The Scratch

📣 Attention artists! 📣
We’ve got a limited amount of spots in a group art show for this year’s Weekend of Darkness. If you want to be involved, check out the slides above for inspo on the theme we’re calling SATANIC MUPPETRY + DARK BEER, and fill out the form found via the link in our bio.
Hurry hurry hurry, go go go! 😈🍻

Hard to photograph, easy to love - it’s a brand new art show from titled “Los Luchadores vs The Cryptids”. This one is an evolution of Chris’ previous solo shows we’ve also been lucky enough to host, this time cryptids are invading the world of lucha libre spaghetti westerns featuring the likes of Big Foot, Mothman, chupacabras, lizard people…and more.
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Chris will also be hosting a special edition of Wrestling Club on Sunday night at The Scratch Bar, Milton so you can come down and pick his brain about his art, wrestling, cryptids, beer (that might be more our thing) etc.
Art show: up now, but sales don’t start until Sunday.
Wrestling Club: Sunday from 5pm up through back of the bar.

WEEKEND OF DARKNESS 17.7.26 - 19.7.26

Archival stills from the lost fringe children's program PRAISE THE MASTER, filmed and broadcast somewhere around Esk, Queensland, some time between 1948 and 1961.

Happy birthday to the dogfather himself, Brisbane’s biggest fan, and the person who normally writes these posts - Boots! If you see him today, give him a knowing nod and overtly mouth the words “I know it’s your birthday” at him.

Just a heads up that we'll be closed this Sunday to hold a staff Christmas party so late that it's almost early. Mea culpa! Can we politely recommend that you go visit our friends at if you'd like a Scratch-like experience that's substantially better in most ways?

Prepare to entreat with the dark powers that pull the strings from Friday to Sunday, July 17th to 19th.

Three days of dark beers and darker magic at the Scratch Bar, Milton.

We're thrilled beyond belief to announce that the 2026 World Yahtzee Champion is the first ever two-time champion in the history of the World Yahtzee Championships. Congratulations to Tom on making Yahtzee history, and congratulations to our runner-up Davin, our losingest participant Lisa, and to first-timer Akwany on being the points scoringest person of the day. Thanks so much to the homies at for the beer and the support, and to everyone that came to the tournament. An incredible day of dice athleticism and dice community.

Tonight! We’re half way through the May grand sumo basho in Tokyo. Come join us from 6pm for a beer and a recount of the tournament so far on the big screen.
Also! As a little treat, check out the link in today’s story for an incredible news story about one of our favourite sumo wrestlers being a hero. Warning! The news story contains some spoilers if you’re not up to date with the comp so far.

Life drawing! It’s back! Get amongst it! Tickets via the link in bio. See you there!