Welcome to the 7th Annual Victorian Pinup Pageant. Held during the Ballarat Heritage Week. @12pm The Victorian Pinup Pageant (segment of the Australian Pinup Pageant) is a celebration of Pinups in a performance-based presentation where entrants can achieve their personal best. Open to Novice & Experienced competitors. ALL categories are Gender Neutral. The Pageant promotes […]
March 19 @ 7:00 pm - March 23 @ 10:00 pm $25 – $35 Venue Get Tickets The Ballarat Pack Inc. Join us for Broadway to Ballarat: The Haunted Theatre, an original musical revue showcasing the best that Broadway and Ballarat have to offer. Set in a rundown theatre inhabited by a motley collection of […]
April 4 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm $5 – $12 Humffray Room Get Tickets A Ballarat National Theatre Production Friday 4 April at 7pm & Sunday 6 April at 2pm This is the Way the World Ends is a series of thematically connected short plays, songs, character monologues and interludes. The common theme, through […]
April 4 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm $5 – $12 Humffray Room Get Tickets A Ballarat National Theatre Production Friday 4 April at 7pm & Sunday 6 April at 2pm This is the Way the World Ends is a series of thematically connected short plays, songs, character monologues and interludes. The common theme, through […]
May 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Free Venue: The Basement Get Tickets Seedpod ballarat: Oubliette Gemma Cavoli, 'Oubliette' | Photo: Jennie Courtney ‘Oubliette’ is the new work in progress by Seedpod residency artist Gemma Cavoli. Taking its cue from the French verb oublier – to forget – the work interweaves stories of hidden […]
May 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $28.23 – $41.82 Venue: Minerva Theatre Get Tickets Lost Voices Presents: The Amazing Lucas Girls This play will be coming straight from its season at The Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 2 as part of: HerStory Arts Festival The Amazing Lucas Girls is a beautiful story of women […]
May 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Free Venue: The Basement Get Tickets Seedpod ballarat: Oubliette Gemma Cavoli, 'Oubliette' | Photo: Jennie Courtney ‘Oubliette’ is the new work in progress by Seedpod residency artist Gemma Cavoli. Taking its cue from the French verb oublier – to forget – the work interweaves stories of hidden […]
May 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm $28.23 – $41.82 Venue: Minerva Theatre Get Tickets Lost Voices Presents: The Amazing Lucas Girls This play will be coming straight from its season at The Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 2 as part of: HerStory Arts Festival The Amazing Lucas Girls is a beautiful story of women […]
May 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $28.23 – $41.82 Venue: Minerva Theatre Get Tickets Lost Voices Presents: The Amazing Lucas Girls This play will be coming straight from its season at The Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 2 as part of: HerStory Arts Festival The Amazing Lucas Girls is a beautiful story of women […]
May 17 @ 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm $169.63 Venue Get Tickets Dame Nellie Melba... Join us for an evening to celebrate Dame Nellie's birthday, with foods named in her honour and music to match from the Melba Opera Trust artists. There will be performances by the Melba Artists during the five course dinner. Dame […]
May 18 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm $39.96 Venue Get Tickets An afternoon of song, arias and duets... The BMI in partnership with Melba Opera Trust. Meet the 2025 Melba artists, as they perform a repertoire that celebrates the Birthday of Dame Nellie Melba - program coming soon... The Artists SOPHIE HAMER British-Australian Sophie […]
May 24 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm $15 Get tickets Frank Weston: The Wizard Oil Prince Wizard Oil & Wonders: The Peculiar Legacy of Frank Weston the Wizard Oil Prince Come join us for a magical evening at the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute! Discover the mysterious world of Frank Weston, the legendary Wizard Oil salesman. […]
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Night Tours
Fri 31 Oct – Sat 15 Nov
& Fri 12 Dec
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
