Boxing Day is usually for fleeing the family and eating turkey sandwiches at the cricket, but Clinkerfield have other ideas. Damn fine ideas.

They’re planning to beat the Bejesus out of Boxing Day, by playing two shows in Melbourne on same festive evening. The plastered pirates will shake it at The Tote, alongside partners in crime Silver City Highway, Wellyn, Graveyard Train and Fireside Bellows, before making a mad dash into the city to shake it again at Pony, for the infamously dirty late show. It can only lead to seediness of the best kind.

If we’re to believe the band the whole mad Boxing Day extravaganza come with approval from the birthday boy, a personal friend of the band. They asked, “Whaddaya wanna do the day after yer birthdy, Jesus?”. The Messiah replied, “A few beers at the Tote, then into Pony for another big one, perhaps?”. Sound advice – He’s a wise one that Jeebers.

The Tote
71 Johnston Street, Collingwood
with Silver City Highway, Wellyn, Graveyard Train and Fireside Bellows
from 9pm

Pony
68 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
2am late show