Cry Baby

25/08/2026

Alright friends

We'll be streaming round 25 of the home & away season live on the large screen this Friday and Saturday.

If you're in town, stay in town. If you're not in town, show us your Uber bill before 8pm and the first CB draught is on us (we might swap it out if you aren't a b**r fan in exchange for an incredibly high five).

28/07/2026

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
CRY BABY IS TURNING 8.

Eight years of the same four walls watching us absolutely not grow up at all.

If our maths is correct, that's:
- 1 Whole festival
- 7 Halloween Parties
- 24 times we've replaced the felt on the pool table
- 416 times we've placed the doors of the toilet cubicles back on it's hinges
- 682 pieces of gum off the tables.
- 4,992 kegs
- 10,678 Chop Suey's

And somehow, here we still are.

This place isn’t just a bar.
It’s the birthplace of some of your best nights out.
Your core memories.
Your “you had to be there” nights.

Every time you showed up.
Every friend you brought.
Every night you chose this room to spend your night.

That’s why we've made it to 8.
And we wouldn’t be 8 without you.

So we’re throwing (yet another) birthday for all of us.

CRAZY EIGHT.
Thursday August 13.

Lace. Leather. Show up like you’re about to get grounded.

No gifts.
Just you, exactly how we’ve always known you.

Come celebrate with us.
Same s**t.
Just one year older x

17/07/2026

POV: you by midnight.

Inflate your standards.
The weekend is finally here, let's get silly :P

10/07/2026

It’s cold. Yeah. No s**t.

What, did winter sneak up on you this year?
First time experiencing seasons or just looking for an excuse to be boring?

“I’m staying in tonight”
Doing what? Rotting on the couch, half-watching something you won’t even remember tomorrow?
Doomscrolling the same apps, seeing the same s**t, having the same nothing night?

Riveting. Truly.

Meanwhile there’s a bar full of people actually living a little.
Pool balls cracking, drinks flowing, conversations with strangers in a bar that, believe it or not, is actually warmer than your living room.

But yeah… stay home. Protect your peace. Be comfortable. Let your heater work overtime just to keep your boring night alive.

Or grow up, put a jacket on, and come act like you’ve got a pulse.

27/06/2026

08/04/2026

If bars had umpires…

09/01/2025

LIVE + FREE = TONIGHT

We’re pulling out the stage tonight for the first live gig of 25.

Stormy Lou + Local The Neighbour (Melbourne) + Elph x Swan Reach

Its in indie rock triple header kicking off at 8pm until late with the door staying wide til 2.

06/12/2024

We've seen a lot of blow up dolls floating around in our time but this is the first time we've seen a groom-to-be. No, not Harry. Swipe to the third slide.

It's Friday and the debauchery beckons you through the doors at 4.

Bring your inflatable lover, your lego set, or whatever you're into.

Let's get weird.

05/12/2024

We're taking over Cold Chisel Ln this New Year’s Eve for a stroll (or a stumble) through the decades.

Cry Baby’s blasting rock n' roll, Nightshade’s dropping disco beats, and Trap’s got the hip hop hook-up.

Three venues, one lane, and all the action you crave to kiss this year goodbye.

Best tunes of the last 50 years? We’ve got 'em.

4PM-2AM. Enter via Cold Chisel Lane.

No regrets? We'll see.

04/12/2024

While we're usually going farther in darkness, this month, Dan's being an inspiration to us all and making us "Go Farther In Lightness".

There's a David and a Donnie in Gang Of Youths, and this month, we're going to pretend there's a Dan too. Like Dan does - when he's not obsessively watching NASA rocket launches more than a space-obsessed tech billionaire.

We love ya Dan, just please give us 5 minutes without the circumference of the moon or pi to fifteen decimal points or something.

Doors at 4 every day. Go Farther in Lightness on the Jukebox. 4 for $35 Fireballs 'til we run out - which we won't.