The Front Bar on Channel 7 goes to Adelaide – In exciting news for sports fans, everyone’s favourite footy show, The Front Bar, is heading to South Australia, to celebrate the AFL’s inaugural Gather Round, on Wednesday, 12 April, 2023 on Channel 7 and 7plus.
Going on the road for the first time ever, resident patrons Mick Molloy, Andy Maher and Sam Pangwill kick-start happy hour at 8.30pm AEDT, live from Adelaide Oval to open Seven’s Gather Round coverage, with all 7AFL commentators and hosts broadcasting live from South Australia.
Mick Molloy said:
“The Front Bar will be heading over to Adelaide as part of Gather Round. Keep it under your hat, there may be some outstanding warrants for my arrest over there.
“I can’t wait for Gather Round. I love travelling to South Australia. I’ll be bringing fruit over in my boot anyway, so it’s a good excuse to watch some footy as well.”
Managing Director Seven Melbourne and Head of Network Sport, Lewis Martin said:
“The Front Bar is the best sports show on television and we cannot wait to head out of Melbourne for the first time ever, and deliver an epic live show on the eve of Gather Round.”
“On behalf of the entire Seven Network, we thank the South Australian government for granting us the opportunity to fully embrace the excitement of Gather Round. We look forward to bringing all the laughs of The Front Bar, and all the biggest and best moments from the 7AFL broadcast, on the road to the people of Adelaide, and broadcast to homes all around Australia, live and free on Seven.”
General Manager Seven Adelaide, Andy Kay said:
“Gather Round marks a rare and exciting opportunity for the South Australian community to embrace our much-loved sport on our home turf.”
The Front Bar kicks off a huge month for South Australians, ahead of Gather Round and followed by the highly anticipated Adelaide leg of LIV Golf, and you can watch it all live and free on Seven.
The Front Bar kicked-off its first AFL episode of the year on Wednesday night and will continue until 2023 AFL Grand Final week in September. Fans should tune into The Front Bar for the next four Wednesday nights to find out how they can secure tickets to the Adelaide Oval live show.
The Front Bar – 8.30pm Wednesdays on Channel 7 and 7plus
Media Release – Seven
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