The Shed

Usually packed and full of grabby, sloppy drunk young people on a saturday night – but, they have GREAT live music. So, if you can get there before the line cues you’ll squeeze in without a cover charge and enjoy some sweet live bands and dancing. There are 3 bars inside I believe, drinks are pricey but average for the area and venue. Several areas, one for dancing near the stage, a couple quieter areas, outdoor and covered. Lots of security so the sloppy drunks don’t stay long.
Sundays are quieter and the live band was great. Definitely a different scene from Saturday!

Attended a private function in the back room. 100+people paying $ 10 – 20 pp. the food was crap. Skinny cold chips, wedges, a few spring rolls and crumb prawns, potato things and crab rolls… all yellow fatty food, not enough for the number of people and not worth it as a function area. The company was good and I was one of the lucky ones to win a bottle of wine from the function.
If you were looking to hold a function, suggest don’t order platters and charge people to come. Paying normal bar prices is enough. I’m not tight and happy to do what’s right but would rather healthier options when having to pay to attend.

Never in a million years would I’ve expected to enter The Shed but after refusing to pay $ 15 to access The Deen on the other side of the street and a desire to engage the primal with appropriate rhythm and beat the proverbial chicken crossed the road. I’m impressed with the security. no ID no entry. Your ID is copied along with a mug shot then in you go, no cover charge. Inside different spaces, levels, music (band, dJ) towards the back of the site. Service is good, security visible, lots of accents with backpackers prevalent. Like a movie you didn’t expect much from The Shed delivered a story with colour and pleasant surprise.

If you are out on a Saturday night, you’ve been at a bar or another club and you’re headed somewhere else, it’s likely you’ll end up at The Shed. If you are the designated driver, just sit on the pavement outside, it will be a far better experience than wasting your money on the entrance fee. If you are drunk or drinking, go ahead, you will have fun hitting up the dance floor and the fumes from the alcohol will protect you from witnessing what is happening around you. It’s better with a group of friends to just let loose and take up as much room dancing as possible and just have some fun, but if there’s only a few of you, it’s harder to avoid those wonderful men who like to think they have a right to touch you or pester you. Again, good for the 18 year olds, its a rite of passage to spend a Saturday night at The Shed.

This place makes me sad. It epitomises all the ugliness you hear about Northbridge on a Saturday night. Having moved from the country to Perth, The Shed was a go-​to place for many a school friends in our early city-​slicking days, and woefully I knew no different. I just thought nightclubbing was this awful experience where men threw fists and women danced skank-​ily to the tune of Beds are Burning. Let me tell you, when I discovered nightlife outside of this Northbridge haunt, my skies were instantly blue again.

The Shed is a really fun venue to go out in. The inside is has an original layout, with signposts directing you to the various sections. There is a fantastic crowd in here, particularly on a Sunday night. The last time I was here on a Sunday there was a country band playing what can only be described as hoe-​down music, to a happy crowd doing the typical link-​arms-​and-​twirl-​around-​then-​swap-​partners dance that you just can’t help doing to country music!
Drinks are fairly reasonable and the bar staff are fast and friendly, which is a rare occurance in Perth bars, too rare if you ask me. There are a lot of different sections and seating areas so it is a great place to go if you want to sit down and have a few drinks with a big group of fiends.