Festival Hall, Melbourne
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| Festival Hall | |
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| The House of Stoush | |
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| Location | West Melbourne, Melbourne |
| Opened | May, 1915 |
| Owner | Stadiums Pty Ltd |
| Operator | Arena Management Pty Ltd |
| Construction cost | 250,000 pounds |
| Former names | The Stadium |
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| Capacity | Seating: 1741 Standing: 2600 Concerts: 5445 |
Festival Hall is a concert and sporting venue located at 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is one of Melbourne's larger concert venues and has hosted a variety of local and international acts over many years. Formerly known as the The Stadium, 'The Stadium' was originally built in 1915 by John Wren (Chairman) and Dick Lean (General Manager)of Stadiums Ltd - in 1915, as multi-function venue for boxing and wrestling - it became known to locals as "the House of Stoush".[citation needed]
'The Stadium" was destroyed by fire in 1955 but was rebuilt in time for the 1956 Olympics, where it was used for gymnastics and wrestling. 'The Stadium' was renamed 'Festival Hall' in the early 1960's to reflect it's increasing use as Melbourne's largest live entertainment venue at the time. Since its renovation Festival Hall’s versatile set up has been utilized for many events.
Festival Hall can be used for fully seated events of up to 4586 including the main floor or for up to 5445 if the floor is used for standing, sight lines permitting. The addition of floor to ceiling curtains around the main floor and between the side sections allows seating for up to 1741 people or 2600 standing on the main floor in intimate surrounds with the use of the balcony area opposite the stage above the main floor entrance providing an additional 272 seats. The main floor has an area of 1288sqm providing ample room for comfortable dining for up to 1000 seated guests plus dance floor and the stage offers a further 160sqm of elevated space. Festival Hall has been used for black tie dinners, product launches, conferences, motivation sessions, art exhibitions and large Christmas parties, religious and cultural events.
[edit] As a concert venue
Festival Hall was known as the original House of Rock and Roll and is famous for its electric atmosphere.[citation needed]
The Beatles played here in 1964. The Living End: Live at Festival Hall was filmed here on 19 May, 2006.
On January 30th 2008, Rage Against the Machine performed at the venue, in what was only their second headline show outside of the United States since their break up in September, 2000. Tickets to this show and their show in Sydney sold out in less than three minutes, making this a record for the band.
Over the years the following bands have also performed at this venue (* denotes upcoming performance):
- +44
- 18 Visions
- 30 Seconds to Mars
- A Perfect Circle
- AC/DC
- AFI
- Alice Cooper
- Alice in Chains
- Angels & Airwaves
- Arctic Monkeys
- Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet for My Valentine support Behind Crimson Eyes
- Baby Animals
- Bad Religion*
- Beastie Boys
- Ben Harper
- Billy Joel
- Blink 182
- Bloc Party
- Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Bowling For Soup
- Crowded House
- Deftones
- Dragon
- Dream Theater
- Evanescence
- Faith No More
- Fall Out Boy* - supported by Gyroscope and Jack's Mannequin
- Flyleaf
- HIM*
- Houston Calls
- Hush
- Incubus
- Interpol*
- Inxs
- Iron Maiden
- Jenny Morris
- Jet
- Joe Satriani
- Justin Timberlake
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Kings of Leon*
- Kisschasy
- Leo Sayer
- Little River Band
- Marilyn Manson
- Marko Perkovic Thompson*
- Metallica
- Megadeth
- Muse - 2004 & 2007 Tours
- My Chemical Romance- supported by Another Day Down
- Neil Young
- Noiseworks
- Norman Gunston
- Oasis
- Panic! at the Disco - supported by Kisschasy and Something With Numbers
- Pantera
- Pink Floyd
- Placebo
- Powderfinger
- Public Enemy
- Pulp
- Radiohead
- Rage Against The Machine - 2nd non-festival outside USA since 2000
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Redhouse
- Roy Orbison
- Sepultura
- Sherbet
- Sigur Ros*
- Skyhooks
- Slayer
- Sneaky Sound System
- Snow Patrol
- Sum 41
- Split Enz
- Stars
- Story Of The Year
- System Of A Down
- Ted Mulry Gang
- Tenacious D
- The Beatles 1964 Australian tour
- The Bee Gees
- The Black Crowes
- The Carpenters
- The Eagles
- The Hard-Ons
- The Killers
- The Kinks
- The Living End - DVD of performance available
- The Mars Volta
- The New Christs
- The Ramones
- The Sex Pistols
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- The Strokes
- The Used - supported by The Getaway Plan and Take 21
- The Vandals
- The Veronicas*
- The White Stripes
- The Who
- Thompson
- Thrice
- Tiesto
- Transvision Vamp
- Twisted Sister
- Ugly Kid Joe supported by Chocolate Starfish
- Unwritten Law
- Whitesnake
- Wolfmother
- Yellowcard
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