Ballarat Marathon
Sporting Events
26 Apr 2025 to 27 Apr 2025
Distance from: 3.4 kms | Price from: Not Available
A weekend running festival in stunning Ballarat featuring two days of running for all ages and abilities. Focused in the...
Thursday Night Karaoke at The Sporting Globe Ballarat
Community Event
23 May 2024 to 27 Jun 2024
Distance from: 2.6 kms | Price from: Free
Kaze Karaoke is at The Sporting Globe Ballarat on Thursday Nights!Have you ever dreamed of being the next Mariah? Do...
Traditional Signwriting Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
23 Aug 2024 to 25 Aug 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: Not Available
Paint your own property sign with signwriter Greg Chandler.This three-day workshop is an introduction to the theory and practice of...
Itinerant Spirits The Explorer Masterclass
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
25 May 2024 to 27 Jul 2025
Distance from: 2.6 kms | Price from: $70.00
At Itinerant Spirits, they’re about the journey as much as the destination. They refer to their masterclass as ‘explorer sessions’...
Trivia Monday’s at The Cattle Yards Inn
Community Event
27 May 2024 to 29 Jul 2024
Distance from: 6.0 kms | Price from: Free
Monday Night Trivia at The Cattleyards Inn with EM J!Welcome, trivia enthusiasts! It's time to dust off those thinking caps,...
Ballarat Film Society – L’Ombra di Caravaggio
Community Event
10 Oct 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: $30.00
The famous 17th century Italian artist Caravaggio is well known for his intense realism and use of strong contrasts of...
AURA Sound and Light Show at Sovereign Hill
Exhibition and Shows
23 May 2024 to 21 Jul 2025
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: Not Available
From a place you know comes a story you don’t — AURA immerses you in the story of gold in...
Saori Weaving Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
22 Jun 2024 to 31 Aug 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $405.00
Find your Zen at the loom.Join Prue Simmons, one of only three accredited Saori weaving teachers in Australia and discover...
Chinese Silk and Gold Embroidery Workshop at Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
26 Oct 2024 to 27 Oct 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $350.00
Learn the art of embroidery with award-winning artist, Alison Cole.In this two-day workshop, you will be working on an embroidery...
Beginner Sewing Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
11 Aug 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $285.00
This one day class is perfect for the beginner sewer. Students will be introduced to sewing and pressing equipment and...
Ballarat Film Society – EO
Community Event
14 Nov 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: $30.00
Described by critics as a ‘sensuous reimagining of Robert Bresson’s Au hazard Balthazar’ (1966), EO is the name of a...
Winter Wonderlights
Festivals and Celebrations
28 Jun 2024 to 21 Jul 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $19.00
Experience the sound, lights and wintry delights at Sovereign Hill's Winter Wonderlights.With a dazzling light show, full theatre program, hands-on...
Underbar Autumn Vegetarian Tasting Weekend
Food and Wine
24 May 2024 to 25 May 2024
Distance from: 3.0 kms | Price from: $175.00
The team at Underbar is pleased to welcome vegetarian guests for a special event each season, where they can enjoy...
Bohemian Rhapsody – Ballarat
Concert or Performance
21 Jun 2024
Distance from: 2.8 kms | Price from: Not Available
Staring Thomas Crane on the 2024 "Made in Heaven" tour. Direct from sell-out theatres, Australia’s longest-running Queen Tribute since 1993,...
Ballarat Film Society – Army of Shadows
Community Event
8 Aug 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: $30.00
Jean-Pierre Melville is the ultimate cult auteur in the French cinema, acknowledged as a key influence on directors such as...
Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Exhibition and Shows
23 May 2024 to 2 Jun 2024
Distance from: 2.6 kms | Price from: Free
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a defining artwork of the 1980s. Nan Goldin’s extended photographic study of her chosen...
BLC Games Night
Community Event
29 May 2024 to 26 Jun 2024
Distance from: 1.8 kms | Price from: $0.00
Every Wednesday night at Ballarat Leagues Club you can come and have a laugh with friends and family (or even...
Ballarat Farmers Market
Markets
25 May 2024 to 22 Feb 2025
Distance from: 6.0 kms | Price from: Free
Ballarat Farmers Market takes place in central Ballarat near the shores of beautiful Lake Wendouree. The market runs all year...
Ballarat Farmers Market Twilight Christmas Market
Markets
20 Dec 2024
Distance from: 6.0 kms | Price from: Free
On a Friday night just before Christmas, Ballarat Farmers Market holds a very special market focusing on gifts, artwork, jewellery,...
Autumn Local Wine Tasting Experience at RJM’s
Food and Wine
26 May 2024
Distance from: 1.7 kms | Price from: $25.00
Spend a relaxing afternoon sampling local wines on Sunday afternoons during autumn at RJMs. Enjoy an experience of alfresco wine...
Hop Temple Musical Bingo
Food and Wine
23 May 2024 to 26 Dec 2024
Distance from: 2.7 kms | Price from: Not Available
Every Thursday night at Hop Temple it's Bingo with a twist- Musical Bingo!Instead of your standard old bingo numbers, they...
Hop Temple Pint and a Plate
Food and Wine
29 May 2024
Distance from: 2.7 kms | Price from: Not Available
Hump day pint and a plate at Hop TempleWhy cook on a Wednesday when you can head to Hop Temple...
Beginners Embroidery Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
7 Jul 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $205.00
Learn the art of Blackwork Embroidery with award-winning artist, Alison Cole.In this workshop, students will be working on an embroidery...
Cocktails and Karaoke at JD’s Bar & Lounge
Community Event
24 May 2024 to 28 Jun 2024
Distance from: 2.6 kms | Price from: Free
Cocktails and karaoke!Kaze Karaoke is now at JD'S Bar & Lounge on Friday Nights. Release your inner Rockstar on JD's...
Back of House Collections Tour: Chinese Cultural Collections
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
12 Jun 2024 to 19 Jul 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $20.00
Go behind the scenes with Sovereign Hill's expert guides and explore their vaults of hidden treasures. On this tour, you...
Junior Keeper Program
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
23 May 2024 to 30 Sep 2024
Distance from: 0.7 kms | Price from: Not Available
The Ballarat Wildlife Park’s ‘Junior Keeper Program’ is an incredible three-hour experience hosted by some of the Wildlife Park’s experienced...
Back of House Collections Tour: Treasures from the Collection
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
24 May 2024 to 24 Jul 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $20.00
From proud Wadawurrung Elder Marlene Gilson’s artwork to Eureka rebel Peter Lalor’s chair, discover some of the most intriguing, significant...
Learn to Spin at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
14 Sep 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: Not Available
Learn to spin fleece into yarn with spinner and weaver Dawn Lim.In this introductory full-day workshop, you will learn the...
Ballarat Film Society – The New Boy
Community Event
11 Jul 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: $30.00
The New Boy is set on a remote mission for Aboriginal children in the 1940s run by a renegade nun,...
Natural Dye Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
3 Aug 2024 to 4 Aug 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $510.00
Learn to create a world of colour using natural dyes with Churchill Fellow, Heather Thomas!In this two-day workshop, you will...
Look for the Red Umbrella
Community Event
23 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 3.2 kms | Price from: Free
Embark on a journey through history as they celebrate the remarkable life of Mrs. Muller and the novel by author...
Sip and Savour at RJM’s
Food and Wine
26 May 2024 to 30 Jun 2024
Distance from: 1.7 kms | Price from: $60.00
Sip and Savour is the perfect way to spend your Sunday afternoon at RJM’s.Sit back and relax, enjoying five (60...
The Sunshine Club
Concert or Performance
14 Jun 2024
Distance from: 2.8 kms | Price from: Not Available
Hit Productions is proud to be presenting this important Australian work all around the country to metropolitan, regional and remote...
Ballarat Film Society – Smiley
Community Event
12 Dec 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: $30.00
To conclude this year marking their 70-year existence, watch a 1956 Australian film classic about an imaginative young boy who...
CX Ballarat
Sporting Events
16 Aug 2024 to 18 Aug 2024
Distance from: 5.8 kms | Price from: Free
CX Ballarat is the AusCycling cyclo-cross (CX) national championships, the pinnacle event for CX in Australia. With races over laps...
Monuments – Ballarat Heritage Festival
Festivals and Celebrations
23 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: Free
Cap off your Ballarat Heritage Festival evenings by savouring globally renowned outdoor video installation.In 'Monuments', by Australian artist Craig Walsh,...
Introduction to Indigo Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
17 Aug 2024 to 17 Nov 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: Not Available
Give the gift of time spent together in this Mother’s Day workshop with natural dyer Jude Craig.In this full-day workshop,...
3D Wood Animal Carving Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
3 Aug 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $375.00
This a day-long class where you will hand carve your own three-dimensional wooden animal, full of character and charm from...
Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Bid Roadshow information booth
Community Event
25 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 2.6 kms | Price from: Free
Join the Victorian Goldfields World Heritage bid team as part of the Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Roadshow. Their in-person roadshow...
Locksmithing Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
9 Nov 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $390.00
Learn the ancient art of locksmithing with locksmith Aaron Smith.In this full-day workshop, you will make your own brass padlock...
Ballarat Film Society – Stop Making Sense
Community Event
12 Sep 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: $30.00
Viewing a filmed music concert has been a tradition of the BFS, so this year we are fortunate to have...
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Concert or Performance
20 Sep 2024
Distance from: 2.8 kms | Price from: Not Available
Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Satu Vänskä joins QSO Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici for a wonderful program that sees the MSO performing...
Taste the Taps at Aunty Jacks
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
23 May 2024 to 6 Jul 2024
Distance from: 2.8 kms | Price from: $30.00
Discover the history of brewing in Ballarat with a beer paddle and a tour of the Aunty Jacks Brewery.Immerse yourself...
Basket Weaving Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
19 Oct 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $240.00
Learn the art of Random Weaving with Jodie Goldring.In this full-day workshop, you will learn how to create a basket...
Saturday Night Karaoke at The Cattleyards Inn
Community Event
25 May 2024 to 21 Dec 2024
Distance from: 6.0 kms | Price from: Free
Kaze Karaoke every Saturday night at The Cattleyards Inn Ballarat! Custom stage, excellent sound, the best mics, the most extensive...
Festival of Australian Queer Theatre
Festivals and Celebrations
22 Aug 2024 to 25 Aug 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: Not Available
Australian Theatre has a celebrated and relatively recent history of queer theatre. From censorship furors over The Boys in the...
Distill Your Own Gin at Kilderkin Distillery
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
15 Jun 2024 to 13 Jul 2024
Distance from: 3.3 kms | Price from: $210.00
The session will take you into the world of gin, learning about the different botanicals and how they harmonise to...
Vintage Vibes Weekend
Markets
25 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 3.0 kms | Price from: Free
Vintage Vibes Weekend held during the Ballarat Heritage Festival!Including stalls, and vintage cars and on the Saturday night, enjoy Jake...
Back of House Collections Tour: Fashion and Textiles
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
31 May 2024 to 31 Jul 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $20.00
Go behind the scenes with Sovereign Hill's expert guides and explore their vaults of hidden treasures.See some of their most...
John Williamson in Concert
Concert or Performance
29 Nov 2024
Distance from: 2.8 kms | Price from: Not Available
Back by popular demand, John Williamson will again return to the stage at the Civic Hall Ballarat for one show...
Parrwang Lifts the Sky Victorian Opera
Concert or Performance
24 May 2024 to 25 May 2024
Distance from: 2.8 kms | Price from: $16.00
Among the highlights of this year’s Ballarat Heritage Festival is the vibrant performance of Parrwang Lifts the Sky, making its...
Hop Temple Heritage Week – Blues, Brews and Barbecue
Food and Wine
26 May 2024
Distance from: 2.7 kms | Price from: Not Available
Every Sunday at Hop you can join in for Blues, Brews and Barbecue!Each week a favourite blues artists will take...
Jimeoin
Concert or Performance
8 Jun 2024
Distance from: 2.8 kms | Price from: Not Available
Jimeoin, who's your man? Presented by A-list Entertainment.Ever wondered why dogs get so excited around 6pm? Or what the point...
Craft Lab 24
Markets
25 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: Free
Returning to the Ballarat Mining Exchange over two weekends, Craft Lab 24 marks traditional artisanal skills matched with contemporary treatment....
Ballarat Green Drinks
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
20 Jun 2024 to 17 Oct 2024
Distance from: 4.3 kms | Price from: Free
Ballarat Green Drinks is a regular event that occurs every third Thursday of the month. This is a free event...
Vesta x Jigs Degustation
Food and Wine
23 May 2024 to 21 Dec 2024
Distance from: 3.6 kms | Price from: $110.00
With a menu changing every two weeks, Vesta x Jigs presents a six or eight course degustation menu from Thursday...
Ballarat Film Society – Alcarràs
Community Event
13 Jun 2024
Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: $30.00
The Soles are peach farmers who have occupied their land for generations on the basis of a handshake deal with...
The World of Musicals in Concert – Wendouree
Concert or Performance
10 Jun 2024
Distance from: 5.9 kms | Price from: $59.90
Following a sell out 2022 Australia tour - The World of Musicals in Concert Returns to Australia in 2024 featuring...
Frame Drum Making Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
14 Jun 2024 to 16 Jun 2024
Distance from: 2.3 kms | Price from: $1195.00
Handcraft your own Zilli-Tar frame drum with instrument maker Matt Stonehouse.Over three days, you will use traditional hand tools and...
Beer and Bread by Aunty Jacks
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
23 May 2024 to 5 Jul 2024
Distance from: 2.8 kms | Price from: $45.00
Immerse yourself in a beer experience like no other as you familiarize yourself with a range of craft and accessible...