Chalkin’ Around – Free chalk sessions
Let your little ones’ imaginations run wild in the fresh air at the City of Adelaide’s free chalk space in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi these school holidays.
There’ll be three activity zones for them to chalk up their colourful creations:
Free draw zone – With all the colours of the rainbow […]
[ July 3, 2020; ]
Happy 21st Birthday to the Rundle Mall Pigs
Friday 3 July 2020 marks 21 years since the iconic bronze pigs Horatio, Oliver, Truffles and Augusta were unveiled in Adelaide’s Rundle Mall.
Rundle Mall will be celebrating this special occasion with other much-loved South Australian icons including Balfours, Robern Menz, Charlesworth Nuts, Melba’s Chocolates, Kytons Bakery, Haigh’s Chocolates […]
RoofClimb – Experience a birds eye 360° view over the beautiful city of Adelaide and beyond from the Adelaide Oval Rooftops
The Adelaide Oval RoofClimb is a unique experience both locals and visitors to Adelaide should all add to their bucket list.
If you’ve ever been to Adelaide Oval to watch an event you may have noticed groups […]
Disc Golf Course in the Adelaide Park Lands
The latest addition to the sport of Disc Golf is a new course in the Adelaide Park Lands, just across the road from Rymill Park. Never played before? Don’t worry, this course is perfect for new players. Disc golf is played much like traditional golf, however instead of a […]
Rediscover and Reconnect in Adelaide – Hindmarsh Square Fresh Blooms
The City of Adelaide are inviting you to rediscover the city you love, and reconnect with locals you’ve missed. From easy walking trails, to a self-guided audio heritage walk, you can pick an activity to do with the family and set off on your city adventure.
Blooms […]
Photo credit: Chris Oaten
Her Majesty’s Theatre Redevelopment Unveiled
Australia’s most exciting theatre project is now complete with the new-look Her Majesty’s Theatre unveiled at last and an exciting opportunity for the public to experience the new venue.
Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony led by Uncle Mickey Kumatpi Marrutya O’Brien, a Senior Kaurna and Narrunga man, marked […]
Adelaide Aquatic Centre COVID-19 Restriction Roadmap
The City of Adelaide has released a roadmap for the steps ahead for the Adelaide Aquatic Centre.
They are eagerly waiting to reopen so they can be there for the community’s health, fitness, and swimming journey. However, given the current restrictions, they are unfortunately not yet able to reopen.
SA State Government’s Easing […]
Atlas Continental Re-Opened
Atlas Continental has reopened at the Adelaide Central Market following a period of renovations, with a brand new menu and chef.
New offerings include a kids menu, wood oven pizza menu and full breakfast menu. Atlas will also continue to offer a range of continental and gourmet favourites including freshly baked bread, sweet treats […]
[ June 6, 2020 to June 8, 2020. ]
What’s Open in Adelaide over the June Long Weekend?
The June long weekend will look a little different this year with so many cancelled and postponed events, but there is still plenty to do in and around Adelaide. With the second stage of restrictions easing from June 1st we will see a lot more venues opening, […]
TreeClimb Adelaide Reopens from 11 May 2020
TreeClimb Adelaide is Australia’s first inner city aerial adventure park, located in the Adelaide city park lands. On March 24 they made the difficult decision to take TreeClimb into ‘hibernation mode’ temporarily after the Australian and South Australian Governments announced tighter restrictions for non-essential businesses.
Now permitted as part of the South […]
Adelaide Highlights Virtual Tour
Explore Adelaide from your couch with the immersive Highlights Virtual Tour.
Visit 37 locations in the city through 360° images or video. There are sweeping drone images of the picturesque Adelaide Botanic Garden, Adelaide Oval, Government House and Rymill Park / Mullawirraburka.
Watch the sun setting over the Riverbank or enjoy the bustle of […]
Adelaide Central Market Open during COVID-19
The Adelaide Central Market have confirmed they will remain open, as they are an essential service and food market.
They have removed their communal dining furniture, placed hand sanitisers in key locations and entrances. They ask you to please keep your social distance during your shop, that you use card only […]
Botanica Lumina – See the Garden in a New Light
Be enchanted by Adelaide Botanic Garden after dark with Botanica Lumina, a curated program of evening events that will keep you entertained through the cooler months.
Immerse yourself in live music, art installations, film events, heritage tours, botanically inspired food tastings and science events under a magical […]
[ 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 […]
[ March 22, 2020; ]
Voluntary Sunday Trading at the Adelaide Central Market
The Adelaide Central Market Authority (ACMA) has confirmed that it will offer customers more time to shop on weekends, with the introduction of a voluntary Sunday trading trial beginning on Sunday 22 March 2020, with trading from 8am to 3pm.
The trial aims to bring Market trading hours more in […]
[ February 14, 2020 to February 16, 2020. ]
Museum of the Moon at the SA Museum
The South Australian Museum will be hosting a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram, Museum of the Moon, on the museum’s front lawns this weekend. Measuring seven metres in diameter, the moon features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface.
This installation is to celebrate the 60th Anniversary […]
[ February 12, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Adelaide Fringe Festival FREE Family-Friendly Events
The Adelaide Fringe is always an exciting time of the year with so much entertainment on offer in and around the city and stretching out to regional areas of South Australia including many free events which are family friendly.
IMPORTANT UPDATE FRIDAY 13 MARCH 2020:
Following the Federal Government announcement this afternoon […]
Amity Dry: Highway Superstar
Prepare to sit back and enjoy the ride in Amity Dry’s latest show, Highway Superstar, premiering at this year’s Adelaide Fringe in Gluttony.
Direct from her critically-acclaimed sell out shows, 39 Forever and Fortified, Highway Superstar is a light-hearted musical cabaret that offers “fast” entertainment that will leave you clapping for more. Amity […]
[ 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 […]
[ February 29, 2020; ]
Adelaide Writers’ Week – Kids’ Day
Adelaide Writers’ Week returns in 2020 with special events for adults plus a Kids’ Day on Saturday 29 February filled with stories, music, interactive fun and special guests including Andy Griffiths, Julia Donaldson and more.
In 2020, Writers’ Week contemplates one of the few things that incontrovertibly unites us all: Being […]
[ February 20, 2020 to February 23, 2020. ]
The Superloop Adelaide 500 takes family entertainment to another level in 2020 with loads of free family-friendly activities!
The new look City of Adelaide Family Zone features new attractions, including the world’s tallest inflatable waterslide, The Big Wedgie and Play & Go have 4 tickets up for grabs!
Up to four kids aged 14 and under will receive free […]
[ 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 […]
[ 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 […]
[ 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 […]
[ March 21, 2020; March 28, 2020; April 4, 2020; April 10, 2020; ]
AFL 2020 Season | South Australian Home Games
It’s 2020 Footy Fever Season – find out when your favourite South Australian footy team is playing at the Adelaide Oval.
IMPORTANT UPDATE FRIDAY 13 MARCH 2020:
Following the Federal Government announcement banning public gatherings of 500 people or more in an effort to slow the spreading of COVID-19, […]
[ February 22, 2020 to February 23, 2020. February 29, 2020; March 7, 2020 to March 8, 2020. March 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo
From creators Erth Visual & Physical Inc, critically acclaimed international hit ‘Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo’ takes audiences into a new dimension of theatre.
Hot on the heels of sell-out seasons at the Edinburgh Festival, Sydney Opera House and London’s South Bank, Australia’s prehistoric sensation returns to Adelaide for the first time in five years. Get […]
[ 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 […]
[ February 1, 2020; February 8, 2020; February 14, 2020; February 15, 2020; February 21, 2020; February 22, 2020; February 29, 2020; March 7, 2020; ]
Ebenezer Night Markets
The Ebenezer Night Markets are held in Adelaide’s Ebenezer Place on selected Friday and Saturday nights during the summer.
Go along to one of Adelaide’s coolest streets to enjoy some fashion, jewellery, delicious food, beverages from the Market Bar and all sorts of unique artistic creations. Listen to the live DJ play some groovy […]
[ February 14, 2020 to March 15, 2020. ]
Luminarium: Daedalum
Transport yourself into a world of radiant colour, labyrinthine tunnels and cavernous domes.
Experience the surprising luminosity, calming hues and unexpected beauty likened to travelling through a stained glass window, a futuristic space station, or a living breathing sculpture of air and light.
For all ages, no two visits are alike as the Luminarium’s atmosphere changes […]
[ January 19, 2020; ]
Westspac Family Ride
Round up the family and ride as a team as you join hundreds of family members riding around the UCI WorldTour track.
Participants have an hour to ride as many laps as they can, so get together, start practicing and set your goal. Cheered on by the crowd gathering for the much-anticipated UCI WorldTour riders […]
[ January 26, 2020; ]
Australia Day in the City
The City of Adelaide proudly presents: Australia Day in the City – Parade, Concert, Fireworks.
Australia Day in the City is the major public event to celebrate Australia Day in South Australia held in Elder Park, Adelaide, each year on the 26th of January. Join more than 40,000 people celebrating Australia’s national […]
[ February 1, 2020; ]
Lunar New Year Street Party
The Lunar New Year Street Party is back for 2020.
This will be the 17th Street Party, and everyone is invited to join this great event and celebrate the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year in Chinatown.
Check out delicious Chinese cuisine, tasty Asian snacks, cold beer, wine and many more gourmet foods you’ve […]
[ 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 […]
[ December 22, 2019 to December 24, 2019. ]
Christmas Shopping at Adelaide Central Market
The Adelaide Central Market is gearing up for another bumper Christmas trade, with more than 500,000 people anticipated to walk through the Market’s doors in the last two weeks of the season, 115,000 of those are expected to visit in the final three days.
Christmas is one of the most exciting […]
[ December 31, 2019; ]
Adelaide’s New Year’s Eve 2019
Celebrate the year that was at the city’s premier Riverbank event, Adelaide’s New Year’s Eve. With a jam-packed program of family-friendly live music, entertainment and TWO spectacular HomeStart Finance Fireworks displays, it’s guaranteed to be the biggest party in town!
Kids Zone
Keep the little ones entertained in the dedicated Kids […]
TreeClimb Adelaide – Aerial Adventure Park
TreeClimb Adelaide is Australia’s first inner-city aerial adventure park built within the natural environment of the Adelaide City Park Lands. TreeClimb offers 7 elevated treetop courses, including zip lines all set within Kurangga Park (Blue Gum park).
Grand Course
4 progressively challenging obstacle courses set in the tree tops, featuring zip-lines and […]
[ December 13, 2019 to December 15, 2019. ]
Myer Centre Christmas Market
This festive season, Myer Centre Adelaide are holding their first ever Christmas Markets hosting a range of amazing local South Australian cheese, wine, gin and chocolate producers.
Held in Myer Centre Adelaide’s ground floor atrium, the Christmas Market will run from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 December and feature award winning South Australian […]
[ 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 […]
[ December 4, 2019 to December 7, 2019. ]
2019 Shannons Adelaide Rally – Gouger Street Party & East End Finale
Completely free to spectate, this four day tarmac rally located in Adelaide, the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale regions features 3 festive events in the City and Hills, including racing on Rundle Road in the heart of Adelaide on Saturday 7 December.
The […]
[ December 8, 2019; ]
NEW Calvary Adelaide Hospital Family Open Day
The new Calvary Adelaide Hospital (with South Australia’s first private 24/7 Emergency Department) is set to open in January 2020.
To celebrate the completion of the new Calvary Adelaide Hospital, on Sunday 8 December 2019 they are having a Community Open Day.
There will be Christmas market stalls, fairy floss, popcorn, balloon […]
