We are BPAC (Ballarat Performing Arts Community), and Neill St is our home – a former Uniting Church property with a glorious chapel and two halls.

We offer flexible and affordable venue hire options for creative practitioners, cultural organisations and community groups looking for space to perform, rehearse, learn, play, connect and collaborate.

What can you use the space for?

The various spaces at Neill St are available for hire for:

• Creative activities including performance, rehearsals, workshops, talks, meetings, script development, auditions, and more.
• Community arts initiatives (such as programs that support professional development for, and skill exchange between, creative practitioners).
• Commercial or government organisation events, workshops, programs.
• Private events and functions, including weddings and funerals.

When you book venue hire with BPAC, you help us support the performing arts sector and community in Ballarat – Thank you!

About the venue

Our hub consists of four separate bookable spaces. Please follow the links to each space to find out more. If you are interested in booking more than one space, or our outdoor area for your event, please send us an email.

Photography credits: Evelyn Zeven, Matthew Heenan, Beth Lamont

What would you like to do? Enquire today!

• Please note that our venues are still in progress, and still look much like they did 100 years ago! We are working on being able to provide all the equipment and facilities you will need, but for now, we are offering the spaces as they are (and they’re pretty good!)

Follow the links to find all the information on each space, via our bookings platform (SpaceToCo).