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Colonial Hotel
(Blights Bar)

585 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

About the Venue

Blights Bar has hardwood timber floors and stylish lounges. It's ideal for a birthday party with a live band or set up for a corporate dinner party. The space is extremely versatile and able to hold 300 guests cocktail style or 140 guests for lunch or dinner.

Suitability

  • Capacity: 300 (Min. guests: 50)
  • Exclusive bar: Yes
  • Exclusive toilets: Yes
  • Exclusive smoking area: Yes
  • Wheelchair access: No
  • 21st birthdays: Yes
  • 18th birthdays: No
  • Bucks parties: Yes
  • Hens parties: Yes

Children: Yes, may attend. Each child must be with one of their parents.

Smoking area: Garden Terrace or Main Floor smoking room

Parking: Lonsdale Street or Spencer Street car parks

Cost for Exclusive Hire

  Friday Saturday
   Hire charge $ 300 $ 300
+ Minimum Spend $ 2000 on food or drinks $ 2000 on food or drinks
= Budget required $ 2300 $ 2300

Food purchase: $400 of the $2000 min. spend must be on food $400 of the $2000 min. spend must be on food.

Evening functions are guaranteed exclusive: 7pm–12am = 5 hours 7pm–12am = 5 hours
Security charge for guaranteed hire period: N/A N/A
Extended exclusive hire available up to: 7am, provided guests are still buying drinks 7am, provided guests are still buying drinks
If hire is not extended, the room/area: Opens to the public Opens to the public
Latest closing time: 7am 7am

Drink optionsBar tab, Pay as you go (after minimum spend reached), drink cards, waiter service, beverage package
Additional informationComplimentary venue hire with $5,000 minimum spend.

Guests get free entry until 10pm Saturdays ($15 guestlist after 10pm) and for the duration of the function Fridays.
No surchargesRates remain the same all weekends of the year.
Weekday functionsThursdays: Available 6pm-10pm exclusive, at which point the area must open to the public.

Sundays: Always available although book out fast on public holidays.
 
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Music

In-house music equipment present for use by the customer at no extra charge:

  • Amp: Yes
  • PA System: Yes
  • Speakers: Yes
  • Mixer: Yes
  • iPod input: Yes
  • CD Player: Yes
  • CDJs: Yes
  • Turntables: Yes
  • Jukebox: No

  • Dance floor: Yes, proper dance floor
  • Mirror ball: Yes
  • Lighting: Yes

Other: You can arrange your own DJ or use ours at a cost of $90 an hour. If you use your own DJ we will charge $100 to set up the DJ equipment here (if you use our DJ this fee is waived).

When the area opens to the public at 12am, the house DJ music comes on here.

Can the venue ..

Can the customer ..

  • Arrange DJ hire? Yes
  • Play free
    background music? Yes
  • Supply a DJ? Yes
  • Bring a band? Yes

Noise restrictions: None

Food

Can the venue ..

Can the customer ..

  • Provide finger food? Yes
  • Provide meals? Yes
  • Supply finger food? No
  • Supply a cake? Yes

Functions must include purchase of finger food.

Presentations

In-house presentation facilties:

  • Microphone/PA: Yes
  • Stage: Yes
  • DVD Player: Yes
  • Data projector: Yes
  • Projector screen: Yes
  • Large TV/Plasma/LCD: Yes

Comments: Hire can be arranged for all AV needs.

Decorations

Restrictions: None. All decorations permitted.

Can the venue ..

  • Arrange decorations? No
  • Put up decorations? Yes
Ticketed events

Can the customer charge for their event ..

  • At the door? Yes
  • Presale? Yes
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