Funlab Pty Ltd

Today it was a massive honour for our CEO Michael Schreiber to present the team at headspace a cheque for the biggest Day of Fun fundraising total ever at a whopping $346,926! Youth mental health is an issue close to all of our Motherfunner's hearts at Funlab, with our annual Day of Fun helping raise money for these causes with discounted activities across our brands. This year also saw us raise $55,000 for a range of partners internationally, working in New Zealand with the legends at Youthline and in the USA with SIMS Foundation in Austin, SF LGBT Center in San Francisco, The Center on Colfax in Denver and Southern Smoke Foundation in Houston! With a total of $400,000 raised worldwide, it's our biggest result ever for one of the most important day's on Funlab's calendar, that helps make the world better by having fun together!

At Funlab, we have over 2500 varied and unique Motherfunners, with a huge range of expertise from pars all the way through to bars! Our legendary Venue Manager of Hijinx Hotel Karrinyup Jasmin Spalding, sat down with the team from Barcats to discuss what it's like making every day better for guests with fun together, as well as how to deliver unforgettable hospitality moments. Check it out!

One of our biggest days of the year is finally here, it's the time for our annual DAY OF FUN! This year we have our biggest ever fundraising target, as we aim to support the great work our amazing strategic partners at headspace do around Australia to support youth mental health initiatives. We're also supporting our venues internationally, working in New Zealand with the legends at Youthline and in the USA with SIMS Foundation in Austin, SF LGBT Center in San Francisco, The Center on Colfax in Denver and Southern Smoke Foundation in Houston! We think Dr Seuss said it best: It's fun to have fun and it's especially fun to do it for a great cause (and your own mental health) 😊 ⛳️ 🎳 🍔 🍹 With all activities across all our venues only $8, our CEO Michael Schreiber and Funlab CEO Jason Trethowan have popped into our latest venue, Holey Moley Funhouse in the heart of Melbourne! They'll be there, will you??!!!! To book, visit fun-lab.com/day-of-fun or simply walk into our venues!

Tomorrow is our annual Day of Fun - time to get out and make the most of discounted activities across all Funlab venues: every brand, every country; with every dollar spent on activities going to a great cause. This year is our biggest ever target: we are aiming to raise half a million dollars for mental health, supporting the great work our charity partners do in Australia through headspace, in New Zealand with Youthline and locally in the USA: The Center on Colfax in Denver, SIMS Foundation in Austin, SF LGBT Center in San Francisco and Southern Smoke Foundation in Houston. Dr Seuss said it best: It's fun to have fun and it's especially fun to do it for a great cause (and your own mental health) 😊 ⛳️ 🎳 🍔 🍹

Want discounted activities while raising money for youth mental health? Enter Funlab's Day of Fun! We believe the world is better when we fun together and that moments of connection with friends and family are crucial to support each other in tough times. We've partnered with headspace since 2016 for an annual Day of Fun, raising money for youth mental health causes while offering discounted activities, amazing good times and some friendly competition. This year we're offering $8 activities across all our venues nationwide on October 22, as we look to raise the bar on our fundraising with a bid to raise $400,000 this year! Visit the headspace page below to either give a little to supporting youth mental health services, or to book your discounted arcades, bowling, challenge rooms or mini-golf all for a good cause!

Last week our Head of Property Zak Gelfand sat down with the team from Shopping Centre News Australia to discuss how to develop and maintain effective partnerships between tenants and landlords, as well as our recent entry into the US market. Click on the link to learn more, from Zak's previous life in music festivals through to some recent innovations on the horizon and what they spell for the future of fun!

Get ready to level up your night out because today we're unlocking the doors to Melbourne's newest and most playful bar, Holey Moley Funhouse! 🎉 Located at Holey Moley Melbourne, this new concept is a total game-changer for your next night out. It combines the challenge-filled fun of Hijinx Hotel with the fun and nostalgic vibes of Holey Moley. Funhouse will power-up on the ground floor of Holey Moley, while upstairs will still feature the iconic Holey Moley mini-golf holes—now with extra bonus points! Expect upgrades like automated scoring, live leaderboards, bonus point games, and even digital scanning for each hole. Visit our website to get booking today for Melbourne's new house of fun in the heart of the CBD on Little Bourke Street.

Last week, we swung open the doors to our spine-chilling Halloween takeover at our Alexandria venues, in partnership with the wickedly fun #Fireball from SouthTrade International. From October 4 to November 3, Holey Moley, Hijinx Hotel, and Archie Brothers have been transformed into hauntingly festive playgrounds, fully decked out to deliver the ultimate Halloween experience. Get ready for eerie thrills and devilish fun all month long! But that's not all—every night from 6-10pm, we summon the Witching Hour, where spine-tingling creatures will roam, ready to scare and delight. You'll also discover haunted pop-ups, terrifying drink specials, and cocktails featuring the fiery #Fireball. Best of all, this spooktacular event is included with any activity booking across our venues. Don't miss out—book your visit online now... if you dare!

To celebrate the spooky season, we're partnering with #Fireball from SouthTrade International to offer an immersive Halloween across the entire Funlab precinct in Alexandria! From October 4 to November 3, Holey Moley, Hijinx Hotel and Archie Brothers will be fully reVAMPed (get it?) in full spooky style to bring you the best Halloween experience this October. In addition, each night from 6-10pm we will unleash a Witching Hour full of spooky characters designed to scare and delight, Halloween-themed pop-ups as well as a huge range of spooky drink specials & cocktails, featuring #Fireball. This event is included with any activity bookings across our venues, so don't hold back and book your visit online now!

This October at Holey Moley Melbourne, we're opening a brand new concept and launching the most playful bar in the city! Introducing...Holey Moley Funhouse. This new immersive, interactive concept combines the challenge games from Hijinx Hotel, while adding in a dash of the competitive and nostalgic fun of a Holey Moley mini-golf experience. Look forward to 9 different games with friends, with the aim to score the least number of points over games such as ball pits, throwing challenges, an egg and spoon race full of obstacles, putt pong and more, all with a drink in hand! Stay tuned for more information on Melbourne's new house of fun in the middle of the CBD.