Beloved Sydney Live Music Space To Close This Month

Popular Sydney bar and live music space Freda's will be closing its doors permanently.

In a statement released today, owner David Abram, who has run the Chippendale venue for the last nine years, confirmed that Freda's will close on 21 November.

"After surviving five years of lock outs, red tape, rising rents and an exodus of youth from the city centre, Freda’s had finally been flourishing after receiving one of Sydney’s first 4am licences (outside the casino) since the heady days of the Olympics. We had been looking forward to by far our most successful and stable year ever. Boy were we wrong," Abram's statement reads.

"Although we could not foresee an international pandemic, it had already become clear to us that we were not part of the long term plans for our building. The 100 year old warehouse we have inhabited, as is the way for many grassroots cultural spaces, will eventually become a memory to the high rise construction that is likely to envelop Chippendale in the next 10 years."

However, Abram has insisted that while the Chippendale venue will be closing down, it is not the end of Freda's.

"... While we are saying goodbye to a beloved space, this isn't goodbye forever. 

"When one door closes, another one opens. We will see you again soon.”

Since opening, Freda's has hosted a number of favourite local talent including Sui Zhen, NO ZU, Severed Heads and Lucy Cliche, as well as DJ sets from Adi Toohey, Toni Yotzi, Wax O’Paradiso and Tim Sweeney.