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Be_ Hear/Now Live Music Festival | Cassells and Band: Folk & Verse

The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

FREE ENTRY | GENRE: FOLK / SPOKEN WORDThis is a celebration of local talent in music and poetry, showcasing the vibrant artistic community of our city. Featuring Cassells (Band) and Poets - Jazz Giuliani, Michael Heald and Nathan Curnow.This is a free event in the Heritage Reading Room More About Cassells Live Music Festival Meet […]

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Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – Lake of Scars

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Australia, 2022, 95 min. Directed by Bill Code Indigenous Australian Documentary This film by former Guardian and Al Jazeera journalist Bill Code takes us to a corner of Victoria which is a place of great beauty, environmental significance, and rare archaeological wonder. As the clock ticks, an unlikely partnership forms that could see positive cultural […]

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Feltopia World Tour | Randy Feltface

The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

In these uncertain times, you need a voice you can trust. Someone who’s travelled the world and knows how to fix it. Courage. Integrity. Other stuff. Vote 1 Randy Feltface. Randy Feltface has spent the past eighteen years carving out a unique niche on the international comedy circuit. He was nominated for best comedy at […]

$45
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Fanny Lumsden: Hey Dawn Tour – Ballarat

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Join ARIA and eight-time Golden Guitar award winning singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden and her incredible band, The Prawn Stars, as they hit the road celebrating her fourth studio album ‘Hey Dawn’. Fanny’s third album ‘Fallow’, released in March 2020, was considered a ‘breakthrough’, winning the ARIA, CMAA Golden Guitar and AIR awards for Country Album of […]

$40

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – While at War (Mientras dure la guerra)

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Spain/Argentina, 2019, 107 min. Directed by Alejandro Amenabar Spanish Civil War Film Historical dramas have been very popular at Ballarat Film Society, so this year we are screening an intriguing Spanish political and military film set in 1936, during the first few months of the Spanish Civil War. The film recreates, in a surprisingly measured […]

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Sweeney Preston & Ethan Cavanagh: Presentation is Everything | SPECIAL TAPING

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

After sell-out seasons across Australia and New Zealand, Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh are coming to Ballarat for one night only to wrap up a 15-month tour with this special live taping of their award-winning show. Presentation is Everything is an hour of fast-paced stand-up comedy that is visually complemented through the medium of Microsoft […]

$25 – $29

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – Ema

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Chile, 2019, 107 min. Directed by Pablo Larraín Chilean Musical Drama In his first film since the 2016 double bill of Neruda and Jackie, Pablo Larraín returns to present-day Chile for an incendiary portrait of a young woman in rebellion. Set in Valparaíso, the film concerns married couple Ema, a platinum-blonde reggaeton dancer (played brilliantly […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

USA, 2016, 98 min. Directed by Werner Herzog Digital Revolution Documentary Elon Musk, Lawrence Krauss and Lucianne Walkowicz, stars of the digital revolution, feature in Werner Herzog’s documentary about the internet, which he calls one of the “greatest revolutions of humanity.” Herzog asks pertinent questions, and patiently listens, allowing his subjects to reveal all the […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – The Good Boss (El buen patron)

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Spain, 2021, 120 min. Directed and written by Fernando León de Aranoa Spanish comedy-drama Blanco (Javier Bardem), the charismatic owner of a family-run factory, is under pressure as he covets a local award for business excellence. Everything needs to be perfect! But the veneer of his perfect company cracks as Blanco has to deal with […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – Redemption of a Rogue

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Ireland, 2020, 95 min. Written and Directed by Philip Doherty Deadpan Dark Irish Comedy To see out the year 2023, we turn to a pitch-black, irreverent comedy about a troubled young man returning to his fictional Irish hometown of Ballylough, in the real County Cavan. A despairing prodigal son seeking redemption for his sins, he […]

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Ballart Film Society | Scrapper

The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

London Housing Estate Comedy Resourceful and bold 12-year-old Georgie secretly lives by herself on the outskirts of Chigwell in East London after the death of her mother. She survives on her wits and the wondrous friendship with her best mate Ali. Young Georgie gets into fights, nicks bikes and pretends to the social services, she lives […]

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Ballart Film Society | Le bleu du caftan (The Blue Kaftan)

The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

Luscious Moroccan Drama In 2021, BFS screened the well-received film, Adam. This is Touzani ‘s second feature film, described by Sight and Sound as a ‘tender, dignified drama’. A master tailor who owns a caftan shop in Morocco’s oldest medina, falls for his young male apprentice in this nuanced portrait of unconditional love at its most […]

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