MANDEE NEWSLETTER

15 MAY

YOUR WEEKEND GUIDE

Morning,

Bit of a weekend ahead. The Gopher (the Irish-inspired basement bar taking over the Old Manly Boatshed site under the Corso) finally opens Friday night, Jackie Loeb is headlining a stand-up show in the hidden bar tucked inside Chalky's, and the Long Reef sauna saga continues with Council pulling the permit on 1,400 happy customers and zero complaints.

All the usual below: live music, sport, conditions for the weekend. Let's get into it.

Chalky’s Comedy Night

📍 Where: Chalky’s (Brookvale) 🕒 When: 8-930PM, Friday🔗 Book: link

Kookaburra's Comedy takes over Valentines (the hidden bar tucked inside Chalky's) this Friday with a stacked lineup headlined by Jackie Loeb, the MO Award winner you've seen on Spicks and Specks and Good News Week.

WEATHER

SPORT

ICYMI

The Long Reef sauna might be cooked The portable Finnish sauna at Long Reef, Cedar & Salt, has its Council permit pulled from tomorrow despite 1,400 happy customers and zero complaints, all because Crown land rules don't have a category for "sauna business." Councillors vote next Tuesday on whether to grant a winter extension, so the timing is, ironically, freezing.

IN CASE YOU ALSO MISSED THIS

The Gopher opens under the Corso this Friday The Gopher, the Irish-inspired basement bar taking over The Old Manly Boatshed site under the Corso, opens Friday night with live music, cocktails and full late-night underground energy. Designed by Manly local Matt Clifton (the brains behind The Cumberland), it's the long-awaited replacement for one of Manly's most missed late-night spots.

The 8km walk that ends at the pub STRYDE4 Day is an 8km walk from Manly Lagoon to Harbord Diggers next Tuesday, with 15 activation zones along the way (ice baths in utes, silent disco, bucket golf on the sand) and 100% of funds going to the 30 charities you pick from. Tickets are $105, walk kicks off 8:30am, and yes, it finishes at the pub.

EVENTS

LIVE MUSIC @ NIGHT

FRIDAY 17 APRIL

  • Manly Pavilion, Pavilion After Dark, DJs til late

  • Felons Barrel Room (Manly), Galantis Australia Tour, Swedish dance pop, doors 8pm, ticketed via Moshtix, 18+

  • Donny's (Manly), live music

  • Quaker's Hat Brewing (Manly Vale), Friday Night Live Music from 6pm

  • Harbord Diggers (Freshwater), David Agius, 6pm-9pm

  • Bombies (Freshwater), Casa Rosa 8:15pm, The Sweet Heaps 9:15pm, Clay Western 10:15pm

  • Bucketty's Brewing Co. (Brookvale), Mojo Groove, 8pm-11pm

  • Freshwater Brewing (Brookvale), Tijuana Cartel + DJ SHE-J

  • Nomad Brewing Co. (Brookvale), Fynn Meaney, 5pm-8pm

  • Noble Craft Distillery (Rossco's Bar, Brookvale), Friday Confessional with Elmine Isa, 7pm

  • 7th Day Brewery (Brookvale), Friday Froths, live music from late afternoon til late

  • The Newport, Newport Fridays, 4pm Sam Wall, 8pm Husky

SATURDAY 18 APRIL

  • Manly Pavilion, Pavilion After Dark, DJs til late

  • Felons Barrel Room (Manly), Vinyl 45, indie-rock / funk / RnB, free entry, doors 8pm, 18+

  • Ivanhoe Hotel (Manly), Saturday Nights, local pub / rock & funk bands, 80s/90s & now, 9pm-12am

  • Shore Beach House (South Steyne), DJs all night

  • Donny's (Manly), live music

  • Quaker's Hat Brewing (Manly Vale), Saturday Night Live Music

  • Harbord Diggers (Freshwater), Richie Branco 2pm-5pm, DJ Teegstah 6pm-9pm

  • Bombies (Freshwater), Sausage 6pm-7:30pm, Tia Lacoste 7:30pm-9pm, Elijah Something 9pm-10:30pm, 2grlz1deck 10:30pm-close

  • Bucketty's Brewing Co. (Brookvale), Dane Preston 3pm-5pm; Shore Break 5:30pm-6:30pm; The Stonebeats 8pm-11pm

  • Freshwater Brewing (Brookvale), Bird in Hand

  • Nomad Brewing Co. (Brookvale), Whiskey Business, 6pm-9pm

  • Noble Craft Distillery (Rossco's Bar, Brookvale), Hipshot Nic, 7pm

  • 4 Pines Truck Bar (Brookvale), Live in the Pines from 8pm

  • 7th Day Brewery (Brookvale), FOMO Saturdays, bands and DJs from 5pm til late

  • Hang 10 Distillery (Warriewood), Sonic Surf Safari, surf rock, 5:30pm

  • The Mona (Mona Vale), Live Sessions from 3pm

  • The Newport, Newport Saturdays, 12pm Mike Dotch, 3pm Yogi, 6pm Peewee Ferris, 9pm Andy Mullins

SUNDAY 19 APRIL

  • Shore Beach House (South Steyne), DJs

  • Donny's (Manly), live music

  • Harbord Diggers (Freshwater), Steve Tongue Duo, 1:30pm-4:30pm

  • Bucketty's Brewing Co. (Brookvale), Collaroy Jazz Collective 12pm-2pm; Re-Covered 3pm-6pm

  • Noble Craft Distillery (Rossco's Bar, Brookvale), The Future of Blues, 1pm

  • 4 Pines Truck Bar (Brookvale), Live in the Pines from 2:30pm

MANLY FROM THE PAST

The Night a French Ship Crashed Onto Manly Beach

On the night of 24 May 1906, the French barque Vincennes ran stern-first onto Manly Beach in an easterly gale. She was sailing from Yokohama to Sydney carrying nothing but ballast, and her captain mistook the lights on the beach for the entrance to Sydney Harbour. Nobody was hurt, but the 60-metre, three-masted steel ship was stuck on the sand for nine days. It became the biggest tourist attraction in Sydney. Crowds were so enormous that extra ferries had to be put on from Circular Quay, and police were called to manage the chaos. After multiple failed attempts with tugboats, the Vincennes was finally pulled free at 3am on 2 June. She was repaired at Mort's Dock and sailed on to New Caledonia. In the famous photo, you can see St Patrick's Seminary looming in the background behind the beached ship.

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