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Broome Civic Centre

About

Overview & Vibe

The Broome Civic Centre is the town’s main hall, on the block that has been Broome’s civic heart since 1904. The current building opened in 1973 to a design by Norman Rees meant to reflect Broome’s Asian influence, and its predecessor hosted the town’s dances, debutante balls and wedding receptions before that. It is a working community venue rather than a wedding specialist — and it is the largest room in Broome.

Setting & Style

The main space is Jimmy Chi Hall, named for the writer of Bran Nue Dae: a large polished wooden hall of about 546 m² taking 400 people, with a raised stage, full lighting and AV, acoustic treatment and bi-fold doors. The Pigram Garden Theatre is a newer 363-capacity space with a terraced seating area, bar and a verandah for pre-function drinks, and the Sammy Room works as a break-out or pre-function room. A commercial kitchen with cool room adjoins the hall for caterers.

Ideal For

Large Broome weddings that need a blank canvas and a real stage — and couples happy to bring their own caterer. At 400 people this is comfortably the biggest indoor capacity in town, and the equipment list is a production venue’s rather than a function centre’s. It suits people building the day themselves rather than buying a package.

The Need-to-Knows

The Centre does not cater. It hires you a kitchen — dishwasher, oven, cooktop, cool room, plate-up and ramped delivery access — and you bring a caterer, so there is no per-head food price to compare. Corkage is $12.00 a bottle and glasses are $1.10 each. Room hire itself is quote-only, but almost everything else is published in detail: staffing from $55.00 an hour, security at $78.65 an hour with a four-hour minimum, audio packages $115.00 to $445.00 a day, a vinyl dance floor at $54.00 and tablecloths at $21.50 to $24.00 each. Public liability cover of $10 million is required.

Standout Feature

Jimmy Chi Hall’s floor. A large polished wooden hall with a proper stage, theatre lighting and 349 chairs is a rare thing in a town this size — and the building’s continuity matters: the hall on this block has been where Broome held its weddings for more than a century.

Amenities

Jimmy Chi Hall Seating 400
Polished Wooden Hall Floor
Raised Wooden Stage
Pigram Garden Theatre
Verandah For Pre-Function Events
Sammy Room Break-Out Space
Commercial Kitchen For Caterers
Cool Room
Bar And Servery
Theatre Lighting And Cyclorama
Full AV And PA
349 Theatre Chairs
30 Round Tables
Vinyl Dance Floor Available
Air Conditioning
Acoustic Ceiling And Wall Treatments
Wheelchair Ramp And Stage Lift
Backstage Loading Dock And Scissor Lift
Picture Hanging Track

Ceremony Setting

hall
theatre
function room
heritage building

Dietary Options Supported

No details available.

Nearby Landmarks

Weld Street and Hamersley Street – "The area bounded by Hamersley and Weld streets has been the centre of Broome's administration from the town's early days"
Broome town centre – The Centre sits on the civic block, of the 1904 Mechanics Institute Hall which later became the Shire Hall.

On Site Accommodation

Price Notes

Room hire itself is quote-only — the venue-hire page leads with "REQUEST A QUOTE"; a "25/26 BCC Fees & Charges" schedule is linked
Jimmy Chi Hall: 400 capacity, approx 545.96 m², 349 red theatre chairs, 30 round tables, 10 trestle tables, raised wooden stage with lighting, curtain, tabs and cyclorama, backstage loading dock and scissor lift, wheelchair ramp and lift access to stage
Pigram Garden Theatre: 363 capacity, approx 359 m², terraced casual seating, bar and dining height furniture, auto microphones with speakers, verandah for pre-function events, own servery
Sammy Room: approx 59 m², or 94 m² with the lobby; round banquet or trestle tables, drop-down projector screen, microphones and speakers
Kitchen for caterers: dishwasher, oven, cooktop, cool room, heat and cool food facilities, plate-up area, ramped delivery access; hireable in combination with any other space
The Pigram Garden Theatre servery is for drinks and packaged snacks only — all other food must be served from the Kitchen
STAFF: Facility Assistant $55.00 per hour Monday–Friday 8am–5pm, otherwise $60.00 per hour, minimum 2 hours; security at cost ($78.65 per hour), minimum 4 hours; staff call-out fee $120.00 per hour
AV: basic package with lectern, laptop, screen and projector $115.00 per day; advanced audio package $305.00 per day; PA $155.00 per day; basic white wash lighting $114.00 per day; full LED package $445.00 per day. Packages above basic audio require a Civic Centre AV technician
Equipment: conference lectern $34.00 per day, exhibition panels $6.00 per panel per day, mobile hanging panels $4.50 per panel per day, Tarkett $51.50 per day, vinyl dance floor $54.00 per item per day, autopole screening $75.50 per day
Crockery and consumables: crockery package $5.50 per person per day; conference crockery package; glass water dispensers $21.50 each per day; water package $2.00 each; corkage $12.00 per bottle; glasses $1.10 per unit; round tablecloths $24.00 each per day; rectangle tablecloths $21.50; cloth napkins $2.50 each
Tea, coffee and water are charged at cost plus a 25% admin fee plus GST
Hirers must hold public liability insurance of not less than $10,000,000 per occurrence
A Temporary Food Permit is required for anyone selling food who is not a registered food business with the Shire of Broome; a Certificate of Temporary Structure is required for stage extensions, rigging and similar