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  • Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations on the Mind: How to Create Mental Space

    Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

    10/12/2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 – $12 Lending Library, ground floor These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve…

    Free – $12

  • Ballarat Film Society | ​Little Richard: I am Everything

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

    11/12/2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Musical Doco ‘The south is the home of all things queer,’ says scholar Zandria Robinson as we witness the exhilarating jam-packed story of Little Richard’s complex life and musical career, ending only in 2020. Born in 1932 as Richard Wayne Penniman, by 1955 Little Richard was declared a world rock ‘n’ roll star with his…

  • Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

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

    12/12/2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm $27.50 Meet at the BMI entrance  Get Tickets Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! This beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a…

    $27.50

  • Christmas Comedy Gala at BMI

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

    13/12/2025 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm $45 Minerva Space Get Tickets Christmas Holiday Gala Get ready to sleigh this festive season with three of Australia’s sharpest comedic minds in one unmissable night of stand-up mayhem! Brett Blake Brett Blake brings his trademark mullet-powered chaos and high-octane storytelling that’ll have you laughing so hard you’ll spill your eggnog. Kirsty Webeck Kirsty Webeck - The reigning…

    $45

  • Artistanbul: Create your own Turkish Mosaic Lamp

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    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    January 10 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm $59 – $129 Humffray Room Get Tickets DIY Workshop | Turkish Mosaic Lamp Bring colour, light, and creativity together in this hands-on Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop hosted by ArtIstanbul, right in the heart of Ballarat.Guided by our friendly instructors, you’ll design and build your very own mosaic lamp using pre-cut glass and low-fume adhesive – no cutting or…

    $59 – $129

  • Ballarat Festival of Organ and Fine Music | Darkness & Delight – Jerry Wong (solo piano)

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

    January 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $10.75 – $46.63 Insert venue... Get Tickets Darkness & Delight Jerry Wong (solo piano) International pianist and Associate Professor of Music - Piano and Head of Keyboard at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Jerry Wong presents - Darkness & Delight - a captivating journey through the contrasting worlds of the piano. From  the brooding depths of Liszt and…

    $10.75 – $46.63

  • Billy Hinde’s Big Band presents: A Night of Big Band

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

    January 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm $49.65 Minerva Space Get Tickets This event was designed to bring world class quality jazz music to Ballarat, where we frequently have to travel to find music of such high quality. Billy Hinde is a homegrown Ballarat Musician who has played with many great big bands around Victoria including the Melbourne Youth Jazz Orchestra, JazzLab Orchestra,…

    $49.65

  • In Conversation with Geoff Parkes and Susi Fox

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    January 28 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Geoff Parkes Susi Fox The First Law of the Bush Geoff Parkes From the author of When the Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole and The First Law of the Bush. Set in the 1990s in New Zealand’s King Country, The First Law of the Bush is the scintillating new rural noir from the author…

    $11.78

  • Living From a Place of Inner Peace – Ballarat Public Talk

    January 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm $25 Minerva Space Living with inner peace is not something we have to wait for. It is something we can actively cultivate every day. Our mind has incredible power. It can create stress and unease, or it can support a life filled with stability, joy, and meaning. In this course, inspired by Buddha’s teachings, we will explore how…

    $25

  • Kadampa Meditation Series | A Fresh Start: Discover the Power of Meditation

    Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

    February 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 – $12 Lending Library, ground floor These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve…

    Free – $12

  • Kadampa Meditation Series | A Fresh Start: Discover the Power of Meditation

    Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

    February 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 – $12 Lending Library, ground floor These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve…

    Free – $12

  • Ballarat Film Society | Flow

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

    February 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room Animated Animal Ecofable We begin 2026 with a beautiful animated film about a wide-eyed curious cat and other animals seeking refuge on a boat as their human-free world of eerie buildings and enormous statues is inexplicably and rapidly flooded.  As the waters carry them along, they traverse magical, submerged landscapes, and are exposed to dangerous elemental…