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Twilight Talks 2025, Season 3, Spring Season | Saving Dragons: The Life & Times of Russell Goldfield (Louey Yeung Man) Jack

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

September 17 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Details coming soon ... Speaker: Di Dempsey ... Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services, we're also committed to returning profits to our local communities. This event […]

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In Conversation with Chrissie Bellbrae

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

September 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Florentine Quilt Chrissie Bellbrae ‘Breath-taking settings, strong female characters, mystery, intrigue and romance ... The Florentine Quilt has it all, and will keep you up turning the pages long after your usual bedtime.’ - Pamela Cook, author, writing coach and podcaster. 'Three women […]

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In Conversation with Paula Gleeson

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

September 25 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Boney Creek: A ThrillerPaula Gleeson 'Smart, twisty...thriller, you won't want to miss...' - Sarah Pekkanen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Glass When several small-town locals die under mysterious circumstances, an aspiring journalist is determined to prove the connection […]

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In Conversation with Rozzi Bazzani

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

October 1 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets One Night Rozzi Bazzani One Night - Two Bodies - Three Crimes When Detective Sergeant Bec Harpin answers a call for help from her friend, barrister Carolyn Moorhouse, she suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of an investigation that threatens to […]

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Three Russian Piano Trios

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

October 5 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm $20 – $40 Humffray Room Get Tickets Brian Chapman & Friends Pianist Brian Chapman will be joined by violinist Susan Pierotti and cellist Rosanne Hunt. The Program. Glinka: Trio Pathétique in D minor. Shostakovich: Trio No.2 in E minor, Op.67 Interval – Refreshments included Tchaikovsky: Trio in […]

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Ballarat Film Society | To Thank the Room

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

October 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Award Winning Australian Documentary Best Melbourne Documentary 2024 at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, To Thank the Room is about the last 100 days of the iconic Brooklyn Arts Hotel in Fitzroy.  This heart-warming and inspiring documentary is an intimate portrait of Maggie Fooke, the creator of the hotel, […]

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‘God of Carnage’, A Ballarat National Theatre Production

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

October 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $20 – $25 Minerva Space Get Tickets Thursday 16 October, Friday 17 October & Saturday 18 October at 7.30pm Saturday 18 October & Sunday 19 October at 2pm The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina Reza Directed by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, […]

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‘God of Carnage’, A Ballarat National Theatre Production

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

October 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $20 – $25 Minerva Space Get Tickets Thursday 16 October, Friday 17 October & Saturday 18 October at 7.30pm Saturday 18 October & Sunday 19 October at 2pm The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina Reza Directed by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, […]

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‘God of Carnage’, A Ballarat National Theatre Production

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

October 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $20 – $25 Minerva Space Get Tickets Thursday 16 October, Friday 17 October & Saturday 18 October at 7.30pm Saturday 18 October & Sunday 19 October at 2pm The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina Reza Directed by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, […]

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‘God of Carnage’, A Ballarat National Theatre Production

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

October 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $20 – $25 Minerva Space Get Tickets Thursday 16 October, Friday 17 October & Saturday 18 October at 7.30pm Saturday 18 October & Sunday 19 October at 2pm The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina Reza Directed by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, […]

$20 – $25
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‘God of Carnage’, A Ballarat National Theatre Production

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

October 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm $20 – $25 Minerva Space Get Tickets Thursday 16 October, Friday 17 October & Saturday 18 October at 7.30pm Saturday 18 October & Sunday 19 October at 2pm The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina Reza Directed by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, […]

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In Conversation with Rachael Johns

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

November 6 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Lucky Sisters Rachael Johns The breakout blockbuster of the year - a deeply moving novel about life, death and the miracles in between, by the award-winning author of The Patterson Girls. The Lucky Sisters...Will their luck run out... What would you do […]

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The Little Brass Band BMI Fundraiser

Sun 10 August at 2pm. 

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Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm. 

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Devonshire Tea & Fashion Parade

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Christmas Holiday Closures | Library

Monday 23 December – Sunday 5 January

Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Celebration

  Performance – 18 May.

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Australian Heritage Festival Events at the BMI

18 April to 18 May. 

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Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective

Wed 2-30 April, 5.30pm. 

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Ballarat Heritage Festival Events at the BMI

16 to 25 May 

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Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Celebration

  Performance – 18 May.

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Australian Heritage Festival

Minerva's Secrets

25 April – Tour 1 at 7.30pm – fully booked
Tour 2 at 9.30pm – still tickets. 

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Tracey Lee Holmes: A Life Through Sport

Thu 4 September at 6pm. 

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Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm. 

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Ballarat Heritage Festival BMI Day Tours

Two tours  on 20 &  21 May 

 

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with Nicole Alexander

28 May at 6pm. 

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with Gail Holmes

 Wed 4 June at 6pm. 

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Ballart Seniors Festival 

Celebrate at the BMI.

 October 2025. 

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Ballarat Pride Month

Events at BMI

The Month of June 

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Ballarat Winter Festival

Events at BMI

5 July – 27 July 

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 Coming in September…

Gabriel Bergmoser, Tracey Lee Holmes, Chrissie Bellbrae, Paula Gleeson.

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with Michael Robotham

 Wed 20 August at 6pm. 

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BMI Fundraiser

Featuring:
The Hideaways,
The Harmonies &
Surf Shadows. 

2 course dinner & lots
of dancing

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