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Locals and visitors journeying to Ballarat are set to enjoy a serendipitous adventure for this year’s popular White Night event when the regional city is lit up in an all-encompassing radiant display on Saturday 1 June 2024 from 6pm – 12 midnight.White Night will transform Ballarat with dazzling laser beams and breathtaking projections illuminating the historic city, with an awe-inspiring program featuring the light spectacular, music and interac...

Running fever is descending on Ballarat this weekend, with the inaugural Ballarat Marathon set to take over the city.More than 4000 individuals have signed up to be a part of the two-day running festival, a world-class event that will add further weight to Ballarat’s rich sporting and cultural history.The event will be anchored by the marathon and half-marathon events on Sunday, but its impact will be prominent all weekend, with races also held o...

A month-long celebration of the LGBTIQA+ community is coming to Ballarat.Ballarat Pride Month will be officially held for the first time in June this year, which will be the biggest event of its kind in the city.It will involve more than 35 events throughout the month all with one common theme – recognising and celebrating the LGBTIQA+ community.Internationally, Pride Month is held every June and this year, Ballarat will become a sea of colour as...

The City of Ballarat is calling for specific user groups to register to join a collaborative design workshop that will help shape the development of the Open Space Strategy.  The community’s voice will play a pivotal role in the new strategy that will influence how open space is improved and managed into the future.From the initial round of engagement that ran from November 2023 until January 2024, the consultation received more than 900 res...

The City of Ballarat is celebrating another successful Ballarat Heritage Festival, with thousands of people flooding to Ballarat over 10 action-packed days.Initial estimates indicate more than 25,000 people attended the festival, with about $2 million expected to be injected into the Ballarat economy.In total, there were over 130 events held, with many sold out including the Ballarat Old Gaol Tours, the night and day tours of the Mechanics Instit...

The City of Ballarat has released the municipality’s first State of the Environment Report 2023The State of the Environment Report  is a brief snapshot of Ballarat’s environmental conditions for the two-year period from 2022 to 2023. The report measures the environmental performance of Ballarat across eight themes – climate and atmosphere, sustainable transport, clean energy, waste and circular economy, sustainable water use, land and b...

The countdown is on until major redevelopment works at the Ballarat Library are complete.In what will be a significant milestone for the $7.48 million project, it is expected that contractors H Troon will hand the facility over to the City of Ballarat in December 2023.  Once this occurs, work will begin to start moving all necessary equipment and approximately 75,000 library resources back into the Doveton Street facility.It is expected the ...

Preparation will soon be under way at Victoria Park for the return of Spilt Milk music festival.Large tents will be visible on the Gillies Street side of the park in the coming days as setup begins, with more than 40,000 people expected to pack Victoria Park for the one-day festival on Saturday 2 December.In what will be the third time the event has been held in Ballarat, it will feature more than 20 Australian and international acts, headlined b...

More Ballarat locals and visitors from across the state are set to enjoy all the city has to offer when White Night lights up Ballarat, thanks to support from the Allan Labor Government. 

The Art Gallery of Ballarat has laid bare its ambitious agenda to cement itself as Australia’s leading regional gallery in the coming years.Ballarat City Council formally adopted the Art Gallery of Ballarat Strategic Plan 2023-2028 at the November Council Meeting on Wednesday, laying the foundation for the gallery for the next five years.The Strategic Plan 2023-2028 incorporated findings from extensive internal and external consultations and main...