Culture / Melbourne, VIC

Melbourne’s best pubs to watch the big dance (and we’re not just talking about Kylie)

The Sydney Morning Herald Andrea McGinniss

22 Sept 2026 11:14 AEST Summary

From the report

No ticket? No worries. Soak up all of the grand final action, atmosphere and Kylie Minogue’s pre-game performance live on the big screens at these footy-watching hotspots.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of city skyline aerial, used to illustrate it. New York City Skyline at Blue Hour from the Top of the Rock HDR Katie Haugland Bowen / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of city skyline aerial, used to illustrate it. New York City Skyline at Blue Hour from the Top of the Rock HDR Katie Haugland Bowen / flickr, CC BY

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Niral Score 17 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment +0.3 hostilefavourable Sourcing 36 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Brisbane Times Melbourne’s best pubs to watch the big dance (and we’re not just talking about Kylie) Niral 17 political 0 The Age Melbourne’s best pubs to watch the big dance (and we’re not just talking about Kylie) Niral 17 political 0 WAtoday Melbourne’s best pubs to watch the big dance (and we’re not just talking about Kylie) Niral 17 political 0