Pub & live music

Hopscotch

5 Lonsdale Street, Braddon. A Braddon gastropub with a large beer garden, weekend live music and occasional mechanical-bull nights.

About Hopscotch

Hopscotch is a gastropub at 5 Lonsdale Street in Braddon. VisitCanberra describes spacious indoor and outdoor areas including a large beer garden, with barbecue and pub food, craft beers, wine and cocktails.

The same listing says the venue hosts regular live music, trivia and live sport. A 2020 HerCanberra list said it has live music on most weekends. Its seasonal Smokeout events have paired smoked meats and live country music with a mechanical bull: a 2024 HerCanberra item described a six-week Friday series, and a June 2025 item listed a Saturday Smokeout.

HerCanberra's February 2026 pub and bar guide still lists Hopscotch on Lonsdale Street as a laid-back bar. Hours are not stated in the sources, and recent visitor reviews on the VisitCanberra page are mixed on food and service, so check what is on before booking.

Written by LateOne.au, checked 13 October 2026. Sources: visitcanberra.com.au, hercanberra.com.au, hercanberra.com.au, hercanberra.com.au. Hours and door policies change, so check with the venue.

Area: Braddon
Music: Live bands, country nights
Best nights: Live music most weekends; check events
Address: 5 Lonsdale Street, Braddon ACT 2612
Address: 5 Lonsdale Street, Braddon
Space: Large beer garden, indoor and outdoor areas
Phone: 02 6107 3030
Events: Live music, trivia, sport, seasonal Smokeout nights

Good to know

Smokeout nights have run with a mechanical bull and country music (HerCanberra).
Reservations were recommended for Smokeout events.

Getting there

Take light rail to Elouera Street or Ipima Street on Northbourne Avenue and walk east to Lonsdale Street or Mort Street. From Alinga Street it is a short walk east; check a map for the route.

Last services and walking times change: use the live public transport directions or Transport Canberra on the night, and see getting home for late rides.

Directions by public transport ↗Getting home

Check the venue’s own listings for tonight’s program, hours and door policy.

Map & Street View

Open in Google Maps ↗Directions ↗Street View ↗

Pin from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Street View opens the nearest street photo; entrances can be round the corner, so check the venue’s own directions.

Around Hopscotch

Within a ten-minute walk: Assembly (1 min, pub with late cocktails), The Peacemaker Saloon (1 min, themed bar), Fiction (5 min, club), King O'Malley's (6 min, pub & live music), Dissent Cafe and Bar (7 min, live music cafe-bar) and ChiChiz Bar (8 min, lgbtqia+ bar). Plus 4 more nearby.

Walking times are estimates from the map, not routes.