Ballarat’s iconic Victorian architecture serves as the backdrop for the return of the award-winning Ballarat Heritage Festival. This awe-inspiring 10-day celebration taking place 17-26 May features an assortment of crowd favourites and new additions set to captivate festival-goers. 

Parrwang Lifts the Sky, a vibrant all-ages opera, will be making its debut on Wadawurrung Country. Craft Lab will return to the Ballarat Mining Exchange for its fourth year, where you’ll find weavers, ceramicists, jewellers, metalworkers and more. Heritage Harvest Festival at Sovereign Hill will have foodies satisfied, and families can enjoy steam train rides, an antiques fair, vintage car shows, and more.