The Ballarat International Foto Biennale is scheduled to open on August 28 as planned, but with attendance limited to regional Victorians at this stage and a number of headline events ‘on pause’.
‘We will open to Metropolitan Melbourne when restrictions permit and it’s safe to do so,’ a BIFB statement explained.
The festival will run to October 24, which means there is some chance Melbournians and people from other states will be able to attend in late September/early October – hopefully earlier.
Ticketholders – the event now attracts an entry fee of $24 for a day pass, with three-day passes also available – who can no longer attend due to the various state lockdowns will be able to reschedule tickets to a later date, with full refunds also available. BIFB doesn’t provide a phone number – contact must be made via email: info@ballaratfoto.org
All ‘Opening Weekend’ events are ‘on pause’: ‘we will update our ticket holders for these events with further information shortly.’
Opening Weekend events include the Opening Night itself, and a series of talks, workshops, exhibition openings and photographic prize announcements.
‘There will be some elements of the program going online, and there’ll be more information about that soon,’ the BIFB publicist told Inside Imaging.
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