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MoshPit Bar

Erskineville, NSW

The Venue

Capacity

100

Good for

Original local bands at the heavy end: metal, hardcore, punk, garage, noise. Three and four band bills Thu to Sun, plus acoustic afternoons. Suits local acts and small touring supports. Not for headline touring loads.

Room notes

Bands play at the back of one small room with the furniture moved aside. Acoustic tiles on the ceiling and walls. Music Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun. Tue open band night, Wed open mic, Mon comedy. 18+. Ask about PA, backline and load-in.

Booking

[email protected] - the venue's own band booking address. Open mic is [email protected], bookings@ is private functions. Do not send gig pitches to info@.

Website
https://www.moshpitbar.com.au/
Instagram
@moshpit.bar
Accessibility

642A King St has a street frontage. Step-free entry: ask the venue.

Notes

Opened May 2017, owner-operated by Pat Jones and Pete Dures, booked in-house. Around eight or nine music events a week. Door varies: some free, some $10 to $15 through Moshtix, Humanitix or Eventbrite.

Upcoming Gigs

7pm
The Owen Guns W/ Steve Towson And The Conscripts | So I Says To Mabel
Friday 13 November 2026 Tickets
4pm
Gostwyck W/ Solomon Steele | Gracie Jean
Sunday 15 November 2026 Tickets
7pm
Crimes On Art W/ Motordose | Three Out Change
Tuesday 17 November 2026 Tickets
7pm
Sunstalkersss
Wednesday 18 November 2026 Tickets
8pm
Turkey Call
Wednesday 18 November 2026 Tickets
8pm
Adriaaan W/ Face To Foot | Six Month Search Party
Thursday 19 November 2026 Tickets
7pm
Medusa's Wake W/ Goldfish Smarts | Handsome Young Strangers | Looch Lewis And The Press Gangsters
Friday 20 November 2026 Tickets
1:30pm
Farewell To Moshpit W/ White Knuckle Fever | Soft Plastic | Sxy Xms | Distant Nephew | Beijing Bikini | Fowl Weather Vein | Ben Aylward | Peter Black | Whateva | Delusions Of Grandeur | Balkan Grill | Donna Amini
Saturday 21 November 2026 Tickets
7pm
The Strike-Outs W/ Erko Republic | The Sugar Beats | Josh Shipton And The Blue Eyed Ravens | Dirty Mack
Friday 27 November 2026 Tickets
1pm
Moshpit: The Final Day W/ Operation Ibis | Tantichrist | Ch!X | Dunhill Blues | The Jane Does | Blurter | Los Monaros | Slack Punks | Victa | The Black Pints | Asaiah Riley
Saturday 28 November 2026 Tickets

Previously at MoshPit Bar

17 gigs listed here since the guide started keeping count.

Sat 3 Oct 2026
GOLDFISH SMARTS W/ THE FILTHY DARLINGS + THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY
Sat 3 Oct 2026
SOURFLOUR
Fri 2 Oct 2026
CITIZENFIRE W/ DARKGLOVE | NONBINARYCODE
Thu 1 Oct 2026
AUDREY W/ OWL SPOTTING + BRACKER
Sun 27 Sep 2026
BEN LOPES / MITCH ELLIOT / ALEX TUCKER W/ ROBERT FROST
Sat 26 Sep 2026
BALKAN GRILL w/ BINFIRE
Fri 25 Sep 2026
BLAME! W/ THE DARRANS + THE CUMQUATZ
Thu 24 Sep 2026
TTT W/ DIRTY SUITS + FALCONWULF
Sat 19 Sep 2026
BUZZ WAGON W/ THE DARK CLOUDS + THE STALLERS
Sat 19 Sep 2026
ELECTRIC LEMONS W/ COLLIDE, SEMISTATIC
Sat 12 Sep 2026
BERRA BARS TAKE OVER W/ MN CAPPO, SCARECROW & FLAWLEZZ, BYTEMARKS, SOUTHBOUND, NEWBORN NOISE, CHEMI-CAL, LIGHT FROM A STRANGER, MC WORMIE
Fri 11 Sep 2026
JUPITER 5, FOWL WEATHER VEIN & THE MEN FROM UNCLE
Thu 10 Sep 2026
THE PETROV AFFAIR W/ VIRGIN MARY DISCO BRAWL, STUNTS
Sun 6 Sep 2026
THE COOLZ ALBUM LAUNCH
Sat 5 Sep 2026
THE SLOTHS W/ GENIUS BOYS + DIRTBAG FOR GRAVEL TRUCK TRASH ZINE LAUNCH
Sat 5 Sep 2026
ROBOT GOD W/ HEKATE + CELESTIAL OATH
Fri 4 Sep 2026
I HATE PEOPLE W/ SO I SAYS TO MABEL + DEAD PENNIES + SCOURING AGENT