[ December 1, 2019 to December 24, 2019. ]
Santa’s Workshop Christmas Lights Display
Everyone is welcome to attend Santa’s Workshop 2019. Go along to see the new characters, check out the naughty list or complete the scavenger hunt. Will the Grinch steal Christmas again?
Check the event page daily HERE to ensure the lights are on that night. Dates are subject to weather and personal […]
[ December 6, 2019; ]
Barossa Christmas Parade
The annual Barossa Christmas Parade is held on the first Friday of December. Murray Street in Tanunda will be closed from 5pm with food stalls, market stalls and activities. The parade will commence at 7pm.
Activities include free animal displays, bouncy castles and face painting.
For more information and all enquiries please visit the Barossa […]
[ November 30, 2019; ]
City of Mitcham’s Carols at Kingswood Oval
The City of Mitcham and Flight Centre South Australia are delighted to present one of the highlights of the Mitcham calendar, the annual Carols event. Celebrate the Christmas season at this joyful, family event with lots of singing and free family entertainment.
Celebrate the Christmas season with South Australia’s very […]
[ December 7, 2019; December 15, 2019; ]
Twilight Christmas Markets at Eighty Eight O’Connell
The Twilight Christmas Market is back with two fun-filled events this December. 🎄✨ There’ll be live music, free kids activities, and delicious food, plus over 60 market stalls.
7 December 2019 | 4pm – 8pm
Enjoy festive fun with stalls from Tynte Street Christmas Market and Handmade in Adelaide, plus plenty of […]
[ December 8, 2019; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
McLaren Vale Community Christmas Parade & Party in the Piazza
The McLaren Vale Community Christmas Parade will run from Field Street along Main Road McLaren Vale to Valley View Drive and features the Onkaparinga City Concert Band & the Onkaparinga Pipe Band.
Join the “Party in the Piazza” afterwards with live music, sausage sizzle, free Christmas craft, […]
[ December 6, 2019; ]
Hallett Cove Community Carols
Enjoy a night of peace and good cheer with music from local schools and musicians.
Food and activities will commence from 5pm. Community carols will commence at 7pm featuring CRUSE CONTROL & MC Kit Densley from 1079LIFE plus local school choirs and bands.
The wet weather venue is Lutheran Church, 20 Ragamuffin Drive, Hallett […]
YOUR 2019 GUIDE TO FAMILY CHRISTMAS CAROL EVENTS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA!
Christmas Carols | Adelaide, South Australia | Find Your Local Carols Event
Going to a Christmas Carols event within your local community is a popular annual tradition for many families. There’s something special about putting a picnic together, meeting up with family and friends and sitting […]
[ December 14, 2019; ]
Gawler Carols
Go along to Pioneer Park and enjoy the festivities.
Christmas Markets commence at 4pm with pre carols entertainment and food available from 5:30pm. Santa arrives at 6pm with carols commencing at 7.30pm and entertainment for the whole family for all to enjoy. Entertainment includes The Gawler Town Band and many more local entertainers. Take along […]
[ December 7, 2019; ]
Mt Barker Carols in the Park
Mt Barker Carols in the Park is held at Keith Stephenson Park annually and features local artists and the Carols Big Band.
The family fun begins at 5pm with a free bouncy castle, free face painting and plenty of food and drink to purchase.
The Carols program kicks off at 7pm and […]
[ December 8, 2019; ]
Campbelltown Christmas Parade
Campbelltown’s Christmas Parade brings together community members, groups and organisations from across the Campbelltown City Council area to celebrate Christmas and the festive season.
Go along for the Parade, which will start at Whites Lane, Newton, and proceed along Stradbroke Road to Thorndon Park.
The Parade will be followed by the annual ‘Carols in the […]
[ December 15, 2019; ]
CarolsAlive
CarolsAlive! is a vibrant community event put on by CityReach Oakden.
It features live music, children’s entertainment, live nativity and community carol singing. Take the whole family for dinner with international food, drinks, & ice creams on sale.
Enjoy the festive atmosphere from 5pm with face painting, kids rides, bouncing castle, interactive stalls and more.
Then settle in […]
[ December 20, 2019; ]
Paradise Carols & Fireworks
A night full of fun, food and the best singalong carols.
Influencers Church is proud to present their annual Paradise Carols and Fireworks show for 2019. They’re looking forward to another year of world-class carols together with the community.
The Paradise carols features:
Kids activities
Food vans
Photo-booth
Laneway Festival with inflatables
All of […]
[ December 14, 2019; ]
Nairne Community Carols
The Nairne Community Carols is moving to a new home in 2019 – the Nairne Primary School Oval.
Hosted by the Nairne & District Residents’ Association, with support from The Nairne Market and The District Council of Mount Barker, this marvellous community event has been called “the best Carols event in the Adelaide Hills”, […]
[ December 7, 2019; ]
Playford Community Christmas Carols
Playford will be rockin’ around Fremont Park as the City gets ready to present the 2019 Playford Community Christmas Carols.
The biggest outdoor concert of the year welcomes a huge line up of national and local performers in December. Tim Campbell will host the evening as the seasoned performer sings and dances his […]
[ December 5, 2019; ]
Carols in the Square
The annual ‘Carols in the Square’ is a free family-friendly event run in partnership with Westcare Church and proudly supported by the City of Adelaide, Beyond Bank, Australia Post and StreetFleet.
Featuring Tutti Choir, Holdfast Bay Concert Band and other guest artists, it’s a great way to bring the community together and celebrate […]
[ December 1, 2019; ]
Tyndale Community Carols
The Tyndale Community Carols is an event for the whole family that will include a concert band, choirs, jumping castles, face painting, food vendors and fireworks. This year features guest performers David Hobson and Sean W Smith.
This is a smoke, drug and alcohol free event.
The pre-show entertainment begins at 5pm with the main […]
[ November 24, 2019; ]
Christmas on the Hill
Christmas on the Hill is a family friendly, community event with free entertainment, amusement rides, carols and fireworks.
Everyone is welcome to go and enjoy this FREE community event on Wynn Vale Oval (behind King’s Baptist Church).
The evening kicks off from 5pm with family friendly entertainment including show rides, food vendors (food for […]
[ November 17, 2019; November 22, 2019; November 23, 2019; ]
Sea Shepherd Marine Debris Campaign
Join Sea Shepherd Australia’s Marine Debris Campaign this November and help out at three opportunities to clean our beaches and waterways before summer.
Sea Shepherd has three Marine Debris Campaign clean up events over the coming fortnight and the public are encouraged to head down and participate to help keep our beaches, […]
[ November 23, 2019; ]
MFS Station Day at St Marys
The Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) will open the doors to St Marys Fire Station on Saturday 23 November from 10am until 2pm.
The day will be full of free family fun. There will be activities for the kids, road crash rescue demonstrations, fire trucks, recruit information and more.
Refreshments and BBQ will […]
[ November 16, 2019; ]
Sophie’s Family Fun Day
Sophie’s Family Fun Day is supporting Sophie’s fight against Neuroblastoma to raise $300k for Sophie Stephenson to travel to New York for treatment.
Go along to Sophie’s Family Fun Day with over 35 market stalls, food vendors galore, children entertainment including reptiles, Star Wars Storm Troopers, story telling with native animals, bouncy castle, […]
[ December 15, 2019; ]
Aldinga Bay Community Carols
The Aldinga Bay Community Carols is a free event for all ages, with food and fun starting from 5pm.
Take along your picnic rugs and singing voices to join in a night of carol singing. The Carols begin at 7.30pm.
There will be carnival activities between 5pm and 7pm. Collect your ‘Follow the Star’ booklet and […]
[ 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
All your favourite Play School characters are sailing in to the South Australian Maritime Museum this December for an exhibition that brings all your childhood memories to life.
Take a cardboard box, a paper hat, a whole lot of imagination, and you can be sailing the […]
[ December 8, 2019; ]
Disney Frozen 2 – Play & Go Family Screening on Sunday 8 December 2019
This is the one we’ve all been waiting for! Disney Frozen 2 is the much anticipated sequel to the beloved Frozen movie which took the world by storm in 2013. It’s been a long wait since the highest grossing animated film of […]
[ February 14, 2020 to March 1, 2020. ] [caption id="attachment_123216" align="alignnone" width="630"] Image credit: Sarasota Experience/The Big Bounce[/caption]
The Big Bounce – World’s Largest Inflatable Theme Park coming to Adelaide
Big Bounce have announced they’re bringing the World’s Biggest Bounce House (it’s Guinness World Record certified), an incredible 300 metre long inflatable obstacle course AND a three part space-themed wonderland to five Australian cities for […]
[ February 8, 2020 12:00 pm to February 9, 2020 12:00 pm. ]
MS Mighty Swim
Dive in and make a difference. The MS Mighty Swim challenges you to swim for 24 hours while raising funds to support the MS Society SA & NT.
All funds raised from the swim support people living with multiple sclerosis in South Australia and Northern Territory. Get your team together and compete to swim […]
[ November 9, 2019 to December 31, 2019. ]
Christmas in Adelaide – Top 10 Things to See and Do
Christmas time brings a sense of wonder and excitement to little people as the big day draws near. For this magical time of year, we’ve put together a list of things to see and do and places to go around Adelaide that are sure to […]
[ November 25, 2019 to December 31, 2019. ]
Adelaide’s West End Brewery Christmas Riverbank Display
Each year a magical display of lights and Christmas scenes are set up along the lawns of the South Australian Brewing Company in Thebarton, just opposite the Entertainment Centre.
2019 marks the 60th anniversary of the West End Brewery Christmas Riverbank Display. Beginning as a clean-up project for the staff at the […]
[ November 29, 2019; ]
Christmas at Carrick Hill
Enjoy a summer’s evening on the terrace hosted by “Mr Bill”, a fictional character based on Sir Edward Hayward by Heaps Good Productions. Sing along to Christmas Carols performed by Cantamus Choir and keep an eye out for a special visitor.
Picnic boxes are provided by Blanco Catering and are available to pre-order […]
[ December 1, 2019; ]
Stirling Community Christmas Pageant and Fair
Join the Stirling community for their 2019 Christmas Pageant. This year will be an exciting change to a twilight event.
Proudly coordinated by The Hut Community Centre, each year the Stirling Community Christmas Pageant is an event which becomes the highlight of the festive season in Stirling. This year celebrates the […]
[ December 13, 2019 to December 20, 2019. ]
Westminster School Christmas Lights bringing joy to South Australian Families
South Australian families and children can view thousands of sparkling fairy lights, meet Santa in his Magic Christmas Kingdom, take in the beauty of an illuminated stained glass window and admire an array of colourful light displays and new festive decorations at Westminster’s annual lights display in […]
[ November 10, 2019; ]
Experience Payinthi Open Day
Go along and experience their new building, while enjoying an exciting day of activities for the whole family. The day will feature markets, kids entertainment, a BBQ, digital experiences, art activities, crafts, guided tours and more.
Experience Payinthi Open Day is an open day of the new City of Prospect council facilities, the […]
[ December 31, 2019; ]
Normanville New Year’s Eve Pageant & Fireworks
New Year’s Eve 2019 will see the 22nd annual Normanville New Year’s Eve Pageant.
The pageant consists of a parade of approximately 40 colourful floats leaving Katherine Drive at 7:30pm sharp, winding its way through the streets of Normanville ending at the beautiful Normanville foreshore at approximately 8pm.
Locals and tourists alike […]
Kids’ Market at Clarence Park – Review, October 2019
by Carla Caruso
Got old toys to move on, or have a budding young entrepreneur at home with a business idea? We know just the place for them…
I’m all in favour of doing a ‘Marie Kondo’ and feeling the magic of tidying up. Decluttering!
My mum always made my […]
Flinders Uni’s ‘SpringFest’, plus walking trails – Review, October 2019
The southern suburbs uni recently opened its doors for a family-friendly event. But, as we discovered, the campus has even more to offer, including scenic walking trails.
by Carla Caruso
It’s been a while since I’ve been a uni student (scarily, almost two decades), so I haven’t had […]
[ February 25, 2020 to March 7, 2020. ] [caption id="attachment_122630" align="alignnone" width="630"] Image credit: Matt Byrne[/caption]
The Lighthouse
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 […]
[ November 1, 2019 to December 1, 2019. ] [caption id="attachment_122568" align="alignnone" width="630"] Lee Mingwei; photo Saul Steed.[/caption]
Lee Mingwei: Sonic Blossom
An immersive gift of song at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) welcomes international artist Lee Mingwei and his Sonic Blossom FREE public art installation, a gift of song that audiences can experience at AGSA everyday throughout November […]
[ November 30, 2019 to December 1, 2019. ]
Salisbury Community Hub Opening
An exciting weekend of family activities, food and entertainment will mark the beginning of a new chapter with the Salisbury Community Hub opening.
A new social heart of Salisbury, the Hub will offer a home away from home for the community to come together and learn, share ideas and celebrate in a range […]
[ November 11, 2019; ]
Adelaide Remembrance Day Service at the South Australian National War Memorial
At 11am on 11 November 1918, the armistice, signed by Germany earlier that morning, came into effect, finally signifying the long-awaited end to the war. As soon as the news was known, cities and towns around Australia erupted into celebrations.
11 November 2019 will mark 101 years […]
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Marion Outdoor Pool Play Dates
Every Tuesday and Thursday morning during the school term between 9am – 12pm, Marion Outdoor Pool presents an opportunity to catch up and play safely around the pool during the warmer months.
During Pool Play Dates, it is only $8.50 for an adult and 2 children under 6, plus a coffee.
There will […]
[ November 9, 2019; ]
Triple M & St John FREE Santa Photo
Triple M Adelaide 104.7 and St Johns Christmas Home Lottery are running FREE Santa Photos on Pageant Day.
People will be able to sign up online or join the queue at the Adelaide Railway Station on Saturday November 9th from 11am – 4pm for a family photo with Santa […]
