Iconic nightspot Club 77 is celebrating its 25th anniversary as one of Sydney’s/Eora’s best-loved music venues by relaunching as the city’s newest dive bar destination.
Primed to reinvigorate the local nightlife landscape and restore Sydney to its former late-night glory, Club 77 will be open seven nights a week until 4am with free entry Monday to Friday. Along with the best DJs and live music in the city, guests can expect a revamped New York inspired fit out, elevated by a brand new food, drink and cocktail offering.
Inspired by the makeshift aesthetic of New York’s dive bars, 77’s interior renovation showcases a redesigned layout equipped with stylish new furniture and booth seating, custom lampshades by Blake Hull-Moody, three new stages, and a cutting-edge custom DJ booth. The venue has also been completely soundproofed and acoustically treated, flaunting a pumping KV2 Audio system specially tuned by Translate Sound (7RANSLA7E).
Club 77 will continue to be the nightclub and bastion of electronic music that the city has always known and loved with punters guaranteed a curated soundtrack from experienced and knowledgeable DJs every night of the week – whether you’re looking to enjoy some low slung beats with an after-work drink, or ready to sweat away the early morning hours to quality house, techno and disco.
As a name fabled within the annals of Australian dance music history, a revived weekly schedule of programming will include a rotating roster of resident and guest DJs. Along with stellar parties and collaborations with some of Australia’s leading promoters and party crews, expect old favorites (House of Mince, Phil Smart) and new friends (TMRW music, UNDR ctrl, Niche Productions) to bring the best local and international DJs and live acts to the club, with every Friday night featuring in-house programming courtesy of Club 77.
On the drinks front, the venue will deliver not one but two happy hours. Punters can enjoy cheap drinks at Club 77’s ‘The Happiest of Hours’ every Monday to Friday from 5pm-7pm. Then for the night owls and hospitality workers, a second late night happy hour from 2:30am-3:30am aims to develop and nurture a forward thinking and inclusive late-night eating and drinking culture.
Curated by Jordan Blackman of Odd Culture Group, Club 77’s refreshed ‘cheap-and-cheerful’ drinks offering includes frothy beers and cider by Moon Dog Craft Brewery, Young Henrys, Grifter and Batlow, and delicious bottled cocktails courtesy of Big Mood. For the teetotalers, there will also be a great selection of non alcoholic wines and cocktails available from Heaps Normal, Big Drop and Yes You Can, plus Big Mood’s infamous non alcoholic No-Groni. On the food front, a mouth watering ‘77 Dog’ created by Antoine Nebula of cherished Surry Hills cafe Suzie Qs will be available in two versions: gourmet pork sausage and mushroom for the vegetarians/vegans.
In line with what has always been a vital component of the venue’s attitude and spirit, Club 77 will continue to lead the way with a forward-facing approach to inclusivity and community. A welcoming environment for all races, genders and members of the LGBTQI community, 77 is both an innovative party environ and a safe space for freedom and expression.
Future plans and initiatives will include activating the space during daytime hours as a community hub for first nations artists and the LGTBQI community. Programs currently being developed are DJ and production workshops, marketing and promotions workshops, projects surrounding mental health awareness within the industry, and paid internships.