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MEAT MARKET

Directions to our venues: Meat Market and Kensington Town Hall

Pavilions: 3 Blackwood St,
North Melbourne, VIC 3051

Directions to our venues: Meat Market and Kensington Town Hall

The Stables: 2 Wreckyn St,
North Melbourne, VIC 3051

An iconic venue cherished by Melbourne’s creative scene

Spaces for Hire

Blackwood Box

Meat Market’s Blackwood Box is a new flexible black box theatre and rehearsal hall for performing arts and events in the Flat Floor Pavilion. The upgrade has been led by Creative Victoria and features an acoustically treated interior. The Blackwood Box can be configured to suit everything from creative development, rehearsal and performance, to sit down meals.

Featuring an open space free of pillars, the venue transforms into the perfect backdrop for dance, music, markets, fairs, theatre, conferences, meetings, dinners, and any other creative event. floor.

Virtual Tour

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Download a Floor Plan of Meat Market Pavilions

Download Technical Specifications of Meat Market Pavilions

  • Meat Market Blackwood Box
  • Meat Market Blackwood Box
  • Meat Market Blackwood Box
Image credits: Aaron Walker Photography

  • Full wiring infrastructure for lights and sound
  • 3 phase, 240 volts and clean audio power
  • 5 lighting bars above the blackwood box area (maximum weight of each lighting bar is 200kg)
  • Climate control
  • No pillars
  • Access to kitchen with commercial oven, glass washer, freezer and two fridges (no cutlery, crockery, or linen). Please note, kitchen usage will incur additional charges

May Incur Additional Charges:

  • Seating bank or rostra (estimated cost $1950+GST)
  • Tarkett flooring
  • PA and lectern
  • Urn (no cutlery, crockery or linen available)
  • Electronic whiteboard
  • Audiovisual equipment including projector, microphones and lighting
  • Individual chairs
  • Round or trestle tables

  • The room is a trapezoid shape. The long wall is 29m– the room has a width – by 5.3 m high (to lighting bars) (approximately)
  • Bays are unavailable for use
  • Height from floor to ceiling varies throughout the space. The lighting bars in the Blackwood Box are approximately 5.3m in height
  • Square metres: 380m² (approximately) – this increases to 1040m² (approximately) with the Cobblestone Pavilion
  • Please note: the Blackwood Box is a trapezoid. Approximate measurements are below
  • The longest wall is 29m (L1)
  • The parallel wall is 23m (L2)
  • The Blackwood Box is 14m wide (W)

All Meat Market staff have a minimum 4 hour call out. Penalty rates apply for crew calls after midnight, exceeding 9 hour calls and hours worked on Sundays and public holidays.

  • A Technical Supervisor is required to oversee bump in and bump out.
  • Technical crew are available and are likely to be required. This requirement will be reviewed and agreed in consultation with Meat Market’s management team.
  • Operators are available to run your lighting and AV and are required if using Meat Market equipment. If using Meat Market equipment, a system technician will be required for the tech run and event call if an operator is not booked.
  • A Venue Supervisor is required for all hours that the building is open to the public.
  • Evening and weekend access to the venue will also require a Venue Supervisor.
  • The venue operates with a strictly enforced 11pm curfew. At 11pm house lights are turned on and all amplified sound must stop.

Meat Market Pavilions have a centrally located kitchen available for hirer use. Including an industrial oven with a six-burner stove top, and large freezers and fridges. The Kitchen is the only place cooking and open flame is allowed on premises. Contact Meat Market Presenter Services Coordinator for information about the kitchen specific to your event. Crockery, cutlery, glassware, or linen is not available.

An exact quote is generated following an in-depth discussion around the technical requirements of your event. Your final quote will comprise of venue hire, staff and cleaning. See Staffing and Special Requirements above for additional information. Please note that all quotes are specific to your event.

Cleaning

Cleaning is charged per pavilion, per day. An onsite cleaner can be arranged if required. Additional waste collection can be arranged and is charged as quoted by our supplier.

Other Charges

Items listed as ‘available upon arrangement’ may attract additional labour charges. Your requirements will be discussed in your initial consultation with the Presenter Services Coordinator. Costs will be determined and discussed prior to your official quote being generated.

  • 380 people for cocktail
  • 320-350 for a sit-down meal
  • 300 people in theatre format
  • 380 people with seating bank

Cobblestone Pavilion

Meat Market’s Cobblestone Pavilion is a magnificent space steeped in history. Accommodating up to 600 people, the interior features original cobblestone flooring and unique period detailing combined with modern technical equipment to meet contemporary requirements. Food and beverage service is made easy with its dedicated commercial kitchen and bar area.

The Cobblestone Pavilion is one of few venues in Melbourne with a custom-made circus truss, allowing hirers to orchestrate intricate circus, aerial and creative performances. Book Meat Market’s Pavilions for creative, corporate, and market style events and function, as well as technically complex live events in Melbourne.

Virtual Tour

Download a Floor Plan of Cobblestone Pavilion

Download a Floor Plan of Meat Market Pavilions

Download Technical Specifications of Meat Market Pavilions

  • Meat Market Cobblestone Pavilion
  • Meat Market Cobblestone Pavilion

  • Good natural light
  • Blackout blinds
  • Circus truss
  • 11m x 9m 200mm high stage under truss
  • No pillars
  • Bar service area
  • Urn (no cutlery, crockery or linen available)

May Incur Additional Charges:

  • Removal or reconfiguration of 11m x 9m 200mm high stage under truss (estimated cost $1700)
  • Seating bank or rostra (estimated cost $1700)
  • PA and lectern
  • Whiteboard
  • Audiovisual equipment including projector, microphones and lighting
  • Individual chairs
  • Round or trestle tables

  • 16 m wide by 35 m long (approximately)
  • Height from flat floor to ceiling is 9.1 m
  • Square metres: 560 m² (approximately) – this increases to 1120 m² (approximately) with the Flat Floor Pavilion
  • Use of the bays adds 400 m² to the space
  • There is a bay area either side of the Main Pavilion that is 8 m wide and runs the entire length of the Pavilion

  • All Meat Market staff have a minimum 4 hour call out. Penalty rates apply for crew calls after midnight, exceeding 9 hour calls and hours worked on Sundays and public holidays.
  • A Technical Supervisor is required to oversee bump in and bump out.
  • Technical crew are available and are likely to be required. This requirement will be reviewed and agreed in consultation with Meat Market’s management team.
  • Operators are available to run your lighting and AV and are required if using Meat Market equipment. If using Meat Market equipment, a system technician will be required for the tech run and event call if an operator is not booked.
  • A Venue Supervisor is required for all hours that the building is open to the public.
  • Evening and weekend access to the venue will also require a Venue Supervisor.
  • The venue operates with a strictly enforced 11pm curfew. At 11pm house lights are turned on and all amplified sound must stop.

Meat Market Pavilions have a centrally located kitchen available for hirer use. Including an industrial oven with a six-burner stove top, and large freezers and fridges. The Kitchen is the only place cooking and open flame is allowed on premises. Contact Meat Market Presenter Services Coordinator for information about the kitchen specific to your event. Crockery, cutlery, glassware, or linen is not available.

An exact quote is generated following an in-depth discussion around the technical requirements of your event. Your final quote will comprise of venue hire, staff and cleaning. See Staffing and Special Requirements above for additional information. Please note that all quotes are specific to your event.

Cleaning

Cleaning is charged per pavilion, per day. An onsite cleaner can be arranged if required. Additional waste collection can be arranged and is charged as quoted by our supplier.

Other Charges

Items listed as ‘available upon arrangement’ may attract additional labour charges. Your requirements will be discussed in your initial consultation with the Presenter Services Coordinator. Costs will be determined and discussed prior to your official quote being generated.

  • 600 people for cocktail
  • 300 people in theatre format
  • 400-500 people with seating bank

The Stables

Meat Market’s exhibition space, the Stables, contains polished concrete floors, high ceilings, exposed original brick, white walls and large windows.

With natural light throughout, this unique warehouse-style venue for hire in Melbourne is divided into three spaces covering 442m 2.

Meat Market’s Stables can be used as a rehearsal space, performances space, exhibition space, workshop or creative development space.

Virtual Tour

Download a Floor Plan the Stables

Download Technical Specifications of the Stables

  • Meat Market Hire: The Stables
  • Meat Market Hire: The Stables
  • Meat Market Hire: The Stables
  • Meat Market Hire: The Stables

  • Powered roller doors
  • Concrete or tiled floors
  • Toilets
  • Water
  • Power
  • Gas heating
  • Vehicle access

Stables

  • Room 1: 9m wide by 11m deep by 4m high (to lighting bars) (approximately)
  • Room 2: 9m wide by 20m deep by 4m high (to lighting bars) (approximately)
  • Room 3: 9m wide by 11m deep by 4m high (to lighting bars) (approximately)
  • Height from floor to ceiling apex is 6.5m (approximately)
  • Square metres: 400 m² (approximately)

Garden

  • 16m wide by 16m deep
  • Square metres: 256m² (approximately)

  • A venue supervisor may be required for hires taking place outside of business hours.
  • The venue operates with a strictly enforced 11pm curfew. At 11pm house lights are turned on and all amplified sound must stop.

An exact quote is generated following an in-depth discussion around the technical requirements of your event. Your final quote will comprise of venue hire, staff and cleaning. Please note that all quotes are specific to your event.

Cleaning
Cleaning is charged per pavilion, per day. An onsite cleaner can be arranged if required. Additional waste collection can be arranged and is charged as quoted by our supplier.

Other Charges

Items listed as ‘available upon arrangement’ may attract additional labour charges. Your requirements will be discussed in your initial consultation with the Presenter Services Coordinator. Costs will be determined and discussed prior to your official quote being generated.

Meat Market’s Stables has a total capacity of 180 persons. If over 100 people are in the space, one roller door must remain open to facilitate access requirements.

  • Hirers should come to Meat Market’s office at 3 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne on arrival.
  • Your attendees should then go directly to the event space at 2 Wreckyn Street (corner of Wreckyn St and Courtney Streets), North Melbourne.

Meeting Room

As well as the expansive Blackwood Box and Cobblestone Pavilion spaces, Meat Market also features the Meeting Room, a medium group space for hire.

The Meeting Room is a functional and flexible group space, ideal for quiet rehearsals, professional gatherings, conferences, training, classes and more.

This space features a data projector, climate control, whiteboard, kitchenette access, trestle tables, chairs and a capacity of 70 in theatre style, Meat Market’s team can configure the space to suit your needs.

Hire a meeting room in an accessible and convenient pocket of Melbourne. Suitable for both creative and corporate venue hire, contact Meat Market to book your meeting room hire.

Download a Floor Plan the Meeting Room

Download Technical Specifications of the Meeting Room

  • Meat Market Meeting Room

  • Data projector and PA system
  • Good natural light
  • Trestle tables
  • Individual chairs
  • Climate control

May Incur Additional Charges:

  • Whiteboard
  • Urn (no cutlery, crockery or linen available)
  • Kitchenette access

  • 7 m wide by 11 m long by 4.3 m high
  • Square metres: 79 m² (approximately)

An exact quote is generated following an in-depth discussion around the specific requirements of your event. Your final quote will comprise of venue hire, staff (if applicable) and cleaning. Please note that all quotes are specific to your event.

Cleaning

Cleaning is charged per space, per day. An onsite cleaner can be arranged if required. Additional waste collection can be arranged and is charged as quoted by our supplier.

Other Charges

Room set-up: $155
Cleaning: $155

Items listed as ‘available upon arrangement’ may attract additional labour charges. Your requirements will be discussed in your initial consultation with the Presenter Services Coordinator. Costs will be determined and discussed prior to your official quote being generated.

  • 70 people in theatre format
  • 40 people in classroom format

  • Hirers should come to Meat Market’s office at 3 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne on arrival.
  • Your attendees should then go directly to the event space at 5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne.

The Garden

Nestled between the Cobblestone Pavilion, Blackwood Box and Stables, the Garden is the perfect addition to provide guests with a comprehensive indoor and outdoor experience.

Configure the Garden with chairs and tables to add another layer to your exhibition space or creative space hire.

Ideal for dining, social gatherings, market stalls and more, the Garden adds a multitude of possibilities to your venue hire.

Virtual Tour

Download a Floor Plan of the Garden

  • Meat Market Hire: The Garden
  • Meat Market Hire: The Garden
  • Meat Market Hire: The Garden
  • Meat Market Hire: The Garden
  • Meat Market Hire: The Garden
Image credits: Aaron Walker Photography

  • 16m wide by 16m deep
  • Square metres: 256m² (approximately)

An exact quote is generated following an in-depth discussion around the technical requirements of your event. Your final quote will comprise of venue hire, staff and cleaning. Please note that all quotes are specific to your event.

Cleaning
Cleaning is charged per space, per day. An onsite cleaner can be arranged if required. Additional waste collection can be arranged and is charged as quoted by our supplier.

Other Charges

Items listed as ‘available upon arrangement’ may attract additional labour charges. Your requirements will be discussed in your initial consultation with the Presenter Services Coordinator. Costs will be determined and discussed prior to your official quote being generated.

Meat Market Hire Enquiries
Image credit: The Red Queen Book Launch. Image Courtesy Meat Market.

Hire Enquiries

Book one of Melbourne’s most unique venues for your performance, exhibition, rehearsal, or event. Enquire about Meat Market hire spaces for events of various sizes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Visit the individual venue listings for each of our hireable spaces including, Blackwood Box, the Stables, Cobblestone Pavilion, Meeting Room and the Garden, for specific details about capacity.

We don’t offer catering services however you are welcome to organise your own. There is kitchen access onsite and we have a list of supplier recommendations available on request. Please note our ‘no open flame policy’.

Visit the individual venue listings for each of our hireable spaces for specific floorplans including, Blackwood Box, the Stables, Cobblestone Pavilion, Meeting Room and the Garden.

Yes, the curfew for events at Meat Market is 11pm. At 11pm house lights are turned on; all amplified sound must stop, and your guests must leave the venue. Your bump out can continue after that time.

Yes, there is a full industrial kitchen on site, available for hirer use (upon arrangement). Please note we do not supply crockery, cutlery, glassware, or linens. Please specify your desire for kitchen access at the time of booking.

As a venue with a primarily arts focus, our time is dedicated to assisting with venue spaces for public outcome arts and community hires. We are unable to accommodate bookings for private functions and have a strict no weddings, birthdays or private celebration policy.

For detailed information about available equipment within each of Meat Market’s hire spaces visit our individual event space listings and refer to ‘tech specs’.

Yes, Meat Market has a total ban on the following: open flames, pyrotechnics, glitter and confetti. Please note, smoking ceremonies are welcomed at Meat Market as an exception to our open flame ban. However, we ask that all materials are lit while outside of the venue and brought inside to complete the ceremony.

Please discuss your intention to hold a smoking ceremony with the bookings team as we may have to turn off or isolate the smoke alarms.

Yes, we welcome traditional smoking ceremonies at Meat Market. However, we ask that all materials are lit while outside of the venue and brought inside to complete the ceremony to avoid the use of flames inside.

Please discuss your intention to hold a smoking ceremony with the bookings team as we may have to turn off or isolate the smoke alarms.

Yes, we require all hirers to have their own public liability insurance with cover to at least 20 million dollars.

Meat Market is an unlicenced venue but contains bar infrastructure available for hirer use with their own liquor licence. For more information about how to acquire a liquor license please visit https://www.vic.gov.au/get-new-liquor-licence

6 weeks is the maximum continuous hire period available at Meat Market.

Getting to Meat Market

Close to the city and several public transport routes, Meat Market is easily accessible from any direction.

Please visit Public Transport Victoria for options specific to your journey.

Bus

Getting to Meat Market and Kensington Town Hall by bus

Bus 402 – Courtney / Wreckyn St stop

Bus 401 and 403 – Royal Melbourne Hospital stop

Train

Getting to Meat Market and Kensington Town Hall by train

Flagstaff Station – 15 minute walk

Melbourne Central Station – 15 minute walk

North Melbourne Station – 20 minute walk

Tram

Getting to Meat Market and Kensington Town Hall by tram

Tram 19 – Haymarket stop (#9)

Trams 58 and 59 – Royal Melbourne Hospital stop (#14)

Parking

Getting to Meat Market and Kensington Town Hall by car

Meat Market recommends utilising public transport options when visiting. No public parking is available on site. The surrounding area has limited metered and timed on-street parking. Nearby hospitals have limited parking available for a fee.