There is ample free off street parking in the North Richmond/Abbotsford/Collingwood/East Melbourne areas, all within a few meters from Bakehouse + we’ve made parking your car for your Bakehouse rehearsals easy with this go-to guide.

Unloading: When unloading please prop vehicle against our red wall with your hazard lights on, allowing space for through traffic to pass.

If you have any queries about parking options please see staff. Further accessibility info is below

Note: Bakehouse has a very limited number of parking permits available but will require a small deposit.

Don’t want to drive? We have plenty of backline options available for hire, and PTV options close by! See below for further details.

You can load in via the big wooden doors on Little Hoddle Street - you should see our sign out front of the building. Please keep your hazard lights on and park as close to our door as possible next to the red wall.

You’re welcome to leave your gear in the undercover entryway while you load in, however for anything valuable it’s best if you take it straight to your studio, or to the office for safe keeping, and please don’t leave anything unattended.

You can get to Bakehouse Studios via a range of PTV options - train, tram or bus:

TRAIN: Get off at North Richmond train station (Mernda, Hurstbridge and Eltham lines), and walk 1 minute (78 metres) via Elizabeth + Lt. Hoddle St

TRAM: Get off at Victoria Street, Stop #19 (North Richmond Railway Station/Victoria St) of the 109 + 12 tram lines, and walk 2 minutes (170m) via Victoria and Little Hoddle St.

BUS: Get off on Victoria Pde/Hoddle St stop of the 246 bus route (Elsternwick - Clifton Hill via St Kilda) and walk 3 minutes (180m) via Hoddle St and Elizabeth St

All rooms at Bakehouse on the ground floor are wheelchair accessible, with ramps into any raised room. Bathrooms and kitchen are located on the ground floor.

Our upper level studios (Scrap Museum, Belfry and Jezebel) can be accessed via stairs or elevator.

Click here for further information on accessibility.

Bakehouse has 3 well appointed kitchens which you are welcome to use during your rehearsals: a downstairs communal kitchen, and a self contained kitchen within the Belfry and Scrap Museum precincts.

For production rehearsals, filming and showcase bookings, these spaces can be utilised for your outside caterers. Have a chat to staff to discuss requirements.

Note: no deep frying or open flames without prior approval.

For upstairs bookings (Jezebel, The Belfry and Scrap Museum) you can use our elevator to transport passengers and heavy equipment to the second floor. The elevator can hold 1.150 tons per load, and is 2 metres deep x 1.3 metres wide x 2.2 metres high. Please check in with staff before loading the lift.

You’re welcome to take photos in and around the courtyard or communal areas, however we do have a location fee for any images being taken away from the rooms in Bakehouse. Scrap Museum and The Belfry also have different rates for filming or photography, so please ask our friendly staff for advice

Is your booking ‘noise sensitive’?

Are you planning to bring in a theatre group, sensitive recording of podcast, interviews, live filming or an acoustic, classical or un-amplified music rehearsal?

Please speak to our staff about your specific requirements as we may need to customise your booking time or lock out adjoining rooms for quiet, this may incur additional costs.

Although we have extensively soundproofed, Bakehouse is designed for noisy activity and to quote Quincy “Silence is Golden and Gold is valuable”

Please immediately report to staff if PA or equipment is not working. Our staff are trained to rectify any issues (and more than happy to help!), so please do not try to troubleshoot yourself or you may be liable for damages.

Day sessions run 11:30-5pm

Night sessions run 5:30pm-11pm

Off-peak rehearsal time includes weekday 11.30am-5pm sessions, and on-peak time includes weekday 5.30pm-11pm sessions and all weekend sessions.

Please note, on certain Public Holidays we will open for your convenience (i.e. Grand Final Day). However, Public Holidays are considered peak time and these dates will attract a 20% surcharge to support paying our treasured staff their due penalty rates. We appreciate your understanding.

HEPA FILTERS

Each of the Bakehouse rehearsal rooms is equipped with one or more HEPA Filters to clean the air and keep you safe.

If you need complete silence for rehearsal or recording, set the filter to sleep mode. For further assistance, ask one of our friendly staff.

AF-WS on HEPA filters:

“HEPA air filters, like the ones selected by Bakehouse Studios, will not only reduce airborne respiratory viruses, they will also help to reduce the impact of other air quality concerns such as traffic pollution, smoke, pollen, and dust. Good news for all everyone, but particularly those suffering from asthma and allergies.

For more information, visit af-ws.com.au

Please have a read of this page for our COVID policy

https://www.bakehousestudios.com.au/covid-tscs

Plenty of yummy food on Victoria street, and lots of quick easy Thai takeaway restaurants and Banh Mi. The closest coffee shop is Long Street coffee, on Little Hoddle street down the lane across Elizabeth street. There’s an ALDI and Woolworths 4 mins walk away. If using/delivery uber eats, make sure it comes to the back entrance on Little Hoddle Street

Bakehouse does not currently offer any hire gear off-site, all our hire gear is for use within our studios only. While Bakehouse is unable to accommodate, we can recommend Deluxe Guitars and Melbourne Backline Hire