Play & Go Adelaide

[ December 2, 2023; December 16, 2023; February 3, 2024; February 10, 2024; February 16, 2024; February 17, 2024; February 24, 2024; March 2, 2024; March 9, 2024; March 16, 2024; ]
Adelaide’s Ebenezer Night Markets: December 2023 – March 2024.
The Ebenezer Night Markets are held over 10 nights during the warmer months in Ebenezer Place, one of Adelaide’s most charming and unique laneways which connects with the iconic east end of Rundle Street.
With the aid of outdoor lighting, casual dining areas and smooth tunes, the Ebenezer […]

The Hot Pot Guy is a fun, kid friendly option for a family dinner in the Adelaide CBD with a bonus indoor playground to keep the kids entertained.
There are plenty of large tables and booths, most with a huge recessed hot pot in the centre of the table, ready for you to cook your food […]

Summer Sessions at The Gardens Cafe
The Gardens Cafe at Adelaide Botanic Garden will be hosting a garden party each weekend from October until February.
Join the perfect Summer garden party and sip on fresh cocktails, enjoy tasty food and hear live music each weekend throughout Spring and Summer.
Held on the gorgeous Schomburgk Pavilion in the heart […]

Adelaide Central Market Audio Tour
Explore history, flavour and culture with Adam Liaw and Katie Spain in the new Adelaide Central Market Audio Tour.
Take a step back in time and experience more than 150 years of rich history and culinary heritage as you step into the vibrant world of Adelaide Central Market through a new audio-tour […]

Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka (Park 14) Lake Repairs and Upgrade
The Lake in Rymill Park is undergoing improvements and will be closed from late August 2023 until April 2024.
Rymill Park is one of our most loved and frequently used recreational spaces in Adelaide and features the Rymill Park Quentin Kenihan Inclusive Playground.   The lake is the […]

Family Friendly things to do around Adelaide this Spring
Spring is the perfect time to get outdoors as a family and explore everything Adelaide has to offer as we start to enjoy warmer weather and longer days. There’s no better time to get outside and make the most of Adelaide’s walking trails, parks, gardens and playgrounds.
Spring […]

[ September 1, 2023; October 6, 2023; November 3, 2023; December 1, 2023; January 5, 2024; February 2, 2024; March 1, 2024; May 3, 2024; ]
Lunch on the Lawns at Government House in Adelaide
Her Excellency the Governor is opening the family friendly grounds of Government House for the public to enjoy their lunch picnic-style on the lawns.
Her Excellency and Mr Bunten invite the public to go along to the Government House gardens, take a picnic lunch, spread out a rug […]

[ October 19, 2023 to October 22, 2023. ]
Moon Lantern Trail 2023
The Moon Lantern Trail is a free, colourful, family friendly outdoor event featuring spectacular giant lanterns, roving performances and live music. This OzAsia Festival family favourite event returns for its third year to Tarntanya Wama/Pinky Flat from 19 – 22 October 2023.
The Moon Lantern Trail is an exciting celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival […]

[ October 19, 2023 to October 22, 2023. October 24, 2023 to October 29, 2023. October 31, 2023; ]
Lucky Dumpling Market 2023 in Adelaide’s Elder Park 
The Lucky Dumpling Market returns to Adelaide’s Elder Park as part of OzAsia Festival 2023. This popular spring festival hub is back, with delicious food, free entertainment, and fun for the whole family. Indulge your senses at OzAsia Festival’s Lucky Dumpling Market with the sights, sounds, tastes and […]

[ October 19, 2023 to November 5, 2023. ]
OzAsia Festival 2023
OzAsia Festival returns with a jam-packed program with something for the whole family! For three weeks in October and November, OzAsia Festival brings the Adelaide Riverbank Precinct to life with music, dance, theatre, food, and fun.
With both free and ticketed events, food markets, art exhibitions and interactive, family-friendly experiences, OzAsia Festival is the biggest […]

[ August 19, 2023; ]
Go along to the Adelaide City Library to learn all about what the world was like in prehistoric times, through this amazing performance livestreamed directly from the Sydney Opera House.
Prehistoric World is the perfect combination of theatrical magic and charm that takes the audience to the bottom of the ocean to discover ancient bio-luminescent creatures […]

Institute Building Recreated Brick By Brick
See the iconic Institute Building in a new way when you visit the State Library of SA. A LEGO model of the Institute Building, built by Harald Christ, is now on display in the Circulating Library.
The model depicts the building as it was when it opened in 1861, before the […]

[ July 7, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
City Lights – Illuminate Adelaide FREE Family Friendly Event
Illuminate Adelaide’s biggest free program of art, light and technology returns with a new series of immersive installations, artworks and large-scale activations set to turn Adelaide’s most iconic streetscapes into a high-tech night-time playground of colour and sound.
Open, accessible, and running nightly from 7 – 23 July 2023, Illuminate […]

TreeClimb Adelaide is Australia’s first inner city aerial adventure park in the Adelaide city parklands and is also located at Kuitpo Forest.
Both TreeClimb at Kuitpo Forest and Adelaide offer an aerial adventure unlike any other in South Australia. Both feature amazing aerial obstacles and ziplines for all ages. TreeClimb at Kuitpo also has an aerial […]

Adelaide Fringe Street Art Explosion Map
Adelaide is home to some of the best street art in the world.   Hidden in alleys, nooks, corners and lanes, finding the artworks is an urban adventure.
Street Art Explosion features works that erupt with colour and creativity in Adelaide’s CBD, alongside existing artworks throughout the city and surrounding suburbs. Since […]

[ December 10, 2022 to December 24, 2022. ]
Rundle Mall Plaza’s FREE Christmas Activities for Kids
Go and check out the fun and festive activities happening at Rundle Mall Plaza in the City this Christmas!
Head to Rundle Mall Plaza and entertain the kids while you take a well-deserved coffee break with their FREE Christmas Cupcake Decorating Station. Each session runs for an hour and there […]

[ December 6, 2022 to September 30, 2023. ]
Seeing the Invisible – Augmented Reality Art at the Adelaide Botanic Garden
Review by Claire Davill
You won’t be concerned about screen time when the kids visit the Adelaide Botanic Garden – because there’s a whole hidden art exhibition waiting to be discovered via Augmented Reality (AR).
Seeing the Invisible is a FREE international exhibition and the Adelaide […]

[ December 2, 2022 to December 24, 2022. December 26, 2022 to December 31, 2022. January 1, 2023 to January 9, 2023. ]
Santa’s Express Post Office at the Myer Centre.
This Christmas, children are welcomed to the Myer Centre to post their very own letters to Father Christmas!

The Myer Centre has created a Santa’s Express Post Office with a station for kids to write or draw a postcard to pop in a post box heading for the North […]

[ November 23, 2023 to November 26, 2023. ]  
The VAILO Adelaide 500 will bring Adelaide’s city streets alive from 23 – 26 November 2023 with exciting Supercar racing, plenty of off track family fun and blockbuster concerts.
The Adelaide 500 is Australia’s largest domestic ticketed motorsport event and is the season finale event for the Repco Supercars Championship.​  The 2022 VAILO Adelaide 500 provided […]

[ December 8, 2022 to December 24, 2022. ]
Golden North Pole at Festival Plaza
Festival Plaza is bringing you a merry Golden Christmas this festive season!
The first-ever “Golden North Pole” is popping up at Festival Plaza from 8 December to 24 December 2022. You can buy from a range of Golden North ice creamery flavours, and the very iconic Giant Twins Ice Cream […]

[ December 1, 2021 to January 2, 2023. ]  
Adelaide’s Christmas Cracker Trail
After surprising and delighting city visitors in its debut year, the Christmas Cracker Trail app is back bigger and better – with a BIG prize to be won!
Download the award-winning free app on the Apple or Google Play stores and experience augmented reality as you work your way around the CBD and […]

[ December 31, 2022; ]
Say hello to 2023 with FREE New Year’s Eve Fireworks in the City and North Adelaide.
Whether you’re looking for family friendly fun or a delicious meal with friends, there’s something for everyone this New Year’s Eve. Plan ahead and book early so you don’t miss out.
Update: Tickets for Light Up 2022 – New Year’s Eve […]

[ November 14, 2022 to December 31, 2022. January 1, 2023 to January 2, 2023. ]
Lighting Lanes – Bauble Canopy Lighting Installation in the City of Adelaide.
Enjoy festive lighting installations in the city this Christmas!  
Award winning artists Renzo B. Larriviere and Zara Pasfield of Atelier Sisu are back in the city this year to bring you Lighting Lanes.  On Vaughan Place, last year’s festive favourite ‘Bauble Canopy’ is back […]

[ November 26, 2022; ]
Empyre Fire Festival 2022.
Witness and experience Adelaide’s family-friendly fire festival.
Empyre returns for a third year with the biggest fire show in Australia, featuring talent from across the country. An incredible immersive experience of sound, light, and the raw energy of fire. Expect to see incredible fire shows, fire installations, kids entertainment, and much more.  Food […]

Magical Christmas Windows in Rundle Mall.
Rundle Mall is set to sparkle again this Christmas with the installation of its delightful window displays, bringing Christmas cheer to families and those shopping, socialising and sightseeing in the Mall until the New Year.

Explore the joy of the iconic Rundle Mall Christmas Windows as they form a festive path […]

[ October 21, 2022 to October 23, 2022. ]
Richard Bell’s Embassy at the Art Gallery of SA (AGSA)
Richard Bell’s Embassy will be taking up residence at AGSA from 21 – 23 October 2022, as the Aboriginal Tent Embassy marks 50 years of First Nations activism.
Inspired by the Aboriginal Tent Embassy – the protest camp set up 50 years ago on the lawns of […]

$30 Eats Christmas Edition
There are 3,000, $30 Eats Christmas Edition vouchers to be won redeemable at participating businesses across the city of Adelaide.
Enter the ballot for The Adelaide Economic Development Agency’s newest dining voucher initiative, $30 Eats Christmas Edition, set to make dining in the city over the festive season a breeze.
You could be randomly […]

[ October 23, 2022; ]
Dożynki Polish Harvest Festival
Held for the first time ever in the heart of Adelaide at Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga, Dożynki will showcase the best of Polish cuisine, culture, folklore and art, as well as a wide variety of stalls, attractions and fabulous entertainment throughout the day.
The Dożynki festival celebrates the harvest season and all things spring – […]

[ November 12, 2022; ]
Masoka Village
For a single weekend, an Adelaide city parkland is transformed into an interactive African village that is brought to life with traditional African music and dance, food, storytelling, and much more.
The public is invited into this vibrant village, to interact with real characters from different African cultures, telling real stories of their homes, their […]

[ September 3, 2022; ]   
Adelaide’s New City Skate Park is Open
Adelaide’s new $3 million skate park integrated into the Gladys Elphick Park/Narnungga (Park 25) is a facility built for skating, BMX and other wheeled sports from beginner levels to advanced.
City Skate is the largest skate park in South Australia and will be home to local events, skate clinics and some […]