Boasting more than 40 years of memories within its grounds, acts from all over the world have graced the Bar on the Hill stage.
The iconic venue has been the shining light of the University of Newcastle’s (UoN) Callaghan campus, hosting concerts for thousands upon thousands.
Since opening in the 1980s, iconic acts including TOOL, hometown heroes silverchair, The Avalanches, Angus & Julia Stone, Powderfinger and Xavier Rudd have made their respective marks.
Here is a list of artists you may or may not have known played at Newcastle’s very own Bar on the Hill.
Silverchair (Mar 2, 1995)
Suicidal Tendencies (May 11, 1995)
Deluxe (Sep 11, 1996)
You Am I (1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003)
TOOL (Apr 8, 1997)
NOFX (1995, 1997)
Powderfinger (1996, 1999)
Spiderbait (1999, 2004, 2024)
Alex Lloyd (Aug 12, 1999)
Primus (April 19, 2000)
Jebediah (1999, 2002, 2004)
Eskimo Joe (2001, 2011)
The Avalanches (Oct 26, 2000)
Frenzal Rhomb (2001, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Bad Manners (May 31, 2001)
Grinspoon (2002)
The Mark of Cain (Jun 13, 2002)
Machine Gun Fellatio (Mar 21, 2002)
Cog (2003, 2004, 2005)
The Butterfly Effect (2003, 2007)
Regurgitator (2004, 2005, 2007)
Xavier Rudd (Apr 8, 2004)
Wolfmother (May 5, 2005)
Ben Lee (Oct 26, 2005)
Hilltop Hoods (Aug 10, 2006)
Ash Grunwald (Mar 8, 2007)
Bliss n Eso (Feb 23, 2007)
The Fratellis (Mar 6, 2009)
Kate Miller-Heidke (May 8, 2008)
Angus & Julia Stone (Mar 18, 2010)
Mammal (Sep 3, 2009)
The Preatures (Aug 8, 2012)
Ball Park Music (2012, 2014, 2022)
Gang of Youths (Sep 11, 2013)
The Cat Empire (May 14, 2016)
Courtney Barnett (Mar 13, 2016)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Nov 22, 2017)
Shannon Noll (May 25, 2017)
The Amity Affliction (2017, 2020)
YUNGBLUD (Feb 15, 2019)
PNAU (Jul 18, 2018)
The Wombats (Dec 9, 2022)
5 Seconds of Summer (Dec 7, 2022)
Amyl & The Sniffers (2023)
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