Devonport Entertainment & Convention Centre

Function Rooms

The Devonport Entertainment and Convention Centre is Tasmania’s leading Venue in the North West for corporate events, business meetings, community events, The Centre is extremely versatile offering a range of function rooms together with a modern refurbished theatre.

Normal opening hours.
Monday to Friday: 9.00am – 5.00pm

Out of hours bookings.
These may be accepted for any period during the week and at weekends, subject to availability, but will incur an additional fee to cover relief reception/security staff. These costs are normally charged at $34 per hour but may be subject to variation.
A 50% surcharge will apply for Sundays. Public Holidays incur an additional staffing charge.

Rooms	Sq. Metres	Theatre	Banquet	Board Room	U-Shape
Town Hall	20m x 17m	470	NA	NA	NA
Town Hall Lobby	12m x 7.5m	60	NA	NA	NA
Centenary Court	16m x 8m	100	70	40	30
Federation Room	12m x 9.5m	50	30	30	25
Victoria Room	10m x 5m	NA	NA	16	NA

How to Book

Organising a successful conference or event is not easy, as there are numerous factors to consider. To assist you, we have designed a basic checklist to ensure the success of your event.

Please consider the following options before booking.

Date and Time
Select a date, time and duration for the Conference
When selecting a date, be sure to leave yourself, attendees and presenters enough time to plan ahead for the conference.
Our conference and function centre gets booked ahead well in advance, so you may not have many choices if leaving it too late.

Attendees
Identify who will be the intended audience of the conference, how many will be attending and from how far they have to travel
to the conference. Are there any special requirements attendees will require to access the conference e.g. wheelchair access.

Conference Venue / Conference Facilities
Preparing a check list of the conference facilities and requirements before choosing one of our 4 conference rooms.

Capacity
Ensure that the particular rooms can provide for the number intended attendees in the conference room layout appropriate for the conference purpose.

The function areas are well equipped and are flexible to allow arrangement to suit your specific needs.

Theatre Style
Useful for briefing a large group, initiate a policy or build morale and writing by attendees is not required to take place.

Class Room Style
Used for briefing a groups who are also required to take notes and perhaps work in small groups of a maximum of 4 for exchanging information, or solving a problem conference.

Board Room Style
This arrangement all participants can see each other in the conference and is useful for securing agreement, solving a problem amongst the group, or purpose that consists of a group no larger than 20. This arrangement encourages participation of all attendees.

U-Shaped Style
Enables group interaction but the conference is focused around a facilitator at the front of the group.

Banquet Style
A large conference can be arranged in smaller groups seated around round or rectangular tables where group and workshop activities can be performed through the conference. The banquet style also encourages attendees to network with their immediate group at the conference.