Barwon Club blaze through another big year

BC backs up their huge year with a month of music magic!

The Barwon Club is wrapping up 2025 with a stacked December calendar — from alt-country hoedowns to bluesy whiskey nights, the venue’s still serving up the gold. Pair a cold pint with solid live music and a bit of community spirit — here are five shows worth marking in the diary.

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Stars & Bars: Down By The River

Date: Friday, 5 December 2025, 7:00 PM
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This pre-Christmas gathering is pure pub-heart Americana — expect raucous folk-blues from The Drunken Poachers, a rare in-the-round trio set from Alister Turrill, Grim Fawkner & Matt Bourke, rising duo Ally Row and DJ Chunky Love supplying vinyl between sets. Woolly tales, whiskey-soaked storytelling and communal singalongs make it the ultimate party under the roof at Moorabool St.

Streams of Whiskey

Date: Saturday, 6 December 2025
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Think midnight guitars, smoky grooves and whiskey-smooth vocals. Streams of Whiskey promises a setlist full of country-blues grit — the kind of night where the bar hums low and the melodies stick with you the next day.

Garden Lane’s Melancholy Holiday

Date: Thursday, 11 December 2025 
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An evocative title for what’s likely to be a hauntingly beautiful show. Melancholy Holiday brings a moody mix of alt-folk and introspective songwriting — perfect for a night by the fire with a glass in hand.

Bill Barber and The Holding Cell

Date: Friday, 12 December 2025
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Barroom blues with a side of soul — Bill Barber and the crew pack the kind of punch that revives the dustiest hearts. Expect powerful vocals, electric guitar grit and no-frills rock ’n’ roll for those ready to trade quiet drinks for a swaggering show.

The BC Breakup

Date: Saturday 20 December

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The BC Breakup unwraps an early Chrissie present for local live music lovers at The Barwon Club Hotel on Saturday 20 December, 2025 for a year end blowout! It’s 12 hours of power from 1pm until 1am featuring Super American Eagle, Eddie Example B2B Blackwave, The Gnomes, Chook & Moluck, Mightiest of Guns, Renegades of Chunk, Sandy Dish, Dangerboots, Merv, Sacramento Sweaters and G String Nicotine.

As they close out the year with celebration, don’t forget to look forward into the New Year with the Moorabool Street mainstay with a bunch of big names heading their way.

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