Wunderlich Lane
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A week-long winter festival is going down soon across the banging venues in Redfern’s shiny new drinking and dining mecca, Wunderlich Lane, to celebrate the winter solstice. Kicking off Monday, June 16 and running through to Sunday, June 22, Nightshift will feature fun, wacky and delicious events (that’s you, noodle rave at Island Radio) every night of the week – all to get you off the couch and outta the house for some after-dark fun.
Monday night begins with a bang: a full-on Greek feast at one of Sydney’s hottest new restaurants, Olympus. Round up a gang of nine mates and sit down to a theatrical banquette with loads of Greek hits under a 50-year-old bougainvillaea. On Tuesday, retro Australiana bar Baptist Street Rec Club will be hosting ‘The Best Music Quiz Everʼ, led by music legends Myf Warhurst and Zan Rowe. Bondi’s S’wich is opening a brand-new store in Wunderlich Lane, so Wednesday night will see the crew turn their space into a vinyl pizza party. Think pizzetta sandwiches made with oven-fired bread from nearby Regina La Pizzeria, backed up by vinyl bangers played by locals Barney Kato and Adi Toohey. Also on Wednesday is a late-night jazz session at Bar Julius, with multi-instrumentalist Setwun taking over the groovy bar for a night of soothing experimental tunes.
Head to dreamy lifestyle and homewares flagship Saardé on Thursday night for hot toddies, mulled wine and snacks by Saltbox and Cook and Waiter. Saturday night’s a biggie, beginning with a noodle rave (not a typo) at high-energy South East Asian spot Island Radio. Expect six hours of dancing and rave beats from headline act JNETT – joined by local support Ahju, Alexa Diwa and Island Radioʼs resident DJs – all with a side of noodles. Plus, there’ll be a laneway Italo disco party with Regina La Pizzeria and Gelato Messina slinging wood-fired slices and creamy gelato, soundtracked by Ministry of Sound legend and Messina co-founder Declan Lee. Over at omakase go-to R by Raita Noda, watch a sushi master break down a whole tuna. And throughout the week, Wunderlich Lane venues will be swapping signature bites and drinks.
Jacob Rolls, executive general manager of Toga Hospitality, says: “Nightshift is a celebration of Sydneyʼs after-dark magic – community-driven, immersive and a tribute to the wonder of the longest night of the year. It brings together the very best of Wunderlich Lane: collaboration, culture and a love of the unconventional. Thereʼs a little mischief in it too – just as there should be when the nights run long.”
Tickets for Nightshift are now on sale and the events are sold separately. You can snap yours up (and find out more) here.