Calendar of Events

M Mon

T Tue

W Wed

T Thu

F Fri

S Sat

S Sun

2 events,

The Reading Room

3 events,

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In Conversation with Megan Brown & Lucy Sussex

4 events,

Featured -

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1, Special Event | Dancers on the Sea by Gabrielle Samson

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Kadampa Meditation Series | The Path of Peace: Three Ways to a Simpler Life

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

4 events,

Featured -

A BMI Fundraising Public Talk | The world in 2025 and beyond with Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC

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Kadampa Meditation Series | The Path of Peace: Three Ways to a Simpler Life

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

4 events,

Featured -

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Ballarat’s Growth: Infrastructure Pressures

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Kadampa Meditation Series | The Path of Peace: Three Ways to a Simpler Life

3 events,

Featured -

Ballarat Film Society | The Movie Teller

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

5 events,

Featured

Broadway to Ballarat: The Haunted Theatre

Featured -

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Change in Ballarat’s Car Industry

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Kadampa Meditation Series | Calm Amidst Chaos: How to Deal with Difficult People

3 events,

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In Conversation with Charlotte McConaghy

2 events,

4 events,

Featured -

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Changes to the Canadian Corridor

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Kadampa Meditation Series | Calm Amidst Chaos: How to Deal with Difficult People

2 events,

2 events,

2 events,

3 events,

2 events,

2 events,

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In Conversation with Mark Smith

3 events,

Featured -

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Dr Hardy

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Kadampa Meditation Series | Calm Amidst Chaos: How to Deal with Difficult People

1 event,

2 events,

Featured -

This is the Way the World Ends, a Ballarat National Theatre Production

2 events,

2 events,

Featured -

This is the Way the World Ends, a Ballarat National Theatre Production

Tracey Lee Holmes: A Life Through Sport

Thu 4 September at 6pm

Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Celebration

  Performance – 18 May.

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The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 2025 Calendar

Featuring the BMI Image Collection | Now $20

Devonshire Tea & Fashion Parade

Bubbly on arrival & Featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop | $60

Christmas Holiday Closures | Library

Monday 23 December – Sunday 5 January

Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Celebration

  Performance – 18 May.

Australian Heritage Festival Events at the BMI

18 April to 18 May

Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective

Wed 2-30 April, 5.30pm

Ballarat Heritage Festival Events at the BMI

16 to 25 May 

portrait of author with book cover

Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm

with Michael Robotham

 Wed 20 August at 6pm

guides dressed in period costum

Australian Heritage Festival

Minerva's Secrets

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

portrait of author with book cover

Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm

Ballarat Heritage Festival BMI Day Tours

Two tours  on 20 &  21 May 

 

with Nicole Alexander

28 May at 6pm

with Gail Holmes

 Wed 4 June at 6pm

with Kylie Ladd

 Wed 25 June at 6pm

Ballarat Pride Month

Events at BMI

The Month of June 

Ballarat Winter Festival

Events at BMI

5 July – 27 July 

BMI Fundraiser

Featuring:
The Hideaways,
The Harmonies &
Surf Shadows. 

2 course dinner & lots
of dancing