uh, yeah. cmon Shell, I didn't think you were THAT old
Thursday for Civic nightclubs at least is the cheap night. Not so much when there's a public holiday the next day, that just means even MORE people are out. Generally on a normal Thursday it's just as busy as a Saturday, just different crowd.
Given it's a public holiday the next day, I'd say pubs etc would be just as likely to be open as a Saturday. Either way, drinking drinking drinking. It's a farewell thing for a workmate who's possibly the most respected person to his colleagues (and despised by management....like REALLY lol)