Old Plates Record Bar

24/12/2025

19/11/2025

This weeks line-up coming in hot!

Wednesday: Mid week South African jazz heat with .interchange from 8pm

Thursday: and his rotating cake stand of delectable musical friends features the sweet treats that are & from 8pm-ish

Friday: West African manding groove for your soul with crew

Saturday: Party button ON with DJ

Sunday: Local reggae legends the front window from 5pm

17/09/2025

Those warm spring vibes are hitting us just right down at Old Plates this week!

Wednesdays with .interchange welcome Melbourne sax legend Julian Wilson as guest. South African jazz from 8pm

Thursday Laneous is joined by friends & coming together to form . A rare outing for these neo-cyber-soul, future jazz freaks, two sets from 8pm

West African Fridays with & taking you on trip through the music of Guinea & Mali from 7.30pm

Saturday & coming through to lay down some deep future grooves from 8 til late

Open Sunday from midday with plenty of new records hitting the crates so come past for a dig!

03/09/2025

Another big week of great music

Wednesdays: South African jazz with .interchange welcoming back superstar flautist from her travels

Thursdays: with his rotating cake stand of friends this week featuring the delicious treats that are &

Fridays: West African manding groove with crew

Saturday: Funk and soul DJs .rex & bring the heat with their monthly jam ‘Sweet People’

Sunday: Open all day with cocktails specials and fresh wax in the crates

10/08/2025

Starting Monday August 11th, seven of Melbourne’s finest bands are playing intimate shows across the week, with each night recorded by audio wizard Myles Mumford (Rolling Stock Recording Rooms). The recordings will then be turned into 7 x 7” records, the beginning of Old Plates as a record label.

Each night will have very limited tickets available (60 per session), a rare opportunity to experience incredible bands in an intimate setting and actually be a part of the recording. Applaud and you’ll be a part of the 7” for all posterity!

Monday 11th we are open from 2pm with The Pro-teens recording a day time session instead of live. Come for a dig and peak behind the studio screen, before the Pro-teens DJs play from 7.30pm (tickets not needed)

Then a series of live recorded gigs, doors from 6.30 so come early and get a good spot! 60 tickets each session only!

Tuesday 12th: The Shackmen
Wednesday 13th: Afrospace Interchange
Thursday 14th: Every Day Carry
Friday 15th: Asanti Beat
Saturday 16th: Big 3rd birthday party with Mpaphi trio 7-9pm then DJs Miss Goldie & Manchild til late
Sunday 17th: King Canoe

Tickets: linktr.ee/oldplates

03/08/2025

Can you believe that it’s already Old Plates third birthday?! We are celebrating with 7 days of live music with 7 amazing bands and each night will be recorded live to be released on 7 x 7” records. The cream of Melbourne’s musical crop in a series of intimate shows, recorded live, one week only. Limited tickets (60) for each night so jump on it fast!

Ticket link in bio

(please note Monday tickets available soon)

18/03/2025

Six huge days of music for you this week at Old Plates!

Tuesday
Every Day Carry are & and they play 2 improvised sets of Naarmian soul music every week, it’s very good, from 8pm (slide 2)

Wednesday
Join us on a journey through Township jive & South African Jazz with .interchange and guests, from 8pm (slide 3) Kukuaa’s kitchen open from 6.30pm

Thursday
That freak & his friends play soul-ish, kinda-jazz, sorta-music(?) from 8pm (slide 4)

Friday
West African 🔥 with from 7pm then Italo-disco silliness from .csv & mates from 9.30pm (slide 5) Kukuaa’s kitchen open from 6.30pm

Saturday plus.pbs & delving deep into the disco and boogie crates to Boogie Down Brunswick St, 8pm til late (slide 6)

Sunday
Legendary local reggae and dub kings step@through from 4pm with two sets of all original, soulful jams (slide 7)

Also plenty of great records hitting the racks and Popstar has fresh batches of her biscuits out too

04/03/2025

Old Plates is now open 6 days a week!

Every Tuesday sees Every Day Carry step through with two sets of extemporaneous soul music, a meeting of mind and cosmos. EDC are & firming like Voltron for our new weekly residency from 8pm

This Wednesday .interchange are launching their debut release into the stratosphere! As always two sets 8-11pm. Check their bio for the bandcamp link before the LP drops. Kukuaa’s kitchen open from 6.30pm

and friends Thursdays delving far and wide through soul and jazz, rotating band every week

West African Fridays with and Kukuaa’s kitchen from 6.30pm. 🇬🇭 beats and treats

Saturday is Sweet People, our monthly deep funk work out with & .rex

Sunday bossman is running margaritas and soul records in afternoon sun

As always plenty of great records hitting the crates daily so drop by and get those fingers dusty!

08/01/2025

Wow! What a great time we’ve had the last couple of weeks! From the Xmas James Brown party to the NYE jam it’s been non-stop good times so let’s keep it rolling into 2025

Wednesday are back for their regular South African jazz night with the legend Brian Abrahams. Kukuaa’s West African Kitchen is open from 6.30pm

Thursday the incomparable graces us with her stunningly soulful vocals alongside & . is making her .hummus served with challah every Thursday. Reckon we might get her up for a song with her sister too…

Friday Kukuaa’s Kitchen is open from 6.30pm with her West African fare made from her family recipes. The jollof rice is always a favourite.
From 8pm Malian griot and multi-instrumentalist takes us on a trip through through his homelands with his music and stories

Saturday night Sweet People returns for the year with heavy funk 45s from .rex and deep deep Dave Sinclair on deck on all night

Sunday open from midday decompression and fresh digs. Drink specials and new records hitting the floor

27/12/2024

hree of Melbourne’s finest selector join forces to bring you a New Years Eve party like no other at Old Plates Record Bar. DJs & will be your hosts and they’ll be’ll be bringing in 2025 in the best way they know how - on the dancefloor surrounded by friends!

Long time.PBS comrades Manchild and Mohair Slim were instrumental in the foundation of the legendary PBS Soul-A-Go-Go party, a monthly dance that also encompassed many great NYE celebrations. Since then Mohair has started his own RnB and soul nights with Celia Bow, a soul sister with all the moves and grooves deep in her DJ box. Old Plates is the brainchild of DJ Manchild and he will be playing a now-all-too rare dancefloor ser of funk and disco from all corners of the globe and depths of the cosmos.

Think late night New Years Evie/Boogie campsite vibes crossed with Soul-A-Go-Go upstairs at The Bella Union... this is going to be a big one!

Going through until 3am, nothing but party music all night long. Ticket link in bio

05/12/2024

is back and playing every Thursday from now until forever! Live music from 8pm

26/11/2024

Fun times with good mates at Old Plates this week!

Wednesday weekly South African jazz session with Afrospace Jazz Industry feat. … 8pm start free … Kukuaa’s West African Kitchen cooking from 6.30

Thursday we’ll be riding the jazz waves of fortune across the globe with .circle, the brainchild of Larry Crestani, guitarist. Music from 8pm. .hummus will serving up their menu all day too, specials this week are lamb kofta and felafel. Yum!

Ghanaian Fridays are always a family affair with Kukuaa serving up her West African delicacies from 7pm and playing live Manding & highlife music from 7.30pm.

Saturday bossman is stepping behind the decks to play a set of Afro-disco and tropical bangers. All wax, all 🔥

Sunday the incomparable are celebrating the birth of their incredible new record “Dinner At Spmenditello’s’ with an instore listening party! Starting at 3pm we’ll be listening to both sides of the record and celebrating with a couple of extremely garish cocktail specials. Perhaps we can even coax a little live performance out too…