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Backpacker club
Side Bar (Wake Up! Sydney Central)
The nightclub inside Wake Up! hostel, 509 Pitt Street opposite Central Station. Backpacker central; Sunday pub crawl.
About Side Bar (Wake Up! Sydney Central)
Side Bar is the basement bar and nightclub at Wake Up! Sydney Central, a large backpacker hostel on Pitt Street near Central. It is the hostel's social hub after dark, serving dinner and drinks with DJs and occasional live bands, and it is wheelchair accessible.
The weekly program is built around hostel guests and their friends. Wednesday's Wine and Cheese Night, billed as the hostel's biggest social night, finishes with an afterparty at Side Bar, and Throwback Thursdays bring old-school hits to the dancefloor. Expect a young, international backpacker crowd and themed parties rather than a polished club.
Written by LateOne.au, checked 13 October 2026. Sources: wakeup.com.au, feverup.com, goingawesomeplaces.com. Hours and door policies change, so check with the venue.
- Area
- CBD & Darling Harbour
- Music
- DJs most nights; party and throwback nights
- Best nights
- Every night; Wednesday and Friday free-drink DJ nights for guests
- Address
- 509 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000
- Location
- Basement of Wake Up! Sydney Central
- Key nights
- Wed Wine & Cheese afterparty; Thu Throwback Thursdays
- Music
- DJs, some live bands
Check the venue’s own listings for tonight’s program, hours and door policy.
Map & Street View
509 Pitt Street, Haymarket NSW 2000Pin 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 Side Bar (Wake Up! Sydney Central)
Within a ten-minute walk: Goros (7 min, bar with djs), Strawberry Hills Hotel (9 min, pub with djs) and Phoenix Central Park (10 min, performance space).
Walking times are estimates from the map, not routes.
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Checked 13 October 2026 against Destination NSW, venue sites and Transport for NSW. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.