The Lansdowne Is Turning 100 This Year, and It's Throwing a Month-Long Birthday Rager to Celebrate
Expect live gigs, DJ sets and curated takeovers as the legendary Chippendale pub and band room celebrates its centenary in the only way it knows how: live and loud.
The Lansdowne has seen many lives since it opened in 1925, from uni pub to dive bar to near-demolition and, more recently, one of Sydney's loudest live music venues. And this year, the legendary Chippendale watering hole and band room is turning 100 — and it's throwing a month-long party to celebrate.
Throughout June, the inner-city institution is marking its centenary with a packed live-music program that champions everything the venue has always stood for: loud, sweaty, unpretentious good times. Expect live gigs galore, as well as DJ sets, curated takeovers and plenty of wings and beers.
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Across the decades, The Lansdowne has survived lockouts, developers and the ever-precarious state of Sydney nightlife. It's also been a breeding ground for artists across a range of genres — its stage has welcomed the likes of Billie Eilish, Fontaines D.C., Lime Cordiale, IDLES and Spacey Jane, among others. Now under the guidance of venue bookers Good Intent, the pub's latest chapter is all about keeping the live music heartbeat strong, with its birthday lineup as a testament to that.
The lineup is a genre-diverse bill that runs from psych to punk and everything in between, with performances by the likes of Battlesnake, EGOISM, Porcelain Boy, FANGZ, Straight Arrows and a heap more. Plus, every Friday night from 11pm, the Motorik Vibe Council will host The Late Show with Motorik!, a weekly late-night electronic session that promises to keep things spinning until, well, very late. On the curated showcase front, expect sets presented by Psyched As., USFEST PRESENTS: NeX GEn, Beat Kitchen Records and more still to be announced.
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Of course it's not a party without food, and on that front, The Lansdowne is dishing up one kilogram of extra-hot peri-peri wings for $10 all month long. Inner West brewer Young Henrys is also joining the party, offering gifts to early upstairs gig-goers — just another reason to catch the opening acts.
"The Lansdowne Hotel is as iconic, if not more so, than the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House combined, in my opinion," says Venue Booker Rick Bridgman. "The unwavering passion of venue owners, promoters, artists, managers and bookers in Eora/Sydney over the past few years has been undeniable, and we're keen to reveal a month-long celebration of programming across the musical spectrum, flowing between a range of genres and deep into the night."
The Lansdowne Hotel
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The Lansdowne's 100th birthday celebrations take place throughout the month of June. For the full lineup and to book tickets, head to the venue's website.
Top image: Alana Dimou.
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