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The 72nd Ballarat Begonia Festival launches this weekend, with festivities kicking off at 10am on Saturday, 9 March 2024.  There will be three full days of fun, with something for everyone to enjoy, with the festival concluding on Monday at 5pm.With live music, performances, food and drinks, markets, celebrity guests, family activities, workshops, a parade and so much more.But don’t forget the star of the show, Ballarat’s famous begonias! Th...

The City of Ballarat is striving to make access to sporting and recreation facilities as equitable as possible for all genders.To lay the foundation to achieve this, a draft Fair Access Policy document has been created, which seeks to address known barriers experienced by women and girls in accessing and using community sports infrastructure.The policy will be specific to the City of Ballarat and is a requirement under the State Government’s Fair...

Civic Hall is set to be transformed into a high-octane battleground this year when professional wrestling returns to Ballarat.

       Community Consultation      Closes       Fair access to sport and recreation facilities      1 April 2024  Head to mysay.ballarat.vic.gov.au to find out more.        Tender No      Tender Description     &nbs...

The participants in the esteemed live music development program Be Hear Now have been announced for 2024.  The program, supported by the City of Ballarat and Creative Ballarat, nurtures the development of musicians by providing them with a framework to celebrate their skills and talents, as well as the tools to help them refine their craft.The 2024 program celebrates Harry Nijam, a performer under the name Surfe, who is a laid back, dance, i...

The Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery is now open to residents and visitors after landscaping works were completed.City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Des Hudson and Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison joined the Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens and the Ballarat Botanical Gardens Foundation on the first day of the Ballarat Begonia Festival to mark the official opening of the landscaping project.The fernery is now a spectacular gallery for hundreds ...

Ballarat shone brilliantly during another dazzling Ballarat Begonia Festival at the weekend.Despite unseasonably hot conditions, more than 44,000 people are estimated to have attended the three-day festival.A full line-up of on-stage entertainment in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, a wide array of food and drink, countless family activities, the stunning Begonia display and of course the PowerFM Begonia Festival Parade were among the highlights t...

Are you ready to celebrate all the different cultures that make Ballarat such a brilliant and diverse city?Since launching in 2010 Harmony Fest has become Ballarat’s most vibrant celebration of cultural diversity, with the city about to come alive once again.The festival, to be celebrated from 15 - 27 March, will be headlined by the Harmony Day Flag Raising Ceremony and Harmony by the Lake, with more than 30 events to be held across two weeks. &n...

Following another glorious Ballarat Begonia Festival, we now turn our attention to another major event, Harmony Fest.  It is a celebration of all the different cultures that make Ballarat such a brilliant and diverse city.  The festival was first held in 2021 and has become the most vibrant celebration of cultural diversity.  As the first officially recognised Intercultural City in Australia of the Intercultural Cities Network, we ...

       Community Consultation      Closes       Fair access to sport and recreation facilities      1 April 2024   Head to mysay.ballarat.vic.gov.au to find out more.        Tender No      Tender Description    &nbs...