A shared passion for live music and country pubs has driven the new owners of the Punters Club to relaunch the Brunswick Street venue.
It’s Saturday night around midnight at the Punters Club on Brunswick Street, and the joint is jumping. The dance floor is packed, cocktails are clinking and outside there’s a line of people eagerly waiting to slip through the doors.
“Ticketed shows are important, but what we’re trying to do here is connect musicians with fans in a different way, whether that’s a secret show, a residency or a late-night show. It’s about artists growing, and finding new people along the way.”is a major feature of the new Punters Club. Wines, the house Punters Draught and cocktails can also be sipped while relaxing in a booth, before the music cranks up.
Double J radio host Henry Wagons was among the musicians who as young artists cut their teeth at the Punters Club in the ’90s and early 2000s.“Before I played at the Punters, I’d go to the Punters,” he said. “To this very day, some of my favourite gigs ever were at the Punters Club. It was a creative soup ... everyone felt at home.”
“I like the balance of what it was, and what it needs to be. I go in there and feel nostalgic, but I don’t feel like it’s a museum piece.”
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