**FREE ENTRY // FRONT BAR // 6:30 - 8:30**

Harry Coulsons Blue Dogs bring ability without the pretence and songs that explore the ebb and flow of suburban life, frustrated ambitions and the fierce drive to not back down…. If you wanted to.. You could compare them with something like Paul Kelly backed by Vulfpeck and The Clash.

Performance credits include the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (with Adam Hills), Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival (2017-22), Eltham Jazz and Blues Festival, Seddon Festival, White Night (Melbourne and Ballarat), Castlemaine Jazz Festival (2018-23), Mornington Jazz Festival and the Turning Wave Festival as well as live to air performances on ABC Radio in Melbourne (774), Canberra (666), ABC Statewide Drive and ABC Central Victoria.

"Harry Coulson’s instrumental jazz trio of guitar, bass and drums draws from a wide array of influences. They bring the technical athleticism of their jazz chops, but flesh it out with a rocky, even post-rock listenability... one of the most approachable contemporary jazz records I’ve heard in ages."

(Chris Cobcroft – 4ZZZ)

"there is no room for unnecessary thought. Listeners will get wrapped up in the mission and they will know where they are going. Equally impressive and enjoyable, Coulson’s solo debut album is very welcome to its listeners."

(Sarah Prichard - Sydney City News)

"The disc, in my opinion, is eclectic and unusual, a real mix of jazz and blues influenced music, featuring some excellent musicianship. The guitar work is outstanding"

(Dave Anger – 2MCR)

**FREE ENTRY** Harry Coulson's Blue Dogs  (Front Bar)

Are you ooky, kooky and spooky? A horror hound? Looking to get down to the scariest show in town? Welcome to Double Feature, a horror themed drag show, co-(g)hosted by Glamour Ghoul, Mischa En Scene and Tower of Terror, Goo. Sure to thrill you, chill you and fulfil you. Don't miss out! Happy hauntings!

DAILY HAPPY HOUR AT BAR OPEN 6:30 - 8:30PM

$5 Pots and $10 pints of Coopers Draught

Double Feature The Drag Show

The Make It Up Club

Avant-Garde Improvised Music and Sound Performance

Every Tuesday night at Bar Open, 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

Doors at 7:30pm for an 8:00pm start.

TICKETS: $15 / $10 (conc.). No Presales.

Make It Up Club

Live from B.O., drag king Johnny Cocksville presents Stink Tank The Drag Show: Naarm's newest drag open stage.

Are you a seasoned performer looking to test out questionable new material?

Are you a newbie keen to bask in the crowd's attention for the first time?

Are you a fan of deranged divas crossdressing in a transvestite-like manner?

Johnny's turning Bar Open's band room into a playground for drag kings, queens, and things to perform whatever the fuck they want (within goddamn reason, you dickheads).

Entry is free, with interested performers signing up in-person (tracks either brought in via USB or available through Tidal).

DAILY HAPPY HOUR AT BAR OPEN 6:30 - 8:30PM

$5 Pots and $10 pints of Coopers Draught

**FREE ENTRY** Stink Tank The Drag Show (Band Room)

SAINT MELINA is an independent alt pop/rock artist creating a sound that’s both emotionally raw and sonically unafraid.

Blending atmospheric textures with gritty guitar lines and confessional lyricism, her music lives at the intersection of vulnerability and irony.

Commanding attention with presence that is simultaneously magnetic and deeply authentic, she creates an experience that is as immersive as it is unpredictable.

Supporting the release of her debut single "(don't make me) beg for it", the electric Juliette Miot and Flora always pull through with their beautiful storytelling and melodies.

SAINT MELINA (Single Launch) w/ Juliette Miot + Flora

** FREE ENTRY // FRONT BAR // 6:30-8:30PM **

SKABHANGERS are back again in the front bar of Bar Open, this time for a Thursday evening show! Pop in on your way back home from work, grab a beverage, and enjoy two sets of original songs and tunes influenced by the sound of 1960s ska! Two sets from 6:30pm, free entry!

Check out https://linktr.ee/skabhangers

The performers wish to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land this show takes place on, and pay respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We also wish to acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

Check out https://linktr.ee/skabhangers

DAILY HAPPY HOUR AT BAR OPEN 6:30 - 8:30PM

$5 Pots and $10 pints of Coopers Draught

**FREE ENTRY** Skabhangers (Front Bar)

** FRONT BAR // FREE ENTRY // 6:30-8:30PM **

The Four Scoops are a combination of four unique working musicians from differing musical heritages bound by a love of back-beat groove.

The groups musical heritage harks back to a time of melting musical styles as Jazz met early Rock n Roll. Their repertoire is wide and varied from Blues shouters Winonie Harris to Jazz back beat legend Louis Jordan to Fifties crooners to Bolero versions of Cold Chisel and Dragon hits. The Four Scoops love of variety in tunes and grooves has its basis in the diversity of the members.

DAILY HAPPY HOUR AT BAR OPEN 6:30 - 8:30PM

$5 Pots and $10 pints of Coopers Draught

**FREE ENTRY** The Four Scoops (Front Bar)

Celebrating the release of their debut single 'Adrenaline', join Klara & The Suns for a night of heavy alt-rock and an all fem-fronted lineup.

Supported by girl from nowhere (@girlxnowhere) and Elkie Kershaw (@stfu_elkie), this night is not one to miss.

Klara & The Suns w/ Elkie Kershaw + girl from nowhere

Sat Sept 26 we invite you back to the smokey dreamland that is Slow Grind Fever for an evening of finger snapping rhythm 'n' blues, smoochy sweet soul, jazzy popcorn, sultry slow-funk burners and uncategorizable moody melters, all sizzling off of antique discs. We play the slowest, sultriest, slinkiest, spookiest, smoochiest, sleaziest, sweetest, swinginest old records we can find, and people dance real slow in a haze of smoke and dim red light. It's a good time.

Joining your host Richie1250 this month we have DJs Chanelle Rogers, Kieron O'Hara and Brenda In The Bath

SLOW GRIND FEVER #120 ('52-'72 EDITION)

DJs Richie1250, Chanelle Rogers, Kieron O'Hara and Brenda In The Bath

Sat Sept 26 at BAR OPEN (317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy)

9pm-230am, $15 (CASH ONLY FOR DOOR CHARGE BUT EFTPOS AVAILABLE FOR BUYING DRINKS AT THE BAR)

NOTES:

- The door charge is CASH ONLY

- DM for mob tix list

- There will be a smoke machine going all night and it will get very smokey. The smoke is non-toxic but if you ain't into smoke machines this might not be the party for you...

- The dancefloor at Slow Grind Fever is for dancing. If you need to use your phone or have a proper conversation, please do it over by the bar or go outside and get some fresh air. (We don't mind you taking a quick photo or video to post later or saying hello to your friends, but standing in the middle of the dancefloor looking down at your phone or talking loudly is poor Slow Grind etiquette and distracts people trying to focus on the music. Think of it like you're in a movie theatre, if you need to talk to somebody, lean into their ear and whisper.)

- Slow Grind Fever is not specifically a partnered dancing event. Some people dance with a partner, some with a group of friends, some alone with their eyes closed. You can do it how you wanna.

- The vibe of the night is very hazy and sultry, but the vibe is also about having good manners. Don't be all up in someone's personal space if they aren't inviting you.

- To avoid random late night drunks who may not understand this, we stop letting new people in at 1:30. If you are going to turn up after 1:30, the password to get in is LITTLE WILLIE JOHN

SLOW GRIND FEVER #120

WIN, LOSE OR DRAW

The Grand Final may be done and dusted and the MCG fallen silent, but like Kylie’s pre-game show, that was only the entrée.

Win, Lose or Draw sees Jess Shreds and the Unmade Beds, Niche and the mighty KTV take over Bar Open on Sunday 27 September for an evening of high-flying guitar solos, bone-crunching drum fills and mazy bass lines.

Come down, have a drink, argue about what happened the day before, or avoid talking about football altogether.

Whatever happened on Saturday, Sunday belongs to live music.

Jess Shreds and the Unmade Beds — 7:30–8:15 pm Niche — 8:30–9:15 pm KTV — 9:30–10:30 pm

Sunday 27 September 2026 Bar Open, Fitzroy

Win, lose or draw — we play on.

KTV w/ Niche + Jess Shreds and the Unmade Beds

** FREE ENTRY // FRONT BAR // 6:30-8:30PM **

Gabe Fatin and Brian Abrahams play a soulful blend of Cape Town standards, spiritual classics, and the occasional Coltrane-style meditation.

Drawing on Brian's extensive experience playing with Abdullah Ibrahim, Archie Shepp, and Nancy Wilson, this trio is the perfect way to begin a Sunday night. They are joined by local bassist Robbie Finch.

DAILY HAPPY HOUR AT BAR OPEN 6:30 - 8:30PM

$5 Pots and $10 pints of Coopers Draught

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