Melbourne · Nightlife

Band room at 57 Swan Street, Richmond, a couple of minutes from Richmond station, with a rooftop bar open Tuesday to Sunday from midday until late and closed Mondays. Most bandroom shows are standing general admission and set times go up about a week beforehand. Lift access to the rooftop is from Botherambo Street.

Front bar, kitchen, beer garden and a back band room at 301 High Street, Northcote, on the 86 tram. Open from midday Tuesday to Sunday and from 4pm on Mondays, with a late happy hour from 11pm on Friday and Saturday and the beer garden open late all weekend.

Six bars and two music rooms in the Hotel Esplanade at 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda: touring bands in the Gershwin Room, newer acts in the Basement. Open midday to 11pm Sunday to Thursday and midday to 3am Friday and Saturday; the Ghost Bar only runs Friday and Saturday, 6pm–1am.

Chapel Street club at 229 Chapel Street, Prahran, with DJs six nights a week, a live-music room and Colonel Tan's Thai kitchen downstairs. It opens at 5pm on Saturday and does not close until Monday morning, which is how Melbourne ended up with a Sunday-afternoon club scene.

Level 7 of Curtin House at 252 Swanston Street, reached by several flights of stairs in the middle of the CBD. Bar open midday to 1am daily, kitchen to 9pm Sunday to Thursday and 10pm Friday and Saturday, with deck chairs and burgers from the Burger Shack.