Around 10,000 revellers paraded the streets of Wollongong wearing festive costumes over the weekend, for the 25th instalment of the world-famous Santa Pub Crawl. The concept began in Wollongong in 1993, when a group of friends decided to dress up and spread some Christmas cheer around the city’s licensed venues. It has grown and gone […]
The Royal Hotel Leichhardt will host the triumphant return and second instalment of the Inner West Beer Fest, over the weekend of 17-18 November. Royal Hotel Leichhardt GM Mark Chapman says they decided to run the event again because the response last year was so positive. “We find that the community loves it when there
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W. Short Hotel Group continues its commitment to festivals, rolling out more instalments this month at the Australian Heritage Hotel in The Rocks and The Tudor in Redfern. The 14th annual Australian Beer Festival will take place in the Australian Heritage 12-14 October, heralding another big street party for devotees of craft beer and food.
The Australian Brewery’s David Ward spoke with Liam Pereira, general manager of Sydney’s “biggest and best celebration of beer” and veteran of Dave’s Brewery Tours on Sydney Beer Week. DW: You are a bit of a Sydney beer icon, how long have you been at Dave’s? LP: I started as a casual tour guide
Hailed as one of the top 20 beer festivals in the world, the 2018 Great Australia Beer SpecTAPular will see spirits introduced to the line-up. Hosted in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland, the 2018 GABS event is presented by Dan Murphy’s, and organisers expect to enjoy crowds of over 35,000. It all started seven years ago
O’HARA’S BRING IN LUNAR NEW YEAR FRIDAY 16, SATURDAY 17 FEBRUARY Fairfield Hotel, 1 Hamilton Rd, Fairfield The Fairfield Hotel will again host its sixth annual Lunar New Year celebrations. On Friday 16 and Saturday 17 February from 7:00pm the Fairfield Hotel will celebrate the start of the Year of the Dog, with Lion dancers
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St.George Bank recently hosted its fourth annual Pub Design Tour, treating hoteliers to a night of insights into some on-trend renovations in Sydney pubs. The evening began with coaches transporting a posse of publicans to Public House Group and the Fallon brothers’ exquisite The Buena, and its instalment of gastropub institution Bistro Moncur. Designers SJB
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The pub entertainment institution known as Tranny Bingo is moving with the times – not to new venues, but to the beat of a changing social landscape. Daniel Floyd, aka Penny Tration, has been running his drag queen-hosted bingo night in pubs and clubs for more than a decade. While there are now many imitators,
The London Hotel is celebrating the biggest ever William Street Festival, taking it to the streets with entertainment, Chinese food and gallons of Pimms. The annual William Street Festival is billed as Sydney’s first fashion laneway celebration, the myriad of boutique fashion and art businesses joining hospitality in a tribute to “one of the most
Sydney Beer Week 2017 will take place 20-29 October – bringing Sydney pubs, publicans and lovers of beer everything from experiential brews to singing pirates. Dave Phillips – beer guru and festival director of the re-named Sydney Beer Week (SBW) says it’s not just for craft-mad dens of beer die-hards, as seen in the range
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