The Engine Room

28/08/2026

The Bendigo Comedy Festival returns in October!

Get ready for two weeks packed with laughter, featuring stand-up, improv, circus, ventriloquism, musical comedy, family-friendly shows and unforgettable variety nights.

See Heath Franklin’s Chopper, Holographic Charizard, Ventriloquist David Salter and Ray O'Leary as they bring their acclaimed stand-up shows to The Engine Room, one of the festival's exciting performance venues.

With the most Bendigo performers ever and exciting new venues to discover, now’s the time to start planning your festival experience and secure your seats.
View the program and book your tickets:
https://bendigocomedyfestival.com.au/2026-program

26/08/2026

Just over three weeks until the opening of COSI at the Engine Room, View Street, Bendigo!

COSI is a very funny and touching comedy about Lewis, a hapless university student cajoled into putting on the opera Cosi fan tutte by an eclectic and charming group of mentally ill residents in a 1970s institution.

COSI is an Australian plan about music and madness is a must see!

Book your tickets now for 11 – 19 September (see website for dates): https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/event/cosi

14/08/2026

The Bendigo Comedy Festival returns in 2026 with its biggest program yet!
Get ready for two weeks packed with laughter, featuring stand-up, improv, circus, ventriloquism, musical comedy, family-friendly shows and unforgettable variety nights.

See Michael Connell, Something Good and Danielle Walker as they bring their acclaimed stand-up shows to The Engine Room, one of the festival's exciting performance venues.

With the most Bendigo performers ever and exciting new venues to discover, now’s the time to start planning your festival experience and secure your seats.

🎟️ View the program and book your tickets:
https://bendigocomedyfestival.com.au/2026-program

07/08/2026

✨TONIGHT✨

Book last minute tickets to see Through the Night and Lost in the Past at The Engine Room.

🎤 Jasper Roda, "Through the Night", will bring a stripped back version of late 90's to early 00's British alternative music.

🎤 Lost in the Past will deliver guitar driven heavy rock and metal songs, with a familiar feel and modern edge.

Tickets are $10. Book now online or at the door tonight!
https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/event/live-on-view

06/08/2026

The Bendigo Comedy Festival returns in 2026 with its biggest program yet!

Get ready for two weeks packed with laughter, featuring stand-up, improv, circus, ventriloquism, musical comedy, family-friendly shows and unforgettable variety nights.

See comedy favourites Anisa Nandaula, Ivan Aristeguieta and Simon Taylor as they bring their acclaimed stand-up shows to The Engine Room, one of the festival's exciting performance venues.

With the most Bendigo performers ever and exciting new venues to discover, now’s the time to start planning your festival experience and secure your seats.

🎟️ View the program and book your tickets:
https://bendigocomedyfestival.com.au/2026-program

31/07/2026

Live on View is returning next week with performances by Through the Night and Lost in the Past.

Get ready for two distinct sounds: Through the Night revisits the late ’90s and early ’00s British alternative scene with a raw, stripped-back approach, while Lost in the Past brings powerful, guitar-fuelled rock and metal that blends nostalgia with a fresh, modern twist.

Book your tickets now for Friday 7 August!

All tickets are $10 and performers will receive 100% of the revenue from ticket sales.

Book now: https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/event/live-on-view

30/07/2026

Experience the powerful fusion of poetry and music in Fire Moves Faster, featuring acclaimed writer Maxine Beneba Clarke and musician Amaya Laucirica.

Drawing on poems from Clarke’s celebrated collection How Decent Folk Behave and paired with original compositions by Laucirica, this moving performance explores trauma and joy, confusion and clarity, despair and hope.

Join us for an intimate evening of live performance, followed by a Q&A with both artists as they discuss their creative collaboration and the role of poetry and music in helping us make sense of uncertain times.

Book your tickets now for 14 August: https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/event/fire-moves-faster-what-a-city-can-overcome

20/07/2026

Cult-favourite children’s band The Blurbs are back in town with their spectacular Book Week Show!

Bring along the whole family to enjoy original songs about the books that you love.

The Blurbs will bring their unique musical take to this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year finalists – expect big stories, performance and music all rolled into one!

Book your tickets now for 28 August: https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/event/the-blurbs-book-week-show

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17/07/2026

🎤 Get ready for a huge night of stand-up comedy as Nick Cody takes over The Engine Room for one special performance.

Known for his razor-sharp storytelling, quick-witted crowd work and standout appearances on podcasts, radio and comedy festivals across Australia, Nick Cody brings the laughs with a show that’s sharp, unpredictable and absolutely unforgettable.

Book your tickets now for 22 August: https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/event/nick-cody

15/07/2026

✨ PERFORMER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨

The second performer of Live on View in August is Lost in the Past.

Lost in the Past sits in the heavier lane of rock and metal, drawing influence from classic acts like Metallica, Iron Maiden and Ozzy Osbourne, alongside modern heavy rock bands such as System of a Down and Avenged Sevenfold. They deliver guitar driven heavy rock and metal songs, with a familiar feel and modern edge, while developing their own sound as an emerging band.

Tickets are $10. Book your tickets now for 7 August at https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/event/live-on-view