The Tote is a live music venue, pub and former hotel located in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia. The venue hosts many independent local, Australian and international acts, and carries a reputation for showcasing new and emerging independent musical acts of a variety of stylistic origins, having done so since the 1980s. The venue operates 5 days a week with performances across 3 settings, the "main stage", the "cobra bar" and the "front bar". It is located at 67-71 Johnston Street.
The Tote Hotel in July 2011
Entrance to the Tote Hotel during the January 2010 closure rally
The intersection of Johnston and Wellington Streets, Collingwood, during the rally on 17 January 2010
Rowland S. Howard performing at The Tote in 2007
Collingwood is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3km north-east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Collingwood recorded a population of 9,179 at the 2021 census.
Aerial view of Collingwood looking south west toward Victoria Parade; Hoddle Street (left) and Smith Street on (top right)
Prefabricated houses imported from Singapore during the 1850s
Collingwood Coffee Palace in 1879. It now forms part of the facade of Woolworths in Smith Street.
The hotel and music venue The Tote is considered an icon of Melbourne's rock and roll scene.
