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Like last year, Lydiard Street will be closed off for the Vintage Car Show this Sunday, which Ballarat Vintage and Classic Car Club captain Brendan Stevens said will expand on their previous display.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a terrific event,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t often get to display old cars in front of beautiful old buildings in a closed road.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year we have actually got the full length of the street so there\u2019ll be vehicles from 1910 through to the early 80s spread out all up and down the street and along the centre as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s as good as any museum you\u2019d see around the world all gathered in one space. We\u2019ve got about 120 vehicles. I think there\u2019s about 30 bikes and five or six big trucks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roving entertainers from the Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts will take to the streets in past-century clothing while singing, dancing, and playing era-appropriate games.<\/p>\n
Director, Paula Heenan said the group has been taking part in the festival for about four years and that there\u2019ll be plenty of variety from them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll have about 50 kids rotating through the different activities from 10am to 3pm each day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lead character playing Lola Montez depicted in the 1850s doing the spider dance which she was infamous for. We\u2019ll be performing on the 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE city\u2019s streets will be awash with all things retro from today until next weekend with the return of the award-winning Ballarat Heritage Festival. Past-century clothing and vintage vehicles will decorate the region with events aimed at placing attendees in eras long gone. The 10-day event is being hosted by the City of Ballarat as […]<\/p>\n