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Situated close to bus stops, a 10 minute walk to South Geelong train station and approximately 1 hour 13 minute drive and\/or train ride from Melbourne city – The BC is easily accessible and central to neighbouring suburbs, Surf Coast towns and the Bellarine Peninsula. A block from the Kardinia Park precinct (GMHBA Stadium), home of the Geelong Cats and various major sporting events. Plenty of free, overnight, parking surrounds us.<\/p>\n
Established in 1859, The Barwon Club Hotel is Geelong\u2019s premier live music venue that plays host to an array of weekly gigs, high school performances, annual festivals and fundraiser events featuring local, interstate and international acts.<\/p>\n
Whilst The BC has a lengthy rock history, hitting strongly through the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s, they continue to welcome all original live music acts. The current venue booker Bridie Coughlin prides herself on curating a consistent blend of genres across each weekend.<\/p>\n
Home to annual festivals such as River Rocks, River Rocks Rehab, Jerkfest, Negative Waves, Drencher, Melted Fest – The BC has also been graced with acts such as Magic Dirt, King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard, Bored!, Sonic Youth (USA), Mudhoney (USA), Cosmic Psychos, The Murlocs, Dinosaur Jr (USA), Eddie Vedder (USA), The Bronx (USA), Dead Moon (USA), Lime Cordiale, Adalita, Alex Lahey, Violent Soho, Mental As Anything, Hockey Dad and many, many more!<\/p>\n
The current owner Matt McCartin has been in sales related positions for the past 30 years and has worked for CCA, Fosters, Scotchman\u2019s Hill, Little Creatures and Mt Duneed Winery.<\/p>\n
During this time Matt has held numerous leadership roles including Head of Sales at Little Creatures, National Sales Manager at Scotchman\u2019s Hill and was on the Craft leadership team during the Lion takeover of Little Creature in 2014.<\/p>\n
Before coming into the pub full time, Matt was most recently involved in setting up Mt Duneed Estate into a Restaurant, caf\u00e9, live music venue and wholesale wine Business.<\/p>\n
Music lover and man of the people – Matt loves connecting with those from all walks of life and is thoroughly enjoying his new found publican role.<\/p>","slug":"barwon-club","address":"509 Moorabool St","city":"South Geelong","country":"Australia","province":"VIC","zip":"3220","phone":"(03) 5221 4584","website":"https:\/\/www.barwonclub.com.au\/","stateprovince":"VIC","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Barwon Club Hotel (South Geelong, VIC)","description":"<p>Situated close to bus stops, a 10 minute walk to South Geelong train station and approximately 1 hour 13 minute drive and\/or train ride from Melbourne city - The BC...<\/p>\\n","url":"","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"509 Moorabool St","addressLocality":"South Geelong","addressRegion":"VIC","postalCode":"3220","addressCountry":"Australia"},"telephone":"(03) 5221 4584","sameAs":"https:\/\/www.barwonclub.com.au\/"},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"vicfastheavy.live?id=13","global_id_lineage":["vicfastheavy.live?id=13"]},"organizer":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"The Bitter Vics ‘Rock ‘O’ Shell’ 7″ Single Launch","description":"<p>Ticket price: General Admission $18.40 Summary: The Bitter Vics are celebrating the release of their debut 7" single "Rock \\'O\\' Shell" through Cheersquad Records & Tapes. The song tells a...<\/p>\\n","image":"https:\/\/vicfastheavy.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/16c5425c-c78e-4a6c-8ee1-ba7c39883be7-QNJrVO.tmp_.png","url":"https:\/\/vicfastheavy.live\/?tribe_events=the-bitter-vics-rock-o-shell-7-single-launch-2","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2024-06-15T20:00:00+10:00","endDate":"2024-06-15T23:59:00+10:00","location":{"@type":"Place","name":"Barwon Club Hotel (South Geelong, VIC)","description":"<p>Situated close to bus stops, a 10 minute walk to South Geelong train station and approximately 1 hour 13 minute drive and\/or train ride from Melbourne city - The BC...<\/p>\\n","url":"","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"509 Moorabool St","addressLocality":"South Geelong","addressRegion":"VIC","postalCode":"3220","addressCountry":"Australia"},"telephone":"(03) 5221 4584","sameAs":"https:\/\/www.barwonclub.com.au\/"},"performer":"Organization"}}