As you take your seat (one of 2,500!) in Hamer Hall, Australia's premier, multi-level concert venue, get ready for a performance from some of the biggest national and international artists across jazz, rock, pop, multicultural, chamber, classical, cabaret and contemporary music.
Entering Hamer Hall, you may suddenly feel transported to some grand cave, deep below Melbourne’s streets. This is because Hamer Hall’s walls are actually painted in colours and patterns that reflect Australia’s gemstone deposits, giving the impression the building was carved out of a hillside.
The venue opened as the “Melbourne Concert Hall” on 6 November 1982 and quickly became the premier venue for orchestral performance in Melbourne. It was renamed in 2004 in honour of former Victorian Premier Sir Rupert Hamer AC, KCMG ED, who served from 1972–81 and championed the building of what has become Arts Centre Melbourne.
Hamer Hall is home to one of our flagship Resident Companies, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and is the preferred Melbourne performance venue for the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Seat base measurements for Hamer Hall are as follows:
Depth: 430mm
Width: 440mm
Weight capacity: 120 kg
All our venue seats have armrests, excluding the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Upon request, we have 2 bariatric seats available for use in all venues, excluding the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. The use of bariatric seats are restricted to certain areas within each auditorium. Please call to discuss your booking via the Contact Centre on 1300 182 183.
Bariatric 1: D 480mm W 600mm – 220kg weight capacity
Bariatric 2: D 480mm W 600mm – 300kg weight capacity
We are located at 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, just across the Yarra River from Flinders St Station. We have our own car park and there are also multiple public transport options for getting here.
If you book tickets online, you can use the “Select your own Seat” option to choose seats straight from the map – and if you click the little camera up in the top left hand corner, we will even give you a cheeky peek at what it looks like to sit from different parts of our theatres. There are also downloadable maps available on the pages of each of our main venues.
100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004
PO Box 7585, Melbourne VIC 8004
1300 182 183
tickets@artscentremelbourne.com.au
Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 4:30pm
Open Monday to Saturday 11am-4pm*, and open 90 minutes prior to the performance.
Hamer Hall building also has extended hours, now open Sunday to Friday 10am-6pm, and Saturday 9am-6pm.
*or until 15 minutes after the final performance commencement.
