05/10/2025 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm $20 – $40 Humffray Room Get Tickets Brian Chapman & FriendsPianist 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.67Interval – Refreshments includedTchaikovsky: Trio in A minor, Op.50. Mikhail Glinka Dmitri Shostakovich Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Musicians Pianist Brian ChapmanEnglish-born pianist…
08/10/2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 – $12 Lending Library 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 our daily…
09/10/2025 @ 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, as she navigates the final days of this…
15/10/2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 – $12 Lending Library 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 our daily…
16/10/2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 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, four parents differing views may have just created cause for another…
19/10/2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 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, four parents differing views may have just created cause for another…
21/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Winds of Change J Mary Masters Book 5 in the Belleville Family Series As a shocking betrayal unravels, a child's future hangs in the balance. Cracks appear within the Belleville family. Against this background, a new house will rise from the ashes but not bbefore the old house gives up its…
22/10/2025 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Ballarat Show Grounds Plus bkg. fee Join the BMI and many other organisationa at the City of Ballarat Ageing Well Services Expo A showcase of community, social and special interest groups across Ballarat. Find your way to connect, create and celebrate! Entertainment, activities and refreshments provided. This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics'…
22/10/2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 – $12 Lending Library 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 our daily…
24/10/2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm $20 – $35 Humffray Room Get Tickets Before Melba, there was Anna Bishop. The darling of the Goldfields, returns at last to Ballarat to tell her story and sing the music that we came to love her for. Anna’s extraordinary life returns to the stage. Through beloved arias like Lucia’s Mad Scene, The Last Rose of Summer, and Home Sweet Home,…
25/10/2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $20 Plus bkg. feeMinerva RoomPlus bkg. fee Get Tickets Take part in this important BMI fundraiser Together with The Fashion in Time Club, a wide selection of special curated pieces from private collections will be on display. A variety of linen and lace taking you through the decades, 1880 to 1970. Fine hand made lace to…
26/10/2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $20 Plus bkg. fee Minerva Room Plus bkg. fee Get Tickets Take part in this important BMI fundraiser Together with The Fashion in Time Club, a wide selection of special curated pieces from private collections will be on display. A variety of linen and lace taking you through the decades, 1880 to 1970. Fine hand made…
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Tue 19 May with special visit to Lantern Vaults
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
