Howlin' Wolf Whisk(e)y Bar
Whisky bar
An Americana bar opened in 2017 with 260 whiskies, 18 gins, 13 rums, 50 craft beers, cocktails, burgers and live music.
📍 103/53-61 Crown Street, Wollongong NSW 2500
Live music: 5 bars
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Scoundrel's Rest
Tiki bar
A neo-tiki bar with a library of more than 50 rums for Mai Tais, Mojitos and Piña Coladas, Caribbean street food and a DJ on vinyl at weekends.
📍 2/74 Kembla Street, Wollongong NSW 2500
Franks Wild Years
Record store and cocktail bar
A record store, cocktail bar and live music room named after the Tom Waits album, known for Martinis and 1960s lounges.
📍 3/2A Raymond Road, Thirroul NSW 2515
ilu ilu
Indian lounge bar
An Indian-inspired lounge bar seating about 70, with cocktails such as the Spiked Mango Lassi, Indian tapas, regular jazz nights and bottomless brunches.
📍 Shop 5, 10-18 Regent Street, Wollongong NSW 2500
🕒 Tue to Sun 11am to midnight (OpenStreetMap; check before you go)
La La La's
Dive bar and music venue
A no-frills dive bar, diner and art space with live music, DJ nights, pinball and pool, open until 2am on Saturdays.
📍 3 Globe Lane, Wollongong NSW 2500
Map: live music
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Your questions
Which Wollongong bars have live music?
Start with Howlin' Wolf Whisk(e)y Bar, Scoundrel's Rest, Franks Wild Years, ilu ilu and La La La's. Our full list has 5 bars.
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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 Australian Traveller and 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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