October 7 @ 5:45 pm - December 9 @ 6:45 pm $20 – $25 Doors open 5.30pm Event Dates October: Wednesday 7, 14, 21, 28. November: Wednesday 4, 11, 18, 25. December: Wednesday 2 & 9. (Originally published as Tuesdays and Wednesday - now only Tuesdays). About Feldenkrais Workshops | Awareness Through Movement Life is movement. And how we move influences how we experience our lives. In an Awareness…
October 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 – $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…
October 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room Dustbowl Folk Singer Elegy Folk legend Woody Guthrie, an extraordinary hard-driving, ‘truth-telling man’ from the Oklahoma Plains, who left the American mid-west Dust Bowl in the 1930s for the promise of California and on his journey became one of America’s most noted poet-folk singers. Guthrie, through years of travelling, penned more than 1000…
October 9 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm $40 – $49 Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Get Tickets Telegraph Road — The Dire Straits Legacy. A celebration of the legendary British rock band known for their clean guitar tone, understated style, and poetic storytelling. "Matt Arthur, an expressive vocalist and blues guitarist from Central West NSW, leads The Lazybones—a five-piece group drawing on decades of musical experience. Following…
October 10 @ 2:15 pm - 4:15 pm $33.00 Doors open 1.45pm | 2.15pm show-time Get Tickets Royal Australian Navy 125th Anniversary Concert Fundraising event for Ballarat RSL and Ballarat Mechanics' Institute The Royal Australian Navy Band at HMAS Cerberus. Victoria Royal Australian Navy Wind Band The RAN Wind Band performs a wide variety of musical styles from traditional military marches and classical symphonic…
October 11 @ 2:15 pm - 4:15 pm $38 – $49 Minerva Space Doors open 1.15pm Get Tickets Charlie Pickering and Friends Charlie Pickering is a law graduate who decided the best use of his degree was to avoid it entirely. Political junkie, stand-up comedian, and reluctant TV host, his only real career requirement is that his name appear in the show title. Before television, Charlie…
October 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 – $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…
October 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 – $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…
October 22 @ 5:30 pm - October 24 @ 6:30 pm $10 – $34 Doors open 30min prior to show Get Tickets A shocking, hilarious, heartfelt quest for love beyond fetish. Artist: Kelly Lim Harris | Photos: Maedforu Creepy old white guys, incel asiaphiles, trophy wife wankers - it’s a minefield out there for a young Asian woman... Kelly wants to find love. Kelly is Asian. Kelly has a…
October 22 @ 7:00 pm - October 24 @ 8:00 pm $10 – $34 Doors open 30min prior to show Get Tickets A profane but profound comedy musical. Artist: Darby James | Photos: Liv MorisonDarby clicks on a Facebook ad for sperm donation and sets sail across the seas of queer existential mayhem, discovering the absurdities of clinical procreation and considering his own future as a potential gay parent.Join…
October 22 @ 8:30 pm - October 24 @ 9:20 pm $10 – $34 Doors open 30min prior to show Get Tickets A daring and inventive theatrical experience that reimagines the Dune saga with humour, heart and a touch of madness Photos: JayWhipps | Tyler Clarke | Charlie Jewell Winner - Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award - NZ Fringe Festival 2026 Winner - Most Innovative Work - NZ Fringe…
October 22 @ 8:30 pm - October 24 @ 9:30 pm $10 – $37 Doors open 30min prior to show Get Tickets Melbourne's award-winning improvised whodunnit returns with a brand-new show in a historic venue Photos: Kris Anderson | Mark Gambino | Nick O'Sullivan Welcome to Murder Village, where people shop till they drop... dead. Melbourne's award-winning improvised whodunnit returns with a brand-new show in a historic venue. Staged…
Fundraiser for Ballarat RSL & BMI
$33 per person
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Tue 19 May with special visit to Lantern Vaults
Tour 1 at 7pm – Tour 2 at 9pm.
Calling for Pre-loved books
These donation assist in our Library Fundraising Activities
We can take delivery during regular Library operating hours. See website footer.
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
Sunday 6 September at 2pm - Cost $65
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.
