HELP BUILD THE FUTURE OF THE PBC
support our accessibility fundraiser!
Fundraising Highlight:
Less than 10 weeks remaining to raise the final 65K to fund the ramp and accessibility upgrades!!!!
We are scheduled to start building the ramp this March!!! Our fundraising target is $500K, and with sincere gratitude to our community and a few government grants, we’ve already raised over $435K. We’re on the final stretch with just under $65K to go!!! Now more than ever we need your help to reach our final goal of $500k to make The PBC accessible to all in 2026.
Come in, bring everyone have fun, raise funds!
Why we are fundraising
We are working hard on upgrading the Petersham Bowling Club with an accessibility ramp to make it accessible to all. After all, everyone should be able to equally enjoy our pokie-free community-run club full of music, recreation and good times. Access is a right for all humans.
Our target is 500k which will enable the club to build a ramp with landing, new access doors,widen the pathways + more! see further details on our plans here.
How you can get involved
Buying a beer from our special Ramp Tap, seeing a band or a live wrestling show, or simply donating or buying a raffle ticket – there are plenty of fun ways to get involved. Big or small, it really does all count!
ATTENTION!
NEW MERCH HAS LANDED!
It's here, its what you have been waiting for! A new merch drop featuring fabulous a retro-futurist illustration of the PBC with ramp by Luke Player!
We have hoodies, jumpers and tote bags in pink or cream + hats, mugs, stubby coolers and tea towels.
BUT WAIT THERES MORE...
We have t-shirts and they come in adults and kids sizes! Yes you read that right kids sizes!
so come on down and get the little one in your life a t-shirt of their favourite weekend hang out.
Shop our online store or pop in to the club and grab some in person, save yourself (and us) shipping!
All merch sales go directly to our access ramp fundraiser!
What we have achieved so far
🎉 PBC Accessibility Fundraiser November 2025 Update, WE JUST HIT 400K! 🎉
We've been very busy with our fundraising efforts and have some incredibly exciting news to share...
The first is that we've reached $400,000 in our fundraising efforts! This has been through a combination of grants, events and amazing community support. A huge shout out to SoundNSW for their $100,000 allocated as part of their Venue Upgrades Grants Infrastructure & Equipment Program 2024/35 and to the NSW Government for the $78,000 from their Community Building Partnership 2025 program.
While these grants played a huge part in reaching this milestone we also couldn't have got there without our dedicated fundraising events, namely Medieval Day, Spring Fair, and our inaugural Oktober-West event - thank you to all who came along to those days, and to our brewery partners for the support.
The rest of the money has been raised through our week-to-week fundraising efforts - our dedicated Ramp Tap, mulled wine through winter, our weekly raffles, our Mega Music Raffle, dedicated fundraiser merch, and or GoFundMe Page, where we have just clocked over $15,000 of our $50,000 GFM goal.
The outpouring of support so far has been incredible, and has given us the confidence to book the job in! That's right - in March next year the work will be going ahead. It's incredible that what seemed like such a daunting task when we started this fundraiser in April 2024 is now a reality. We couldn't be happier and we can't thank you all enough for your support so far.
We are not quite there yet and now more than ever we need your support
Here are all the ways you can get involved…
Lets raise the last 100k needed to make the PBC an accessible place at the heart of our community for music, recreation and good times for all, because access is a right, not a privilege!
Donate online, or see us in person at the bar
You can decide however much you want to donate online or onsite with cash or card. Do we take money orders and cheques as well? Yes, absolutely! Just call (02) 9569 4639.
At the Bar – Currently pouring karma kegs
Pop into the club and grab a beer off the ramp tap, our generous brewery partners are donating kegs and all sales go directly to the fundraiser!
Major Prize Online Raffles
If your business would be willing to donate a major prize to support our fundraiser, or you have the corporate hookups to make things happen, please get in touch! You can mail us at fundraising@thepbc.org.au.
Weekly meat-n-veg raffle sponsored by Reckless Brewing Co
Every Friday evening, we run a classic meat and veggie tray raffle with beers and merch sponsored and supplied by Reckless Brewing Co. Tickets are cheap, starting at $3, and all proceeds support the fundraiser.
Events – Next major fundraiser event SHAM FEST 3.0 Feb 21, 22
Sham Fest is a free, weekend-long music festival taking over the Petersham Bowling Club on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February. Its a cracking day filled with local live music and something for everyone, check out the event page here and to really supercharge this fundraiser bring lots of music loving humans.
Check out our What's On page or sign up to our monthly newsletter to stay in the know for all our upcoming events.
Buy some merch
All merch sales support the fundraiser. Grab an iconic PBC rainbow shirt from the online shop or at the bar. Also, keep an eye out, as stunning new merch is dropping soon!
Become a PBC member
Join up as a social or associate club member to show your support with tiered membership benefits.
Share our campaign
Can’t come to the club because it’s not accessible enough? Got no money? Maybe you live far away, or you’re just really famous? We get it! Still, you can absolutely help by sharing our fundraiser on the socials.
Thank you's
Grifter Brewing Co
Yeah Rad
Love Police ATM
Repressed Records
Cloud Control
Century Venues
King Gizzard and the Lizard wizard
Stuart Coupe
Egg Records
Wayward Brewing Co
Powder Monkey Brewing
Pro Wrestling Australia
Young Henrys
The Hoodoo Gurus
Sunshine Meats
Reckless Brewery
Slow Lane Brewing
Philter Brewery
List incomplete more to add for 2025