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Odeon Richmond

A compact Swan Street music room built for flexible, soundproofed shows and club nights.

Upcoming shows
23
Address
267 Swan Street, 3121 Richmond
Phone
0478 876 876
Next show
Fri, 20 Nov 2026
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Odeon Richmond in Melbourne

About Odeon Richmond

Odeon Richmond is a 140–150-person live-music and arts venue on Melbourne’s Swan Street, with room for a further 25 people in its courtyard. Its distinguishing feature is flexibility: the soundproofed main and back rooms can shift between band sets, DJ nights, screenings and artist events, with cinema-style projection and 7.2 surround sound among the in-house tools. The result is a small-scale room whose programming can move easily from acoustic performers to late-night dance floors.

A former POME becomes an Odeon

Odeon opened in June 2024, created by Eleni Tzaros and Bruce Butler after they encountered the Odeon of Herodes Atticus during a trip to Athens. Back in Melbourne, they took on the Swan Street site of POME, a pandemic-era casualty that had come up for sale, and converted it into a multi-purpose music venue and bar. The name reaches toward the Greek odeon tradition of buildings for musical performance, while the new operation brought a second live stage to a street long associated with the Corner Hotel.

Its first night, June 1, 2024, paired Jodi Phillis of The Clouds with an acoustic set by Stephanie Cherote. That opening bill set the basic proposition: established local connections alongside a room intended for emerging acts, launches, showcases and student performance nights. By July, Grace Woodroofe’s opening-night appearance had become the image used to introduce the venue’s early run.

The room now

Odeon books broadly across indie, acoustic, traditional Greek music, DJ-led dance nights and other cross-genre events; its own site also frames the stage as a platform for emerging artists, DJs and performers alongside larger names. Expect a standing-room feel shaped by the main and back rooms, with a house bar, strong soundproofing, projector screens and adaptable event layouts. That makes it a useful pick for listeners who value close-range sets, eclectic bills and occasional culture-programming beyond a standard gig.

Sources

  1. About | Odeon Richmond — Odeon Richmond
  2. Melbourne’s newest live music venue, Odeon Richmond has a cracking lineup this July — Beat Magazine
  3. Melbourne Is Home To A New Multi-Purpose Music Venue, Odeon Richmond — The Music
  4. Odeon Richmond - Richmond, VIC — Zest
  5. Odeon Richmond — Swan.st

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