Palace Theatre to Hold a Huge Garage Sale This Weekend

Melburnians, prepare for the saddest garage sale ever. But at least it’s a chance to take a little piece of the Palace Theatre home with you, put it on your mantelpiece and reminisce over the days when live music came before hotels and apartment blocks. To all those who fought so hard and for so long after the Palace's dramatic and controversial closure, we salute you.

The event is a follow-up to the Palace’s successful rare memorabilia sale, held last weekend. It saw hundreds of music fans nabbing bargains on all manner of music merchandise, from unframed Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds posters to ticket stubs and t-shirts.

Some merch might still be hanging around, but you’ll also have the chance to buy bits and pieces of the Palace’s nuts and bolts. We’re talking sound gear, chunks of the bar, assorted fridges, stools, couches, scrubbing brushes, electronic gadgets and even the coffee machine. The coffee machine!

The Palace Theatre garage sale will happen on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April at 11 Cromwell Parade, West Footscray. Doors will open and deals will be struck between 10am and 4pm. Just one word of advice: if your eyes are on the coffee machine, you’d better get there early. Fans were queueing for the merch sale for at least an hour before kick-off.