Bendigo Showgrounds unveils new event space
Published: 16 October 2026Bendigo Showgrounds and Events Centre upgrades are completed including a new multi-purpose pavilion to attract more events and more visitors to Bendigo.
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Vision: Title: Upgrades to the Bendigo Showgrounds
Vision: Drone footage of entrance to the Showgrounds Function Centre.
Vision: Showgrounds Function Centre
Vision: Road in front of Showgrounds
Vision: Rod Bowles President Bendigo Agricultural Show Society speaks to camera
Vision: Entrance to Showgrounds Function Centre
Well, the Show Society in 2003 started a master plan for the showgrounds.
Vision: Ian Furze Executive Officer, Bendigo Agricultural Show Society speaks to camera
Vision: Three people walking in the grass arena with the Function Centre in the background
Vision: Four people walking along the interior of the Function Centre
We've had several improvements but the recent project has been the single biggest investment in this site since we moved here in the mid 60s.
Vision: Rod Bowles President Bendigo Agricultural Show Society speaks to camera
And it's just amazing what's been produced.
Vision: Ian Furze Executive Officer, Bendigo Agricultural Show Society speaks to camera
Vision: Three people walking in the grass arena with the Function Centre in the background
Vision: New lighting over grass arena
Vision: Drone shot of the Showgrounds, full of people, animals, games, rides
We sincerely appreciate and thank the Victorian State Government for their investment into the showgrounds to build these facilities.
Vision: Rod Bowles President Bendigo Agricultural Show Society speaks to camera
Vision: Showgrounds full of people.
And this new facility here, it now adds another string to the bow to complement some of the major events that we already have here at the showgrounds.
Vision: Rock concert at Showgrounds
Visions: rides in action
Vision: Monster trucks
Vision: Fireworks
Vision: Aerial view of Showgrounds Function Centre
Which is going to attract more events and much larger scale events to the city, which is going to provide a great economic boost to the whole region.
Regional Victoria has a new event space following a series of upgrades at Bendigo Showgrounds and Events Centre.
The Showgrounds Function Centre is a multi-purpose pavilion offering a flexible layout with generous storage facilities, fit to host everything from intimate weddings receptions to galas and corporate functions.
It features a state-of-art audio and visual system, a full commercial kitchen, moveable stage and glass doors onto the balcony and overlooking the grass arena.
The new pavilion is part of the overall upgrades at Bendigo Showgrounds, funded through the Regional Sports Infrastructure Program. It includes improvements to:
- the grass arena
- lighting
- all four entrances
- perimeter fencing and more.
The upgrades at Bendigo Showgrounds and Events Centre are one of three projects in the Bendigo region and one of 18 projects across regional Victoria funded through the Regional Sports Infrastructure Program.