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Perseverance Bar

196 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia

4.1 (614)
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Pub

80 Seated
500 Standing

Why you'll love Perseverance Bar

  • Offers several function spaces with AV facilities.
  • Perfect for celebrations and private events.
  • Flexible event packages.

About the venue

In the heart of Brunswick Street, this icon of Fitzroy is the perfect cocktail for your favourite party spot, bar vibes, and good times.

A longstanding favourite amongst local punters and the students of Melbourne, it’s the place to be to catch a few cold ones and get a bit weird. Offering free entry, a mouth-watering menu, an extensive beverage list and a friendly atmosphere, Perseverance Bar needs to be at the top of your must-visit list. Perseverance Bar is ideal for any celebration, from birthday parties and corporate events to private get-togethers. Their experienced team will help you with the set-up and execution of your event so you can sit back, relax and enjoy the party atmosphere stress-free.

Grab your friends, head to the bar and party the night away on Fitzroy’s best dance floor, or chill out in our spacious courtyard.

Home to Melbourne’s best local DJs and the loosest dance floor in Fitzroy, you’re always guaranteed an evening of fun and frivolity at the Perseverance!


Perseverance Bar Function Rooms

4 Spaces Available At This Venue
The Cozy Courtyard

The Cozy Courtyard

The Courtyard offers one of the few Al Fresco dining options in the heart of Fitzroy. With the ability to cater for up to 140 people for a cocktail-style event, our courtyard area is available for private hire any time on Sunday-Wednesday, ...

80
150
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The Magnificent Main Cocktail Bar

The Magnificent Main Cocktail Bar

This Main Bar area can accommodate up to 70 people for a standing cocktail-style function. This semi-private space allows you and your guests to soak up the atmosphere of the venue, whilst still enjoying an exclusive area next to the bar. ...

30
70
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The Exquisite Whole Venue - Exclusive Use

The Exquisite Whole Venue - Exclusive Use

The Perseverance is also available for total venue hire. With a Standing Capacity of 500. Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, organizing a hens or bucks party, or hosting a corporate event, our friendly and professional function team ca...

500
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Dance Floor Lounge

Dance Floor Lounge

Small but a mighty area in the heart of all the action. Perfect space for your next birthday event enjoy the comfort just steps away.

30
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Hans Kie

April 11, 2025

Cool venue but bruh, I needed to take a dump and it turned out the toilet seat was gone and there was no soap. C'mon man! I definitely didn't want to GG Allin in the venue!

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Tyra Stewart

February 7, 2025

Persa used to be the funnest club to have a boogie to the nostalgic pop music we all love. It is a great venue and used to have the best atmosphere for a girls night out. The change of music genre and vibe has me and the girls begging for you to bring back the old persa !! A safe place for us girlies to dance like no one is watching!! Pretty please with a cherry on top 🥹

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Malcolm Osborne

March 10, 2025

What can I say without being to harsh. Hmmmm. The staff were disinterested in serving you. The venue is just disappointing. Poor choice of / no choice wines and no low alcohol beers. No food or bar snacks. Plastic glasses for drinks. The venue itself is sad and grunge, ok if that’s what you are after. Enough said.

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Tayla Lamb

April 2, 2025

I was here for emo diva this past weekend, and as one would expect the lights were down and low visibility within the venue. I usually don’t leave reviews but this really calls for it, your smokers is located in the back of your venue with a step up to get to it, you have a security guard sat at the door for what reason I’m not 100% sure because throughout this whole experience he didn’t do a single thing. Your step does not have reflective tape on it which is a MAJOR OHS issue, especially in a dimly lit venue. I was wearing SEVEN inch platforms and that’s my mistake but I was exiting the smokers, and your security guard didn’t speak a word about there being a step directly infront of me. Obviously, due to the fact there was no reflective tape on the step I rolled my whole ankle and now have had to get multiple scans, miss work due to being in an ER to fix my ankle and the list goes on. And whilst being on the floor of your venue because I possibly snapped my ankle your security guard just looked at me, didn’t move to try and help. Didn’t ask if I was okay. Please, put some tape on the step at the bare minimum. And maybe retrain your staff :) cheers x

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pancakerepairman

December 14, 2024

I can't speak for any other aspect of this place but as a live music venue, especially for louder bands, it's an L. The stage is barely elevated making it hard to see anything and the sound mixing is terrible. All I could hear from Melting/Heavensgate/Bloom last night was drums, screaming and a wave of noise. It's beyond me why smaller venues like this choose to mic the drums. The cymbals reverbing over everything was a big part of the problem. The crowd seemed to be enjoying it though so I guess wanting to actually hear what the guitarists are playing is a me problem.


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Amenities & Extras

Food & Beverage

Bar Tab
Coffee / Tea
Filtered Water
Venue Offers Catering

Audio Visual Equipment (AV)

Microphone
Projector
Speakers
Teleconference
TV
Video Conferencing

Other Amenities & Extras

Accessible
Air Con
Dance Floor
External Music or DJ
Furniture Hire
Lighting
Natural light
On-Site Parking
Outdoor Space
Restroom
Security
WiFi

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