A place of assembly is required for any mass outdoor public event. This means an event with over 1000 people for 2 hours or more. It may be any performance, exhibition, circus, festival, food festival, pageant, regatta, sports event, dance or publicly advertised lecture.

If you are planning to operate an event of that size and nature, or you are planning to lease a property as a place of assembly, you need to apply for a place of assembly licence.

Place of assembly application

Smoke Free Public Event rules

Council’s smoke-free resources help event organisers comply with smoke-free public-events rules.

Please review the Department of Health requirements around this.