{"id":788968,"date":"2026-07-09T10:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788968\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:25:21","slug":"hobart-musicians-still-reeling-after-pub-banc-group-collapse-closes-seven-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788968\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobart musicians still reeling after Pub Banc Group collapse closes seven venues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hobart musicians and hospitality workers are still reeling days after seven popular venues shut when the Pub Banc Group collapsed into voluntary administration on Monday.<\/p>\n

Labor Shadow Hospitality Minister Luke Edmunds said the closures hit workers, performers, security staff and cleaning contractors hardest.<\/p>\n

\u201cA major source of income [was] pulled out from them in different ways and at really short notice,\u201d Edmunds told Pulse outside the now-closed Republic Bar in North Hobart.<\/p>\n

He called the Republic \u201can icon of the entire state\u201d and one of the few venues where bands could play at full volume without complaint.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Republic Bar in North Hobart was among seven venues shut on Monday. Image \/ File<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s very few heavy duty venues where you can turn the music up so loud that it rattles the bones of your ancestors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Edmunds said the state government should deliver on promises already made to the industry rather than pointing fingers at the local council.<\/p>\n

\"\"Shadow Hospitality Minister Luke Edmunds with musician Mark Brudenell outside Republic Bar today. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think the people who worked at those venues and performed at them want to see action over finger-pointing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He called for live music rebates for venues, a review of opening hours and cuts to red tape including trade waste solutions.<\/p>\n

Mark Brudenell, a member of local tribute band Australian Made, said the band had been playing at the Republic since around 2008 and one of its guitarists had performed there since 1996.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the only venue that I can think of that\u2019s totally set up for music and it\u2019s also compact,\u201d Brudenell told Pulse.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Pub Banc Group collapsed into voluntary administration on Monday. Image \/ File<\/p>\n

He said the venue attracted a diverse crowd ranging aged from 18 through to 70+ and he had never seen a fight there.<\/p>\n

Brudenell learned of the closure when friends texted him that his upcoming gig on the 29th was cancelled.<\/p>\n

He suggested the Pub Banc Group had not understood what made the Republic work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a unique property that needed someone with love and care for music, food, the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Cargo, Jack Greene and other Pub Banc venues have shut at Salamanca. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n

Brudenell said music was a vital outlet for young people and the city could not afford to lose dedicated live music spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need culturally a place where people can go and have a beer or a wine, chill out and listen to some live music from some live acts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Other venues around Hobart have rallied to support those affected, with the New Sydney Hotel setting up a donation jar for displaced industry workers.<\/p>\n

Administrators Apex Advisory are working to find new buyers for the closed venues, which also include Cargo Bar, Jack Greene, Post Street Social, Observatory Bar and Franklin Wharf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hobart musicians and hospitality workers are still reeling days after seven popular venues shut when the Pub Banc…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":["post-788968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}