Bar Open

26/03/2026

Melbourne’s beloved Latin band Trago Amargo are playing a free show at Bar Open on Friday April 3rd.

Expect soulful vocals, lush harmonies and warm rhythms drawn from boleros, ballads and danceable Latin grooves.

19/02/2026

The incredible Quarter Street are playing a free show in the Bar Open band room from 10:30pm-12:30am THIS SATURDAY!

Quarter Street takes you back to the heart of classic salsa. Inspired by the passion of salsa luminaries such as Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto, and Héctor Lavoe, the band channels the raw, high-energy sound of 1970s New York but in the now.

Formed in Melbourne, Australia, Quarter Street brings a hefty, gritty, hard-edged approach to salsa, staying true to the hard-out analog era Latin music that defined the genre’s golden age. Their percussive drive, bold brass, and commanding Spanish-language vocals ignite dance floors, capturing the soulful urgency that made salsa dura a global force.

17/12/2025

Free gigs at Bar Open for you to enjoy for the rest of the year!

15/12/2025

Black Jesus eXperience (BJX) are playing a FREE show in the Bar Open band room on Saturday December 27th.

An explosion of irresistibly danceable deep Ethiopian truth riding on future grooves.

The rhymes and chimes of Black Jesus eXperience deliver the power and beauty of Africa through the vocal prism of Hip-Hop and freedom of Funk.

SET TIMES:
10-10:50pm
11-11:50pm

11/11/2025

This Saturday afternoon at Bar Open, Malcura in store performance from 2pm! Free entry.

Shop the record store, grab a pint and enjoy these local legends.

17/07/2025

Bar Open have teamed up with Leaps and Bounds Fest to host an epic show that celebrates the diverse talent in the local Naarm music scene ✨

Featuring Indie and Pop artists Erica Avenue, Kevin Silvester, Elkie Kershaw and Emma Yue

Friday July 25th from 8:30pm
Tickets are just $12 plus booking fee

Bar Open have teamed up with Leaps and Bounds Festival to host an epic show that celebrates the diverse talent in the local Naarm music scene  Erica Avenue Erica Avenue is a 5-piece girl band drawing inspiration from pop, folk, and rock genres. They formed in early 2024 after merging new and old fr...

16/07/2025

Drink specials every Wednesday at Bar Open 🍻

• $5 pot / $10 pint of Coopers draught
• $6 house wines
• $15 negronis

The record store is open late, the cheap drinks are flowing and the fireplace is nice and toasty!

15/07/2025

Cumbia, Cumbia, Cumbia!
Come one, come all to the Sorbo Amplio Fiesta!

Sorbo Amplio is a Melbourne-based 10-piece “New Chilean Cumbia” band, that takes you straight to the streets of Latin America.

This style of music brings influences of Latin rhythms and mixes elements of Rock, Ska and/or Hip-hop. Fun, energetic, free-style dancing music, so everyone can be a part of it. The unique rhythm will take you on a journey to far away places. The Fiesta is a celebration of the Melbourne - Latin American communities.

This FREE event on Sunday July 27 features drink specials, live music, community, connection, dancing and DJs! 🎶

Presented by Leaps and Bounds Festival and Bar Open

07/04/2025

THIS WEEK! The final Dilapidated Diva shows at Bar Open for Melbourne International Comedy Festival!

Saturday April 12 from 7pm
Sunday April 13 from 7pm

Strap yourself in for a utterly wild ride as award-winning The Dilapidated Diva fills you with song, laughter and high stakes improvisation – musically, esoterically and hysterically – entertainment like no other.
She will take you on a roller coaster ride, tearing a hole in the universe we all know and share. This show is so hearty, it will have your heart racing triple time and gob-smacked at the contradictions of humanities – including ourselves – bringing you back to the most important thing of all... LOVE.

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07/04/2025

This Record Store Day at Bar Open!

Local Jazz trio Koi Kingdom play Live + Exclusive vinyls + Drink specials and more!

2 sets at 2:30pm and 3:45 pm (free entry)

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18/03/2025

The Dilapidated Diva returns to Bar Open for Melbourne International Comedy Festival!

Strap yourself in for a utterly wild ride as award-winning The Dilapidated Diva fills you with song, laughter and high stakes improvisation – musically, esoterically and hysterically – entertainment like no other.

She will take you on a roller coaster ride, tearing a hole in the universe we all know and share. This show is so hearty, it will have your heart racing triple time and gob-smacked at the contradictions of humanities – including ourselves – bringing you back to the most important thing of all... LOVE.

The Diva’s ability to improvise her way out of a handkerchief is a true joy to experience.
Her tight expert one-piece pianist is the incredible Justin Holland. Together they reinvent jazz, classic disco and epic pop – bounding between story and song, taking musical leaps in seamlessly rich improvisation.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we work and live.
We acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' spirit, imagination and rich history of storytelling and humour that is an inspiration to all Australians.

18/03/2025

The Dilapidated Diva returns to Bar Open for Melbourne International Comedy Festival!

Strap yourself in for a utterly wild ride as award-winning The Dilapidated Diva fills you with song, laughter and high stakes improvisation – musically, esoterically and hysterically – entertainment like no other.

She will take you on a roller coaster ride, tearing a hole in the universe we all know and share. This show is so hearty, it will have your heart racing triple time and gob-smacked at the contradictions of humanities – including ourselves – bringing you back to the most important thing of all... LOVE.

The Diva’s ability to improvise her way out of a handkerchief is a true joy to experience.

Her tight expert one-piece pianist is the incredible Justin Holland. Together they reinvent jazz, classic disco and epic pop – bounding between story and song, taking musical leaps in seamlessly rich improvisation.