The Northern
Heritage pub
A heritage pub first opened in 1892 with live music every day: touring acts in the Back Room, local musicians in the front bar and a duelling piano bar that takes requests.
📍 35-43 Jonson Street, Byron Bay NSW 2481
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Beach Hotel
Beachfront pub
The Top Pub, across from Main Beach, with a big sunny beer garden and live music every night from touring Australian and international acts.
📍 1 Bay Street, Byron Bay NSW 2481
The Rails
Pub
The Railway Friendly Bar has put on free live music every day for around 30 years, from funk and folk to reggae, with a beer garden.
📍 86 Jonson Street, Byron Bay NSW 2481
Stone & Wood Brewery
Brewery
Stone & Wood's spiritual home in the industrial estate, with a 31-tank brewery, tasting room, canteen and leafy beer garden. Three Byron locals set it up in 2008.
📍 Byron Bay Industrial Estate
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Who wrote this guide
This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Now we're bringing it to Australia. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research and trusted local guides, including Urban List and Australian Traveller.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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