The City of Melbourne has a number of venues and facilities that are available for hire by residents, community and other groups within the City of Melbourne.
Community Use of Town Hall Hire Scheme
The Community Use of Town Hall Hire Scheme allows not for profit community organisations to apply for sponsored use of the Melbourne Town Hall, North Melbourne Town Hall or the Meat Market in North Melbourne. Each year Council provides sponsorship for up to 120 organisations to hold events at these venues.
For more information visit Melbourne Town Hall rooms for hire.
Melbourne Town Hall
The Melbourne Town Hall has 10 function rooms of different styles and sizes are ideal for dinners, banquets, conferences, meetings, and product launches. Managed for City of Melbourne through Epicure Catering, an award-winning venue and event caterer
Location: Melbourne CBD
For more information visit Melbourne Town Hall Rooms for hire.
Melbourne library venues
The Melbourne Library Service has several meeting and seminar rooms available at our three locations.
Location: CBD, East Melbourne, North Melbourne
For more information visit Melbourne Library Service.
Docklands
The Hub is a community facility for residents of Docklands and the City of Melbourne. Rooms can be hired by community groups for events, meetings, workshops and classes.
Location: Docklands
For more information visit The Hub.
Arts House
Arts House is located at two venues:
- Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall: flexible performance spaces, rehearsal rooms, office and administrative infrastructure
- Arts House, Meat Market: creative development space, two galleries, conference centre and office spaces
Location: North Melbourne
For more information visit Arts House.
City of Melbourne community centres
A number of City of Melbourne community centres have rooms and spaces available for small community meetings and seminars for non for profit groups.
For more information on the facilities, locations and eligibility requirements contact the Carlton Family Resource Centre on (03) 9340 1444 or visit Community centres.
Location: Docklands, Carlton, North Melbourne, East Melbourne, Kensington, Flemington
Creative Spaces
Creative Spaces identifies, secures, develops and manages affordable space for creative use in both the private and public sectors.
The Creative Spaces website is the portal through which these sourced spaces are made known and available to artists. The site includes facilities for hire such as rehearsal rooms and theatres, studios to share or rent, non-traditional spaces, a newsletter and a case study page that documents the process of establishing unusual or interesting projects.
For more information visit Creative Spaces.
Community and private venues
There are a number of community and private venues available for hire throughout the City of Melbourne which are not owned or operated by the City of Melbourne. A listing of venues and facilities in the City of Melbourne is available through the Social Support Directory.
Also see community rooms for hire.