Festival Hall, Melbourne

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Festival Hall is a concert venue in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is one of Melbourne's larger concert venues and has hosted a variety of local and international acts over many years. Formerly known as the West Melbourne Stadium, Festival Hall was also a famous boxing and wrestling venue - known to locals as "the House of Stoush".

Its address is 300 Dudley Street, in the suburb of West Melbourne. To reach Festival Hall by train, disembark at Southern Cross Station (formerly known as Spencer Street Station) and walk or take a tram up Spencer Street (northbound) to the corner of Dudley Street, and turn left. Flagstaff Station is also close to the venue (although it does not run on weekends).

The Beatles played here. The Living End: Live at Festival Hall was filmed here on 19 May 2006.

Over the years the following bands have also performed at this venue: