Events

MARCH INTO MERIVALE – FOR 1 NIGHT ONLY

Posted on March 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After a booming year of acquisitions and openings, on Wednesday Merivale delivered March Into Merivale 2017 in one spectacular night, taking over the entire ivy complex and surrounding laneways. Ash Street was transformed into an Asian street food market, sporting

DIAGEO CALLING AUSSIE BARTENDERS FOR WORLD CLASS 2017

Posted on March 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Diageo’s WORLD CLASS bartender competition is on for 2017, and calling Australian bartenders to carry on the world class competition. Launched in 2009, this is the 9th year for the prestigious competition, which pits the best bartenders from around the

BEER WEEK EVENTS TO BE BOON FOR SYDNEY PUBS

Posted on March 1st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The new and evolved Sydney Beer Week will be back for 2017, and organisers are calling for venues to board the hop train and be part of the heady experience. Formerly the Sydney Craft Beer Week, the craft tag has

AHA(VIC) TEAMS WITH TABCORP FOR WOMEN’S NETWORK

Posted on February 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The AHA(Vic) and Tabcorp are launching their new initiative, a Women’s Network, to coincide with International Women’s Day, and further recent successes in equal opportunity. On the morning of Wednesday, 8 March, Melbourne’s Langham will host a breakfast for attendees,

BEER+BUBS GETTING DADS-TO-BE IN PUBS

Posted on January 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Beer+Bubs is a program that teaches men what they really need to know about childbirth – in the comfortable setting of a pub amongst other men. The program has been running in Sydney since 2004, and nationally since 2009, and

PHMG’S WOOLLAHRA PLAYS HOST TO ‘RITCHIES’ LEGEND

Posted on January 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Woollahra Hotel played host to the 2017 tribute to cricketing legend Richie Benaud, assembling around 200 ‘Ritchies’ sporting wig, microphone and the obligatory cream suit. Fans of one of Australia’s most revered icons of the game came to the

MALOUF PUBS TAKING CHALLENGE TO FREEZE PATRONS

Posted on December 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Malouf’s Royal Oak and Gregory Hills Hotels will attract frozen patrons to face off in an instalment of the latest internet craze – the Mannequin Challenge. The ‘Challenge’ is believed to have been started by some Florida students less

UPG BLITZES OKTOBERFEST REVELLERS

Posted on September 30th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Urban Purveyor Group is in the grips of Oktoberfest, and bringing some serious crowd-pulling bier cheer to revellers in three states. The Group (UPG) operates a collection of licensed venues, with some of the largest being their Bavarian Bier Café

EATONS HILL MEGA FOAM PARTY SET TO ROCK

Posted on September 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s biggest pub has announced its mega New Year’s Day event, tempting thousands of people to experience a massive music line-up at the 2017 Foam Party. Continuing the event tradition that began this year, the Comiskey Group’s Eatons Hill Hotel