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| Meat Market | |
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Meat Market | |
 Metropolitan Meat Market | |
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| Former names | Metropolitan Meat Market, Meat Market Craft Centre |
| Alternative names | Meat Market, Meaty, North Melbourne Meat Market |
| General information | |
| Location | North Melbourne |
| Address | 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne |
| Town or city | Victoria |
| Country | Australia |
| Current tenants | City of Melbourne |
| Completed | 1880 |
| Renovated | 2004 |
| Owner | Creative Victoria |
| Landlord | Creative Victoria |
| Technical details | |
| Lifts/elevators | 1 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | George Johnson |
| Main contractor | City of Melbourne |
| Website | |
| www.meatmarket.org.au | |
Metropolitan Meat Market, primarily known as Meat Market, in Melbourne, Australia, is a former market building that also incorporates the Metropolitan Hotel.[1] It was designed by George Johnson and completed in 1874. It has been listed on the Victorian Heritage Register since 1973.[2]
The venue has undergone many iterations and currently serves as an arts venue under the City of Melbourne.[3] Annually, the venue hosts cultural and social events ranging from theatre, circus, dance to food and wine fairs, music launches and private functions, in addition to festivals including Melbourne Fringe Festival, RISING, and Yirramboi Festival.
- ^ "Metropolitan hotel". www.metrohotel.com.au. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Victorian Heritage Register: "Former Metropolitan Meat Market", retrieved 8 February 2014
- ^ "Meat Market - Venue Hire Melbourne, Unique Function & Event Spaces". meatmarket.org.au. Retrieved 9 February 2018.