Sidney Myer Music Bowl has wheelchair accessible seating (subject to availability) and assistive listening, and Companion Card tickets are available for all ticketed events.
Certain events also offer access services such as Auslan Interpretation. Please check the event page's Notes section for more details.
To book wheelchair spaces, Companion Card tickets, or locations close to an interpreter (for relevant events), please use Ticketek’s enquiries form.
To find out more about the access symbols on an event page, visit our Access Icons page.
The assistive listening system at Sidney Myer Music Bowl uses an FM signal to enhance sound quality via headphones or neck-loops available at Gate 1. Please ask our team when you enter if you would like to use service. You will be asked to leave a drivers licence, or a similar identity card, for the duration of the loan.
Most tickets for events at Sidney Myer Music Bowl are sold through our ticketing partner Ticketek.
To book wheelchair accessible seating, Companion Card tickets, or seating close to an interpreter (for relevant events), please use Ticketek’s enquiries form
You can also phone Ticketek's Accessible Seating booking line on 1300 665 915 between Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm (AEST).
Wheelchair accessible seating is located in the Balcony areas and the final row in the Stalls (subject to availability).
Ticketek can confirm the location of available seating when they respond to your enquiry.
Tickets for Cold Chisel are told through Ticketmaster. If you have any questions about your Ticketmaster ticket, please visit their website.
The Sidney Myer Music Bowl is in the Kings Domain Parklands on Linlithgow Avenue. To enter the venue use our main gate – Gate 1 – which is near the part of Linlithgow Avenue that runs parallel to St Kilda Rd. Gate 1 is up the hill, in front of the King George Monument.
There are four 4-hour wheelchair accessible parking spaces available on Linlithgow Avenue at the bottom of Gate 1. These are first-come, first-served and cannot be reserved.
Alternatively, the Arts Centre Melbourne car park is approximately 10 minutes from the entrance to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Wheelchair accessible parking is available on both levels of our car park.
For more information on rates and access see our Parking page
There is no formal drop off for Sidney Myer Music Bowl. However, there is a small break in parking with curb cut access on Linlithgow Avenue in front of the path that leads to Gate 1. This can be used for a quick drop off.
Our golf buggy (pictured at the bottom of this page) is in this area if you require assistance getting from the street to the venue entrance.
The closest train station is Flinders St Station. The closest wheelchair accessible tram stop is Arts Precinct / St Kilda Rd.
Tram stops along St Kilda Rd are wheelchair accessible, however not all trams servicing those stops are low floor.
To find out if the next tram will be a low-floor tram, look for the wheelchair symbol on tramTRACKER®
People queuing outside Gate 1 at Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Behind them is the King George V monument.
Accessible toilets are located at the rear of the Stalls and near Gate 1, behind the lawn.
The closest Changing Places facility is located on Level 3 of Hamer Hall. For more information on accessing this facility please visit Our Buildings page
First Aid is located opposite the food truck area, behind the lawn.
Mobile crews of first aid staff will also be roaming the venue throughout the event.
Our team will be stationed at the site entry on Linlithgow Avenue, the Gate 1 Entry and at various posts inside the venue. Please reach out if you need help at any time. Staff can be identified by their bright orange ACM-branded hi-vis vests.
For many events, especially Live at the Bowl events, you are welcome to bring a picnic – please check the Conditions of Entry. You can find these, close to the event date, in the Notes section of an event page.
There are free refillable water stations available. We recommend you bring your own reusable water bottle (no glass) to the event. Please ensure your water bottle is empty when entering the venue.
Getting around this venue can be challenging for wheelchair users and visitors with limited mobility, due to the varied and uneven gradient of paths and terrain.
The path from Linlithgow Ave to Gate 1 is a compact gravel path on an incline that not all guests find easy to navigate.
The Sidney Myer Music Bowl has a golf buggy available that our team can operate should you require assistance getting from Linlithgow Ave to the venue entrance (shown below). The golf buggy seats up to 2 people plus the driver and is not able to be pre-booked. Please seek out our team located on Linlithgow Avenue, around the base of the path that leads to Gate 1, when you arrive, should you need to use this service. Our team will be wearing orange hi-vis vests.
Once inside the venue, the pathway leading down to the seated stalls area has a gradient at 1:5. Our team are unable to handle wheelchairs directly but they can act as a spotter.
There are no tactile ground surface indicators installed prior to steps in Stalls seating.
An Arts Centre Melbourne team member standing next to the golf buggy.
