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Park Your Bum at the Comedy Festival

Thursday, 13 March, 2008

Park Your Bum at the Comedy Festival

Secure Parking offers discounted parking rates to all audience members attending the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

As a new sponsor of Australia's largest comedy festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Secure Parking (Secure) will give you a cheap laugh with discounted parking at selected parking stations close to the Festival"s venues from 19 March to 13 April, 2008.

With most of the major Festival venues located in Melbourne's CBD, Secure has nominated

  • 114 Flinders St,
  • Parkade, and
  • Flinders Gate

as the three car parks where festival goers can take advantage of significant discounts.

The Festival expects to attract more than 500,000 visitors to the massive line up of acts. Whether Festival goers choose to park their bum at the Great Debate or to soak up the festival atmosphere at the Festival Club located in Swanson Street, parking with Secure Parking is now a great option.

Secure's CEO Garth Mathews announced his company's support of the Festival and encouraged punters to park their bum with Secure and enjoy this year's extraordinary line up. "Have a cheap laugh on us at this year’s Comedy Festival as we provide audiences with a viable alternative for travelling into the city. Whether you have a serious comedy addiction or you are planning a special treat, parking in the CBD is a great option,” says Mathews.

"We have also launched a mini-website for punters to match up their Festival event with the closest parking to their chosen venue. It’s as simple as choosing your destination and identifying your closest Secure Parking car park,” says Mathews. 

Secure’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival offer is available to all Festival goers via Club Secure, membership is FREE. Once you are a member, a special Comedy Festival voucher can be redeemed for use at the nominated discount car parks throughout the Festival. Club Secure offers ongoing discounts to members for a range of events and parking needs around Australia.