Miami Marketta hosts company parties, product launches, awards nights, weddings and birthdays for 40 to 1,000 guests, in four private spaces or across the entire venue. The precinct sits at 23 Hillcrest Parade in Miami, a suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, and opens to the public as a street food market with live music from Wednesday to Saturday evenings.
Seminars and company events
Corporate bookings range from a seated dinner for 40 in Mona Lisa's Lair to an exclusive takeover of the whole venue for up to 1,000 guests standing or 350 seated. Exclusive events start at 100 guests. Groups under 100 can book a space on a non-exclusive basis on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights, while the public market runs around them. Studio 56, with its stage and backstage green room, suits presentations, awards nights and launches with live acts. The venue also rents space to promoters for ticketed shows and to bands for rehearsals.
Weddings and receptions
Miami Marketta takes a limited number of weddings each year, so each couple gets the team's full attention. Couples can hold the ceremony, the reception or both on site, in settings that run from cozy, rustic corners to bolder and more colorful rooms. The options are set out in a wedding brochure sent on request, and the team offers a meeting with the couple before the booking.
Rooms and capacities
The entire venue holds 1,000 guests for a cocktail event or 350 seated, using the full laneway. Studio 56 is a 240-square-meter warehouse and studio for 260 standing or 160 seated, with a stage, a backstage green room, a dance floor, a pop-up bar and a mix of high and low tables. The Gin Parlour, a private bar built in 2018, takes 120 standing or 70 seated and has its own bathrooms and an outdoor deck. Mona Lisa's Lair, a private Champagne bar at the front of the venue overlooking Hillcrest Avenue, takes 60 standing or 40 seated and is for guests aged 18 and over. The whole precinct is under cover, so events do not depend on the weather.
Catering
On public nights the laneway works as a street food alley, with around 15 vendors from different cuisines midweek. The Gin Parlour stocks a long list of gins along with tequilas and mezcals, and Mona Lisa's Lair lists Champagnes from 15 houses. Food and drinks for a private event are arranged with the events team while planning the booking.
History and setting
Miami Marketta presents itself as the first creative precinct on the Gold Coast. It is built around a covered laneway of food stalls, bars and stages, with free local music on Friday and Saturday evenings, bands on the Cargo Stage and ticketed shows in Studio 56. That background in live music means stages, sound and a party atmosphere are already part of the place, which helps for a launch or an end-of-year party.
Getting there
The venue is on Hillcrest Parade in Miami, between the beach suburbs of Burleigh Heads and Mermaid Beach. Parking is limited to the streets nearby, so coaches or rideshare work best for larger events. A new light rail stop at Miami was planned for completion in mid-2026. Gold Coast Airport at Coolangatta is the nearest airport.
