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Pop-up Bar, Event and Promotion Licence - New South Wales

Description

You will need this licence if you intend to operate a small-scale pop-up bar, event or promotion where alcohol will be sold. There are three types of licence:

  • Pop-up Bar Licence: enables you to sell liquor for consumption on your temporary pop-up premises.
  • Pop-up Event Licence: enables you to sell liquor for consumption on your temporary pop-up premises, in connection with an organised event. The sale of liquor must be ancillary to the purpose of the event.
  • Pop-up Promotion Licence: enables a current holder of a 'producer' or 'wholesaler' licence, who carries on the business of a producer of liquor, to sell or supply their liquor on a temporary pop-up premises.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for a pop-up licence, the applicant must:

  • provide evidence of why a pop-up licence, and not another type of licence, is appropriate for the sale or supply of liquor for your proposed event
  • have appropriate development consent.

Prerequisites

Might Need

National Police Certificate

Duration

Up to 12 weeks

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
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Fees can be found here. Fees for 2025-26

Act(s) name

Liquor Act 2007 New South Wales

Regulation(s) name

Liquor Regulation 2018 New South Wales

Lodgement process

Apply

You must lodge this application no less than 28 days prior to the proposed licence commencement date.

Administering agency

Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport

Liquor and Gaming NSW

Contact details

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