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July 30 @ 9:30 am - 7:00 pm $8 – $10 Minerva Space Program Junior Vocal Sections 11yrs to under 14yrs Day two, competing for the overall aggregate! Tickets available at the door $10 Adult - $8 Concession rsss website Royal South Street Society are a BMI Community Partner This event takes place on Wadawurrung […]
July 30 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Prahran Mechanics' Institute Victorian History Library Rare Books in Mechanics' Institutes Join our expert panel featuring librarians from three historic Victorian institutions: the PMI Victorian History Library (est. 1854), Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (est. 1859), and Athenaeum Library (est. 1839). Delve into the rich history of these community […]
July 31 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $8 – $10 Minerva Space Program Junior Vocal Sections 14yrs to under 16yrs A huge variety of mixed genres! Tickets available at the door $10 Adult - $8 Concession rsss website Royal South Street Society are a BMI Community Partner This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. […]
August 1 @ 4:00 pm - 8:30 pm $8 – $10 Minerva Space Program Championship Challenge (Junior) Art Song and Lieder (18yrs and over) and a stunning masterclass conducted by Dr Richard Chew - all invited to attend! Tickets available at the door $10 Adult - $8 Concession rsss website Royal South Street Society are […]
August 2 @ 9:30 am - 9:00 pm $8 – $10 Minerva Space Program Senior Classical Vocal , 9.30am - 3.30pm An impressive classical showcase for 18yrs and over. Premire Senior Vocal event, 5pm - 9pm Championship Challenge, $1,000 in prize money. Come and see the finest singers perfroming two contrasting peices. Tickets available at […]
August 3 @ 2:30 pm - 8:30 pm $8 – $10 Minerva Space Program Herald Sun Aria - Heat 1 - 2.30pm-4.30pmHerald Sun Aria - Heat 2 - 6.30pm-8.30pm140 Singers vying for their place in the semi-final, and ultimately their place in theprestigious Herald Sun Aria Final.This is an afternoon and evening of incredible singing […]
August 4 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm $8 – $10 Minerva Space Program Herald Sun Aria - Semi Final Our premier aria event. This is the event that has helped launch the careers of some of Australia and New Zealand's most successful operatic stars, including our Patron, Dame Kirite Kanawa! Tonight, experience the pure […]
September 3 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Ballarat's Henry Lawson, Unknown facts presented by Hedley Thomson The young Henry visited Ballarat, specifically to ‘bone up’ on the happenings at Eureka on Sunday 3rd December 1854; he proceeded to write numerous poems and prose […]
Presented in Partnership with The Wheeler Centre September 4 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $11.78 Minerva Space Get Tickets Image courtesy The Wheeler Centre The Eye of the Dragonfly: A Life Seeing the World Through Sport. by Tracey Lee Holmes With honesty and insight, Tracey Lee Holmes looks back on a pioneering career and […]
September 14 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm $35 – $50 plus bkg. fee Minerva Space Get Tickets Take part in this important BMI fundraiser The BMI vintage & Pre-loved Shop are showcasing their wares Make time for a lovely get together. A glass of champagne on entry with music accompaniment: Fashion Parade Models will […]
September 17 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Saving Dragons: The Life and Times of Russell Goldfield (Louey Yeung Man) Jack by Dianne Dempsey Russell Jack, the visionary founder of the internationally renowned Golden Dragon Museum, spent his life breaking barriers and preserving the […]
September 24 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Gold! Gold! A comparison between the Ballarat & Bendigo Goldfields. An overview of the production of gold and its implications from the goldrush era of the 1850s up until today in both the Ballarat and Bendigo […]
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Tue 19 May with special visit to Lantern Vaults
Tour 1 at 7pm – Tour 2 at 9pm.
Linen & Lace Exhbition
Includes Devonshire Tea | $20
Sat & Sun 22, 23 Oct
10am-4pm
Remembrance Day:
A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook - Recent War Memoribilia
Wed 29 Oct & 5 Nov, 5.30pm.
Coming soon…
Rozzi Bazzani. Stella Day Out: Katia Ariel & Samah Sabawi, Rachael Johns
Coming soon…
Dianne Dempsey, Chrissie Bellbrae, Paula Gleeson, Rozzi Bazzani.
Coming in November…
Stella Day Out, Ballarat, Rachael Johns & Margaret Hickey
Australian Heritage Festival
Minerva's Secrets
25 April – Tour 1 at 7.30pm – fully booked
Tour 2 at 9.30pm – still tickets.
Spring Season, History Talks:
Ballarat's Henry Lawson - The Dragon's Den - Gold! Gold! Gold!
Wed 3, 17 & 24 September, 5.30pm.
Bubbly on arrival & Featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop | $60
The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 2026 Calendar
Featuring illustrations from our Heritage Book Collection $40
Your gift will be tax-deductible this financial year if you make it before June 30.
Like many organisations the BMI faces significant funding challenges.
2 course dinner & lots
of dancing
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