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FIFA Fan Festival™ Adelaide/Tarntanya | Festival Plaza | 20 Jul – 20 Aug 2023

[ July 20, 2023 to July 24, 2023. July 27, 2023 to August 1, 2023. August 5, 2023 to August 8, 2023. August 11, 2023 to August 12, 2023. August 15, 2023 to August 16, 2023. August 19, 2023 to August 20, 2023. ]
The FIFA Fan Festival™ in Adelaide/Tarntanya is a hub of food, entertainment, experiences and, of course, football.
Capturing the atmosphere, games and spirit of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, the free festival will officially open on 20 July 2023.
The FIFA Fan Festival™ at Festival Plaza on the southern side of Festival Theatre is a free […]

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Quorn Silo Light Show | South Australia

[ July 22, 2023; ]
Quorn Silo Light Show
The Quorn Silo Light Show will help celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of Australia’s most loved heritage railways.
Premiering on the Quorn Silo Light Show on the 22 July 2023 and then displaying throughout July and August, a brand-new story celebrating the volunteer run Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society and its accomplishments, […]

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Adelaide Winter Fest | Armada Arndale Shopping Centre | Jul 2023

[ July 8, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Get ready for a frosty blast of family fun at the Adelaide winter fest, happening at Armada Arndale Shopping Centre!
For 9 Days, the festival will bring an array of exciting rides, games, delicious food, and free entertainment for everyone. You won’t want to miss the roving characters, children’s stage shows, face painters, and balloon twisters […]

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Family Fun Fair | National Railway Museum | 20-23 Jul 2023

[ July 20, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Family Fun Fair at the National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum’s annual school holiday event is back from Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 July 2023 (inclusive).
There will be Redhen railcars running and the miniature trains Bub (blue train) and Bill (green train).
Entertainment for the kids will include Cool 4 Kids and Carnival Barrel Organ.
All train rides and […]

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WIN $100 in the Police Credit Union Kids’ Art Competition | 3 Jul – 31 Aug 2023

[ July 3, 2023 to August 31, 2023. ]
POLICE CREDIT UNION KIDS’ ART COMPETITION
Want to WIN $100 and be featured in the Police Credit Union 2024 calendar?
There are 13 prizes to be won valued at $100 each.

How to WIN:

Draw a picture that best describes your favourite thing to do in SA or NT.

Each artwork will be judged by the Police Credit Union […]

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Base Camp | Illuminate Adelaide | 29 Jun – 30 Jul 2023

[ June 29, 2023 to July 30, 2023. ]
Base Camp is back in 2023 with a whole new look and a whole new location.
The light of the party for Illuminate Adelaide 2023 and claiming space in the glorious Rundle Park/Kadlitpina, Base Camp is your go-to destination for a memorable night right in the heart of Illuminate Adelaide’s month-long season.

With a fresh new design […]

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Kids Go Free to the AFL | Rounds 16-19 | 29 Jun – 23 Jul 2023

[ July 1, 2023; July 8, 2023; July 15, 2023; July 22, 2023; ]
Kids Go Free to the AFL
In rounds 16 to 19, all kids aged 14 years old and under will get free* access to Toyota AFL Premiership Season matches across Australia.
Just in time for school holidays, kids are taking over the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season for the second year in a row!

In celebration of the […]

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Dinosaur Time Machine | Glenelg Winter Arts Festival

[ July 19, 2023 to July 22, 2023. ]
Dinosaur Time Machine: the science of dinosaurs told through puppetry, theatre and circus.
Buckle up and take a trip this July school holidays in a giant time machine to get up close and personal with a life-sized T-Rex! Learn about the ancient world of dinosaurs in the most exciting way possible.
Two adventurous performers use science, puppetry […]

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Circus The Show | Glenelg Winter Arts Festival | 18-23 Jul 2023

[ July 18, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Circus The Show
Roll up! Roll up! Prepare to enter a world of whimsy, wonder and amazement where your imagination will soar like never before, in this completely re-imagined family circus spectacular.
Featuring world-class illusions, tumbling acrobats, highly skilled jugglers, breath-taking and elegant aerialists, an endearing clown with his GIGANTIC 6ft balloon, and more… bring the whole […]

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Firstival | Libraries SA | 1-31 Jul 2023

[ July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023. ]
Firstival – Try Something New this July.
Libraries SA launches Firstival, a new state-wide festival in July 2023. 
From learning about virtual reality to a literacy experience with live celloists, this year’s inaugural Firstival encourages South Australians to try something new, with over 300 experiences set to be rolled out across the State’s network of over 130 […]

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Resonate | Adelaide Botanic Garden | Illuminate Adelaide | 29 Jun – 6 Aug 2023

[ June 29, 2023 10:00 am to August 6, 2023 10:00 am. ]   
Resonate at Adelaide Botanic Garden this Winter.
Moment Factory – the visionaries behind sell-out phenomenon Light Cycles at Illuminate Adelaide 2021 and 2022 – return to Adelaide Botanic Garden with Resonate, a whole new immersive experience. 
The 2023 season of Resonate has been extended until 6 August 2023.
With six all-new installations along a brand-new night-time trail […]

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Lights at Mawson | 14-16 & 21-23 Jul 2023

[ July 14, 2023 to July 16, 2023. July 21, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Lights at Mawson – Free Community Event 
Running over two weekends, this family friendly FREE event will feature both day and night attractions including a trail of illuminated, inflatable sculptures.
Lights at Mawson is a new event activation, never delivered before within the City of Salisbury, showcasing the Mawson Lakes area. Featuring a trail of illuminated, inflatable […]

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Ramsay Art Prize Exhibition | 27 May – 27 Aug 2023

[ May 27, 2023 to August 27, 2023. ] [caption id="attachment_183358" align="alignnone" width="630"] Ida Sophia with Witness in Ramsay Art Prize 2023, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; photo: Saul Steed[/caption]
Ramsay Art Prize Exhibition 2023
See the works of all 27 finalists at the Art Gallery of South Australia in a free exhibition open until 27 August 2023.
Congratulations to Ida Sophia, winner of the $100,000 […]

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Glenelg Winter Arts Festival

Glenelg Winter Arts Festival | 6-23 Jul 2023

[ July 6, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Hit the Bay during the July school holidays for a brand-new winter event in 2023.
Glenelg Winter Arts Festival is a fun, new opportunity to enjoy the arts during the cooler months, in an iconic Adelaide coastal location.

Over the two weeks of July’s school holidays, one of Glenelg’s premier reserves will be abuzz with ticketed shows, […]

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SAHMRI’s Bright Walk | Adelaide | 22 Jul 2023

[ July 22, 2023; ]
SAHMRI’s Bright Walk 2023
Be part of the BRIGHT Walk in 2023 – an epic 21km night-time walking challenge coinciding with the Illuminate Adelaide Festival and raising money for lifesaving medical research at SAHMRI.
The BRIGHT Walk is a powerful, illuminated, one-night experience which challenges you to walk 21km at night in the middle of winter to […]

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Make|Shift | Illuminate Adelaide | 8-28 Jul 2023

[ July 8, 2023 to July 28, 2023. ]
Make|Shift – Illuminate Adelaide
The Mill presents Make|Shift, an immersive and experimental exhibition of projection art by six South Australian multidisciplinary artists.
Free for all to attend, enjoy opening weekend at The Mill on 8 and 9 July 2023 and experience works created by multidisciplinary artists James Alberts, Ray Harris, Sarah Neville, Liam Somerville, Inneke Taal, and […]

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Augmented Revolution | Illuminate Adelaide | 7-23 Jul 2023

[ July 7, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ] [caption id="attachment_183205" align="alignnone" width="630"] Image: Tarndanyangga Dreaming, by Jaydenlee Tong[/caption]
Augmented Revolution
First Nations peoples have a long history of innovation and adaptation, and have been using technology in various forms for millennia.
In its inaugural series, this special Illuminate Adelaide experience curated by Dearna Newchurch sees contemporary First Nations artists leveraging the emerging technology of AR as […]

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New Light | Illuminate Adelaide | Adelaide Festival Centre | 7 – 23 Jul 2023

[ July 7, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Presented by Illuminate Adelaide and ANAT, New Light 2023 showcases experimental and diverse moving image works by contemporary First Nations artists.
Following a national call out, New Light 2023 will feature commissioned work that explores compelling and complex concepts, with artworks being exhibited on the media screens at the entrance to the Adelaide Festival Centre as […]

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Mirror Mirror | Illuminate Adelaide | 28 Jun – 30 Jul 2023

[ June 28, 2023 to July 2, 2023. July 4, 2023 to July 9, 2023. July 11, 2023 to July 16, 2023. July 18, 2023 to July 23, 2023. July 25, 2023 to July 30, 2023. ]
Mirror Mirror – Go on a journey through the possibilities of your own imagination.
An Australian-first experience fresh from its premiere run in Montreal, Mirror Mirror is a playground of interactive technology inviting you to discover your own creativity.
Sharing a unique experience with everyone who enters, this series of immersive digital installations spanning from the forest […]

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AVCon 2023

AVCon: Adelaide’s Anime & Video Games Festival | 21-23 Jul 2023

[ July 21, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
AVCon: Adelaide’s Anime & Video Games Festival.
AVCon returns 21 – 23 July 2023 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. AVCon brings the best of anime and video gaming to Australia. The event has been held annually in July since 2002 and is managed by a dedicated team through the not-for-profit organisation Team AVCon Incorporated.
This is the […]

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Architects of Air: Arborialis Inflatable Maze | Illuminate Adelaide | 1-23 Jul 2023

[ July 1, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Architects of Air: Arborialis – Inflatable Maze 
Lose yourself in an inflatable labyrinthine wonderland of colour and light at Rymill Park/Murlawirrapurka.
A global phenomenon for the past thirty years, the inflatable mazes of UK-based Architects of Air have transported audiences of all ages from around the world to alternate realms of the not-quite natural.

Through their series of […]

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City Lights | Free Light Trail | Illuminate Adelaide | 7-23 Jul 2023

[ 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 […]

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Illuminate Adelaide | Winter Light Festival | 28 Jun – 30 Jul 2023

[ June 28, 2023 to July 30, 2023. ]
Illuminate Adelaide 2023.
Illuminate Adelaide, a spectacular winter light festival returns from 28 June to 30 July 2023 with immersive events like City Lights and Light Creatures while the Adelaide Botanic Garden will light up with a new experience from the visionary team behind sell-out sensation Light Cycles, Resonate. This year, Architects of Air: Arborialis, an inflatable […]

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The Snail and the Whale – Live in Adelaide | 20-23 Jul 2023

[ July 20, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
The Snail and the Whale at the Adelaide Festival Centre.
A play with music inspired by the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Join an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father as they reimagine the story of a tiny snail’s incredible trip around the world, inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved picture book. […]

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National Railway Museum | Family Friendly Events | Apr – Jul 2023

[ April 2, 2023; April 16, 2023; May 20, 2023 to May 21, 2023. July 20, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
The National Railway Museum in Port Adelaide holds various family-friendly events throughout the year for everyone to enjoy. 
The National Railway Museum is once again hosting a series of fun, family friendly events in 2023 including the Semaphore & Fort Glanville 30th Anniversary celebration, Bub’s Birthday Party, Behind Closed Doors and the annual Family Fun Fair.

Mark […]

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Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat – Live on Stage | Adelaide | 19-23 Jul 2023

[ July 19, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat – Live on Stage in Adelaide and Regional SA.
Yikes the school holidays are coming! What to do with YOUR Thing One and Thing 2??!! Here’s an idea..! Take the whole family to ‘The Cat in the Hat’ for an experience they’ll never forget… The story has been around […]

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RELICS: A New World Rises | LEGO® Exhibition | South Australian Museum | 4 Mar – 23 Jul 2023

[ March 4, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
RELICS: A New World Rises LEGO® Exhibition at the South Australian Museum
LEGO® minifigures take over the South Australian Museum in the world premiere exhibition of RELICS: A New World Rises Exhibition by LEGO® Masters winners Jackson Harvey and Alex Towler. 
Set in the year 2530, long after the world has been abandoned by humans, the exhibition […]

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Seeing the Invisible | Adelaide Botanic Garden | Review

[ 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 […]

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Mary Poppins the Musical | Adelaide Festival Centre | Extended to 27 Aug 2023

[ July 6, 2023 to August 27, 2023. ]
Mary Poppins has popped into Adelaide!
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s supercalifragilistic new production of Mary Poppins is playing at Adelaide Festival Centre this July 2023 for a strictly limited season, complete with its dazzling stars; Stefanie Jones as Mary Poppins, Jack Chambers as Bert and Patti Newton as the Bird Woman.
Adapted from the beloved stories by PL Travers and the […]

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