Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 4, Remembrance Day | A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook - Ballarat Connections to HMAS Sydney 2 in 1941
2025-10-29 17:30 - 18:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
A Creative Ballarat Workshop | Why Join? The Perks of Regional Arts Victoria & CRAFT Memberships

September 30

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5:30 pm

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6:30 pm

Free

Venue: Humffray

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Join Nicola Bryant (Program & Engagement Coordinator, CRAFT) and Kate Gerritsen (Director, Communications & Engagement, Regional Arts Victoria)

Join Nicola Bryant (Program & Engagement Coordinator, CRAFT) and Kate Gerritsen (Director, Communications & Engagement, Regional Arts Victoria) to hear about the benefits of becoming a member of CRAFT and RAV. Hear about their advocacy work, the opportunities and services available to members to support your arts and craft creative practice.

Cost: Free.

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This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn and create. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.

Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems
2025-10-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour
2025-10-31 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-31 21:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-15 21:00 - 22:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 4, Remembrance Day | Recent War Memorabilia - from WW2 to Afghanistan, Presented by David Wright.
2025-11-05 17:30 - 18:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Stella Day Out Ballarat | Katia Ariel 'The Swift Dark Tide' in conversation with Kelly Gardiner
2025-11-05 18:00 - 18:45 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Stella Day Out Ballarat | Samah Sabawi 'Cactus Pear For My Beloved' in conversation with Fatima Measham
2025-11-05 19:15 - 20:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

In Conversation with Rachael Johns
2025-11-06 18:30 - 20:00 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Crafting Conversation: The Artists Edition
2025-11-12 17:00 - 19:30 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Ballarat Film Society | ​Hammarskjöld: The Fight for Peace
2025-11-13 19:30 - 21:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

In Conversation with Margaret Hickey
2025-11-18 18:00 - 19:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 5, Recent Years | Ballarat's Her Majesty's Reinvention, Presented by Richard Nicholson
2025-11-19 17:30 - 18:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations on the Mind: How to Create Mental Space
2025-11-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

An Evening with Peter FitzSimons AM
2025-11-20 18:30 - 20:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Ben Knight: The Parent Teacher Interview | Show now SOLD OUT
2025-11-21 19:30 - 21:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Open Garden & Devonshire Tea - BMI Fundraiser | Errard Hall
2025-11-22 10:00 - 2025-11-23 16:00 | Errard Hall, Errard Street North, Ballarat Central, City of Ballarat, 3350, Australia

Small Things
2025-11-22 18:45 - 22:30 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 5, Recent Years | Ballarat Arts Foundation: 25 Years Old, Presented by Paula Nicholson
2025-11-26 17:30 - 18:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Akmal | Live Comedy at the BMI
2025-11-28 20:00 - 21:30 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Daniel Muggleton: You Might Be White, I May Be Crazy
2025-11-29 20:00 - 21:30 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

In Conversation with William McInnes
2025-12-02 18:00 - 19:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

BMI Christmas Book Sale
2025-12-06 10:00 - 14:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

BMI Christmas Market
2025-12-07 09:00 - 14:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350
