Yes, our beer garden is dog friendly!
Our specials are back!
$FREE - FRONT BAR
Mrs Smith's Trivia Every Wednesday night 8pm for one of the best trivia nights in Melbourne. Win JC Disco lamp, Jugs of beer, bottles of wine and meals at the EC.
A fast game is a good game!
Every Wednesday from 8pm
Call 03 9386 7580 to book a table.
w/Jack Spider
Ben Salter is one of Australia’s most highly regarded performers and songwriters. As well as being a founding member of Giants of Science, The Gin Club and the three-time ARIA-nominated Wilson Pickers, he is an accomplished artist in his own right. His debut solo album The Cat (2011) and follow up The Stars My Destination (2015) have established his penchant for eclectic, esoteric arrangements and sounds that take in elements of rock, pop, jazz, folk, country and beyond, whilst all maintaining a coherence and inimitable melodic style.
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Miles de Carteret is the Melbourne-based collaboration between singer/songwriter Miles de Carteret and producer/drummer Danny Barwick.
After five years of touring with other projects, the pair came together in 2016 with a shared vision of creating their own evocative music by blending electronic elements with organic performance.
‘Honey’ explores the concept of loving someone for their flaws and failures. Constructed on a bed of muted guitar playing, and fleshed with soft synthesiser pads, the song is lulling and hypnotic. As Barwick says, ‘…we wanted to recreate the feeling of a diary entry, to try our best to connect directly with people and move them from place of honesty’. His beat-making exists in both the analog and the digital world, using claps, cymbals and shakers alongside programming and glitches.
The pair began the production in their studio in Melbourne’s South-East, before bringing the composition to producer Oscar Dawson (HOLY HOLY, Ali Barter, Ben Wright Smith) at his studio in Abbotsford. The instrumentation was shared by Barwick and de Carteret, with the final touches recorded by a three-part female choir.
Says de Carteret, ‘…more than ever, I really felt the need to create music that I could really call my own, something purely meant to express where I had been over the last year’.
And with that in mind, he and co-writer Danny Barwick bring you the debut Miles de Carteret single, ‘Honey’.
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Simon Laxton plays wilder underground soundsfrom the 50's and60's. He genre hops (Rock n Roll, Rockabilly, Soul, Early Funk, Popcorn, authentic R&B, Rocksteady, Ska, Garage and more)
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Unpainted Prospects are intimate alt-folk storytellers, weaving keenly observed tales from the personal to the political. As a trio, they'll be showcasing songs from their upcoming EP 'Night & Day' and their recent single 'Boxing Day's Ails', which songwriter Matthew Daniel calls 'a protest song against myself'.
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Borris B will bring a genre hopping selection of vinyl anchoring in 60's to contemporary rock n roll, psych and garage, with a twist of gems and oddities.
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Danika Smith's voice dips and glides over spacious guitar work in an effortless melding of folk and soul. Her lines are pulled from unsent notes to lovers, instead redirected to the room as dreamy personal narratives.
$FREE - FRONT BAR
Mrs Smith's Trivia Every Wednesday night 8pm for one of the best trivia nights in Melbourne. Win JC Disco lamp, Jugs of beer, bottles of wine and meals at the EC.
A fast game is a good game!
Every Wednesday from 8pm
Call 03 9386 7580 to book a table.
$FREE - Front Bar
It's been four years since Brendan Forward made the move to Melbourne to pursuer a career in music.
Starting out as a solo artist, he hit the busking circuit, playing any gig he could find until in April 2015 he joined forces with rock band Massive as their new lead guitarist.
Since joining, the band has released its second album "Destination Somewhere" in earlier 2015, toured Australia supporting The Screaming Jets, as well as UK & Europe and playing festivals such as Hard Rock Hell.
Brendan Forward's solo shows are made up of originals and a mix of some of his favourite songs. Encorporating some fingerpicking blues styles, slide guitar, harmonica and with the occassional acoustic stripped-down Massive song thrown in for good measure.
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
DJ Smoke Bellow (OR Meredith and Christian) is a direct outlet for the music influencing them as a band at any given moment. Generally that is anything from 70s Krautrock to varied African regional guitar groups with some post punk thrown in too.
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Unpainted Prospects are intimate alt-folk storytellers, weaving keenly observed tales from the personal to the political. As a trio, they'll be showcasing songs from their upcoming EP 'Night & Day' and their recent single 'Boxing Day's Ails', which songwriter Matthew Daniel calls 'a protest song against myself'.
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Nobody wants Steamed veggies. Everybody wants Chips and Salads!
Indie miserablism meets party hip hop. Kraut, synth, a shallow knowledge of dub reggae, two Beyonce records, awkward house music and a bunch of Alt. hits and memories. Like if Jive Bunny did the Stranger Things Soundtrack.
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Danika Smith's voice dips and glides over spacious guitar work in an effortless melding of folk and soul. Her lines are pulled from unsent notes to lovers, instead redirected to the room as dreamy personal narratives.
$FREE - FRONT BAR
Mrs Smith's Trivia Every Wednesday night 8pm for one of the best trivia nights in Melbourne. Win JC Disco lamp, Jugs of beer, bottles of wine and meals at the EC.
A fast game is a good game!
Every Wednesday from 8pm
Call 03 9386 7580 to book a table.
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Steeped in booze soaked heartbreak, bearded banjo raking fellow
Dave Harley captivates with tales and love and land and the roads less
traveled.
Dave's Facebook
$FREE - BEER GARDEN
Nobody wants Steamed veggies. Everybody wants Chips and Salads!
Indie miserablism meets party hip hop. Kraut, synth, a shallow knowledge of dub reggae, two Beyonce records, awkward house music and a bunch of Alt. hits and memories. Like if Jive Bunny did the Stranger Things Soundtrack.
$FREE
Mijo is recently back from a song writing journey to the far north wilderness of Iceland where he crafted lyrical songs from the hidden geographies of worlds inner and outer. Mijo’s live show travels from the intimate prose in music to the more enlivening chant anthems, enough to inspire an epiphany and perhaps even a genuine singalong.
Mijo has performed with Gotye, Clare Bowditch, Missy Higgins, Tommy Emmanuel among many other wonderful Australian and international artists. Although references are made to Jeff Buckley, Wainwright, Fleet Foxes and Cohen among others, Mijo continues to eludes pigeon-holes with his distinctive voice in the world of song writing and vocal delivery.
“Moody, heartbreaking, stunning, f#$king epic.” – Beat Magazine
“Lamplight and a sold-out Northcote Social Club travelled an intense nautically themed journey that was part sea-shanty, part thrash, part croon, and completely fucking breathtaking. The night saw an aggressive and vivid live beast unleashed after many months of recording.” – Beat Magazine
“Fantastic haunting pop. There are Buckley-esque tones to the vocals - perfect for the soaring melodies. Lovely warm, acoustic instrumentation. Defo one for fans of Augie March, Mum, Beirut etc.” - Dan Buhagiar, Triple J Radio
BOOKINGS: (03) 9386 7580
For same day bookings please call us.
The EC is a diverse area capable of supporting both large & smaller, more intimate functions. We have hosted everything from local community group meetings, to all out dress up parties for 100 people plus!
We have our front bar if you just want a casual meeting place & don't mind sharing with others, the main dining room which is available for private use for groups up to 100 people & our expansive beergarden for groups of all sizes.
There is no room hire charge, just some minimum purchases for food & drink in some circumstances.
To ensure everyone leaves feeling satisfied we have a special functions menu that can be tailored to your requirements.
681 Sydney Road
Brunswick VIC 3056
PH: (03) 9386 7580
Send us a message if you are a band or solo performer and would like to play a show at the Edinburgh Castle.
Please include info about your music and experience.
We are on the corner of Sydney Rd and Albion St in Brunswick. The #19 tram stops right out the front. Alternatively we are an easy five minute walk from the Anstey train station on the Upfield line
