Daisy
Basement bar
An intimate, moody basement bar down the stairs beneath Shorts Place, run by Alistair Bullock and Alex Brownbridge, with cocktails, a good wine list, snacks and a strong soundtrack.
📍 4-6 Shorts Place, Geelong VIC 3220
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There There
Retro cocktail bar
A 1970s-style bar with orange neon, vinyl and velour couches. Cocktails use Australian producers, such as a bush honey and wattleseed Espresso Martini. DJs spin throwback records at weekends.
📍 8 Malop Street, Geelong VIC 3220
Meet Me At Mary's
Wine bar and restaurant
A big, airy wine bar and restaurant with a blue-tiled bar, classic and creative cocktails, a long wine list and share plates. Local musicians play live, especially on Sundays.
📍 66 Pakington Street, Geelong West VIC 3218
Piano Bar
Piano and cabaret bar
Piano performances, singalongs, singing waitstaff and regular drag shows every night, with pizzas and tapas to keep you going.
📍 90-92 Little Malop Street, Geelong VIC 3220
Murphys
Pub with a rooftop
An 1855 pub, once the birthplace of the Geelong Cats, with a rooftop looking over the skyline, pints and cocktails, live music, Saturday bottomless brunch and Sunday sessions.
📍 30 Aberdeen Street, Geelong West VIC 3218
Beav's Bar
Lounge bar
An eclectic lounge in a historic bluestone building behind a bright red door, with open mic and karaoke on Wednesdays and acoustic sets from Thursday to Saturday.
📍 77-79 Little Malop Street, Geelong VIC 3220
Blackman's Brewery Geelong
Brewery
Open since early 2021, with about ten core beers and a cider, plus live music at weekends.
📍 29/8 Lewalan Street, Grovedale
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Your questions
Which Geelong bars have live music?
Start with Daisy, There There, Meet Me At Mary's, Piano Bar and Murphys. Our full list has 7 bars.
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- Late nightLate night bars in Geelong: Fantôme Wine Bar & Cocktails, Non Disclosure Bar and Piano Bar
- Cocktail trailsA ready-made Geelong cocktail trail on foot: Little Malop Street and the CBD and Pakington
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 Sitchu.
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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