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Section 8 Bar

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Section 8 is a hip outdoor bar set in an old vacant car park between Lonsdale Street and Chinatown. Known simply as the ‘container bar’ because the staff serve drinks from a bar converted from a shipping container, the place is quite possibly hipster heaven, with graffiti-covered walls, wooden pallets strewn about in place of chairs, and steel drums for tables.

Constantly abuzz with people and music, the bar first started as a pop-up, and has grown so popular that it has cemented its status as ‘the pop-up bar that won’t die’.

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Day Times
Monday
  • 12pm - 11pm 12pm - 11pm
Tuesday
  • 12pm - 11pm 12pm - 11pm
Wednesday
  • 12pm - 11pm 12pm - 11pm
Thursday
  • 12pm - 1am 12pm - 1am
Friday
  • 12pm - 1am 12pm - 1am
Saturday
  • 12pm - 1am 12pm - 1am
Sunday
  • 12pm - 11pm 12pm - 11pm

Location

Section 8
27-29 Tattersalls Ln
Melbourne 3000

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  • telephone number: 0430 291 588
  • email address: media@section8.com.au
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