Everything for 50th Birthday Parties
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Most 50ths are a dinner first. Partners, old friends and family sit down together, there's a toast or two, and the dancing – if it happens – comes later. So the starting point in Newcastle is a room that seats everyone comfortably, ideally with something worth looking at outside.
The water does a lot of that work. Merewether Surfhouse's event level sits above Merewether Beach and seats 250, with seated menus from $69 per person. The South East View at Belmont 16s Sailing Club looks over Belmont Bay, with celebration packages from $79 per person and a white marble dance floor. Closer to the city, Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club's six spaces each open onto a balcony or deck over the marina in Wickham, and Customs House Hotel fills a heritage building on the foreshore with six areas for 20 to 200.
To take the party onto the water itself, NOVA Cruises runs catered charters for up to 95 on the harbour, the Hunter River and Lake Macquarie, and Island Cruze has a skippered BYO cruiser for 38. For a smaller 50th, Silver Sun Sailing skippers a sunset sail with canapes for up to 8, and Inner City Winemakers pours its full range at a seated tasting in Wickham from $15 per person.
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Merewether Surfhouse seats 250 on its event level over Merewether Beach, with seated menus from $69 per person, and the Shark Tower Function Room at Redhead Surf Life Saving Club looks straight over Redhead Beach.
Jackson Broadway plays pop and rock covers as a duo or trio from $1,500, and Hamilton Alley is a five-piece funk, soul and blues band. Both bring their own PA and lighting and travel to all four Newcastle regions.
NOVA Cruises charters three boats for groups of about 30 to 95 with set menus and a licensed bar, and Island Cruze takes up to 38 on Lake Macquarie with skipper and crew on board.
Silver Sun Sailing runs skippered sunset sails from Belmont for up to 8 with canapes and drinks, and Inner City Winemakers hosts seated tastings for up to eight from $15 per person, with a cheese platter.
The Historic Dining Hall at The Crown & Anchor Hotel on Hunter Street has a late-night licence for parties that go past midnight, with its own kitchen and bar on the function level.
TINTA Belmont has seated menus from $69 per person, The South East View at Belmont 16s Sailing Club has celebration packages from $79 per person, and Toronto Workers Club serves a two-course menu from $60 per person with room hire included.
