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Lazybones Lounge
A frequent, two-level Marrickville stop for jazz-led bills and late-night bar shows.
- Upcoming shows
- 77
- Capacity
- 150
- Address
- 294 Marrickville Road, 2204 Marrickville
- Phone
- 0450 008 563
- Next show
- Mon, 16 Nov 2026
About Lazybones Lounge
Lazybones Lounge is a listed 150-capacity, two-level live-music room in Marrickville, Sydney, built around food and a full bar. Its clear point of difference is the density of the program: music runs six or seven nights a week, while Friday and Saturday bills can place one to three bands in the larger shared Level 2 space. Jazz is the foundation, framed by a warmly dressed bar setting instead of a stripped-back band room.
A bar built around the bandstand
Concrete Playground’s September 2013 visit placed Lazybones’ opening three months earlier, making June 2013 its starting point. Founder Craig Pietersen brought experience from several Fitzroy bars in Melbourne and named the venue after a Fats Waller song; his premise was a bar whose main activity was live music, especially jazz. That purpose faced its sharpest documented interruption in 2020. After the first COVID-19 restrictions, Lazybones reopened around June; on July 9, Pietersen told ABC News that the room had booked out through its first four weeks back, while a return to tighter rules could end the business. The venue carried on. In May 2025, Pietersen and co-owner Alexandra Heffernan received APRA Music Awards’ Licensee of the Year recognition, an award presented for support of music creators and live performance.
Choosing a room and a bill
Artists seeking a date are asked to send the gig team music links, band size, intended set length and expected supporter numbers, a practical sign that bills are assembled from proposals as well as established residencies. Jazz remains central, with rock, pop, R&B, indie, folk, electronic and alternative acts also appearing. For a show choice, Level 1 serves private hires and small-band or DJ events; Level 2 is the bigger communal room, with food and drinks available throughout.
Sources
- Functions — Lazy Bones Lounge
- Lazybones Lounge, Marrickville Review — Concrete Playground
- NSW businesses told to 'double-down' on social distancing amid potential return of coronavirus restrictions — ABC News
- Inner west Sydney venue Lazybones secures national music award — Australasian Leisure Management
- Lazybones Lounge venue information — SydneyMusic.net
- Contact Us — Lazy Bones Lounge
- Lazybones Lounge — Time Out Sydney
Next 15 shows
- Mon, 16 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Ultimo + Eora View in the CrowdMate app
- Tue, 17 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Ultimo View in the CrowdMate app
- Wed, 18 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Ultimo View in the CrowdMate app
- Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 18:59 Get Folked on Level 2 View in the CrowdMate app
- Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Steve Sedergreen & Friends View in the CrowdMate app
- Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Sibo Bangoura + Blair Greenberg, Calvin Welch, Rachel Bangoura, Jonathan Pease, Tina Harris, Paula Baxter, Yacou Mbaye View in the CrowdMate app
- Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Lvl 1 - Old School Funk & Groove - Fri 20 Novjust announced View in the CrowdMate app
- Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 19:00 The Strides View in the CrowdMate app
- Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Lvl 1 - Old School Funk & Groove - Sat 21 Novjust announced View in the CrowdMate app
- Sun, 22 Nov 2026 · 17:00 Miles Davis BIRTH OF THE COOL + the Birth of the Cool Orchestra View in the CrowdMate app
- Sun, 22 Nov 2026 · 17:00 Lvl 1 - Motor City View in the CrowdMate app
- Mon, 23 Nov 2026 · 18:00 The Underground Brass Band View in the CrowdMate app
- Tue, 24 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Local Business + Bear the Knee, Seldoon and Insteria View in the CrowdMate app
- Wed, 25 Nov 2026 · 18:00 Ultimo View in the CrowdMate app
- Thu, 26 Nov 2026 · 19:00 Lvl 1 View in the CrowdMate app
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