Paint and Sip Yarrabilba: The 80s and 90s Singalong Went Off

Yarrabilba, you turned it on. On Saturday 16 May the Yarrabilba Hotel filled up with blue aprons, sunset-bright canvases and a paint and sip singalong that did not pause for breath. We packed the 80s and 90s into the car and brought them straight to your local. You brought the lungs. Somewhere between the first nervous brushstroke and the last belted chorus, a genuine cracker of a night happened, and we got most of it on camera.

Big sunset on the canvas, bigger grins in the room

The painting looked simple on the easel. A warm sunset sky, a few cool blues sitting underneath, one blank canvas waiting for a go. Then the night actually started. Our host got the room sorted, talked everyone through it one stroke at a time, and laid down the only rule that matters at a Paint Juicy night: there are no mistakes, only happy little detours. That is the bit beginners need to hear. Most of the room had not picked up a brush since school, and every single canvas still walked out looking like it had every right to go on a wall at home. Yarrabilba, your old art teachers would be proud and a little bit surprised.

The singalong nobody wanted to end

Here is the truth about an 80s and 90s singalong. You think you have forgotten the words. You have not. The moment the first track kicked in, the whole room proved it, loudly, and mostly in tune. Brushes kept moving, glasses kept getting topped up, and every chorus came back around like an old friend who never left. This is the part our guests bring up again and again, long after the paint has dried. The canvas is the souvenir you take home. The singalong is the bit you actually came for, even if you did not know it yet.

Brushes down, dancing up

By the back half of the night the easels had well and truly done their job, and the floor in front of them turned into something closer to a dance floor. No convincing required, no countdown needed. Have a look for yourself.

Massive thanks to everyone who rocked up, and to the Yarrabilba Hotel for having us. Yarrabilba sits in a sweet spot between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, which means there is almost always another Paint Juicy night warming up close by. We run paint and sip sessions right across QLD, so Logan locals are very well looked after. And if you would rather have the whole night to yourselves, a private session sorts a hens do, a milestone birthday or a work night out without the stress of herding everyone into the one public booking.

See you at the next one. Trent & James.