Three Floors, One Address
Most venue hire in Melbourne comes down to the venue’s calendar, not yours. Book a Saturday, and there’s a decent chance another event is running in the same building, sharing a foyer, a car park or a queue at the bar.
A full building buyout at The Emerson removes that entirely. For the length of your event, the doors, the staff and the schedule belong to you, no other function competing for the same lift, the same bathrooms or the same bar staff halfway through the night.
The Rooftop
When you want to take entertaining to the next level… head to The Emerson rooftop bar.
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The Lounge
Big, bright and full of disco balls, experience a perfect blend of elegance and ease.
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Two Ways to Run the Night
That exclusivity opens up two different ways to run an event. Among event spaces Melbourne has to offer, The Emerson stands out for its ability to host different parts of the same event across multiple levels. For instance, a conference with breakout groups can split across the Rooftop, Lounge and Club, each running its own schedule without overlapping guests or shared spaces.
Or the same buyout can run sequentially instead. The event can open on the Rooftop for arrivals and early drinks, then close out the night in the Club once the formal part wraps up, with guests moving through the building as the night does.
A full buyout also means one point of contact for the entire night, rather than juggling separate contracts, deposits and run sheets for each space, a detail few event venues Melbourne hosts think about until they’ve done it the harder way. It’s the difference between renting venue hire Melbourne by the room and actually taking over a building for the night.
Event Types We Host
Corporate
Product launches, client dinners, end-of-financial-year wraps and full company celebrations all suit a whole-venue booking better than a single meeting room ever could. Multiple floors mean a formal presentation upstairs doesn’t have to clash with a more relaxed after-party downstairs, since both can run in the same building without competing for the same space or the same sound system. It also means one team handles the run sheet, catering and AV from start to finish, rather than coordinating between two separate venues on the same night.
Our corporate function venues page covers AV, catering and boardroom-style setups for events that lean further into business than celebration.
Private
Milestone birthdays, engagements, hens and bucks weekends and other private celebrations tend to want exclusivity more than square footage, a guest list the room answers to, rather than a shared space with regular walk-in guests filtering through. A full or half rooftop buyout is the usual starting point here, with the option to extend downstairs into the Lounge or Club if the group wants to keep the night going once dinner wraps up. Guests get the same booth seating and bar service as a regular night out, just without sharing the room with anyone outside the guest list.
Seasonal
Christmas parties and EOFY celebrations both book out fast for the obvious reason: everyone wants the same handful of weeks. A whole-venue hire suits a bigger office wrap-up particularly well, since it means the entire team fits comfortably rather than being split across two smaller bookings on different floors. Seasonal menus shift with the time of year too, so a December function doesn’t run on the same food as a mid-year one. Packages here flex around the season rather than following a fixed formula, and our team can talk through dates well before December fills up, since midweek slots tend to go first once the good weeks are gone.
Bring Your Event to The Emerson
Have a date, guest list or big idea in mind? Our events team can help turn it into a night that works from arrival through to last drinks. Tell us what you’re planning, and we’ll talk you through the options, availability and next steps.
Enquire about your event today.
Enquire NowEvent Space Melbourne FAQs
Can I hire the entire venue, not just one floor?
Yes, a full building buyout is available across all three levels, Rooftop, Lounge and Club, for events that need more than a single room can offer.
What's the difference between hiring the whole venue and booking a function room?
A function room booking covers one space for your event. A full venue hire gives you all three floors at once, so guests can move between them across the night rather than staying in a single room.
Is the venue exclusive to my event, or shared with other bookings?
A full building buyout means the entire venue is available to your guest list for the night, with no other bookings running alongside yours.
Can guests move freely between floors during a whole-venue event?
Yes, that’s the main advantage of booking the full venue rather than a single room: guests can move between the Rooftop, Lounge and Club as the night progresses.
How many guests can the whole venue hold?
Numbers vary depending on layout and format, but a full building buyout comfortably accommodates several hundred guests across all three levels combined. Our team will confirm exact capacity once they know your event style.
Do I need to book each floor separately, or is it one booking?
A whole-venue hire is one booking, one contract and one point of contact, even though it covers three separate spaces. We’ll handle it the same way as a single function room, just at a bigger scale.