Ballarat’s spring events 2024

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 

Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Satu Vänskä joins Queensland Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici for a wonderful program that sees the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performing the music of child prodigy Felix Mendelssohn alongside that of the (then) living legend he looked up to: the great Ludwig van Beethoven.

When: Friday 20 September 2024 
Where: Civic Hall
Tickets: Her Majesty’s Ballarat

Emma Memma – Boop and Twirl Tour 

ARIA award-winning children’s musical spectacular Emma Memma is heading to Ballarat on her big, bright, orange Butterfly Bus with her Boop and Twirl Tour.

When: Tuesday 1 October, 10am and 12pm 
Where: Civic Hall
Tickets: Her Majesty’s Ballarat

Marcia Hines – Still Shining Concert Tour

Australia’s legendary musical treasure, with a career spanning five amazing decades, will perform her ‘Still Shining’ concert repertoire. This two-and-a-half-hour musical extravaganza is a celebration of Marcia’s career

When: Sunday 24 November, 3pm 
Where: Her Majesty’s Theatre
Tickets: Her Majesty’s Ballarat

Transition from Tyranny: Establishing local government on the Ballarat Goldfields, 1851-1856

Graeme Cartledge explores the advent of municipal government in colonial Victoria, positioning it as the earliest form of democracy in Australia.  

When: Thursday September 5 at 5.30pm. 
Where: Eureka Centre Ballarat
No bookings required: FREE

Visit the Eureka Centre Ballarat to explore the upcoming programs

Clarice Beckett, Paintings from the National Collection 

This exhibition presents an intimate, rarely seen collection by one of the most original artists of early 20th century Australia — Clarice Beckett.  

When: until 24 November. 
Where: Art Gallery of Ballarat.  

Diokno Pasilan, Imprint 

For his solo exhibition Imprint, Ballarat based artist Diokno Pasilan has created an installation examining memory in relation to belonging. Prints and sculptures are made from materials which draw from Pasilan’s childhood memories of growing up in a boat-making community in the Philippines. 

When: until 13 October 
Where: Art Gallery of Ballarat

Visit the Art Gallery of Ballarat for more information.

Ballarat Library Maker Space – Induction session

Become a Maker at the Ballarat Library Maker Space by booking into an induction to learn about the Library’s 3D printers, cutters, heat press and more. Once you’ve completed an induction, you can access the Maker Space during its opening hours.  

When: Monday 2 September, 2-3pm
Where: at Ballarat Library in Doveton Street
Bookings: Humanitix

Visit Ballarat Libraries to see more free events and programs for all ages, across library branches and around the city.