From the Begonia Festival to Winterlude, Heritage Weekend and Summer Sundays, Ballarat has festivals throughout the year to keep you entertained. Check out our calendar of Ballarat festivals to find out what’s on, and enjoy everything that Ballarat has to offer!
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May 2019
Plate Up Ballarat
Plate Up Ballarat is an exciting month-long event celebrating Ballarat’s wonderful food offerings, craft beers, boutique wines and a whole lot more. Taking place throughout the month of May 2019, Plate Up Ballarat will showcase local producers whilst also promoting successful and supportive connections between producers, restaurants and cafes. This year, in support of men’s mental health & Beyond Blue, Plate Up Ballarat will host “Ballarat Blokes Who Bake” - If you’re a bloke who loves to bake (or know…
Find out more »Buninyong Film Festival
The Buninyong Film Festival Committee is pleased to present it’s 27th Film Festival in the heart of Buninyong Village. This year’s Festival is bigger than ever before with now 3 days and 9 films being presented! The annual Buninyong Film Festival will be held over the weekend of 24-26 May 2019 and will once again showcase another sparkling array of arthouse films – from Spain, Lebanon, Italy and the USA, in addition to our favourite Australian documentaries and short films.…
Find out more »Ballarat Steam Train Rides
Steamrail Victoria invites you to ride our historical steam shuttles at Ballarat as part of the 2019 Ballarat Heritage Weekend. Alternatively, you can ride a transfer train from Newport to Ballarat or Ballarat to Newport. BOOK NOW - https://www.trybooking.com/BAYJP This year our steam train rides will be hauled by Y 112 and A2 986. LOCATION Newport to Ballarat Transfer, Newport Railway Station, Melbourne departing Friday 24th May 2019 at 2:00pm. Ballarat Heritage Weekend Shuttles, Ballarat Railway Station (Platform 2) departing…
Find out more »Feed Ballarat Fundraiser at the Ballarat Trotting Club
Along side our Night Market, you can enjoy a formal 3 course meal in our upstairs Terrace Restaurant on the 24th of May 2019 also supporting The Ballarat Foundation's Feed Ballarat appeal. The three course meal will be showcasing Local producers including: Tuki Retreat Trout Farm, Yendon Gourmet Tomatoes Spring Creek Organics, Ballarat Mushroom Farm, Bacchus Marsh “Dellios Apples” and Enbom Honeys. Adult tickets for this 3 course dining experience are $40pp with $10 from each ticket sold being donated…
Find out more »Ballarat Steam Train Rides
Steamrail Victoria invites you to ride our historical steam shuttles at Ballarat as part of the 2019 Ballarat Heritage Weekend. Alternatively, you can ride a transfer train from Newport to Ballarat or Ballarat to Newport. BOOK NOW - https://www.trybooking.com/BAYJP This year our steam train rides will be hauled by Y 112 and A2 986. LOCATION Newport to Ballarat Transfer, Newport Railway Station, Melbourne departing Friday 24th May 2019 at 2:00pm. Ballarat Heritage Weekend Shuttles, Ballarat Railway Station (Platform 2) departing…
Find out more »Frolic at Ballarat Heritage Weekend queer history exhibit & tours
Ballarat Frolic Festival (BFF) is proud to be part of Ballarat Heritage Weekend in 2019 bringing you an exhibit and two tours. You will find a queer history exhibit in Town Hall from 10am to 5pm each day. Come and have a chat about Ballarat's fascinating suppressed history. We’ll also be running two ticketed Queer History Tours at 2:30pm each day, leaving from just outside Town Hall. You will be guided through central Ballarat and given a glimpse of what…
Find out more »Ballarat Heritage Weekend Presents The Tea Trolley
Enjoy freshly brewed leaf tea or coffee served in vintage retro china. Select a piece of delightful home baked cake or slice from the auto trolley as its wheeled past. The cakes are made to old family recipes and are just Iike your grandmother baked! Cinnamon Tea Cake, Passionfruit Sponge, Ginger Fluff, Jelly Cakes, Jelly Slice, Lemon Slice to name a few! Devonshire tea will also be available. (GF available) Bookings essential. Local Producers showcased: Inglenook Dairy and Creswick Eggs…
Find out more »Ballarat Heritage Weekend Presents Coffee Exchange by Mr Black
For one night only, you will sample carefully crafted cocktails from some of Ballarat’s best venues. Combining two of our favourite things, coffee & cocktails, brought to you by Mr Black Spirits cold brewed coffee liquor as part of Ballarat Heritage Weekend. Featuring unique concoctions from: The Lost Ones - A cold drip coffee, Mr Black Spirits spiced rum and coconut The Workshop Cafe - Cold brew coffee with tequila, and a little sweetness. They will also also offer decaf…
Find out more »Ballarat Steam Train Rides
Steamrail Victoria invites you to ride our historical steam shuttles at Ballarat as part of the 2019 Ballarat Heritage Weekend. Alternatively, you can ride a transfer train from Newport to Ballarat or Ballarat to Newport. BOOK NOW - https://www.trybooking.com/BAYJP This year our steam train rides will be hauled by Y 112 and A2 986. LOCATION Newport to Ballarat Transfer, Newport Railway Station, Melbourne departing Friday 24th May 2019 at 2:00pm. Ballarat Heritage Weekend Shuttles, Ballarat Railway Station (Platform 2) departing…
Find out more »Heritage Weekend in the Bridge Mall
Pop-Up Museum I Classic Cars I Devonshire Tea + MORE We're celebrating Ballarat Heritage Weekend and we'd love you to join us! If you are interested in displaying your classic car or have interesting items that could be displayed at our pop-up museum please send a message to our inbox for details on how to participate!
Find out more »Gnarrwirring Ngitj Lecture
Join us for this annual National Sorry Day event held at Sovereign Hill to celebrate the Ballarat region's Aboriginal history and living culture. This year's lecture entitled "Yarning; Traditional ways of fire and water through a Wadawurrung cultural lens" will be presented by Wadawurrung traditional owners Tammy Gilson and Melinda Kennedy. They will offer teachings through the eye of their Ancestors, and lead you on a journey. While this is a free community event, please ensure you reserve your seat…
Find out more »Food in Fashion – Farmer’s Arms Creswick | Plate Up Ballarat
Come tantalise your senses with a night of food and fashion with an exclusive collaboration between Farmers Arms Hotel Creswick and The Farmer's Wife Boutique. This is a fun event focussed on amazing food, fun and Farmers Wife Fashion shows, definitely not to be missed! Start your night with a delicious champagne cocktail and scrumptious canapes. Then sit down, be spoilt with friends and fun and be inspired by a 3-course feast, featuring local seasonal produce, including Black Cat Truffles…
Find out more »June 2019
Sovereign Hill’s Winter Wonderlights
All your Christmases will come at once with the return of Sovereign Hill’s Christmas in July: Winter Wonderlights, from Saturday 29 June until Sunday 21 July, 2019. During the day visitors can enjoy fun-filled pantomimes and theatre performances, join in Christmas themed arts and crafts, stock up on traditional Christmas decorations, sample our delicious, limited edition Winter Wonderlights lemon meringue drops, and try to catch the cheeky Gingerbread man. Faux snow will fall at regular intervals over the Victorian-style buildings…
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