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Tusmore Park Wading Pool Due for Review | Community Feedback 2020

[ February 19, 2020 to March 20, 2020. ]
Tusmore Wading Pool Due for Review
The Tusmore Park wading pool has been popular with families, particularly those with toddler-aged children, for many years. However, at more than 50 years old it has reached the end of its useful life and is due for review.
In recent times, closures of the pool have become more frequent due […]

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glenelg ferris wheel

Glenelg Ferris Wheel | Season Extended until 9 Mar 2020

[ February 18, 2020 to March 9, 2020. ]  
Giant Ferris Wheel at Glenelg
The Giant Wheel has been operating daily since November 2019 and has again proven to be one of the Bay’s most popular attractions this summer.
Glenelg’s Giant Wheel keeps on spinning and will keep running until Monday 9 March 2020.

The Mix 102.3 Giant Wheel, which has been set up in Glenelg’s Moseley […]

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dollhouse rundle mall

A Doll’s House | Adelaide Festival | Rundle Mall | 26 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 26, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Life-sized Doll’s House in Rundle Mall
To celebrate the Adelaide Festival’s 60th birthday, a life-sized doll’s house has been commissioned in the middle of the city. 
Visionary Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi, who has been transforming public spaces in jaw-dropping ways across the world since 2000, presents his life-sized, three-storeyed Doll’s House for your delight and discovery. It […]

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Half Price Lions 360 Experience at Monarto Safari Park | 10-28 Feb 2020

[ February 10, 2020 to February 14, 2020. February 17, 2020 to February 21, 2020. February 24, 2020 to February 28, 2020. ]
Lions 360 Experience at Monarto Safari Park – Half Price Offer 
If you haven’t experienced Australia’s only 360 degree lion encounter yet, now is your chance!
The incredibly ROARSOME Lions 360 experience is half price, but only for a limited time.
Between Monday 10th and Friday 28th February 2020 (weekdays only) you can get within a whisker to Monarto […]

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cadbury birthday cake book

Get a FREE Cadbury Children’s Birthday Cake Book at Coles | 12 Feb – 10 Mar 2020

[ February 12, 2020 to March 20, 2020. ]
CADBURY Children’s Birthday Cake Book Offer
Collaborating with The Australian Women’s Weekly, CADBURY has reimagined the classic 1980’s Children’s Birthday Cake Book, bringing back all your favourites plus new exciting cake creations.
Whether your little one is an aspiring astronaut, pirate or ballerina, loves elephants, frogs or unicorns, there’s the perfect cake for them within the pages […]

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brass monkeys

Brass Monkeys | Adelaide Fringe | 14 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to February 16, 2020. February 20, 2020 to February 23, 2020. February 27, 2020 to March 1, 2020. March 5, 2020 to March 9, 2020. March 12, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]    
Brass Monkeys at the Adelaide Fringe
The creators of “Children are Stinky” are bringing an all new, action-packed, super exciting circus spectacular to Adelaide Fringe.
Brass Monkeys celebrates kids who march to the beat of their own drum and have the world at their dancing feet. Bursting with high calibre acrobatics, a ton of comedy, live […]

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CIRCUIT | Adelaide Fringe | 14 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
CIRCUIT at the Adelaide Fringe
Seamlessly combining incredible interactive technology with world-class acrobats, dancers and musicians, ‘CIRCUIT’ is a pulsating digital circus.
Showcasing incredible feats, fused with state of the art tech, the production not only defies the laws of physics, but blurs the boundaries of various artistic genres to deliver a unique and astounding experience.

Fresh from […]

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Adelaide Festival | Family Friendly Events | 28 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 28, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Adelaide Festival | Family Events
Every year, in the month of March, Adelaide takes on a whole new persona as the very best of the arts from around the world, across the country and from our own community, enlivens this wonderful city.
Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week have built a world-wide reputation for providing great and […]

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adelaide fringe 2020

Adelaide Fringe Festival | Family Friendly Shows | 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Family Friendly Shows at the Adelaide Fringe
The Adelaide Fringe is always an exciting time of the year with plenty of free family friendly entertainment and fantastic shows for kids.
The beauty of an open-access arts festival as unique as the Adelaide Fringe is that anyone with a show, exhibition or cultural event is able to register […]

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Fringe on Tour | Adelaide Fringe | 14 Feb – 29 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Fringe on Tour 2020
Each year, Adelaide Fringe hits the road to bring a taste of Fringe to every corner of South Australia.
And this year is no different as they hit the streets in 9 amazing locations. Starting in the Barossa and finishing in Mount Gambier, an assortment of entertainers will be performing, including live music, […]

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Circolombia ‘Aceleré’ | Adelaide Fringe | 14 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to February 16, 2020. February 18, 2020 to February 23, 2020. February 25, 2020 to February 29, 2020. March 1, 2020; March 3, 2020 to March 8, 2020. March 10, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Circolombia ‘Aceleré’
In their brand-new show Aceleré, Circolombia mixes breathtaking circus prowess with authenticity, power and charisma; smashing all preconceptions of circus with a high-risk, adrenalin-fuelled production bursting with Latin fire, urban flavour and heart-stopping energy
Delivered with the rawness and attitude of South American street life, Acéléré turns the spotlight on 14 incredible supercharged youthful Colombian […]

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The Garden of Unearthly Delights | Adelaide Fringe | 13 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 13, 2020 to February 16, 2020. February 18, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
The Garden of Unearthly Delights
The Garden of Unearthly Delights began with just one Spiegeltent in 2000. Over the past nineteen years it has evolved into the greatest arts event in town and the heart of Adelaide’s summer arts festival season.
Each year, The Garden of Unearthly Delights, a partnership between Strut and Fret Production House and […]

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gluttony 2020

Gluttony | Adelaide Fringe | 14 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Gluttony 2020
Gluttony pops up again from Friday 14 February for the 2020 Adelaide Fringe. 
Gluttony are excited to be back this season with an eclectic array of 19 venues across their Rymill Park and Masonic Lodge sites, ranging from the large and lively to the intimate and atmospheric, and accommodating an outstanding entertainment program.

Gluttony’s got something […]

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Free Books for Kids at Big W | The Wiggles | 30 Jan – 19 Mar 2020

[ January 30, 2020 to March 19, 2020. ]
Free Books for Kids at Big W – The Wiggles
Toot, Toot, Chugga Chugga… the rumours are true! Free Books for Kids is coming back to a store near you!
Each Thursday, beginning January 30th until March 19th, 8 educational books from family favourites The Wiggles will be available to collect in-store.

The books are a fun way […]

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giant sing along

Giant Sing Along at Lot Fourteen | Adelaide Fringe | 14 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Adelaide Fringe Giant Sing Along
This year, Adelaide Fringe is hosting the karaoke to end all karaoke. 
You don’t often get the opportunity to belt out your favourite ballads to your heart’s content – but at ‘Giant Sing Along’, you’ll be welcomed with open arms (and microphones with judgement-free, built-in autotune for those of us who aren’t […]

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mickster's magic gadgets

Mickster’s Magic Gadgets | Adelaide Fringe | 28 Feb & 7 – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 28, 2020; March 7, 2020 to March 9, 2020. March 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Mickster’s Magic Gadgets
Mickster the Trickster needs YOUR kids to help him find his MISSING cheeseburger before he gets super super HANGRY.
In this new-age high tech magic show, Mickster takes family entertainment & interactivity to the next level.

Filled with awesome GIZMOS, GADGETS & CLUES, the kids become part of the show & help him find that […]

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yabarra - dreaming in light

Yabarra – Dreaming in Light | Adelaide Fringe | 14 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Yabarra – Dreaming in Light
You are invited to journey along an immersive dreaming track to experience story of creation and country at Tandanya.
For all 31 days and nights of the 2020 Fringe, audiences are invited to experience the dreaming through cutting edge light technologies and state of the art illuminations. A free story for all […]

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FREE Trial | Swim School for Kids | Adelaide Aquatic Centre

[ January 27, 2020 to April 5, 2020. ]      
Free Trial – Swim School for Kids at Adelaide Aquatic Centre
As South Australians, being by the water is a key part of our childhood. From pool parties to picnics on the beach or river holidays – kids are regularly around water. That’s why it’s important to learn to swim. 
The Adelaide Aquatic Centre is offering […]

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Ended: WIN a family pass to The Lighthouse | Patch Theatre Company | 25 Feb – 7 Mar 2020

[ February 25, 2020 to March 7, 2020. ]
Win Tickets to Patch Theatre’s interactive show, The Lighthouse
Patch Theatre presents The Lighthouse is an interactive promenade performance that’s part installation, part scientific quest, part rave and explores some of the world’s inexplicable questions from a child’s point of view.
It’s a series of interconnected rooms each full of hands-on experiences exploring a different property of […]

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RCC | Adelaide Fringe | Family Friendly Shows | 14 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
RCC 2020
RCC is back for the Adelaide Fringe and is set to launch an exciting fully-curated 2020 program packed with international superstars, underground cult heroes and local legends, when they return for their second year at the University of Adelaide.
The 2020 program, curated by Artistic Director, David Sefton (former Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival, London’s […]

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stirling fringe 2020

Stirling Fringe | Adelaide Hills | 21 Feb – 1 Mar 2020

[ February 21, 2020 to March 1, 2020. ]  
Stirling Fringe 2020
The Stirling Fringe is a fabulous Adelaide Fringe venue in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. Relax on the lawns under the trees while enjoying local food, wine, beer and ice-cream from food trucks while the kids play in the kids zone which has giant chess, connect 4, giant blocks and wooden climbing frames. There’s […]

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dont mess with the dummies

Don’t Mess With the Dummies | Adelaide Fringe | 14 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Don’t Mess with the Dummies
Lions and tigers and dummies, oh my! Set up camp and stampede into the jungle for an outlandish, circus filled extravaganza that will leave you chuckling like a monkey and roaring for more.
From the unstoppable Dummies Corp comes an all-new extraordinary adventure. Fresh from a busy year touring Australia and a […]

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Dimanche | Adelaide Festival | Feb & Mar 2020

[ February 28, 2020 to March 1, 2020. March 3, 2020 to March 7, 2020. ]
Dimanche
North Pole, 4am. Against a snowy landscape dotted with miniature trees, houses with twinkling lights and smoke puffing from chimneys, a dilapidated campervan containing three filmmakers battles the elements. They’re on their way to capture a part of the world which is disappearing; doing their best with what little equipment they have, to document Earth’s […]

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Adelaide Fringe | Celebrating 60 Years | What’s On & Program Highlights | 14 Feb – 15 Mar 2020

[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Adelaide Fringe 2020 – 60 Years of Fringe
The party that brings a city to life will once again challenge and enchant audiences for the 60th anniversary of Adelaide Fringe in 2020, from 14 February to 15 March. 
Tickets for the 60th anniversary are now on sale for all 1210 events, with more than 7000 artists and […]

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Happy Birthday Play School: Celebrating 50 Years | Maritime Museum | 7 Dec 2019 – 29 Mar 2020

[ December 7, 2019 to December 24, 2019. December 26, 2019 to March 29, 2020. ]  
Happy Birthday Play School: Celebrating 50 Years at the Maritime Museum
Happy Birthday Play School: Celebrating 50 Years, an exhibition touring from the National Museum of Australia, is a highly entertaining and engaging exhibition celebrating Australia’s longest-running children’s television program.
Take a cardboard box, a paper hat, a whole lot of imagination, and you can be […]

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patch theatre lighthouse

The Lighthouse | Patch Theatre & Adelaide Festival | 25 Feb – 7 Mar 2020

[ February 25, 2020 to March 7, 2020. ]  
The Lighthouse
***SOLD OUT***
Patch Theatre and Adelaide Festival join forces again to premiere a brand new show, The Lighthouse.
Patch Artistic Director Geoff Cobham continues the celebration of big ideas – ideas that explore some of the world’s inexplicable questions from a child’s point of view. Taking light out of traditional theatre spaces and moving it […]

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