Bailey Hall, 401 Church Street Richmond

The Soldier's Memorial, RSL or Bailey Hall at 401 Church Street Richmond was the venue for a key moment in Melbourne's punk/new wave history: it was the location of 'Son of Punk Gunk', the second 'Punk Gunk' festival, on Tuesday 28 February 1978. While the first was a more spontaneous affair, this was to be a co-ordinated event, though both were conceived as art happenings. However, the Boys Next Door and Teenage Radio Stars pulled out late in the piece - apparently on advice, request, or demand of their new record company, Suicide. They were replaced by The Proles. There is no record of the Bailey Hall being an ongoing music venue. Since the 1980s the building has been a health facility.

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