Melbourne Pavilion

Details checked November 2026

Seated: 700 seated
Cocktail: 1300 cocktail
Price: Price on enquiry
Getting there: In central Melbourne

Melbourne Pavilion is a large event venue in a renovated heritage-listed art deco building on Racecourse Road in Kensington, just outside Melbourne's CBD. Its receptions take place beneath freestanding timber ceiling arches with Moroccan-inspired interiors, a parquetry dance floor and mezzanine balcony suites, and it can hold up to 700 seated guests.

Good to know

Minimum of 100 guests
Parking on site
Licensed to serve drinks on site, trading until 1am
Licensed for up to 1,300 people

From melbournepavilion.com.au. Licence details from the Liquor Control Victoria register (CC BY 4.0); the venue sets its own wedding finish time. Check the details with the venue when you enquire.

How it compares in Inner Melbourne

Size

Seats more guests than 94% of the 16 other Inner Melbourne venues that publish a seated capacity.

Where it is

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When to go

There is a mix of indoor and outdoor spaces. Garden and waterfront venues are at their best from spring to early autumn, while warehouses and halls work all year.

Within 20 km: 102 venues
In Inner Melbourne: 34 venues

Close by

Flemington Events1 km away

Diagora Events1 km away

Planning a wedding in Inner Melbourne

Worth asking Melbourne Pavilion

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Style

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