About the Petersham Bowling Club

Established in 1896,  the Petersham Bowling & Recreation Club (the PBC) is one of the oldest clubs in NSW, with a rich and interesting history. A few years ago the club was snatched from the jaws of property developers intent on building town houses on the site. Now the PBC is a vibrant, dynamic and creative, poker machine-free community club with a strong commitment to environmental sustainability. 

The PBC survives on the work of dedicated volunteers and staff and the patronage of the local community and visitors from all over the place.

People come because the PBC is a warm and welcoming old club – a bit worn and beaten-up around the edges – but with great food, a family-friendly atmosphere and a growing reputation as a live music venue. 

As a multi-purpose facility the PBC offers sport, music, the arts, space for functions, a selection of tasty beers and wines, great food and lots of opportunities for fun while protecting the open green space for the next 116+ years.

Come and be a part of it! Bring your mates for a drink and some barefoot bowls. Bring the kids for a play while you listen to some great music on a Sunday afternoon. Come to a gig and support Sydney’s live music scene. Get involved as a volunteer or just come and enjoy the friendly atmosphere. Everyone is welcome at the PBC!

What’s on @ the pbc

May 2012
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Closed Event Details

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6:00 am

Club is closed.

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Learn To Swing Dance | 7.30 pm Event Details

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9:00 pm

Come and learn the lindy hop and other dances from the 1920s, 30s and 40s!
Beginner swing dancing class ($15) from 7.30pm. Special class blocks from 8.30pm every other month, social dancing in the off-months.
All classes are run on a casual basis, so there is no need to book. Simply turn up, wear comfortable shoes and we will take care of the rest.

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The Aston Martinis Event Details

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8:00 pm

The Aston Martinis perform a great mix of Cool Swing and Classic Soul with a touch of class and lots of energy.

Dressed to kill these guys will get the party started and fill the dance floor.

Blend the soulful singing of Steven Howard with the hardest Swingin’ Rhythm section in town then sprinkle with hot horn lines....

The Aston Martinis deliver the coolest sound around and will have you coming back again and again.

 

....Shaken AND Stirred!

 

Cost:

$5

The Aston Martinis

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The PBC Vinyl Sale Event Details

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12:00 pm4:30 pm

Thanks to a kind donation from Laughing Outlaw Records and FBi Radio, the Petersham Bowling Club has a tonne of vinyl and cd's for sale. Lots of different titles to choose - rock, blues, country, soul and everything in between. All proceeds go to keeping the Club pokie free (and fixing the roof!).

And of course there'll be Barefoot bowls, beers on tap and the bistro will be open from midday with $5 kids meals. Best of all you get to help out the best little community run bowlo/live music venue in the Inner West.

(Unfortunately we've sold out of Devastatin' Dave.)

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Slippery Sid Event Details

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6:00 pm

Born out of Sydney's inner west, Slippery Sid explores the hokum feel of blues and swing from early last century.

Featuring the howlin' sounds of slide guitar and dobro the band also grooves with mellow tunes.

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Closed Event Details

Close
6:00 am

Club is closed. The bar is not Open for this night.

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Closed Event Details

Close
6:00 am

Club is closed.

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Learn To Swing Dance | 7.30 pm Event Details

Close
9:00 pm

Come and learn the lindy hop and other dances from the 1920s, 30s and 40s!
Beginner swing dancing class ($15) from 7.30pm. Special class blocks from 8.30pm every other month, social dancing in the off-months.
All classes are run on a casual basis, so there is no need to book. Simply turn up, wear comfortable shoes and we will take care of the rest.

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Rory Faithfield Event Details

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8:00 pm

Singer-songwriter Rory Faithfield is based in Dublin Ireland yet Australian born and bred with Celtic songlines in his head and grains of sand between his toes.

His fourth and latest album 'Songs For Sooner' was described by Bruce Elder as being “a sublime, heart-stoppingly beautiful album from a major new Australian folk talent ”.

"Faithfield inhabits the same rich musical world as Christy Moore, Luka Bloom and Glen Hansard. His songs are wistful, romantic, deeply felt, beautifully crafted and sung with a voice that pours sincerity and emotion over every line and note”

The West Australian newspaper remarked that “this is beautiful, straightforward storytelling, saturated in Irish folk traditions but with a keen edge born of Faithfield's days as a punk rocker in Sydney”. While 'The Australian' noted that, “his message is that all shades of experience can be metamorphosed into positivity and individualistic growth”.

Performing solo with acoustic guitar, harmonicas, a loop station and some uplifting audience interactivity, Rory is fast becoming a familar name on the Australian Folk Festival circuit - in the past year or so playing at Port Fairy, Yungaburra, Maldon, Nannup, Nanga, Tarerer, Lake Bolac and Burke & Wills, Folk Festivals.

Back in Ireland, Rory Faithfield is described as "Power Acoustic" by the Irish Independent, and "invigorating and inspiring" by The Irish Times.

For more info, please visit: www.faithfield.com

Cost:
$10 entry ($5 Concession)

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Junior & The Jeweltones + Ron & Jeff King Event Details

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8:00 pm11:00 pm
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Sunday Afternoon Jump 2pm to 5pm Event Details

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2:00 pm

There is nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon than to let your limbs loose to some wicked African Salsa, Soukous, Highlife and Reggae music! DJ “Kojo” presents to you every fortnight on a Sunday, the best genre in music out today to get everyone dancing whilst some play bowls and others relax in the sun and chat from 2pm – 5pm!
So bring your friends, enjoy a drink or two, spin a bowl, grab a bite and enjoy the music!
For any requests, contact kojosarkodee@hotmail.com
Every second Sunday -from 2pm to 5pm
Entry is FREE!!!

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Closed Event Details

Close
6:00 am

Club is closed. The bar is not Open for this night.

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Closed Event Details

Close
6:00 am

Club is closed.

16

Learn To Swing Dance | 7.30 pm Event Details

Close
9:00 pm

Come and learn the lindy hop and other dances from the 1920s, 30s and 40s!
Beginner swing dancing class ($15) from 7.30pm. Special class blocks from 8.30pm every other month, social dancing in the off-months.
All classes are run on a casual basis, so there is no need to book. Simply turn up, wear comfortable shoes and we will take care of the rest.

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The Blue Space! Poetry Jam Event Details

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7:00 pm

 

The month of May brings features festival performer CANDY ROYALLE.

As usual, with open mic and musical accompaniment at the poets' wish.

$5 and open mic poets please arrive 30 minutes prior so as to register.

 

Cost:
$5

The Blue Space! Poetry Jam

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Closed Event Details

Close
6:00 am

Club is closed. The bar is not Open for this night.

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Closed Event Details

Close
6:00 am

Club is closed.

23

Learn To Swing Dance | 7.30 pm Event Details

Close
9:00 pm

Come and learn the lindy hop and other dances from the 1920s, 30s and 40s!
Beginner swing dancing class ($15) from 7.30pm. Special class blocks from 8.30pm every other month, social dancing in the off-months.
All classes are run on a casual basis, so there is no need to book. Simply turn up, wear comfortable shoes and we will take care of the rest.

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The Fuelers (ACT) Event Details

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8:00 pm

The Fuelers will be in Sydney to launch their brand new CD ‘Petrol Food’ at the Petersham Bowling Club Friday 25th May. The Canberra boys, with Newcastle fiddle player/singer Su Morley (aka “The Girl”) will be serving up their snappy home-fried mix of rockabilly, country, rock and pop sounds that draw as much from Hank Williams as 70s TV commercials.

 

New CD ‘Petrol Food’ includes tough rodeo and truckin’ tracks 6 Days on the Road (for 8 Seconds in the Saddle), Mud-flap Girl and B-Model Mack; the rockabilly noir of Zombi Girl, and Black Widow; straight dance-ables such as She Likes to Drive, along with their trade-mark adverts for bent products such as Pop Cones and Chocolate Coated Army Men.

 

With the band sticking mostly to the festival circuit, don’t miss this all-too rare Sydney gig for a night out with The Fuelers.

Cost:

$10 / $8

 

The Fuelers (ACT)

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Sunday Afternoon Jump 2pm to 5pm Event Details

Close
2:00 pm

There is nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon than to let your limbs loose to some wicked African Salsa, Soukous, Highlife and Reggae music! DJ “Kojo” presents to you every fortnight on a Sunday, the best genre in music out today to get everyone dancing whilst some play bowls and others relax in the sun and chat from 2pm – 5pm!
So bring your friends, enjoy a drink or two, spin a bowl, grab a bite and enjoy the music!
For any requests, contact kojosarkodee@hotmail.com
Every second Sunday -from 2pm to 5pm
Entry is FREE!!!

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Closed Event Details

Close
6:00 am

Club is closed. The bar is not Open for this night.

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Closed Event Details

Close
6:00 am

Club is closed.

30

Learn To Swing Dance | 7.30 pm Event Details

Close
9:00 pm

Come and learn the lindy hop and other dances from the 1920s, 30s and 40s!
Beginner swing dancing class ($15) from 7.30pm. Special class blocks from 8.30pm every other month, social dancing in the off-months.
All classes are run on a casual basis, so there is no need to book. Simply turn up, wear comfortable shoes and we will take care of the rest.

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song @ the pbc - 7 to 10pm Event Details

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7:00 pm10:00 pm

song @ the pbc ? the Petersham Bowling club open mic returns for 2012 ? 7 to 10pm  last Thursday of the month from February 23rd.

We’re back!!- bring your songs, your friends, heck…you can even bring your mum & your little sister!- yes folks- we’re parent & child friendly. We even appreciate both kinds of music…

we’ve great local beers, fabulous food at the bistro & the funkiest pokie-free live music environment this side of the tracks.

you can register ahead of time through the website here (the link’ll be up soon if it’s not there now) or text 0416 288 393.

Come on down & meet the folks…

and your hosts/presenters/moderators/arbiters of taste & general ego wranglers Charli Rainford & Brian Manning…

Facebook event page link:
http://www.facebook.com/events/360728270605777/

Time Playing:
7 to 10pm

song @ the pbc - 7 to 10pm

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The Aston Martinis Event Details

Close
8:00 pm

The Aston Martinis perform a great mix of Cool Swing and Classic Soul with a touch of class and lots of energy.

Dressed to kill these guys will get the party started and fill the dance floor.

Blend the soulful singing of Steven Howard with the hardest Swingin’ Rhythm section in town then sprinkle with hot horn lines....

The Aston Martinis deliver the coolest sound around and will have you coming back again and again.

 

....Shaken AND Stirred!

 

Cost:

$5

The Aston Martinis

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Lime and Steel Event Details

Close
3:00 pm6:00 pm

Banjo smacking 3 piece from the Blue Mountains: Double bass, drums, punked-up Irish whistle and bagpipes. This is what it sounds like when hillbillies  and escaped escaped convicts meet at the RSL.

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