Bendigo

Bendigo Entertainment

Bendigo makes it easy to shape entertainment around the occasion, whether that means a film and a comfortable night out, live music with friends, hands-on discovery with the family or a performer brought to your celebration. Central venues sit alongside interactive attractions and creative experiences in East Bendigo and Epsom, while local entertainers travel across the region for parties, weddings and community occasions.

Choose a stage show, a round of games, a creative workshop or music tailored to the room. The options below offer different ways to spend time together, from relaxed acoustic sets and trivia to energetic family activities and immersive science exhibits.

🎬 Cinema & Screen Entertainment

Bendigo Cinemas

Catch current film releases in central Bendigo, with Gold Class sessions for a more relaxed cinema outing. Recurring options include open-caption, sensory-friendly, nursery-time and family-focused sessions, giving groups different ways to enjoy the big screen. Group bookings and private cinema hire are also available for celebrations, organisations and shared occasions.

107 Queen Street, Bendigo VIC 3550
☎ (03) 5440 8000 — General cinema enquiries

🎭 Theatre, Comedy & Performance

The Capital

The Capital brings performances and exhibitions into Bendigo’s View Street arts precinct. Its 480-seat Capital Theatre sits above the Banquet Room and Bendigo Bank Theatre, creating several spaces for audiences and productions. It is a natural choice for an evening centred on a staged performance, with the programme offering a changing reason to return.

50 View Street, Bendigo
☎ 03 5434 6100 — Box Office

Ulumbarra Theatre

Set within the walls of the former Sandhurst Gaol, Ulumbarra Theatre offers a striking setting for large-scale performances. The 950-seat auditorium is supported by adjoining studios and foyers, allowing the venue to accommodate a broad continuing programme through Bendigo Venues and Events. It suits a planned night at the theatre as well as visitors looking for a substantial cultural outing.

10 Gaol Road, Bendigo
☎ 03 5434 6100 — Gotix Box Office

🎶 Live Music & Social Nights

The Social Bendigo

The Social Bendigo combines a CBD bar and eating house with local live music on Friday and Saturday nights. Tuesday trivia adds a regular reason for teams to gather, while Sunday whole-venue function enquiries support celebrations and larger groups. It is a flexible pick for a casual night that can move from conversation and food into music or a shared quiz.

100 Pall Mall, Bendigo VIC 3550
☎ (03) 4427 7805 — General venue enquiries

Handle Bar Bendigo

Handle Bar Bendigo is a central garden bar with regular free weekend live music and casual games. Groups can settle in for a relaxed catch-up, bringing or ordering food to enjoy alongside the entertainment. The garden setting and informal activities make it suited to an easy-going social outing rather than a tightly scheduled performance night.

71 Mitchell Street, Bendigo VIC 3550

🎮 Games & Interactive Fun

Tap It Inn

Tap It Inn packs several group activities into its multi-level Bendigo venue. Book a private karaoke room, challenge friends to mini golf or choose a more adventurous session in a smash room or at axe throwing. Mini golf is identified as family-friendly; smash rooms and axe throwing are restricted to people aged 16 and over. Food and drinks sit alongside the activities.

264 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo, Victoria
☎ 0407031873 — General venue enquiries

Bendigo Bowling Centre

Bendigo Bowling Centre offers tenpin bowling in central Bendigo, with party bookings and group entertainment options for celebrations and shared outings. A bowling session gives friends, families or work groups an activity to follow together from the first frame to the last. The venue notes that redevelopment upgrades may mean some website details require confirmation.

159 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo VIC 3550
☎ (03) 5443 9944 — General bookings and enquiries

The Zone Fun Park

The Zone Fun Park in East Bendigo brings together go karts, laser tag, roller skating, virtual reality, arcade games and mini golf. Families, parties and larger groups can build an outing around one activity or combine several for a longer session. Mobile Zone activities are also available for external events, extending the entertainment beyond the park for suitable occasions.

1 Gildea Lane, East Bendigo VIC 3550
☎ (03) 5441 7046 — General bookings and enquiries

🎡 Family Attractions & Discovery

Bear and Cub Play Centre

Bear and Cub Play Centre in East Bendigo is designed for children aged 0–5, with a large indoor playground, creative play zones, active equipment, push toys and a dedicated baby area. Families can drop in for open play or organise a playdate, while private birthday hire gives celebrations a dedicated setting. The activities are arranged around early-years play rather than older children’s adventure attractions.

1/10a Matchett Drive, East Bendigo VIC, Australia, 3550
☎ 0437073966 — Contact

Discovery Science & Technology Centre

Discovery Science & Technology Centre turns a Bendigo outing into hands-on exploration, with more than 100 interactive exhibits, a vertical slide and planetarium shows. Live lizard and insect demonstrations add close-up encounters, while the Kaleidoscope area and selected programmes for younger children broaden the appeal across ages. Group and party options are available for organised visits.

7 Railway Place, Bendigo VIC 3550
☎ (03) 5444 4400 — Visitor and bookings enquiries

🎨 Social & Creative Experiences

Bendigo Pottery

At Bendigo Pottery in Epsom, visitors can explore historic kilns and take part in hands-on pottery activities. Published workshop options include pottery decorating and wheel throwing, offering a creative outing where participants make choices with their hands rather than simply watching. Artist studios and an antiques and collectables centre add further spaces to explore around the working pottery destination.

Epsom, Victoria

🎤 Bands, Entertainers & Party Entertainment

Little Moments Productions

Little Moments Productions brings children’s entertainment to parties, themed events, schools, early-learning settings and community activations. Interactive games, storytelling, music, dancing, face painting, balloon twisting and character experiences can be shaped around the occasion. The Bendigo-based provider services rural Victoria, with travel fees applying beyond 30 km from Bendigo.

Bendigo-based; services rural Victoria

One More Song: Acoustic Duo

Bendigo duo Reece Pedretti and Jim Marshall offer acoustic entertainment for weddings, corporate functions, birthdays and other celebrations. Their repertoire reaches from 1960s favourites to current music, moving between relaxed acoustic sets, upbeat dance-floor material and singalong classics. The format suits a ceremony, a social gathering or a celebration that needs live music to change pace through the day.

Bendigo-based

Alli & Andrew Music

Alli & Andrew Music provides event entertainment for weddings, debutante balls and corporate occasions across Victoria and New South Wales. Couples and organisers can choose MC services, acoustic ceremony music or party music, with formats ranging from an acoustic duo to a larger band supported by lighting and sound. That range allows the musical presence to grow with the event.

Bendigo-based; services Victoria and New South Wales

The Knots

The Knots is a live wedding band servicing Bendigo and Central Victoria. Its options can cover acoustic music for ceremonies and canapés, followed by higher-energy reception sets, with duo or trio formats available. Special song requests and optional MC support help tailor the performance to the shape of a wedding rather than treating every booking as the same show.

Services Bendigo and Central Victoria
☎ 0402 809 077 — Bookings

From a Gold Class film or theatre night to bowling, mini golf, science discovery, pottery workshops and live music, Bendigo offers plenty of ways to make time together feel like an occasion. Local businesses, bands, performers and entertainment operators are welcome to create or update a directory listing, and providers with upcoming shows can share them for consideration in Events.

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