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Following a spectacular debut in 2025, Keys of Gold returns once again celebrating Bendigo’s remarkable collection of instruments and venues. Presented by Bendigo Fine Music, the festival will unfold across twelve stunning spaces, featuring thirty-two incredible instruments and one hundred and seventy-five world-class performers.

Across four weekends in July, audiences will be treated to sixteen unforgettable concerts that bring to life the beauty, history and artistry of Bendigo’s musical heritage. From historic churches to intimate settings, every performance promises a rich and immersive experience.

  • Keys of Gold Festival | Launch Concert

    Lauriston Chapel, Langley Estate 484 Napier Street,, White Hills, VIC, Australia

    The 2026 Keys of Gold Festival Launch Concert, in the historic Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate, brings together a glorious program of operatic favourites with renowned soprano Merlyn Quaife AM […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | A Majestic Duo

    Forest Street Uniting Church, Bendigo 25 Forest St, Bendigo, VIC, Australia

    A Majestic Duet of Violin and Organ in the stunning Forest Street Uniting Church. The acclaimed violinist Patrick Savage, together with Thomas Heywood, bring the rarely-heard combination of violin and […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | Christmas in July

    Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo 80 Wattle Street,, Bendigo, VIC, Australia

    Christmas in July... ...brings together over 120 performers from over 20 choirs for a mega-celebration of all your Christmas favourites in Australia's third-largest cathedral - the extraordinary Sacred Heart Cathedral, […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | Long live The King of Instruments!

    St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo 6 Myers Street, Bendigo, VIC, Australia

    Long live The King (of Instruments) - as the great Mozart called the pipe organ! And then Beethoven famously said that "Organists are the greatest of all virtuosos"! The recently […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | Quite the Liszt!

    Lauriston Chapel, Langley Estate 484 Napier Street,, White Hills, VIC, Australia

    Quite the Liszt in the beautiful atmosphere of the Lauriston Chapel, is the perfect environment to experience acclaimed British-Australian concert pianist Yasmin Rowe's stunning interpretation of the first of Liszt's […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | Castlemaine Double

    Castlemaine Uniting Church 24 Lyttleton St,, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

    The popular Castlemaine Double concert returns with the Bendigo Chamber Choir and a line-up of soloists! Two concerts, with two very different themes, in two very different - but equally […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | Celestial Sounds

    Holy Trinity, Maldon 50 High St, Maldon, VIC, Australia

    After a delicious lunch in the Castlemaine district, make the short 15-minute trip to beautiful Maldon for Celestial Sounds to wrap up a "Castlemaine and Maldon" day! What better title […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | The Bold, the Beautiful and the Bizarre!

    St Andrew's Church, Bendigo 26 Myers St,, Bendigo, VIC, Australia

    Who needs a soap opera! With some bold masterworks from Franz Liszt, bizarre music from Dame Judith Weir - the former Master of the King's Music, and beautiful music from Bach and Puccini, this is a program devised by Merlyn Quaife AM with Thomas Heywood to ensure there's no "Who shot J.R." cliffhanger needed at the end! No one will

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | Inglewood Double Day

    St Augustine's Inglewood 67 Sullivan St, Inglewood, VIC, Australia

    Vivaldi's complete The Four Seasons in the beauty of St Augustine's Inglewood - with the recently completed 'Grandfather' Fincham pipe organ in St Augustine's as the 'orchestra' - for a […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | Inglewood Double Day

    Inglewood Town Hall 20 Verdon Street, Inglewood, VIC, Australia

    To make the Inglewood Double Day complete - join us for Brilliant Bach in the historic Inglewood Town Hall. With a dazzling program from 'the great man himself' - with all music by J.S. Bach - including the famous Cello Suite in G major, and not one, not two, but three glorious sonatas, the Coomoora […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | Duo in Dialogue

    Lauriston Chapel, Langley Estate 484 Napier Street,, White Hills, VIC, Australia

    As music is the universal language - this Duo in Dialogue in the Lauriston Chapel will keep you in a fascinating conversation! The brilliant concert pianist Yasmin Rowe joins Roman Ponomariov on the French Horn for some of the choicest moments in the repertoire for this grand duet of instruments. Beethoven's glorious Horn Sonata complete, […]

    $20 – $50
  • Keys of Gold Festival | Flourish and Flair!

    St Kilian's, Bendigo 116 McCrae St, Bendigo, VIC, Australia

    Flourish and Flair! A title truly spoken for the ever-popular combination of Trumpet and Organ! The historic splendour of St Kilian's Church, Bendigo - including the internationally-significant 1871 German-built pipe […]

    $20 – $50