# Books events in Ballarat, Today and Upcoming Books events in Ballarat

- **Subtitle**: All Books events in Ballarat, Victoria. Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Ballarat like parties, concerts, meets,shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance
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## About

All Books events in Ballarat, Victoria. Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Ballarat like parties, concerts, meets,shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance

## Events in Ballarat

- **Event Name**: BMCA Productions present "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
  - **Description**: *Tickets on sale NOW

THIRD SHOW ADDED - due to popular demand.

Step inside a world of pure imagination in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the magical musical based on the beloved story by Roald Dahl.

When eccentric candy maker Willy Wonka announces
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 82
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 15 2026 at 10:30 am – Sun Aug 16 2026 at 04:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/bmca-productions-present-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/200030130009142
  - **Venue**: Gay E. Gough Theatre
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  - **Categories**: live-music, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: $2 Book Sale - July - Ballarat 📚
  - **Description**: Book Bounce is back in Ballarat in July!

We’ve dropped the prices of our books to just $2 each plus our amazing rare & unique and free kids books.

Book Bounce has been operating in Ballarat and Clunes since 2022, and in 2025, expanded our reach to G
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 34
  - **Date**: Sun Jul 26 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun Jul 26 2026 at 03:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/$2-book-sale-july-ballarat/200030356831408
  - **Venue**: Victorian Railways Institute
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czMvYmFubmVycy9jMmY0NTM2YjFlNzk5MjhhYzhmNDNhNDM0MWRmZmU5YTIzMWQ1ODEzZTA1OThmMjViMTg2YjAyYmZhNjc0NWUyLXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDEyMDAtZGM0ODVlNGQtZ21pcj92PTE3ODMyNzE4Mjg.avif
  - **Categories**: kids, nonprofit
- **Event Name**: In conversation with Phillipa Nefri Clark
  - **Description**: Phillipa will be in conversation with local actor, Kate Atkinson, talking about Phillipa's new book 'Lest Angels Weep'

The new case is cold. Stone cold. Until another murder with striking similarities rocks a remote outback town.

Detective Liz Moorland
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 8
  - **Date**: Wed Jul 29 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed Jul 29 2026 at 07:30 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/in-conversation-with-phillipa-nefri-clark/200030248621414
  - **Venue**: 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350
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  - **Categories**: art, meetups, theatre, literary-art
- **Event Name**: In conversation with Benita Bensch
  - **Description**: Benita will be in conversation with journalist, Dellam Vreeland. They will be talking about Benita's new book 'Seen Again: Light on Matrescence'.

'Seen Again' is a modern companion through matrescence, the profound transition of becoming a mother.

Matre
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 8
  - **Date**: Wed Jul 15 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed Jul 15 2026 at 07:30 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/in-conversation-with-benita-bensch/200030083456555
  - **Venue**: 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350
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- **Event Name**: In conversation with Petronella McGovern
  - **Description**: 'Every Time She Wakes' by Petronella McGovern. Petronella will be in conversation with fellow author Paula Gleeson.

An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of  Six Minutes  and The Last Trace.

'Every Time She Wakes' is a taut, time-bending
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 3
  - **Date**: Mon Jul 20 2026 at 06:00 pm – Mon Jul 20 2026 at 07:30 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/in-conversation-with-petronella-mcgovern/200030214605806
  - **Venue**: 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czUvYmFubmVycy83NGQ5NjFiNGMyYTAzMjYyMzIzMGI2NzExNGIyMzY1ZGRjZGY3NTA4MjAzNzQ4MmMzMDkxNjY1ZGQ5NGYzYTNlLXJpbWctdzEwMDAtaDUwMC1kY2ZmZmZmZi1nbWlyP3Y9MTc4MzQ0NDM5Nw.avif
  - **Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Event Name**: Gold Beneath the Hill: Mining Sovereign Hill 1851-1918
  - **Description**: Before Sovereign Hill became one of Australia’s most celebrated living history museums, it was a working landscape shaped by gold, ambition, innovation and tragedy.  Most visitors know that Ballarat was a place where rich alluvial gold was discovered in 1
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 47
  - **Date**: Thu Aug 27 2026 at 05:15 pm – Thu Aug 27 2026 at 07:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/gold-beneath-the-hill-mining-sovereign-hill-1851-1918/200030301251108
  - **Venue**: Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections, 389 Bradshaw Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350
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  - **Categories**: business, art, literary-art, womens-history-month
- **Event Name**: BMI Spring Book Sale
  - **Description**: Book Sale | Reward yourself with some excellent Spring reading. Books priced from $5 – more for collectable items. FREE entry

Don’t miss our book sale this weekend.

Admission and parking are free (one hour on Saturday, all day Sunday). There are hundred
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 16
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 05 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat Sep 05 2026 at 02:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/bmi-spring-book-sale/200030200732102
  - **Venue**: 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350
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  - **Categories**: nonprofit, kids
- **Event Name**: In conversation with Sophie Green
  - **Description**: Sophie will be discussing her new book, 'The Frock Shop'.

Meet the Ladies of The Frock Shop. Where clothes are just the start of the story,

Australian bestseller Sophie Green returns with a sparkling story about the beauty of the second-hand, the power
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 12
  - **Date**: Wed Aug 12 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed Aug 12 2026 at 07:30 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/in-conversation-with-sophie-green/200030083456052
  - **Venue**: 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czUvYmFubmVycy9lOTg0NDUwNjAzNTE1M2JmMTg3MDk1ZDkzMzI3ZjUwNjlhODkzMDk3ZmRiNzkyOTYyNDdiNDFlOWRhNWRlYzRkLXJpbWctdzEwMDAtaDUwMC1kY2ZmZmZmZi1nbWlyP3Y9MTc4MzQ0NDM5OQ.avif
  - **Categories**: nonprofit, charities
- **Event Name**: Tough Guy Book Club - Ballarat South Chapter
  - **Description**: Join us for the Ballarat South Chapter of Tough Guy Book Club.

You can find out this month's book here https://toughguybookclub.com/books

If you have the chance, try to pick up the book and read a couple of pages before the night. If you haven’t, come a
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 3
  - **Date**: Wed Aug 05 2026 (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/tough-guy-book-club-ballarat-south-chapter/200030083445457
  - **Venue**: Royal Oak Hotel, 402 South St, Ballarat Central
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czYvYmFubmVycy9kM2Q4NjlmMTczZDdhNzdjMjE0NmQwNjljZDkyZmZjMWEyYTc5MzFlZjUzYzNmZWFjN2ExNWJjZmE3NTU4Y2RjLXJpbWctdzExODAtaDkwNC1kYzQ4NGE0Ny1nbWlyP3Y9MTc4MDAyODY4MA.avif
  - **Categories**: Meetups
- **Event Name**: In conversation with P.A. Swanborough
  - **Description**: Pam will be in conversation with Rebecca Fletcher. They will be talking about Pam's new book 'Things With Teeth By Moonlight'.

'Things With Teeth by Moonlight' is an illustrated multi-genre collection of flash, micro-fiction and short stories covering lo
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 5
  - **Date**: Wed Sep 23 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed Sep 23 2026 at 07:30 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/in-conversation-with-pa-swanborough/200030307544232
  - **Venue**: 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czEwL2Jhbm5lcnMvMjkxM2NiODUyZjA4MmI4ZGQ5NTQ5ZWVjY2EyNDIyNzFiYTlhOTRiZmU2ZWZmZjliZGMzN2M3YjRhODBkNGFjOS1yaW1nLXcxMDAwLWg1MDAtZGNmZmZmZmYtZ21pcj92PTE3ODM0NDQzOTI.avif
  - **Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Event Name**: Tough Guy Book Club - Ballarat North Chapter
  - **Description**: Join us for the Ballarat North Chapter of Tough Guy Book Club.

You can find out this month's book here https://toughguybookclub.com/books

If you have the chance, try to pick up the book and read a couple of pages before the night. If you haven’t, come a
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 2
  - **Date**: Wed Aug 05 2026 (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ballarat/tough-guy-book-club-ballarat-north-chapter/200030083455150
  - **Venue**: North Britain Hotel
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czEwL2Jhbm5lcnMvZTlkNzYzYTllYzNlYjIzOWExZWUzZjZlNGE4NWQxNDU4ZmQ2NGU5ZTA3ZTEzY2Q5YjYyYjI2MmIxM2QxYjcyMS1yaW1nLXc2MzYtaDM3Ni1kYzMzMmUyZS1nbWlyP3Y9MTc4MDE3MDYwNg.avif
  - **Categories**: meetups

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  - **Venue**: Civic Hall Ballarat
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  - **Venue**: Ballarat Civic Hall
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  - **Venue**: Wendouree Centre For Performing Arts
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  - **Description**: 🎤 Catch The Living End Live at Ballarat Civic Hall on Saturday, August 8, 2026! 🎤
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Ballarat?
  - **A:** BMCA Productions present "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (Sat Aug 15 2026 at 10:30 am at Gay E. Gough Theatre), $2 Book Sale - July - Ballarat 📚 (Sun Jul 26 2026 at 11:00 am at Victorian Railways Institute), In conversation with Phillipa Nefri Clark (Wed Jul 29 2026 at 06:00 pm at 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350), In conversation with Benita Bensch (Wed Jul 15 2026 at 06:00 pm at 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350), In conversation with Petronella McGovern (Mon Jul 20 2026 at 06:00 pm at 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Ballarat in July 2026?
  - **A:** $2 Book Sale - July - Ballarat 📚 (Sun Jul 26 2026 at 11:00 am at Victorian Railways Institute), In conversation with Phillipa Nefri Clark (Wed Jul 29 2026 at 06:00 pm at 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350), In conversation with Benita Bensch (Wed Jul 15 2026 at 06:00 pm at 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350), In conversation with Petronella McGovern (Mon Jul 20 2026 at 06:00 pm at 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350).
- **Q**: How can I find events in Ballarat?
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  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for events in Ballarat?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Ballarat include Gay E. Gough Theatre, Victorian Railways Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Ballarat?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Ballarat include Ballarat Centre of Music & the Arts (BCMA), Book Bounce, Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute.
- **Q**: Are there any online events available?
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