Play & Go Adelaide

[ July 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ]
Illuminate Adelaide Family Friendly Program Highlights
This July, illuminate Adelaide returns to Adelaide’s city streets, laneways, and buildings with light, art installations, immersive technology, music, and performance. This is the perfect winter event for families with free and ticketed events for all ages.
Last year’s inaugural Illuminate Adelaide dazzled South Australians with impressive, interactive light displays and trails […]

[ June 4, 2022 to August 7, 2022. ]
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize Exhibition
Art and science blend in the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize exhibition.
This biennial prize provides an opportunity for artists to investigate the world around them and present their perspectives on natural science. The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize commemorates the South Australian Museum’s first curator, Frederick George Waterhouse. It encourages […]

[ July 15, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ]
The Pool – Illuminate Adelaide 2022
City Lights North Precinct Highlight
As part of the FREE City Lights program this July, The Pool by Artist Jen Lewin will take over the South Australian Museum lawn on North Terrace.

Merging the movements of individuals to create an overlapping and everchanging collage of light, The Pool is a giant field […]

[ July 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ]
Umbrella Festival 2022
Umbrella Festival is an open access live music festival presented by not-for-profit organisation, Music SA – who are delighted to bring Umbrella Festival back in 2022.
Umbrella Festival’s 2022 program has officially hit the streets with a massive local program of over 175 events statewide this season.  They will be celebrating the entire month […]

[ July 15, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ] [caption id="attachment_166986" align="alignnone" width="630"] Photo by Rikard Osterlund[/caption]
Submergence 
Using thousands of individual points of suspended light, Submergence by Squidsoup will engulf the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue this July as part of Illuminate Adelaide and the FREE City Lights program.
Submergence is an all-encompassing walkthrough experience. Vividly presenting how virtual and physical worlds collide, immerse […]

[ July 30, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ]
Willunga Almond Blossom Festival
The Willunga Almond Blossom Festival will be held on the last weekend in July in 2022.  Save the date for this fun family-friendly event for all to enjoy.
This long running community fundraiser will celebrate with a weekend of show rides and family activities.  Join their circus performers, pet the animals, shop at […]

[ July 15, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ] [caption id="attachment_166305" align="alignnone" width="630"] Image Credit: Ulysse Lemerise[/caption]
Impulse – Illuminate Adelaide 2022
City Lights North Precinct Highlight
A glowing series of 15 giant seesaws, Impulse is one of the only City Lights works that must be ridden to come alive during Illuminate Adelaide this Winter.  

With the light and sound of Impulse changing when in motion – […]

[ July 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ]
Family Friendly Winter Village and Ice Skating – Illuminate Adelaide’s Base Camp
Get your skates ready, your new winter adventure awaits at Base Camp – Illuminate Adelaide’s latest pop-up attraction right in the heart of the city!
Nestled at Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga, Base Camp is your Illuminate Adelaide winter village with a twist – purpose-built to gather your […]

[ July 16, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ]
Lose yourself in an AI driven multisensory experience, Illuminate Adelaide’s headline event for 2022.
A digital renaissance is coming, and it’s putting the art in artificial intelligence.
Illuminate Adelaide’s latest Luminary Artist In Residence is Ouchhh Studio.  This mind-melting AI-driven rollercoster draws in billions of pieces of data – from the brushstrokes of Leonardo Da Vinci to the […]

[ July 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ] [caption id="attachment_162282" align="alignnone" width="630"] New Light, 2022, Ryan Andrew Lee, Buried.[/caption]
New Light 2022
Free to view at the Adelaide Festival Centre, New Light 2022 will showcase experimental and diverse moving image works by First Nations artists.
Through a national call out, New Light will feature commissioned work that explores compelling and complex concepts, with commissioned artworks to be […]

[ July 15, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ]
City Lights – Illuminate Adelaide FREE Family Friendly Event
When the sun goes down, the city of Adelaide glows.
Illuminate Adelaide’s free, city-wide centrepiece returns with a new series of immersive installations, artworks and large-scale activations set to turn Adelaide’s most iconic streetscapes into a night-time playground of colour and sound.

Embrace the cold and explore the city, but not […]

[ July 7, 2022 to July 10, 2022. July 14, 2022 to July 17, 2022. July 21, 2022 to July 24, 2022. July 28, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ]
Light Creatures – Illuminating the wild at Adelaide Zoo
After a sold out 2021 season, Light Creatures is back this July and even wilder than ever!
Go behind the gates of Adelaide Zoo after dark!  An evolving celebration of conservation, explore the historic precinct to encounter new up close and immersive experiences from lanterns, to interactive performance and […]

[ July 7, 2022 to July 31, 2022. ]
Light Cycles at Adelaide Botanic Garden 
Back by popular demand, Light Cycles is returning to Adelaide Botanic Garden this July!
The Garden’s lush greenery will once again be transformed into an after-dark wonderland at this breath-taking Illuminate Adelaide event, where guests will be immersed in an experience that connects them to the natural world like never before.

After […]

[ May 26, 2022 to May 29, 2022. June 1, 2022 to June 5, 2022. June 8, 2022 to June 12, 2022. June 15, 2022 to June 19, 2022. June 22, 2022 to June 26, 2022. June 29, 2022 to July 3, 2022. July 6, 2022 to July 10, 2022. July 13, 2022 to July 17, 2022. July 19, 2022 to July 24, 2022. July 27, 2022 to July 31, 2022. August 3, 2022 to August 7, 2022. ]    
Disney’s Frozen the Musical coming to Adelaide in 2022
From the producers of Aladdin, The Lion King and Mary Poppins, Disney’s new hit musical Frozen opens in Adelaide this May. Adapted from the Oscar-winning film, this beloved story is brought to life on stage in an all new, unforgettable theatrical experience.
An inspiring tale of sisterhood […]