Event bookings for the Turbine Shop are unavailable until mid-June 2018.

Full of gritty glamour, the atmospheric Turbine Shop is the largest building on Cockatoo Island and, at the time of its finished construction in 1946, was the largest building in the Southern Hemisphere. A popular setting for gala dinners, exhibitions, music performances, launches, markets and festivals, the cathedral sized hall has an extraordinary atmosphere. With its raw industrial character, exposed steel structure, soaring ceilings with overhead gantry cranes and bare concrete floors, this immense industrial building makes an impressive event setting.

Ideal for: Gala dinners, exhibitions, music performances, markets and festivals, launches, circus, product launch, filming and photography, fashion parades, media event.

Venue capacity: Cocktail capacity - 2000, Seated capacity - 850
 

See also: Turbine Shop elevation plan (PDF - 298.8 KB)
 

For more information please email licensing@harbourtrust.gov.au