Ballarat Heritage Festival has run since 2007 hosted by the City of Ballarat.

The event is a community cultural festival held annually in Ballarat as a major tourist attraction. The festival celebrates the city’s rich heritage, drawing on Ballarat’s reputation as a historic Australian city.

The Ballarat Heritage Festival, just one hour west of Melbourne, is all about mixing old and new, retro vibes paired with innovative thinking, celebrating country and culture, a region that’s proud and historic while forever evolving as a modern city.

Over the years the event has included:

• Public access to selected historical buildings

• Vintage transport, including visits to the historic Ballarat railway station by Steamrail Victoria locomotives, vintage bus rides, double decker buses, vintage car displays, and use of Ballarat’s preserved vintage tramway at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens

• Actors in period garb

• Architecture and history walking tours

• Exhibits of private and public paraphernalia collections

• Theatrical performance

• Trade displays for heritage organisations

When: Thursday 21 May to Sunday 24 May 2026

Where: Ballarat, Victoria

For more information: https://ballaratheritagefestival.com.au/