On that HATS Facebook group, the admin posts a list of gigs every Wed/Thursday called “Gig List” which will list almost all the electronic gigs in Sydney from that Thursday-Sunday. These are (to the best of the admin’s ability) tagged with genre.
Newtown is a drinking area. The people feel mostly the same no matter which bar / pub you end up in. Highlights are The Courthouse, The Carlisle Castle and Bar Planet.
Maybe catch a train to Newtown station and then wander down Enmore road or king street , make a couple of stops at places that you like the look of . Also try the Lord Gladstone at Chippendale (it’s just a pub) and look up Mad Racket (Resident Advisor website is best) if you just want a cool fun night with awesome chill DJs and whatever the opposite of the Ivy crowd is.
If we want to have a rowdier night we walk down to The Imperial in Erskineville - gay bar that goes off on the weekends.
Lazybones Lounge -Marrickville
Soda Factory in Surry Hills has some fun nights
Club 77 - check out their sets
Burdekin is good for house music on Fridays
Ramblin Rascal
The Establishment
Employees Only
Caterpillar Club
Stitch Bar
Marble Bar (not on Fri or Sat tho)
Hotel Harry (upstairs)
Shady Pines Saloon (for a good laugh and a total piss take at the States)
Ramblin Rascal has good vibes, tonnes of small bars around
Alcatraz and the Lady Hampshire both in Camperdown
Take a look at what the red rattler has going on in Marrickville, as well as Vic on the Park.