CHISHOLM ST.

Performance. Community. Connection

PAST EVENTS.

Audience numbers have grown since the early days of 2021. In 2025, 307 people attended 9 concert series – big numbers for Ballarat’s tiniest venue.

“Can’t wait for the next one this year. It’s people like you who are producing the actual high arts – professional, inspiring activities in Ballarat.”

A view of the upper keys of a grand piano and beside it is a chair with a cello in front, lying on its side. There are brightly coloured director's chairs in distance, set up for the audience. Bright red and blue rugs are on the wooden floorboards under the cellist's chair.
Two musicians performing in a 2024 Chisholm St concert. At the grand piano is pianist and venue host, Bronwyn Blaiklock, and seated in front of the piano, performing the bandoneon is Stephen Cuttriss.
Bronwyn Blaiklock (piano) & Stephen Cuttriss (bandoneon)
Seven brightly coloured directors chairs stand folded in a row in the Chisholm St venue. There is a monstera plant in the background and wooden floorboards.
A moment taken of pianist and host, Bronwyn Blaiklock, as she removes her glasses whilst speaking to the audience. She is holding notes on paper, and the image is taken on an angle. There are red and blue rugs on the wooden floorboards and a large window in the background.
A view of the Chisholm St venue with a 'full house' inside audience: audience members are seated on colourful director's chairs, facing the black grand piano in the right corner of the room. This was taken during a 2024 concert series that featured solo piano works performed by Bronwyn Blaiklock and solo flute works performed by Sarah Goodbourn.
A full house

A woman dressed in black (pianist and host Bronwyn Blaiklock) stands beside a man who is holding a trombone (Hugh McKelvey) and they are both smiling. This was taken at a 2023 Chisholm St that solo trombone works.
Bronwyn Blaiklock & Hugh McKelvey
A newspaper article with the title, "Chisholm St: small but mighty", published in The Courier in March 2023."
Three people stand in front of a wall decorated with blue and white tiles (left to right: Richard Chew, Bronwyn Blaiklock, and Sharon Turley). They are smiling and relaxed, and the photo was taken at Chisholm St in March, 2023.
Richard Chew, Bronwyn Blaiklock & Sharon Turley
Two guitarists - Lyndon Kriss on the left, and Adam Seery on the right - perform in front of an audience. The photo was taken in a 2023 Chisholm St performance. There are potted plants around the performance space and the grand piano is the the right of the image.
Guitarists Lyndon Kriss & Adam Seery perform