The World Bar

The World Bar is a nightclub housed in a Victorian-style building. A wide range of local indie bands and DJs spread their noisy craft throughout busy Kings Cross.

24 Bayswater Road
Kings Cross, NSW 2011

Phone: (02) 9357 7700
External URL: The World Bar

The Velvet Underground’s Classic Album To Be Celebrated At The World Bar

Classic Album Sundays returns to Kings Cross’ World Bar this Sunday March 19 to celebrate the 50th anniversary ofThe Velvet Underground’s debut album. Classic Albums...

The World Bar, Stonewall and more Sydney venues granted extended opening hours

Five venues in the CBD will be able to open for longer after successfully applying for extensions. Oxford Street’s Stonewall Hotel and The World Bar...

The World Bar To Debut New Theatre Space For A Property Of The Clan

The World Bar’s newly opened Blood Moon Theatre space is set to hostDon’t Look Away Theatre and Blancmange Productions’ A Property Of The Clan. Adapted...

Sydney’s World Bar to reopen as ‘Cali Club’

It has been announced that World Bar will be given a new lease on life, under a new management and a new name, 'Cali Club'.

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Electronic musician Bonobo standing alone in a field

Five Sydney electronic music gigs to look forward to this month

The Sydney electronic music scene is alive and well – you just need to know where to look. Here are five tips for events in July.

Keep Sydney Open has announced the lineup for its music festival in Kings Cross

The anti-lockout campaign in Sydney is hosting its own music festival to prove the Kings Cross nightlife will fight on.

Another Sydney venue has been granted extended opening hours

Oxford Street’s club and party venue the Burdekin Hotel has been granted a 30-minute exemption from the Sydney lockout laws. The venue made the announcement...

Noise complaints shut down a Vivid live music gig before 9:30pm last night

Which show, part of Vivid Lighting Festival, was shut down early by Police due to noise complaints? Find out in this article on The Brag.

Keep Sydney Open is hosting a music festival in Kings Cross next month

Find out about Sydney's latest music festival announcement called Meet Me In The Cross, created by Keep Sydney Open which celebrates the city's great nightlife.

A guide to the best events on offer in Kings Cross for Vivid Sydney 2017

It’s that time of the year again, folks. Vivid is set to hit the streets of Sydney once again, creating fun, excitement, crowds, and plenty...

Why the search for true innovation in music is fraught with difficulty

Expensive diversions such as the hysterical, pathetic downfall of Fyre Festival are testament to the promise or illusion being simply that.

Influential Kings Cross Figures To Speak At Curated Conversation Series

A talking heads programme titledKings Bloody Cross: Tales From The Criminale and Glitterati featuring influential artists and idealist will be part of this year’s VIVID...

Off The Record: Why The Politics Of The Dancefloor Are More Important Than Ever

In an industry that’s changed dramatically over the last couple of decades, has electronic music lost its political momentum? Has it ever really had any...

Two More Sydney Venues Have Been Granted Exemptions From The 1:30am Lockouts

A total of seven Sydney venues are now exempt from the 1:30am lockouts and 3am last drinks, according to an announcement byMinister for Racing Paul...

The Five Best Unsigned Heavy Bands In Australia, As Chosen By Fierce Mild

Melbourne’s cinematic art rockers Fierce Mild have done their homework. They’re set to release a debut LP later in 2017, but in the meantime, ‘Solaris’...

Off The Record: Why Don’t We Treat Electronic Music Seriously?

Discourse and discussion on the many-headed beast that is electronic music* seems infinitely couched in rose-tint, reverence and revisionism. Even as electronic music continues to...

Off The Record: How Dance Brought The World Together (Now Let’s Do It Again)

Remember when Gough Whitlam petitioned us to embrace change?To accept, to act, and to acknowledge? Me neither, though his legacy is starting to look pretty...

Off The Record: An Ode To Vestax

The demise of Vestax in 2014 due to bankruptcy was an especially sad day for DJs and the wider music community. First established in Tokyo...

Classic Album Sundays Is Sydney’s New Listening Club For Music Lovers

Music lovers of Sydney, prepare to get very, very excited. Classic Album Sundays is coming to town. Having taken off in London, New York, Tokyo,...