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Four Ballarat creatives have brought to life their interpretation of the magic that is Ballarat in autumn, as part of a new initiative to encourage locals to invite their friends and family to the region. The City of Ballarat initiative leverages the newly launched We Are Ballarat campaign, which recognises the important role residents play in the city’s pandemic recovery. The tourism industry has been particularly affected by COVID-19, wit...

The following is a list of City of Ballarat services during the Easter 2021 Long Weekend

To celebrate the return of the AFL premiership season in Ballarat, The Bull-Doggie-Do is back!   Ballarat’s four-legged bulldogs, and their owners, are invited to the fourth annual Bull-Doggie-Do event on Saturday 3 April for a morning of doggy delight in the Bridge Mall.   The free event will be held from 10.30am to 12.00pm at the Bridge Mall Farmer’s Market Ea...

The City of Ballarat is working in partnership with Bridge Mall and Bakery Hill traders to help make improvements to their buildings to complement changes under the precinct’s exciting Renewal Plan. The City has allocated $400,000 from the Bakery Hill Business Support Package which is available to all properties in the Bridge Mall for the duration of construction works. The Façade Restoration Grant aims to create a more interesting, appeali...

We have just launched our great new campaign, We are Ballarat, aimed at highlighting all the fantastic opportunities to live, work, study, visit and invest in our great city.

Tender No Tender Description Closes 12 noon 2020/21-495 Electrical Maintenance Services 7/04/2021 2020/21-496 Panel of Approved Suppliers – Electrical capital upgrade and new installation works 7/04/2021 2020/21-497 Supply and installation of wind barriers and umbrella sockets for...

This weekend’s sell out AFL Premiership season match between Western Bulldogs and the Brisbane Lions at Ballarat’s Mars Stadium will be very different to normal AFL matchdays. Ticketholders have been advised that strict health and safety measures will be in place for the first AFL match at Mars stadium since 2019. The match start time has also been moved 10 minutes earlier and will now commence at 1.35pm. Mars stadium will operate a...

Temporary CBD outdoor dining spaces installed in Sturt and Armstrong Streets will be removed this week but will be replaced by smaller infrastructure such as glass wind barriers and umbrella sockets at hospitality businesses across Ballarat. The temporary cubes, funded through the  Victorian Government’s $500,000 Outdoor Dining and Entertainment Package, were installed in January to assist  hospitality providers  expand the...

Ballarat’s signature festival, the Ballarat Begonia Festival, was celebrated citywide in March with new installations and weekend entertainment hailed a success by traders and visitors alike.  Festival activity previously centralised at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, this year was relocated to the heart of our City in support of local business....