Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Renowned as a world-standard, outdoor performance venue, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl will host the WIPC:E 2008 Closing and Cultural Celebration.

 

The Bowl is set in the parklands a short walk from the centre of the city. A number of significant sites are located nearby, including Melbourne’s Botanical Gardens where one of Victoria’s earliest mission stations and schools was established. The Myer Music bowl is an ideal location to showcase our culture and talent.

 

 

Nestled in the serene greenery of Kings Domain, its unique canopy rising from the ground and sheltering the nearby lawn, the Bowl has been a great place of entertainment of all Melbourne.

Myer Music Bowl Facts and Figures

• Fixed seating area holds 2030 people in 26 tiered rows. Surrounding lawns (which are part of the Bowl) can seat up to 10,000 people.
• Stage area is 27.4 metres wide by 19.5 metres deep.
• The Bowl’s canopy consists of a thin membrane (1.3cm weather-proofed plywood sheeted on both sides with aluminium) attached to a cobwebbed frame of steel cables and supported by 21.3 metre masts pivoted to the earth.
• The total area of the canopy is 4055sq metres. The main cable at the edge of the canopy comprises 7 ropes, each about 9cm in diameter and 173 metres long. Anchored deep into the ground in concrete blocks. Longitudinal cables hold up the roof and transverse cables hold it down.