Past Events – Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute

‘Gimme Shelter’ 1970 | THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO TECH ISSUES

Curated by BMI Heritage Curator – Ellen Becker

January 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:40 pm

Bar open at 6pm

$15 – $35

Minerva Theatre

Gimme Shelter

Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin (1hr 31m)

To celebrate the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Medieval to Metal exhibition, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is screening three iconic rock films in our historic Minerva Theatre.

Clear your palette of the recent serving of slick music documentaries with quintessential films of the ‘direct cinema’ genre.

In Gimme Shelter (1970), the Maysles brothers are ‘flies on the wall’ to the Rolling Stones’ 1969 American tour, which culminates in murder at the Altamont Free Concert, an event which marked the spiritual end of the 1960’s.

Other bands performing included Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Santana.

Tickets and Bookings

Tickets $10 BMI members & Ballarat Film Society members ($30 Season Pass). Plus booking fee.

$15 general admittance ($35 Season Pass). Plus booking fee.

Art Gallery of Ballarat - Exhibition

Medieval to Metal

For those who rock, we salute you! Medieval to Metal: The Art & Evolution of the Guitar tours to Ballarat, Victoria this October. Exclusive to the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the exhibition features 40 iconic guitars on loan from the National Guitar Museum (USA) alongside an awe-inspiring assemblage of photographs, paintings, drawings, illustrative designs, and objects.