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Matthew Flinders Turns 250! | SA Maritime Museum | 16 Mar 2024

[ March 16, 2024; ]
Go along to the SA Maritime Museum for a family-friendly event commemorating the remarkable accomplishments of Matthew Flinders on the 250th anniversary of his birth. 
Young Matthew Flinders enlisted in the Royal Navy at the age of 16, inspired by the book ‘Robinson Crusoe’ and a dream to explore unknown lands. Over the subsequent 20 years […]

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AutumnFest Hahndorf | 16 Mar 2024

[ March 16, 2024; ]
AutumnFest in Hahndorf is a family friendly festival with a taste of Germany.
AutumnFest is a family event that brings the wider community together to celebrate Hahndorf’s German heritage in a day of fun and entertainment at the prettiest time of year. The event will host live entertainment and music, AFL and SANFL premiership cups on […]

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Peter Pan – A Neverland Adventure | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 29, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 7, 2024 to March 11, 2024. March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]  
Peter Pan – A Neverland Adventure
Are you ready to return to Neverland with J.M Barrie’s classic story about Peter Pan, Wendy, Nana, Tinker Bell, Pirates, Mermaids and a ticking crocodile? Think your happy thoughts and get ready to take the second star to the right and head straight on till morning to ‘A Neverland Adventure’.
A […]

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Cancer Council Relay for Life | South Australia | 2024

[ March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. May 4, 2024 to May 5, 2024. October 26, 2024 to October 27, 2024. November 2, 2024 to November 3, 2024. ]
Relay For Life is an overnight, team event that raises vital funds for Cancer Council’s research, prevention and support services.
Relay is a chance for the Adelaide community to recognise and celebrate local cancer survivors, those going through a cancer experience and their carers, to honour and remember loved ones lost and raise money to help […]

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St Peters Fair | Stepney | 16 Mar 2024

[ March 16, 2024; ]
St Peters Fair will serve up a feast of fun for families and friends with live music, delicious food, and an oval full of free children’s entertainment.
St Peters Fair is an annual event offering a relaxed, affordable and fun-filled day for the whole family at Linde Reserve in Stepney.  Situated between Nelson Street and Stepney […]

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Jungle Book reimagined | Adelaide Festival | 15 & 16 Mar 2024

[ March 15, 2024 to March 16, 2024. ]
Jungle Book Reimagined 
Akram Khan, one of the world’s leading choreographers, returns to Adelaide Festival with a new work based on the much-loved story by Rudyard Kipling.
With a new sense of urgency, Akram Khan has reinterpreted this familiar story through the eyes of a young climate refugee who has been driven from her homeland and arrives […]

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The Carers Lounge at the Adelaide Fringe

The Carers Lounge at Adelaide Fringe | 16 Feb – 17 Mar 2024

[ February 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
The SACARE Carers Lounge has partnered with the Adelaide Fringe to bring accessibility to the experience, providing a space for art enthusiasts of all abilities.
The Carers Lounge isn’t just a physical space; it’s a Very Inclusive Pass (VIP). Two spaces designed for visitors with sensory and mobility needs to enjoy the whirlwind of the Adelaide […]

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East End Unleashed | Adelaide | 16 Feb – 17 Mar 2024

[ February 16, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 23, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 1, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 8, 2024 to March 10, 2024. March 15, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
East End Unleashed – Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during Fringe.
Take the family along to the East End’s biggest street party this Fringe Festival!
Unleash and bask in the summer atmosphere with shopping, on-street dining, world class buskers, musicians and magicians along Rundle Street, Vardon Avenue, Ebenezer Place and Hindmarsh Sqaure in the East End of Adelaide […]

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Pick Your Own Apples @Lenswood | Adelaide Hills

[ March 2, 2024 to April 30, 2024. ]
Pick Your Own Apples in the Adelaide Hills during Autumn
**Editors update: 25 April 2024 – APPLE SEASON ENDED FOR 2024 
The perfect family friendly activity, go and pick your own apples @Lenswood Pick Your Own Apples in the Adelaide Hills this Autumn.
Enjoy a beautiful day out with the kids and start a memorable family Autumn tradition. […]

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Kids Can Heckle! | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 24, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 2, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 9, 2024 to March 11, 2024. March 16, 2024 12:00 am to March 17, 2024 12:00 am. ]
Kids Can Heckle! With Ollie Horn
Fun for the whole family, but especially fun for the little ones! Top UK stand-up Ollie Horn (“Ollie Horn is a gifted storyteller” Wee Review) attempts to tell the same clean stand-up that he does around the world.
The only thing that can stop him is the imagination of your kids, […]

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StorySnorts | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 17, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 24, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
StorySnorts  – Adelaide Fringe 2024.
Ever wondered what would happen if children’s stories came to life? At one of StorySnorts shows – they can!
StorySnorts believe the best stories come from the boundless imaginations of children, and their hilarious troupe (including improvising actors, piano and live cartoonist) help visualise these stories on stage.

Guided by their performers, children […]

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KABOOM! | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 17, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 24, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 2, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 9, 2024 to March 11, 2024. March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
KABOOM! Explosive Science Show with Magnus Danger Magnus!
The maddest of mad scientists, Magnus Danger Magnus, heads to Adelaide Fringe for the very first time in 2024; with a brand new, all ages electromagnetic extravaganza in KABOOM!
He’s exploded his way across the country, lighting fires on stage and setting kids’ curiosity ablaze; now he’s built a […]

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Justin’s BIG Balloon Show | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 17, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 24, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 2, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 9, 2024 to March 11, 2024. March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
Justin’s BIG Balloon Show – Adelaide Fringe Festival 2024
The ultimate stage show experience is coming to the Adelaide Fringe Festival for the first time, led by the one and only Justin Williams, winner of Australia’s reality TV show BLOW UP!
With non-stop entertainment from start to finish and high energy special guest performances, this 60 minute […]

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CIRCUS The Show | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 17, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 23, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 1, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 8, 2024 to March 11, 2024. March 15, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]    
CIRCUS – The Show 
The fastest growing family circus spectacular, CIRCUS The Show, is headed back to Adelaide in 2024 after ground-breaking, sell out seasons right across the country!
STEP RIGHT UP, STEP RIGHT UP! Prepare to enter a world of whimsical wonders where your imagination will soar like never before, in this completely re-imagined family […]

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Amazing, Silly, Big Stupid Comedy Game show for Kids and their Grown Ups | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ March 2, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 9, 2024 to March 11, 2024. March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
Amazing, Silly, Big Stupid Comedy Game show for Kids and their Grown Ups
The is the show for all the family, whether you’re a small human or a big person!
In this ultimate fun and stupid game show, YOU can help by taking part in a variety of games, comedy challenges, and general silliness to help your […]

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The Tree of Light | Slingsby Theatre Company | Adelaide Festival | 15 & 16 Mar 2024

[ March 15, 2024 to March 16, 2024. ]
Join Slingsby’s journey of creating The Tree of Light and follow their path to making their most ambitious project.
Over the next three years, Slingsby is creating a new flat-pack theatre to travel the world sustainably with a triptych of plays under the banner of A Concise Compendium of Wonder.  Adelaide Festival audiences are invited to […]

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Time Machine | Adelaide Festival | 14-17 Mar 2024

[ March 14, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
Time Machine is an exhilarating work of physics and force, dance and extreme action that will entertain audiences of all ages.
Extreme Action, a new art form invented by award-winning performer Elizabeth Streb, takes choreography beyond dance to defy gravity and pushes the human body to its limits. Using prototypic ‘Action Machines’ that move with and […]

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Floods of Fire: Our Citizens’ Orchestra | Adelaide Festival | 16 Mar 2024

[ March 16, 2024; ]
After the success at the opening of the 2023 Adelaide Festival, the Citizens’ Orchestra is back.
Take part in an inclusive, joyous and empowering musical experience by becoming one of the Citizens’ Orchestra or going to this free performance. The Citizens’ Orchestra is an intercultural and intergenerational orchestra and chorus that embraces professional musicians, people without […]

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Conjuring College & Wacky Wizardry with Josh Staley | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 24, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 2, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 9, 2024 to March 10, 2024. March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
Conjuring College with Josh Staley
Enrol in Conjuring College with multi-award-winning magician Josh Staley, and learn the tips, tricks and techniques to perform your very own magic show!

This is a hands-on, interactive learning experience full of fun, designed for beginners who have never attempted a trick in their life, all the way to more experienced wizards […]

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Amazing Drumming Monkeys | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 17, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 24, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 2, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 9, 2024 to March 11, 2024. March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]  
Amazing Drumming Monkeys 20 Year Anniversary Show – Adelaide Fringe 2024
The Monkey Show is now 20 YEARS OLD!!! And still going stronger than ever.
Australia’s favourite little kids’ puppet show is back in the Garden of Unearthly Delights for another fabulous fringe season. This is a “must see” for families with young children.

A clever combination of […]

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The Walk | Little Amal in Adelaide | 15-17 Mar 2024

[ March 15, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
The Walk, with Little Amal at its centre, will make its Australian debut at the 2024 Adelaide Festival this March.
A refugee child arrives in Adelaide. She is tired, hungry, a little frightened. How do we welcome her?
Little Amal is a 3.5-metre puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl who has become a global symbol of […]

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Game On 4: BOSS LEVEL | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ March 9, 2024; March 10, 2024; March 11, 2024; March 16, 2024; March 17, 2024; ]
Game On 4: BOSS LEVEL
Matty Grey is heading back to GAME LAND one final time.
Joined by an elite team of gamers, Matty and the audience must battle their way through 5 Boss levels to get to the MEGA BOSS OF ALL VIDEO GAMES. 
‘Boss Level’ pits the best video game VILLIANS from past, present and future […]

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Fool’s Paradise | Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 16, 2024 to March 19, 2024. ]
Fool’s Paradise Returns to Adelaide Fringe for 2024 season.
Tarntanyangga/Victoria Square will host popular venue hub, Fool’s Paradise, for a second year running during the 2024 Adelaide Fringe Festival, with a bigger and better program!
Music events will welcome guests to Fool’s Paradise across the opening weekend, to accompany outdoor dining options from Asian to European. Bao […]

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Dart Blaster Arena | Gluttony | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 16, 2024 11:00 am to March 17, 2024 5:45 pm. ]
Dart Blaster Arena at Gluttony – Adelaide Fringe 2024.
Are you good eNerf to take on the Dart Blaster arena? They’re back with new blasters, more darts, improved obstacles and all the energy burning fun you could possibly need. A chance for players to sample a huge buffet of toys and take aim at strangers, all […]

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Art-Chery | Gluttony | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 16, 2024 8:00 pm to March 17, 2024 8:02 pm. ]
Art-Chery at Adelaide Fringe
Forget Pallets and paint brushes! Head on down to Gluttony’s world first Art-Chery range and create your very own abstract masterpiece by shooting paint-tipped arrows at canvases.
These are real bows and modified arrows. Choose your selection of colours and take aim to bring your vision to life. Create your own or share […]

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Bubba-Licious | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 17, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 24, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 2, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 9, 2024 to March 11, 2024. March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
Bubba-Licious
Yes, it’s a show for babies! Mums and Dads who are dying to get their new humans out to the fringe, this show is for you!
Inspired by being a new mum, Kat Placing has devised a show for babbling babies & tireless toddlers! Performed by Luth Wolf from Big Tops for Tiny Tots, it is […]

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Mr Snotbottom vs The Zombie Boogers: The Science of Snot! | Adelaide Fringe 2024

[ February 17, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 24, 2024 to February 25, 2024. March 2, 2024 to March 3, 2024. March 7, 2024 to March 11, 2024. March 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
Mr Snotbottom vs The Zombie Boogers: The Science of Snot!
Can fringe favourite Mr Snotbottom stop an army of barbaric boogers and monster mucus from suffocating the planet with foul phlegm?!
What is mucus? Why do we sneeze? What happens when you eat your boogers? Explore the science of snot, excite in ewwwy, gooey experiments and giggle […]

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Natural Wonders at Adelaide Botanic Garden | Adelaide Fringe | 23 Feb – 17 Mar 2024

[ February 23, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
Discover Natural Wonders at the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Enter upon sunset to explore a magical trail of stories, light and music for all ages with unique works by award-winning artists.
The Natural Wonders exhibition at Adelaide Botanic Garden as part of the Adelaide Fringe allows visitors to embark on an extraordinary journey through a series of projected […]

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Adelaide Fringe Garden of Unearthly Delights

The Garden of Unearthly Delights | Adelaide Fringe | 15 Feb – 17 Mar 2024

[ February 15, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 20, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]
Get ready to let your wildest dreams fly in The Garden of Unearthly Delights in 2024!
Adelaide’s greatest party is back for an unmissable 2024 Adelaide Fringe season. Kadlitpina (Rundle Park) will be bursting with energy and transformed into a cultural and creative playground, featuring the best local and international artists, food stalls, markets, drinks and […]

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Gluttony | Adelaide Fringe | Rymill Park/Murlawirrapurka | 16 Feb – 17 Mar 2024

[ February 16, 2024 to March 17, 2024. ]  
Gluttony pops up again in 2024! Arts venue hub Gluttony is a favourite Adelaide Fringe destination, its location in the city’s eastern park lands right in the heart of the Fringe action. 
Gluttony has grown to become synonymous with the East End’s Rymill Park/Murlawirrapurka during Adelaide’s festival months of February and March.  Thousands of artists have […]

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