Yot Club 2023

Overview

Brisbane has long been partial to a party boat. The Island did the honours from the 80s through until early last decade, Seadeck has jaunted down the river over the past couple of years, and Yot Club been sailing into the city's waters for a while now, too. The latter has been making quite a big splash, in fact — as you'd expect from a huge yacht with two bars, a stage, a dance floor and, in normal times, a 400-person capacity.

Cruising down the river again 2023, Yot Club's shindigs pop up in batches — so some weekends it'll get you floating, some weekends it's down the Gold Coast instead. The glamorous, custom-built vessel calls itself "the world's first super yacht entertainment venue", and it's certainly something that southeast Queensland hadn't seen before it hit our waters. Sprawling over two levels, it measures nearly 40-metres long and over 22-metres wide, and blends a licensed floating club and a luxe function space.

With lounges across an open deck and undercover, a VIP room in the hull, and the promise of bands and DJs on its lineup, Yot Club wants to be the region's one-stop watery hangout. It serves up more than water, of course, thanks to a menu of classic and creative cocktails, plus brews chilled in the 45-keg-capacity cool room.

Yot Club sets off from City Botanic Gardens River Hub, with tickets prices varying depending on the day and time you're planning to hop onboard.

For its current run of dates, Hawaiian-themed summer shindigs are on offer on Saturday, February 18 and Saturday, February 25 by day (12.30–3.30pm) and night (6–9pm).  There are also Sunday lunch (11am–1.30pm) and sunset (4–6.30pm) sessions on Sunday, February 19 and Sunday, February 26.

Then, come April, Saturdays are about garden parties on Saturday, April 1 and Saturday, April 22 — again by day (12.30–3.30pm) and night (6–9pm) — while the same Sunday lunches and sunset sessions will take place on Sunday, April 2 and Sunday, April 23.

Images: Richard Greenwood / Yot Club.