The Bridge Hotel

  • NYE’s biggest party returns

    NYE’s biggest party returns

    The Bridge Hotel, Boomtown Winery and Bistro, and the Taproom at Shedshaker Brewing are combining forces again for Hot Variety 4 – the biggest and best New Year’s Eve party in Castlemaine. Headlining Hot Variety 4 will be LGA SNAGz featuring Dan Kelly and friends (Shedshaker Taproom) and PWD (Boomtown), with Jo Huff, AV3, Jen…

  • Festival to be a ripper

    Festival to be a ripper

    The lineup for the 2025 Town Folk Festival dropped today and it is set to be huge! Town Folk Festival returns to Djaara / Castlemaine in November with yet another impressive lineup of local and international music, this time led by Sharon Van Etten and The Attachment Theory, who will return to Australia with their…

  • Live from the garden stage

    Live from the garden stage

    Award-winning artist and disability advocate Eliza Hull will be giving a special performance at The Bridge Hotel in Castlemaine on Saturday, December 14. With a career that has taken her to iconic stages like the Sydney Opera House, SXSW and Ability Fest, and music that has featured in TV series from ABC KIDS to Teen…

  • Contenders to shine

    Contenders to shine

    Lisa DennisCastlemaine Idyll returns to Castlemaine’s Lot 19 art precinct on Saturday March 18 to again give aspiring local stars their moment to shine. The man behind the event, Lot 19’s Mark Anstey, said 2023 marked the 14th instalment of the uplifting community event. “When I started Idyll, I was begging people to perform,” Mark…

  • Raising funds for Ruby

    Raising funds for Ruby

    A fantastic fundraising event featuring Dave Larkin from Dallas Crane, and indie/rock band Rudely Interrupted will be held at Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel this Saturday to support local family, Kendall Ingham and Trent Gibson and their children, Ruby and Neko. Fourteen-year-old Ruby has a rare genetic mutation of the CHD2 gene, which means she has epileptic…

  • Brutally honest and hilarious

    Brutally honest and hilarious

    Don’t call Rose Callaghan a ‘mum’. She’s an intelligent, alluring, bisexual Scorpio with E-cup boobs and a newly issued probationary licence who just so happens to the be the proud owner of a baby. In a truly inspiring world first, after finishing the eighth season of Homeland and trying weed again, Rose Callaghan (winner, Sydney…

  • HELPING BATTLERS

    HELPING BATTLERS

    Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel has teamed up with local businesses to offer free meals to those doing it tough during the coronavirus crisis as part of its ‘Trooper Tuesdays’ initiative. The Bridge recently introduced a pub meal takeaway and home delivery service to enable them to keep their chefs and kitchenhand employed during the pandemic closure…