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Luna Event Space

A Highett wedding venue with warehouse bones, clean white interiors, and a flexible modern event feel.
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Venue Details

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03 9532 2555
hello@lunaeventspace.com
https://www.lunaeventspace.com/
40 Advantage Road, Highett VIC 3190

Planning Snapshot

Function Centre&Restaurant
Highett
140 seated or 200 cocktail. The single open-plan layout doesn't divide, so every wedding uses the full floorplate regardless of count. Around 90 to 120 guests is where the room reads at its most intentional; below 60 the volume of the warehouse leaves visible empty floor that styling has to fill, and at the upper seated cap the dance floor squeezes against table edges. Cocktail-leaning formats handle the lower counts more forgivingly because guests stay mobile.
The same room handles both ceremony and reception with a turnover window between the two. There's no garden, courtyard, or terrace at the address; it's a warehouse footprint with no outdoor extension. Couples wanting outdoor vows usually hold the ceremony off-site (a Bayside park or the beach in walking distance from the venue) and arrive at Luna for reception only. Rain isn't a question here because the indoor format is the format.
Window-facing portraits work strongest from about 3pm to 5pm when the tall windows let in soft directional light without harsh contrast. Mid-morning shots flatten because the sun hasn't yet swung to the building's exposure side; full golden hour outside doesn't transmit through the warehouse interior the way it would at a glass-walled venue. The white brick walls bounce the late-afternoon light back at face level, which holds skin tones cleanly without reflector work. Highett doesn't have an obvious skyline to shoot against, so most portrait time stays inside or moves to the rear loading area for textured backdrops.

Why this venue works beautifully

Luna Event Space is at 40 Advantage Road in Highett, about 40 minutes south of the Melbourne CBD. The building started as a warehouse and got converted into a single open-plan event room with polished concrete underfoot, white-painted brickwork on the walls, and tall windows pulling daylight in across the floor. Capacity runs 140 seated or 200 cocktail. Fourside Food Design and Events caters every wedding here as the locked-in operator.

Highett’s an unfashionable address for a wedding, which is part of the appeal. It stays out of the warehouse-circuit competition you’d run into in Collingwood or Brunswick. The blank-canvas approach lets couples drop in heavy florals or theatrical lighting setups without fighting an existing decor scheme. Daytime weddings benefit most from the white-brick light bounce; night formats need the room’s own lighting plan to do more of the work.

How we’d photograph it

Use the white brick as a portrait wall. It bounces window light back at face level and keeps skin tones clean without needing a reflector.

The rear of the building has more textural variation than the polished interior. Step into the loading dock area for a grit-textured portrait set without leaving the property.

Once 140 seats are dressed, the floor stops reading as a warehouse and starts reading as a function room. The empty-floor wide before guest arrival is the only chance to capture the conversion’s bones.

Fourside’s kitchen pace runs tighter than couple-supplied caterers; if you miss the pass you lose the dish. Time food coverage to plate-up and not to course timing.

Bayside Coastal Trail is eight minutes from the venue and gives you a beach-edge frame the warehouse can’t. Drive there for the sunset portrait set when the indoor coverage is locked in.

Ceremony setup

The same room handles both ceremony and reception with a turnover window between the two. There's no garden, courtyard, or terrace at the address; it's a warehouse footprint with no outdoor extension. Couples wanting outdoor vows usually hold the ceremony off-site (a Bayside park or the beach in walking distance from the venue) and arrive at Luna for reception only. Rain isn't a question here because the indoor format is the format.

Best light of the day

Window-facing portraits work strongest from about 3pm to 5pm when the tall windows let in soft directional light without harsh contrast. Mid-morning shots flatten because the sun hasn't yet swung to the building's exposure side; full golden hour outside doesn't transmit through the warehouse interior the way it would at a glass-walled venue. The white brick walls bounce the late-afternoon light back at face level, which holds skin tones cleanly without reflector work. Highett doesn't have an obvious skyline to shoot against, so most portrait time stays inside or moves to the rear loading area for textured backdrops.

Reception atmosphere

Bayside-south warehouse converted to single-room event use. Polished concrete underfoot, white-painted brickwork on the walls, and tall daylit windows across one face. The room runs neutral on purpose so that florals, lighting design, or table linens carry the styling weight. Fourside as the locked-in caterer keeps the food consistent across bookings; couples don't choose vendors but inherit a known operator.
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Weddings we’ve photographed here

Real weddings at this venue reveal more than any venue description ever could — the light, pacing, and emotional texture of the day.

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