A New 5000-Capacity Live Music Space Is Coming to Melbourne's CBD

If an epic new live music venue was on your Christmas wish-list this year, then Santa — well, the team at boutique music agency Novel — has delivered. The group's announced plans to launch a 5000-capacity late-night event space in the CBD, due for completion in 2018.

Dubbed B3, the venue will host just three events each year and feature only big name acts, as organisers look to create something a bit special for the city's nightlife scene.

"We appreciate the value that exciting and new venues can add to deliver a unique experience," explains Novel Director Daniel Teuma. "One aspect sorely lacking in Melbourne's nightlife is an inner-city location suitable for large-scale, indoor events."

And Novel's bringing in the big guns to make it happen. Full Throttle, whose work you've heard at the likes of Strawberry Fields, Rainbow Serpent and Let Them Eat Cake, will be heading up the sound, while lighting and installations will come courtesy of Colourblind (Flume, Flight Facilities) and John Fish (Freedom Time, Melbourne Music Week).

What's more, B3's production and programming will be handled by the same minds behind Pitch and Let Them Eat Cake, so you know to expect one hell of a tight operation.

Stay tuned and we'll let you know the location as soon as it's announced on January 9. In the meantime you can sign up for news here.