Section 8 (music venue)

Section 8 is a live music bar located in the Chinatown of Melbourne, Australia.

Description
The venue plays host to local and international musicians. The venue is associated with hip-hop, house, and afrobeats. It has a relatively young crowd. It was Melbourne's first open-air bar.

Bar service is run out of a shipping container, with the courtyard of the venue located in an alleyway space behind a chain fence.

It neighbours another bar named Ferdydurke that is run by the same proprietor.

The venue requires that all patrons remove work attire, such as suits.

History
It opened in 2006 by Maz Salt.

The venue expanded to Sydney in 2013. As of 2023 it no longer appears to operate in that city.