including Sydney alt-pop artist Annie Hamilton and a reactivated Deep Sea Arcade at Pleasure Club, Melbourne garage rockers Delivery and shoegazer Julia Why? at Vic on the Park, local retro rockers Salarymen at The Trocadero, and dance/hip-hop artist Dante Knows at The Botany View Hotel. Faye Webster Enmore Theatre, July 15-16 The delicate and delightful music of Atlanta's Faye Webster offers some fascinating clues to her past: the dalliances with alt-country can be traced back to a bluegrass-playing grandfather and a fiddle-playing mother, and the seemingly odd appearance of rapper Lil Yachty on new album Underdressed at the Symphony makes more sense when you discover Webster used to be in a rap group as a teenager. Barack Obama counts himself a fan; you'll probably be one too after hearing her exquisite tunes live. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers The Landsdowne, July 18 Formed by singer Anna Ryan, guitarist Scarlett McKahey, drummer Neve van Boxsel, keyboardist Pip Gazard, and bassist Jaida Stephenson when they were 15-year-old students in Canberra, rock band Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers have come a long way in a relatively short period of time. The band opened for Foo Fighters in 2023 and for Pearl Jam on their American tour in May; catch them playing old and new tunes at this pub gig before they inevitably start filling stadiums themselves. The Hives Enmore Theatre, July 23 The Swedish garage rock band, which comprises Pelle Almqvist (vocals), Nicholaus Arson (lead guitar), Vigilante Carlstroem (rhythm guitar), The Johan and Only (bass), and Chris Dangerous (drums), have a reputation as one of the best live bands on the planet, a lot of which comes down to the deranged energy of frontman Almqvist. As evidenced by their names, the band don't take anything too seriously, except their decades-long mission to blow audiences away with a killer rock show. Georgia Lines Low 302, July 25 Here's a chance to see one of New Zealand's biggest singers in a cosy, intimate venue. Hailing from Mount Maunganui, Georgia Lines has scooped numerous Aotearoa Music Awards, was the most played New Zealand-female artist on radio in 2023, and had a number one album in NZ with last year's debut The Rose of Jericho (which includes four number-one singles). This is a rare chance to hear Lines' soulful, R&B-inspired pop songs up close and personal. Dope Lemon Enmore Theatre, July 31 Sydney could currently do with less chill: the temperature, and more chill: the attitude. Northern beaches singer-songwriter Angus Stone brings plenty of the latter under his Dope Lemon guise, particularly on the project's latest album, Golden Wolf, which was released in May. It's more experimental than the popular music Stone makes with his sister Julia, mixing up sun-drenched psychedelia, electro-pop, indie-pop, and several other genres that will no doubt make this show a cure for the winter blues. Bloc Party Hordern Pavilion, July 31-August 1 Touring artists playing a beloved album in its entirety is obviously a nostalgia-driven cash grab, but it's not something to get upset about when it's giving fans exactly what they want. UK post-punk band Bloc Party are getting in on the action, promising to play their classic album Silent Alarm, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, front to back. Gig goers may also be treated to tunes from Bloc Party's upcoming seventh album, which is being recorded with legendary producer Trevor Horn. Australian artists playing shows in Sydney this month include rapper 360, James Reyne with Alex Lloyd, Pete Murray, the Angels, Meg Washington, Melbourne rockers the Smith Street Band, ARIA-winning hardcore band Speed, the Dreggs, Karnivool, Kita Alexander, Donny Benét, and Choirboys, who are celebrating 35 years of their signature song Run to Paradise with a show combing music and storytelling. Overseas visitors include Swedish rapper Bladee, Touché Amoré with Militarie Gun, Theo Katzman, Billy Strings, the Juliana Theory, Simon Svoboda, Yhwh Nailgun, Bear McCreary, Jenny Mitchell and Nepal's Samir Shrestha & Good Boyz. Who will you be checking out? Let us know in the comments.
