The Timber Yard is a warehouse event venue at 351 Plummer Street in Port Melbourne. It has six spaces that can be used together or separately, for corporate events, weddings, private parties, markets and live music, with capacities from 15 to 1,500 guests.
Seminars and company events
The venue lists gala dinners, end of year celebrations, product and brand launches, automotive launches, conferences, exhibitions, trade shows and networking among its corporate events. Multiple configurable spaces allow breakout sessions, keynote areas and networking zones to run together. For automotive launches, the site mentions high ceilings and access for semi-trailers and full-size buses.
Turnkey packages cover catering, drinks, decor and entertainment, and audiovisual packages are available. Wired and wireless high-speed internet is distributed through the spaces, with three-phase and standard power outlets throughout.
Weddings and receptions
The venue lists weddings, engagements and cultural celebrations among its events, and private events such as birthdays, bar and bat mitzvahs and wakes. The warehouse works as an industrial blank canvas that the couple or host dresses to their own plan.
Rooms and capacities
The Warehouse is the largest enclosed space: 100 to 1,100 seated, 300 to 1,500 cocktail and 100 to 1,200 theatre. The Yard is a turfed outdoor area with umbrellas and cocktail furniture: 50 to 800 seated, 100 to 1,000 cocktail and 100 to 750 theatre.
The Wood Store is a long undercover structure, suited to conference style, long tables or fashion runways: 100 to 250 seated, 100 to 400 cocktail, 100 to 300 theatre. The Workshop is the smallest enclosed space, used for cocktail functions or as a breakout room: up to 80 seated, 180 cocktail and 150 theatre, with portable heating and cooling, blackout blinds and customizable AV.
Meeting Room 1 is an upstairs room for 50, used as a VIP space, boardroom, private dining or bridal suite. Meeting Room 2 holds 15 and has couches, a kitchenette, toilets and showers, suited to speakers or performers.
Catering
The venue offers full catering, bar, furniture and AV packages, and also lets you bring your own suppliers. External catering and food trucks are welcome.
Getting there
The Timber Yard is at 351 Plummer Street, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207. Up to 30 spaces are available in the service driveway for suppliers and clients, and other guests can park on Plummer Street and Smith Street opposite the venue. The venue is licensed until 11 pm from Sunday to Thursday and until 1 am on Friday and Saturday, with finish times depending on the event.
