UPDATE 11/12/2023: Tinseltown's pop-up bar has been cancelled for December 2023. Any customers who had already booked were sent an email and instructed on how to receive their refund. Any questions can be directed to hello@explorehidden.com.
When the fantastically over-decorated, Christmas-themed bar Tinseltown popped up during the 2022 festive season, it packed in all the merriment and wrapped it all up with an adults-only, boozy bow. And when Christmas in July came around, more festivity ensued – with the nostalgic, tinsel-trimmed bar bringing the jolly spirit (and spirits) in spades.
Now, with the festive season just around the corner, Tinseltown is back for its second December in operation as Sydney’s only entirely Christmas themed bar – where holiday mode is dialled up to eleven. The halls are more than decked, with a sleigh load of baubles, trees, bows, wreaths and all manner of festive paraphernalia filling every nook and cranny. It’s like a Christmas store threw up on a bar – and with festive games, themed cocktails, seasonal tunes, Christmas pudding, and appearances from Santa and his elves to boot, it would be hard to leave this twinkling den without feeling at least a touch wistful.
The Yuletide fun is filling a pop-up bar at a secret location on Glebe Point Road from Wednesday, November 29 until Saturday, December 30. Get boozy on seriously Christmassy cocktails – as well as mocktails, for those who are less festively-inclined.
Tickets are required to enter and can be purchased here for $15, which includes a themed cocktail or mocktail on arrival. The bar is generally open Wednesday to Sunday, and you can book in for a 90-minute session ranging from 5.30pm til' 9pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 5.30pm until 11pm on Fridays, and from as early as 11am on weekends.
While the nature of a bar is to put the “merry” in “merriment” (generally with booze), Tinseltown’s alcoholic offering isn’t its only calling card – with family-friendly sessions running through the weekend welcoming children alongside non-drinkers (and, always, grown ups fond of a festive tipple).
Just one hard and fast rule: no grinches allowed!
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