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May 2020
Online Children’s Pottery Class
Term 2 Online Children's Pottery Class - nine week course Saturday Morning 2nd May -27th June 10-11.30am - can't make this time.... all live streamed classes will be recorded for viewing later by enrolled students, which means you can also watch a class more than once! Course Fee : $155 including your first bag of 10kg clay, a basic set of pottery modelling tools, personalised tuition and feedback, access to feedback outside class time via email and FB messaging. This course…
Find out more »Ballarat Market
The Ballarat Market (formerly the Trash and Trivia Market) opened on the 18th November 1979 and has been conducted at the Ballarat Showgrounds for all that time. The market is a fun day out with stalls laden with second hand wares, hand made crafts, home grown plants and vegetables, sweet treats, food stalls and trestles of toys, trinkets, trash and treasure. Members of the Rotary Club of Ballarat South initiated the project and have since been responsible for its operation…
Find out more »Daylesford Sunday Market @ the Station
Rain, hail or shine, the Daylesford Sunday Market operates every Sunday from 8.00 am until 3.00pm or 4.00pm at Daylesford Station. You’ll find stalls with everything from books to spare parts for the car, fresh local produce, clothing and collectables. Dogs on a leash are welcome. Plenty of free parking.
Find out more »June 2020
Design Market
Next time you come to the Bridge Mall Farmers Market you should check out our new addition the ‘Bridge Mall Design Market’, full of local Ballarat designers. Have a gift to buy? Or want to treat yourself?
Find out more »Daylesford Farmers Market
The farmer's market offers fair exchange for the time and energy put in by farmers and producers to grow and make top quality foods, which will feed and nourish their customers. There is an opportunity to talk with producers and learn more about the various products, nutrients and uses, etc on offer. The Daylesford Farmers Market offers true value to consumers and the farmers who produce and grow the food.
Find out more »Online Children’s Pottery Class
Term 2 Online Children's Pottery Class - nine week course Saturday Morning 2nd May -27th June 10-11.30am - can't make this time.... all live streamed classes will be recorded for viewing later by enrolled students, which means you can also watch a class more than once! Course Fee : $155 including your first bag of 10kg clay, a basic set of pottery modelling tools, personalised tuition and feedback, access to feedback outside class time via email and FB messaging. This course…
Find out more »Ballarat Market
The Ballarat Market (formerly the Trash and Trivia Market) opened on the 18th November 1979 and has been conducted at the Ballarat Showgrounds for all that time. The market is a fun day out with stalls laden with second hand wares, hand made crafts, home grown plants and vegetables, sweet treats, food stalls and trestles of toys, trinkets, trash and treasure. Members of the Rotary Club of Ballarat South initiated the project and have since been responsible for its operation…
Find out more »Daylesford Sunday Market @ the Station
Rain, hail or shine, the Daylesford Sunday Market operates every Sunday from 8.00 am until 3.00pm or 4.00pm at Daylesford Station. You’ll find stalls with everything from books to spare parts for the car, fresh local produce, clothing and collectables. Dogs on a leash are welcome. Plenty of free parking.
Find out more »Ballan Farmers Market
We are a community based and volunteer run, not-for-profit market donating our proceeds back to local charities and organisations. Ballan Farmers Market is held on the second Saturday of the month from 9.00am to 1.00pm. The Ballan Farmers Market commenced in November 2011 in its unique location - The Mill Cottage, 96 Inglis Street Ballan. With 25 or more stallholders placed throughout the beautiful surrounds our market attracts hundreds of people each month. The Mill Cottage is a beautiful old world…
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Ballarat Farmers Market
The market features fresh vegetables, fruit, plants (including natives, edibles & succulents), bread, olive oil, cheese, jams, chutneys & sauces, coffee van, wide range of hot food cooked on the spot, clothing, fudge, gifts, health bars, eggs, honey, a massive range of dry goods (flours, grains, pulses, dried fruit, herbs, herbal teas, nuts & much more), wine, Cornish pasties, fresh ground coffee, yummy biscuits, hand-made jewellery and much more... there really is something for everyone! FREE entry & free entertainment…
Find out more »Online Children’s Pottery Class
Term 2 Online Children's Pottery Class - nine week course Saturday Morning 2nd May -27th June 10-11.30am - can't make this time.... all live streamed classes will be recorded for viewing later by enrolled students, which means you can also watch a class more than once! Course Fee : $155 including your first bag of 10kg clay, a basic set of pottery modelling tools, personalised tuition and feedback, access to feedback outside class time via email and FB messaging. This course…
Find out more »Ballarat Market
The Ballarat Market (formerly the Trash and Trivia Market) opened on the 18th November 1979 and has been conducted at the Ballarat Showgrounds for all that time. The market is a fun day out with stalls laden with second hand wares, hand made crafts, home grown plants and vegetables, sweet treats, food stalls and trestles of toys, trinkets, trash and treasure. Members of the Rotary Club of Ballarat South initiated the project and have since been responsible for its operation…
Find out more »Daylesford Sunday Market @ the Station
Rain, hail or shine, the Daylesford Sunday Market operates every Sunday from 8.00 am until 3.00pm or 4.00pm at Daylesford Station. You’ll find stalls with everything from books to spare parts for the car, fresh local produce, clothing and collectables. Dogs on a leash are welcome. Plenty of free parking.
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Online Children’s Pottery Class
Term 2 Online Children's Pottery Class - nine week course Saturday Morning 2nd May -27th June 10-11.30am - can't make this time.... all live streamed classes will be recorded for viewing later by enrolled students, which means you can also watch a class more than once! Course Fee : $155 including your first bag of 10kg clay, a basic set of pottery modelling tools, personalised tuition and feedback, access to feedback outside class time via email and FB messaging. This course…
Find out more »Ballarat Market
The Ballarat Market (formerly the Trash and Trivia Market) opened on the 18th November 1979 and has been conducted at the Ballarat Showgrounds for all that time. The market is a fun day out with stalls laden with second hand wares, hand made crafts, home grown plants and vegetables, sweet treats, food stalls and trestles of toys, trinkets, trash and treasure. Members of the Rotary Club of Ballarat South initiated the project and have since been responsible for its operation…
Find out more »Daylesford Sunday Market @ the Station
Rain, hail or shine, the Daylesford Sunday Market operates every Sunday from 8.00 am until 3.00pm or 4.00pm at Daylesford Station. You’ll find stalls with everything from books to spare parts for the car, fresh local produce, clothing and collectables. Dogs on a leash are welcome. Plenty of free parking.
Find out more »Talbot Farmers Market
On the third Sunday of every month the tiny town of Talbot comes alive as thousands of visitors enjoy the vibrant village atmosphere of the Talbot Farmers Market. Explore the stall lined streets displaying an impressive range of seasonal fruit and organic vegetables, local artisan cheese, fresh bread, local wine, gourmet oils, delicious delicacies and more. In true country farmers’ market style you will also chickens, stockfeed, cut flowers, plants and seedlings. An ATM is available in Talbot, inside the…
Find out more »Seusical Jr presented by the BCMA
Seussical Jr Presented by the BCMA musical theatre students. Sunday 21st June 10.30am and 2.30pm Gay Gough Theatre Mt Clear "Oh, the thinks you can think" when Dr. Seuss' best-loved characters collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper! The Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts Junior PIPS & FIPS Students present Seussical Jr. Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favourite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical JR., a fantastical…
Find out more »Moana Jr Presented by the BCMA
Moana Jr Presented by the BCMA FiPs Inter and MTE musical theatre students Sunday 21st June 12.15pm and 4.15pm Sunday 21st June The Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts FIPS INTER AND MTE Students present Moana Jr. Tickets on sale Sat 18th April from $15 - $25. Double bill tickets available with Seussical Jr $20 - $25 https://www.trybooking.com/BIXIJ Disney’s Moana JR. is a 60-minute musical based on the 2016 Disney animated movie Moana, about the strong-willed daughter of the…
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