Culture
FootscrayCommunity Arts.
Independent arts precinct on the Maribyrnong at 45 Moreland. House visit Tue-Fri. Not the library. Not the mall.
Location
What people get wrong
Moreland Street on the river, not the mall. House visit page is Tuesday to Friday 9:30am-5pm. Leftover weekend hours are not house copy. Pair with the trail or Hop Nation, not Coles. We last walked this on 2026-09-25. Hours move with the week. Checking the shopfront keeps the night easy.
What is Footscray Community Arts known for?
You leave the plaza noise and the Moreland path turns into brick, garden and a reception that still feels like someone is making something in the next room. Footscray Community Arts is the river precinct where locals are producers, not backdrop: galleries, making spaces, the Basement Theatre, Henderson House, a season that already names Elders in Residence N'arweet Dr Carolyn Briggs AM and Uncle Larry Walsh on the house acknowledgment.
House About grounds the future in that past. Confirm the current collection season on the event page the morning you travel. Time Out and the house site still photograph the reception path from Moreland. That is 45, not 56 Paisley.
This is not Hop Nation. The brewery is a neighbour on the river run, not this foyer. This is not Back Alley Sally's at Level 1, 4 Yewers. This is not Heavenly Queen on Joseph Road. This is not St Monica on Whitehall. Heritage buildings and gardens still have access challenges; house copy asks you to call if you need a plan. Warehouse venues are wheelchair accessible. Henderson House toilets fight the floorboards. Confirm the room you came for.
What should you bring to Footscray Community Arts?
You should bring the session you actually booked, a card if the box office needs it, and the access question you need answered before you climb a heritage stair.
Call (03) 9362 8888. Email reception@footscrayarts.com. If you needed a quiet room and wifi, Footscray Library is 56 Paisley. If you needed Mass, St Monica. If you needed Mazu, Joseph Road. If you needed a trail, enter via Riverside Lawn. If you needed a late bar, confirm Back Alley Sally's upstairs clock separately. National Relay Service: 133 677 then ask for 03 9362 8888.
Stay long enough to match 45 Moreland and the reception path from Moreland Street. House visit copy: about a 12-minute walk from Footscray station via the pedestrian crossing at Wingfield and Moreland. 402 bus to Moreland and Dynon, then five minutes. Two-hour unmetered parks in the front car park, metered on Moreland. Construction across the street limits parking. Use the train if you can.
Myrtle Wine Cafe is a tenant cafe on the precinct, not this listing. Do not treat a tenant door as the box office. After hours this foyer is closed unless an event is on. Confirm the season page the morning you travel.
Hours, tickets and queues at Footscray Community Arts
House visit page: Tuesday to Friday 9:30am to 5pm. Phone (03) 9362 8888. Last checked 2026-09-25.
Leftover directories still print Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm and Monday closed. Cite both. Confirm glass. The old card said program-dependent. That remains true for exhibitions and theatre. The new work is the visit-page clock and the leftover weekend fight.
Do not invent a Saturday gallery because Whichmuseum still prints one. Do not invent a Monday open because a health directory still prints weekday 9:30. Public holidays and season openings shuffle. A 5:10pm weekday walk-in is already too late on the visit page. Call reception if the ticket is tonight.
How do you get to Footscray Community Arts in Footscray?
You get to Footscray Community Arts by walking from Footscray station toward the river on Moreland Street to 45, a precinct foyer, not the mall and not 56 Paisley.
Match 45 Moreland and (03) 9362 8888. Cycle or walk the Maribyrnong River Trail and enter via Riverside Lawn. Taxi drop-off is in the front car park at Henderson House. Street parking is short. Construction across the street is the current hedge. After dark, leave via the lit spine toward the station rather than an unlit river shortcut.
If you wanted the library, 56 Paisley. If you wanted the civic precinct, Hyde Street. If you wanted Hop Nation, keep walking the river. If you wanted Back Alley Sally's, Level 1, 4 Yewers. This listing is 45 Moreland only. The library will not hold your ticket. The brewery will not open the gallery.
What do people mix up about Footscray Community Arts?
They walk to the mall, or they copy leftover weekend hours as house copy, or they treat the library as this foyer, and they miss a Moreland precinct that still wants (03) 9362 8888 and the current season.
- 45 Moreland Street, Footscray VIC 3011. Phone (03) 9362 8888.
- House visit page Tue-Fri 9:30am-5pm. Leftover weekend hours. Confirm glass.
- River precinct. Not the mall. Not the civic precinct on Hyde.
- Not the library on Paisley. Not Hop Nation. Not St Monica.
- House reception-path still from plan-your-visit. Not a Paisley library shot.
Questions people ask next
- Where is Footscray Community Arts?
- 45 Moreland Street, Footscray VIC 3011, on the river, not the mall. Phone (03) 9362 8888. Footscray station, then Moreland toward Whitehall.
- What are Footscray Community Arts hours?
- House visit page: Tuesday to Friday 9:30am-5pm. Leftover directories print Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm. Confirm glass. Last checked 2026-09-25.
- Is this the same as Footscray Library?
- No. The library is 56 Paisley Street. This precinct is 45 Moreland on the river. Different door. Different job.
- How do I get to Footscray Community Arts from the station?
- About a 12-minute walk via the pedestrian crossing at Wingfield and Moreland. Or the 402 to Moreland and Dynon. Parking is limited during construction. Call (03) 9362 8888 for access.
Where we checked
On at this place
ClassArts Access Victoria studios at Footscray Community Arts
Tuesday performance, Thursday digital. School terms. Two studios, one west.
Footscray Community Arts, Footscray 3011Studio program. Join via Arts Access...ArtsSURFACED: works from the Footscray Community Arts collection
Three galleries, one hang. On until 27 November 2026.
Footscray Community Arts, Footscray 3011FreeMore in Culture
Maribyrnong River Trail
Shared riverside path for bikes, runners and prams. Daylight job. Not the Footscray Park lawn.
Maribyrnong River, Footscray VIC 3011
Hop Nation
Whitehall taproom. Dogs stay out. Closed Mon-Wed.
6/107-109 Whitehall Street, Footscray VIC 3011
Back Alley Sally's
4 Yewers upstairs. No Sunday night. Pizza downstairs.
Level 1, 4 Yewers Street, Footscray VIC 3011