After many years of being 'that hidden laneway bar' and many festivals over the years, St Jerome’s days in Caledonian Lane, Melbourne are numbered.
The home of the Laneway festival and scene of many a hazy Melbourne night is being forced out by Myer’s $1.1 billion expansion, which will turn the bar into a new loading dock.
Jerome Borazio, the owner of the bar and co-director of the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, plans to lease an old Harley-Davidson assembly factory in Little Lonsdale Street for St Jerome’s version two – which will be called ‘St Jerome’s Preston School of Industry’.
The new name refers to the school for delinquents attended by Beach Boys’ collaborator Charles Manson. Preston School of Industry was also the band founded by guitarist Spiral Stairs – the Laneway festival’s ‘Director of Directions’ – after he left Pavement.
To mark the end of Caledonian Lane shenanigans, St Jerome’s hosts a two-week wake – the Last Days carnival. The fortnight will feature a free show from late ‘70s / early ‘80s synth-punk legends the Primitive Calculators on Wednesday 25th of March and culminate with the ‘Tent Down, Circus Over’ party on Saturday the 28th of March.
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