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 The Vanguard is an intimate, purpose built live music venue and restaurant that plays host to the greats of Australian and international music. With a 1920’s feel to the interior, the Vanguard’s friendly and unpretentious luxury has an ambience unlike any other. Our aim is to provide patrons with an elegant and stylish restaurant, which provides live entertainment, highlighting some of Newtown and Sydney’s most talented musicians.
 Patrons feel like they have stepped back in time. The talented musicians of Sydney have the opportunity to entertain patrons in the best possible surroundings. A venue such as this will provides the people of Newtown with a special place to eat and drink. The menu includes an eclectic mix of Soul Food and modern Australian cooking.
The Vanguard is situated at 42 King Street, Newtown, a cosmopolitan neighbourhood where professors and students, the upwardly mobile and the down at heel, gay and straight, migrant and middle class, wealth and welfare, suits and spikes share a successful experiment in the new globalism.
Newtown is the impact point where the University of Sydney collides with the University of Life.
Newtown's energetic 24-hour street life attracts visitors to its eccentric speciality stores, intriguing antique and artisan showrooms, new and recycled clothing stores, cafes, restaurants, theatres and pubs.
Eating in Newtown offers a choice of more than 20 affordable ethnic cuisine types in 70 restaurants.
A life long interest in music, particularly blues and jazz, led to a trip to the USA to see where some of the music had its beginnings. New Orleans captured our imagination and planted an idea, which has been growing ever since.
 New Orleans is vibrant and sensuous. The food is rich, music is everywhere, the historic district is beautiful and lived-in, and you would have to work very hard to not have a good time. Newtown, with its bohemian mix of people could easily be New Orleans little sister. Newtown is the perfect place for a New Orleans inspired live Jazz and Blues Restaurant. The venue is the Vanguard. The word ‘vanguard’ has long been associated with freethinking, intellectual, artistic and musical movements. Newtown is home to artists, musicians and intellectuals but it is also home to many families. It is diverse, exciting, growing, moving and totally alive. Newtown is ready for The Vanguard!
It has been a long and arduous journey, but, one well worth taking. In the few years that we have been working on the project we have hit some highs, had many disappointments and the stress has been immeasurable. Yet, the dream lived on. Everyone has advice – mostly useless. Everyone has an opinion – often uninvited. Everyone thinks that it’s a great idea – they are right!
View our archive of previous performances at The Vanguard
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