Melbourne's appetite for faster BPMs has found its permanent address beneath Flinders Street.
Since opening its doors on 13 September, Stamina has established itself as the city’s purpose-built hub for hard techno, hard bounce and the faster edges of four-to-the-floor electronic music. The venue operates every Saturday night inside the historic Banana Alley Vaults, where century-old brickwork now houses three distinct rooms fitted with imported NEXO sound systems and over three kilometres of neon lighting.
Stamina is the second major project from Ashby Projects, the collective behind Nerve’s Friday night residency at Brown Alley. Together, the two venues have created a consecutive weekend pipeline for Melbourne’s harder music community, covering Friday and Saturday with industrial-strength programming and festival-grade production.
Stamina
- Banana Alley Vaults, 375 Flinders Street, Melbourne
- Every Saturday night
- They’re upgrading the venue’s lighting this weekend, but they’ll be back 29 November
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The venue’s early weeks have seen consistent demand. Week one presale tickets sold out, and subsequent events have continued to draw crowds to the underground tunnels. Capacity exceeds 1000 ravers across the three rooms, with production values designed to match international standards.
Programming has focused primarily on local talent pushing harder styles forward. Names like Baxter, Nik Kastel, Emi Baz, Four To Eight, Aqua-X and MJU have featured prominently, with lineups spanning hard techno, Schranz, hard bounce and trance-inflected styles. Nik Kastel, a 22-year-old Melbourne producer, headlined 1 November with a two-hour set following appearances at Ultra Australia and performances alongside international acts like Deborah De Luca and Space 92.
International connections have also started forming. In October, Stamina partnered with Teletech for a 10-hour afterparty following the Manchester-based label’s sold-out Melbourne show. Teletech has built a community of over 250,000 ravers through events across four continents and more than 12 countries, positioning itself as Europe’s largest hard techno label.
The venue’s arrival reflects broader shifts in electronic music. Hard techno has maintained its momentum throughout 2025, fuelled partly by TikTok’s role in spreading viral moments and partly by a younger generation drawn to high-energy, raw sounds. The genre has moved from underground circles toward main stages at international festivals, with hybrid subgenres blending hard techno with melodic and ambient elements broadening its appeal.
Melbourne’s scene has responded accordingly. Nerve and Stamina now offer the city a comprehensive weekend program dedicated to harder sounds, while other promoters and collectives continue to push similar programming across venues like New Guernica and warehouse spaces. The demand for limitless BPMs and industrial-strength production appears to be growing rather than plateauing.
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