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Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
Experience the excitement of the Australian Calisthenics Competition at the Royal South Street Society Ballarat Eisteddfod — Australia's premier eisteddfod and Victoria's largest youth performing arts pathway, inspiring performers since 1891. Held as part of this iconic event, t…
Festivals & Fairs Ballarat Central, VIC
This October, one2one Church of Christ Ballarat is transforming The Unicorn Collection into a vibrant showcase of local creative talent. Created to Create brings together more than ten artists and makers from the community, spanning generations and disciplines, each with somethi…
Theatre & Shows Ballarat Central, VIC
Beyond the Vase showcases a new body of work by artists Jessica, Kaitlyn and Bell. This exhibition reflects their growth, experimentation, and developing confidence as emerging artists. The artists have explored new techniques and visual ideas beyond still life for their upcomin…
Theatre & Shows Ballarat Central, VIC
See Chelle Destefano's Aural transferences at the Art Gallery of Ballarat's Backspace Gallery For Creswick artist Chelle Destefano, sound is not just a landscape for hearing. Through time, space and memory, the deaf artist visually represents her experience of sound before she l…
Classes & Workshops Ballarat Central, VIC
Each month a mixture of local, national or international authors visit Ballarat and Collins Booksellers on Lydiard are delighted to offer the opportunity for readers to meet them and listen to them speak about their writing, published work and experiences. Please visit the websi…
Food & Drink Ballarat Central, VIC
Old school trivia with old school prizes is at Aunty Jacks. Ballarat's favourite trivia night is at Aunty Jacks every Wednesday, hosted by Spud. It's free to play, with prizes and trivia glory on offer each week. Don't want to play trivia? No worries, you can still join in and e…
Food & Drink Ballarat Central, VIC
Join the team at Hop Temple every Wednesday night for Ballarat's most entertaining trivia event! At their trivia night, they're all about turning up the fun factor with quirky rounds and exciting mini-games. Say goodbye to mundane questions and hello to fun filled evening, paire…
Theatre & Shows Ballarat, VIC
From a place you know comes a story you don’t — AURA immerses you in the story of gold in a 90 minute high impact, graphic presentation which explores the creation, discovery and impact of the precious metal then and now. You will never see gold the same way after AURA. Under co…
Classes & Workshops Ballarat, VIC
University of Melbourne PhD candidate Jacobin Bosman presents Beyond the Cities of the Plain: Settler Sexuality and Gender on Victoria's Goldfields. Is queer history urban history? The urban/rural divide has long characterised histories of sexuality and gender, defining cities a…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
You've most likely heard of it before, it's Piano Bar Ballarat's Drag Bingo happening every Thursday night. Join two of their amazing Drag Queens as they take you through what they like to call Trivia for Dumb people - Drag Bingo. It's six games of bingo, each with the chance to…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
Every Thursday night at Hop Temple's Bingo with a twist- Musical Bingo. Instead of your standard old bingo numbers, they play all your favourite new and old school hits, and you mark them off your card until someone gets Bingo. There are vouchers up for grabs, and fun games with…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat, VIC
Kaze Karaoke is at The Sporting Globe Ballarat on Thursday Nights. From power ballads to party anthems, they've got the tracks — all they need is your voice. Grab your mates, grab a drink, and turn The Sporting Globe into Ballarat's biggest singalong. The Sporting Globe is a pla…
Food & Drink Ballarat Central, VIC
Immerse yourself in a beer experience like no other as you familiarize yourself with a range of craft and accessible beers from Aunty Jacks. This premier brewpub is fashioned of upcycled materials and curiosity, with guests able to tour the brewery’s niceties before sitting back…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
Fr8 Fridays is Freight Bar and Rooftop's weekly live music experience, kicking off every Friday night in the heart of Ballarat. Enjoy live performances from a rotating lineup of local and touring musicians, delivering familiar classics, sing-along favourites and relaxed Friday-n…
Festivals & Fairs Ballarat Central, VIC
It's Rock Star Karaoke. The mic is hot, the drinks are cold, and the stage is yours. Every Friday night at JD's the stage is set for Kaze Karaoke – where local stars shine and every voice gets heard. Whether you are belting out classics, dropping the latest hits, or just cheerin…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
Never been to Piano Bar on a Saturday night? Here's the thing, it all starts with the Piano Man. From the moment you walk in, it's all about the music. Requests start flowing, the room starts to connect, and what begins as a relaxed dinner quickly turns into a full venue singing…
Classes & Workshops Ballarat, VIC
Learn to make a belt hook and belt inspired by the pre-Roman Jastorf culture with Sam Bloomfield. In this full-day workshop, you will learn sand casting and leatherworking techniques to create a cast bronze belt hook and leather belt.
Classes & Workshops Ballarat Central, VIC
The Introduction to Beekeeping Course is a four-hour session covering fundamental beekeeping theory, practical hands on training with two beehive openings, time to answer your questions and participate in discussion, honeybee biosecurity for the detection and management of honey…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
Every Saturday night you can join the team at Hop to finish off your night with live music from a variety of bands that are guaranteed to get you on your feet.
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
Join Hop Temple each Sunday as Australian artists take the stage with original and blues covers, all while you explore their lineup of over 200 craft beers. The kitchen team will be serving up smoked barbecue classics from brisket and sausage to pulled pork and wings.
Food & Drink Ballarat Central, VIC
Enjoy free flowing Grainey Lane Gin Teapot Cocktails perfectly paired with a selection of delectable bites. The perfect Sunday catch-up or to celebrate special milestone birthday, baby shower, hens party or a special occasion.
Classes & Workshops Ballarat, VIC
Join mixed media artist Jen Crossley and learn metal etching and Coptic stitching to make a bound book with an etched metal cover. In this full-day workshop, you will make a book cover out of brass which you will decorate through the etching process. You will learn to use the Co…
Classes & Workshops Ballarat Central, VIC
Art Play is the Art Gallery of Ballarat's early years program, inviting the littlest art lovers and their caregivers to join in the Gallery Studio to experience the joy of playing, making and creating together. For ages zero to two, in this gentle session for babies and toddlers…
Festivals & Fairs Ballarat, VIC
Every great show deserves an encore. A week after the 2026 Festival wraps, Fringe Encore: Ballarat brings the adventurous spirit of Melbourne Fringe to regional Victoria for a vibrant weekend of surprising art. Whether you're making the trip from Melbourne or discovering the pro…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
Kelly Lim Harris presents Yellow Fever: An Original Musical Cabaret, a shocking, hilarious, and deeply personal exposé of her quest to find love beyond fetish – and of the industry that feeds it. Part of Fringe Encore Ballarat. Deliciously irreverent, the show features originall…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
Degustation is a new work from One Fell Swoop Circus that blends contemporary circus and fine dining into a shared sensory experience. Created with Chef Shu Liu of SHU Restaurant, the show unfolds like a tasting menu, with each course offering a unique moment of delight. Seated…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
They're gonna party like it's noineteen noinety noine. The foxy ladies behind last year's smash hit Fountain Lakes In Lockdown are back with a fabulous, brand new show. Grab your butterfly clips and low-rise bumpsters, hornbags, because they are doing the prequel that nobody ask…
Live Music & Concerts Ballarat Central, VIC
Public historian and comedian James Ward has done what no one else would dare: build a replica of the Harold Holt Swim Centre and create an entire comedy show around it. The result is a hysterical dive into one of Australia's most bizarre historical ironies. This show is a part…
Festivals & Fairs Ballarat Central, VIC
A profane but profound comedy musical. Darby clicks on a Facebook ad for sperm donation and sets sail across the seas of queer existential mayhem, discovering the absurdities of clinical procreation and considering his own future as a potential gay parent. Join musical comedian…
Festivals & Fairs Ballarat Central, VIC
Melbourne's award-winning improvised whodunnit Murder Village is also heading to Ballarat for the first time. Staged amongst the elegance and majesty of the heritage-listed Ballarat Mechanics Institute, Murder in the Market is serving up three delicious improvised mysteries as p…
