Dive bar & disco · Fitzroy
What’s on at The Lame Duck
Upstairs dive bar with pool, disco and karaoke; enter via the gold door on the corner of Gertrude and Smith.
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About The Lame Duck
A first-floor Fitzroy bar with pool and a disco, tucked behind the gold entrance door on Gertrude Street. Its official site lists Thursday, Friday and Saturday as its regular nights; check its current door policy before heading over.
Written by LateOne.au, checked 2026-10-13. Sources: thelameduck.com.au, thelameduck.com.au. Hours and door policies change, so check with the venue.
- Address
- Level 1, 247 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
- Website
- thelameduck.com.au
- Entrance
- Level 1, 247 Gertrude Street
- Regular nights
- Thursday–Saturday
- Listings
- Daily automated from its ma.to page (karaoke Thursdays, disco Fridays and Saturdays).
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Map & Street View
Pin from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Street View opens the nearest street photo; entrances can be round the corner, so check the venue’s own directions.
Getting there and home
North Richmond station is 15 min walk; tram 86 stops at Smith St/Gertrude St (stop 15), 1 min walk; tram 86 stops at Gertrude St/Smith St (stop 15), 1 min walk; trams 12 and 109 stop at Smith St/Victoria Pde (stop 15), 5 min walk; tram 11 stops at Gertrude St/Brunswick St (stop 13), 7 min walk.
Last services home on a typical night:
| Line | Mon–Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurstbridge line out of the city from North Richmond | 12:27am | All night | All night | 12:27am |
| Hurstbridge line to the city from North Richmond | 11:50pm | All night | All night | 11:50pm |
| Mernda line out of the city from North Richmond | 12:15am | All night | All night | 12:15am |
| Mernda line to the city from North Richmond | 12:01am | All night | All night | 12:01am |
| Tram 86 towards Bundoora RMIT from Smith St/Gertrude St (stop 15) | 12:32am | All night | All night | 12:30am |
| Tram 86 towards Waterfront City Docklands from Gertrude St/Smith St (stop 15) | 11:44pm | All night | All night | 11:29pm |
| Tram 12 towards Victoria Gardens from Smith St/Victoria Pde (stop 15) | 12:35am | 1:33am | 1:35am | 12:21am |
| Tram 12 towards Fitzroy Street from Smith St/Victoria Pde (stop 15) | 12:57am to St Kilda (Fitzroy St) | All night | All night | 12:44am to St Kilda (Fitzroy St) |
| Tram 109 towards Box Hill from Smith St/Victoria Pde (stop 15) | 12:49am | All night | All night | 12:56am to Findon Crescent |
| Tram 109 towards Port Melbourne from Smith St/Victoria Pde (stop 15) | 11:53pm | All night | All night | 11:58pm |
| Tram 11 towards West Preston from Gertrude St/Brunswick St (stop 13) | 12:28am | 1:26am | 1:37am | 12:18am |
| Tram 11 towards Victoria Harbour Docklands from Gertrude St/Brunswick St (stop 13) | 12:22am | 1:20am | 1:21am | 12:21am |
From PTV’s published timetable for a typical night, refreshed weekly; not live. Works and public holidays change it, so check PTV on the night. Timetable data: Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria), CC BY 4.0. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Around The Lame Duck
Within a ten-minute walk: New Guernica (1 min, electronic music & dancefloors), Sircuit (1 min, queer bar & club nights), Yah Yah’s (1 min, bar & live music), Grace Darling Hotel (3 min, pub), Kent St Bar (5 min, bar) and Ends and Means (8 min, cocktail bar). Plus 4 more nearby.
Walking times are estimates from the map, not routes.
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