Sydney's controversial lockout laws are now gone!

Sydney's controversial lockout laws were quietly lifted on Tuesday this week for most of the city. This will be the first weekend without them since 2014 and to celebrate, this weekend Sydney is stacked with launch parties, re-opening parties, and celebrations of the removal of the lockout laws. 

Patrons can now enter bars after 1:30am and last drinks will be pushed back to 3:30am, instead of 3am.The strict laws will be scrapped for venues across the CBD, including Oxford Street, but will remain in place in Kings Cross. Bottle shop closing hours across New South Wales have also been extended until midnight from Monday to Saturday with an 11pm closing time on Sunday.

Image by: Adam Yip

We are excited to see what is next for Sydney, and wish the city is restored back to the glory days that some of us remember. We urge everyone to go out and party safe, support some of the local artists, promoters and venues! 

Here’s a list of some of the venues that are now lockout free in Sydney: 

Oxford St:

Palms on Oxford

The Standard Bowl

Burdekin Hotel

Stonewall Hotel

The Cliff Dive

Oxford Art Factory

Brighton Up Bar

Della Hyde

Ching-a-lings

The Colombian Hotel

Universal

Darlinghurst:

The Flinders

ARQ

Club 77

Surry Hills:

Harpoon Harry

Tio’s Cerveceria

Goros

The Beresford

The Wild Rover

The Soda Factory

Cafe Lounge

CBD:

Home The Venue

Shark Hotel

Chinese Laundry

Taylor’s

Paragon

Civic Underground

The Arthouse Hotel

Frankie’s Pizza by the Slice

The Ivy

The Establishment