Felons Barrel Room

Felons Barrel Room is a 600-standing, 350-seated concert room and brewery at Manly Wharf in Sydney. Its distinguishing feature sits in plain view: an open-plan room wrapped in 100-plus French oak beer barrels, with a 6-by-4.5-metre performance stage at one end. The scale suits a proper local headline set, while the harbour precinct setting ties the experience to food, fresh beer and a ferry-side crowd.

A supermarket becomes a stage

In 2022, Aldi ceased trading in this Manly Wharf tenancy, leaving the space vacant. Artemus Group and Felons Brewing then took a lease across the wharf’s commercial area; council approved the Barrel Hall fit-out as a pub and artisan food-and-drink venue on 5 February 2025.

After a year of construction, Felons Barrel Room opened on Friday, 5 December 2025, with an on-site microbrewery. The launch gave the venue its first concentrated statement: Winston Surfshirt played that Friday, Mental As Anything followed on Saturday, 6 December, and a Sweat It Out dance-label session closed the weekend on Sunday. Those opening bills define the remit: a large, flexible beer hall for concert-scale shows and community programming.

The room in practice

Booking is open to promoters, bands, DJs and performers for ticketed live events, while the house programme includes emerging local artists alongside established acts. The calendar’s Latin, country, electronic, indie, rock, alternative, R&B and jazz spread makes the room useful for club nights, tribute bills, bands and seated showcases. Expect a single-room floorplan, configurable furniture for full-venue hires, equipped bars and kitchen facilities, plus concert PA and programmable lighting. The stage anchors sightlines across the open room.