Everything for 50th Birthday Parties
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A 50th guest list usually reaches back through every chapter – school friends, old workmates, in-laws, the kids and their partners – so the room has to seat a crowd, carry a speech and still clear space for dancing. In Wollongong, many of the answers come with a view.
Panorama House sits on the escarpment at Maddens Plains with five function rooms looking out to the ocean and packages that bundle food and drinks from $75 per person. At the southern end, The Pavilion Kiama is on the headland above Surf Beach, where the Norfolk Room seats up to 240 for dinner and every room has wireless microphones and sound.
In the city, the Sorrento Room @ Centro CBD is an upstairs ballroom with chandeliers and a dance floor, taking 240 seated, with finger food menus from $44 per person. On the harbour, Harbourfront Seafood Restaurant and Lu Mare suit a smaller seated dinner.
Choosing a 50th by guest count:
For seated dinners a decade on, see the 60th birthday party page; for music, browse Wollongong DJs.
Panorama House at Maddens Plains has ocean outlooks from its dining rooms on the escarpment, and The Pavilion Kiama has balconies and a foyer looking over Kiama's Surf Beach. Central Hotel Shellharbour's upstairs deck looks over the lake.
The Sorrento Room @ Centro CBD has two projector screens and stage lighting, and every room at The Pavilion Kiama has a projector or TV, wireless microphones and sound.
Seafood set menus at Harbourfront Seafood Restaurant start from $65 per person, group set menus at Lu Mare from $67 per person, and Panorama House packages with food and drinks from $75 per person.
The Loft @ The Builders Club is a first-floor function room with its own bar for up to 250, with canapé packages from $25 per person and no room hire for 50 or more guests.
The Pavilion Kiama seats up to 240 in the Norfolk Room, Gerringong Bowlo at Werri Beach pairs barefoot bowls with function packages, and Soul Clay Studios in Gerringong runs private pottery sessions.
Divine Productions handles MC duties, live music and DJ sets in one package, and AMPT DJ Australia plays open-format sets with party lighting available.
Yes. Q Strings plays as a solo violin, a violin and cello duet or a trio, with special requests arranged ahead, and Ellie Maye Belly Dance can perform once or across a few shorter sets. Ultimate DJs then takes over the dance floor from $800. All three travel to Kiama, Shellharbour and the rest of the Wollongong regions.
