Grab a beer, settle into one of the chairs and enjoy the music in this intimate setting. You’ll feel right at home. The Grace Emily Hotel is everything you’d want from a pub: incredibly laid back, grungy and welcoming. As one of the historic pubs of the city’s West End, the pub was established just three years after South Australia was settled in 1839, and known then as the Launceston. Today, the pub’s reputation hinges on its commitment to live music, a staple most nights of the week that landed the Grace an induction into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame in 2017.
A small stage in the backroom is where countless well-known and up-and-coming musicians have performed. The Grace Emily’s famous Monday night open mic, Billy Bob's BBQ Jam, has been going for about 20 years, and brings an attentive crowd to see Billy Bob Rankin and his band, singer-songwriters, poets and more. Billy works the crowd and the beats pulsates through the place while music lovers sit and bop along. The no-frills pub, which has an old-school interior with walls covered with paintings, posters and stickers is a perfect place for kicking back with a South Australian Coopers beer, either in the front bar, one of the tables out the front, in the back beer garden or in front of the band. There’s also a darts board and a pool table.