Section 8 (music venue)

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Section 8
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Section 8 in March 2025
Address27-29 Tattersalls Lane
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Opened2006
Website
https://section8.com.au/

Section 8 is a live music bar located in the Chinatown of Melbourne, Australia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Description

The venue plays host to local and international musicians. The venue is associated with hip-hop, house, and afrobeats. It has a relatively young crowd. [2] It was Melbourne's first open-air bar. [2]

Bar service is run out of a shipping container, with the courtyard of the venue located in an alleyway space behind a chain fence.

It neighbours another bar named Ferdydurke that is run by the same proprietor.

The venue requires that all patrons remove work attire, such as suits. [10]

History

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Official logo

It opened in 2006 by Maz Salt. [9] [11]

The venue expanded to Sydney in 2013. As of 2023 it no longer appears to operate in that city. [3]

See also

References

  1. Bastow, Clem (2007-02-08). "Section 8". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  2. 1 2 3 Houston, Melinda (2006-09-29). "Section 8". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  3. 1 2 "Melbourne's Section 8 bar comes to Sydney". Good Food. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  4. Knowlton, Cassidy (2023-02-10). "Make your way to Section 8, the coolest shipping container in town". Time Out Melbourne. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  5. "'Fatal error' forces string of Melbourne bars to close". The Australian.
  6. Eddie, Rachel (2021-01-28). "'Bring the buzz back': Council looks to nightlife experts to get CBD pumping again". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  7. Radbourne, Lucas (2023-04-04). "Section 8: From Melbourne, With Love". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  8. Radbourne, Lucas (2022-12-18). "Section 8 celebrates Melbourne's creative community at six-month-long series, Level Up". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  9. 1 2 Lucas, Clay (2020-05-17). "Ease in restrictions will bring little relief to many small bar owners". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  10. Doherty, Elissa (1 December 2010). "Suits don't fit Melbourne's trendy bars". Herald Sun.
  11. Lahey, Kate (2008-08-07). "From derelict to happening, but transformation has its downside". The Age. Retrieved 2023-06-28.