The Design Exchange Market
Markets
6 Jul 2024 to 7 Jul 2024
Distance from: 10.4 kms | Price from: $5.00
Australia is bursting at the seams with amazing independent designers, artists and creators, and The Design Exchange is passionate about...
Ballarat Film Society – Smiley
Community Event
12 Dec 2024
Distance from: 10.4 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...
Creswick Woollen Mills – The Original Recycler – Ballarat Heritage Weekend
Community Event
17 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 14.6 kms | Price from: Free
Join the team at Creswick Woollen Mill to celebrate the Ballarat Heritage Weekend 2024. Creswick Woollen Mills - The original...
Poco Film Fest – Short Film Screening
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
3 Aug 2024
Distance from: 10.4 kms | Price from: $15.00
The Poco Film Fest returns to the grand Cinema 1 at Regent Cinema Ballarat for an exceptional night in August!...
3D Wood Animal Carving Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
18 May 2024 to 3 Aug 2024
Distance from: 10.7 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...
Stories from the Avenue of Honour
Festivals and Celebrations
26 May 2024
Distance from: 14.7 kms | Price from: Free
Step back in time with walking tours at 11.00am and 2.00pm, immersing yourself and the whole family in the historical...
Lacemaking Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
15 Jun 2024 to 16 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $530.00
Learn the art of lacemaking with Lindy de Wijn and Helen Crabb from the Victorian Branch of the Australian Lace...
Lost in Palm Springs
Exhibition and Shows
4 May 2024 to 1 Sep 2024
Distance from: 10.4 kms | Price from: Free
Lost in Palm Springs is a multidisciplinary exhibition bringing together fourteen creative minds artists, photographers and thinkers from America and...
Marcia Hines
Concert or Performance
26 Oct 2024
Distance from: 10.5 kms | Price from: Not Available
Still Shining concert tour.Australia’s legendary musical treasure, with a career spanning five amazing decades, has announced that she will tour...
Netsuke Carving Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
8 Nov 2024 to 10 Nov 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $925.00
Learn the ancient art of netsuke wood carving with master wood carver Hape Kiddle.In this three-day workshop, you will learn...
Saori Weaving Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
22 Jun 2024 to 31 Aug 2024
Distance from: 10.7 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...
Traditional Straw Plaiting Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
14 Sep 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $250.00
Join Elizabeth Woodroofe in learning the traditional art of making corn dollies.In this full-day workshop, learn the history of traditional...
Vintage Lamp Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
4 May 2024 to 5 May 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $505.00
Learn to create a piece of art out of glass and copper foil with leadlighter Daniella Acciarito.In this two-day workshop,...
Woodcarving 101 Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
2 Aug 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $365.00
Learn everything you need to know to get started woodcarving with Olivia O'Connor.This full-day workshop is an absolute must for...
Showgirl Headpiece Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
13 Jul 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $365.00
Join theatrical milliner, Rose Hudson, and learn to create a dramatic headpiece in the style of Lola Montez.Lola Montez was...
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow – Ballarat
Concert or Performance
19 May 2024
Distance from: 10.4 kms | Price from: $55.00
Australia's biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off again on its annual road trip around the country!Showcasing the finest...
Ballarat Film Society – Army of Shadows
Community Event
8 Aug 2024
Distance from: 10.4 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...
Traditional Signwriting Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
23 Aug 2024 to 25 Aug 2024
Distance from: 10.7 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...
Exhibition by Deborah Klein
Exhibition and Shows
4 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 10.0 kms | Price from: Free
Artist Deborah Klein’s iconic ‘rear view portraits’ allude to the countless women who have fallen through the cracks of history....
Relief Carving Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
19 May 2024 to 4 Aug 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $360.00
Learn the art of relief carving with woodworker Olivia O'Connor.This is a day-long class where you will get a feel...
Ballarat Film Society – L’Ombra di Caravaggio
Community Event
10 Oct 2024
Distance from: 10.4 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...
Ballarat Film Society – Stop Making Sense
Community Event
12 Sep 2024
Distance from: 10.4 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...
Star Gazing in Paddock Creek Reserve
Community Event
18 May 2024 to 15 Jun 2024
Distance from: 13.6 kms | Price from: Free
Friends of Paddock Creek (FoPC) are holding a series of stargazing event in the first half of 2024. Paddock Creek...
Drop Spindle Spinning Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
26 Oct 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $290.00
Learn to spin wool by hand with Cloverleaf Corriedale Stud owner, award-winning fleece producer, and skilled fibre woman Ronelle Welton.In...
Perch Chairmaking Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
30 Aug 2024 to 1 Sep 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $990.00
Learn to make a chair by hand with Windsor Chairmaker, Glen Rundell.In this three-day course, learn about working with timber...
Ballarat Jobs and Training Expo
Exhibition and Shows
26 Jul 2024
Distance from: 9.9 kms | Price from: Free
The Ballarat Jobs and Training Expo is a careers, training and skills Expo that will host over 100 organisations and...
Cloth Covered Box Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
29 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $165.00
Learn to make a solander style box with bookbinder and conservator Debra Parry.In this half-day workshop, you will make a...
Ballarat Beard and Stache Competition
Sporting Events
25 May 2024
Distance from: 10.5 kms | Price from: Free
Put down the razor and let the face rug grow. That's the message from the Ballarat Beard and Moustache Union,...
Ballarat Film Society – EO
Community Event
14 Nov 2024
Distance from: 10.4 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...
Ballarat’s Industrial Heritage
Exhibition and Shows
18 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 15.4 kms | Price from: Free
Exhibition of historical engines and machinery that were built by the major engine builders and machinery manufacturers that operated in...
Spinning Wheel Trouble Shooting Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
3 Aug 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $155.00
Get your spinning wheel up and running with Ronelle Welton.Have you recently dusted off Nanna’s old spinning wheel, or purchased...
The Old Curiosity Shop
Festivals and Celebrations
19 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 8.9 kms | Price from: Free
The Old Curiosity Shop is an 1863 heritage property constructed on the edge of the Ballarat goldfields. The property is...
Corset Making Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
31 May 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $1195.00
Learn to make an underbust corset with Catherine Irving of Crystal Pegasus Costumes.In this three-day workshop, you will learn to...
Roy Hammond Craft Cocktails
Food and Wine
4 May 2024 to 9 Mar 2025
Distance from: 10.5 kms | Price from: $0.00
Take your next social event to a whole new level with Roy Hammond's Craft Cocktails!Their mixologist will take you on...
Sloyd Knifemaking Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
6 Jul 2024 to 7 Jul 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $690.00
Learn to make your own high-quality carving tools with toolmaker, Pete Trott.This two-day workshop will cover the making of Sloyd...
Beginner Entomology Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
20 Jul 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $330.00
Learn the art of butterfly and moth preservation with Jason Penfold.Jason Penfold will introduce you to the world of butterfly...
Alice In Wonderland
Festivals and Celebrations
4 May 2024 to 19 May 2024
Distance from: 5.4 kms | Price from: $0.00
By popular demand, Kryal Castle's Alice in Wonderland program returns just in time for Easter Holidays and all Wonderland’s most...
Ballarat Film Society – The New Boy
Community Event
11 Jul 2024
Distance from: 10.4 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,...
Screen Printing Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
12 Oct 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $270.00
Learn the basics of screen printing with Nicola Cerini.Immerse yourself, experimenting with a simple and effective screen-printing technique using cut-paper...
Hand-Forming Tableware Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
6 Jul 2024 to 6 Oct 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $270.00
Learn the basics of hand-forming tableware utilising household objects with ceramic artist Minna Graham.Learn to use your kitchen skills and...
Soft Limestone Carving Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
21 Sep 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $230.00
Learn the basics of soft limestone sculpting with sculptor Kim Bellette.South Eastern Limestone is a material that can be easily...
Cane Rod Construction Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
21 Jun 2024 to 23 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $1350.00
Join cane rod makers David Anderson and Ken Bradbrook from Riverstoned Cane Rods for this three-day intensive cane rod construction...
Ring-making Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
18 May 2024 to 5 Oct 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $275.00
Learn the joys of working with precious silver with silversmith Rachel Grose.In this full-day workshop, you will use traditional tools...
Viking Spear Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
20 Jul 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $420.00
Bring out your inner Viking in this full-day spear-making experience with armourer, Rob Hayes.Throughout human history, the spear has been...
Celebrating Chopin at The Art Gallery of Ballarat – The Margaret Schofield Memorial Prize
Concert or Performance
31 Aug 2024 to 1 Sep 2024
Distance from: 10.4 kms | Price from: Not Available
Celebrating Chopin at the Gallery is one of Australia's most prestigious piano competitions. It is part of the annual Royal...
Aunty Jacks ‘Old School Trivia with Old School Prices’
Food and Wine
8 May 2024 to 25 Dec 2024
Distance from: 10.5 kms | Price from: Free
Old school trivia with old school prices is now at Aunty Jacks! Ballarat’s favourite trivia night is coming to Aunty...
Introductory Blacksmithing at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
18 May 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $320.00
Learn the basics of blacksmithing with blacksmith and sculptor David Graham.This full-day introduction to blacksmithing will cover safety in the...
Introduction to White Coopering Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
8 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $615.00
Learn the craft of the cooper with Tony Adams.This two-day workshop is an introduction to the craft of the cooper...
Traditional Rope Splicing Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
11 May 2024 to 19 Oct 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $160.00
Learn to splice a rope with Laura Goodin.If a rope breaks when you’re out at sea, up in a bell...
Ballarat Film Society – Alcarràs
Community Event
13 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.4 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...
Tomahawk Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
14 Sep 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $490.00
Learn to forge a colonial era tomahawk with Rob Hayes.In this half-day workshop, you will learn to forge your own...
Vegas 70 Revived – Ballarat Heritage Festival
Concert or Performance
18 May 2024
Distance from: 10.4 kms | Price from: $20.00
The Vegas 70 was once the most popular cinema in Ballarat. The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and Showbiz Cinemas have collaborated...
Introduction to Leadlight Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
8 Jun 2024 to 9 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $505.00
Learn to create a piece of art out of glass and lead with leadlighter Daniella Acciarito.Choose from three designs, select...
Armour Smithing Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
1 Jun 2024 to 2 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $775.00
Bring out your inner medieval warrior with this two-day armour smithing experience with armourer, Rob Hayes.Medieval armour reached its height...
Greenwood Vessel Carving Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
14 Sep 2024 to 15 Sep 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $680.00
Join Eli Beke on a two-day journey to carve a large bowl vessel from Otways Myrtle Beech.You will start with...
Derby Shoe Making Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
20 Jun 2024 to 23 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $1075.00
Learn to make a pair of custom shoes with Luna Newby.In this four-day workshop, you will make a pair of...
Introduction to Lino Printing Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
1 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $150.00
Begin your lino printing journey with Astrid Lempriere.In this half day workshop, you will learn the basics of lino printing....
Leather Cuff and Belt Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
8 Jun 2024
Distance from: 10.7 kms | Price from: $295.00
Learn the basics of leather craft with metal and leatherworker Sam Bloomfield.You will practice your technique on a cuff before...
Ballarat Heritage Festival
Festivals and Celebrations
17 May 2024 to 26 May 2024
Distance from: 10.9 kms | Price from: Not Available
Ballarat’s iconic Victorian architecture serves as the backdrop for the return of the award-winning Ballarat Heritage Festival. The awe-inspiring 10-day...
Introduction to Indigo Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre
Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks
17 Aug 2024 to 17 Nov 2024
Distance from: 10.7 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,...