Conferences & Seminars
Geelong is the largest
regional centre in the State of Victoria,
situated approximately 75km south west of Melbourne on the shores of
Corio
Bay. A population over
221,350* makes it Victoria’s largest regional
city and the 11th largest resident population area in
Australia with the combined
neighbouring shires, totalling 250,000.
Geelong is the gateway to the
Great Ocean
Road and the world
renowned beaches of the surfcoast, just a short drive from the Otway and
Brisbane
Ranges. Getting around the
city is easy with transport readily available. With one of
Australia’s best waterfront
redevelopments, central Geelong is the retail and
commercial focus of the Geelong region and is a true
multi-purpose centre. It benefits from the location of a university, TAFE
college, museums and galleries, a modern cinema complex and extensive health,
medical and specialist services, not to mention GPAC.
*Australian Bureau of
Statistics, 2001 Census of Population and Housing and City of Greater
Geelong
Geelong
Performing Arts Centre is able to cater for all your meeting and conference
requirements whether it be a board
meeting of 10 to a conference for 1500.
We
offer:
- State of the art facilities and equipment as
well as the expertise of our technical staff
- Full in house catering
- Day packages available
- Expert and professional staff
Our staff
will ensure your conference or event runs smoothly from the first phone call to
the last cup of coffee.
Costa
Hall
In a remarkable feat of architecture
and engineering, Deakin University has converted
Geelong's old woolstores into a modern
inner city campus site which also contains a state of the art, 1500 seat concert
auditorium.
This grand space now provides Geelong with a venue able to house
large-scale concerts, conference meetings and lectures. Only a ten minute stroll
from the Geelong Performing Arts Centre, The Costa Hall is a perfect venue for
entertainment producers and conference organisers.
Ford
Theatre
The inclusion of a
dress circle in the design of this 797 seat proscenium arch theatre provides a
warm, intimate atmosphere popular with performers and audiences alike. The fly
tower, excellent technical facilities, spacious dressing rooms and green room
area makes the theatre suitable for a wide variety of large events. The Venue is
regularly used for live theatre, major concerts, meetings and
launches.
Blakiston
Theatre
A studio-style theatre with a
capacity of 325, this Venue is as pleasurable for performers as it is for the
audience. The Blakiston theatre is an ideal space for intimate live theatre,
acoustic concerts, comedy, public lectures, seminars
etc.