The Crom

The Crom is a venue located on the groundfloor of Pan International’s office. It usually runs hiphop events for under 18s in the Collingwood area, but recently it’s opened its doors to other groups who would like to hire and use the space. It’s a huge highly customisable warehouse space. There’s a lot of pretty fantastic graffiti on the walls, but this can be covered up if it doesn’t suit what you’re doing.
The staff are incredibly accommodating. When I booked for an event my organisation were running, they couldn’t have been more helpful. We were allowed to come in and brainstorm how we were going to set up and pack up, we were allowed to use their equipment, we were even allowed to move every wall around to suit us. It is fantastic.
There are a few downsides: noise restrictions after 10pm mean that whatever event you’re having has to either end early or be very quiet. Not a problem for my group, but as soon as any kind of amplified band is thrown into the mix there’ll be an issue with the neighbours. The impression I got from the staff is that those neighbours are quite the complaining sort.