Overview
The Australian Heritage Festival (Victoria) is an annual statewide event celebrating Victoria’s diverse and vibrant heritage.
Held from the 18 April to 18 May each year, the Heritage Festival explores the state’s places and spaces, stories, collections and ideas that make us who we are.
One of Victoria’s largest open-access community events, the Heritage Festival program features hundreds of events ranging from talks to tours, walks to workshops and exhibitions to special events.
Events happen anywhere: urban and rural, towns and suburbs; in museums and libraries; in boats, trains and mysterious buildings; on the street, by the water and in nature.
Hear the stories of the unusual and unknown; from amazing experts to local guides. With hundreds of events to choose from, there’s something for curious minds of all ages.
The Australian Heritage Festival is organised and led by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), the state’s premier community-based heritage advocacy organisation, and supported by the Heritage Council Victoria and The Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Bid.
2025 Bendigo Heritage Festival Events:
Self-Guided Tour of Bendigo Cemetery Chapel - 18th May
Tours of Former Bendigo Post Office - 10th May
Tours of Former Bendigo Law Courts - 4th May, 10th May
Tours of the Former Bendigo Gas Works - 11th May
Open House & Garden - Miners Cottages - 3rd May
BottledSnail Productions Shakespeare’s “Winter’s Tale” in the former Bendigo Law Courts - 17th May
Heritage Fiesta - 17th May
Footsteps of Joseph Brady, the Civil Engineer who Quenched the Thirst of the Goldfields - 3rd May
Experience behind the scenes at Bendigo Military - 10th May
Unearthing the Band Rotunda: A Hidden View of Bendigo - 17th May
Unearthing the stories behind the artefacts at St. Paul’s - 7th May, 16th May
Historical Pipe Organs in 3 Beautiful Goldfield Churches - 3rd May
From Pick to Pixel: Unearthing Bendigo’s Tech Heritage - 8th May
Musical High Tea and Guided Tour at Langley Estate - 11th May
Mother’s Day Musical High Tea and Guided Tour - 11th May
Greetings from Vienna – Piano Duet Spectacular! - 4th May
Bendigo Cemetery Walking Tour - 8th May
