Peter Combe Live Lockdown Gig
Watch Peter Combe perform live on Friday 20 November from his home to yours. The concert will be free and a special gesture to South Australian families in lockdown. The concert will also be accessible for families interstate.
Peter Combe is a celebrated South Australian children’s entertainer who is well known for […]
[ November 13, 2020 to November 22, 2020. ]
Adelaide Italian Festival
The Adelaide Italian Festival is an annual celebration to coincide with Italian week held in November. Featuring the very best of the Italian way in South Australia through food and wine, innovation and design, culture and tradition.
The first Italian Festival in Adelaide was held in 1976 in Rundle Mall – a parade made up […]
[ November 14, 2020; ]
Hahndorf Lantern Festival
A Mini Lantern Festival (no parade) with hundreds of lanterns hung throughout Alec Johnson Park in Hahndorf.
Starting at 5pm they will have live bands, food and an amazing display of candle lit paper lanterns from little to very big. They will launch their new Thongaphone Percussion Ensemble and you can have a go […]
CarnEvil Nights at Adelaide Showground
This festival of horror has family-friendly sunset sessions, and after-dark sessions for the big kids. Think show rides and spook-tacular fun galore.
by Carla Caruso
Halloween just seems to get bigger and bigger in Adelaide – and so do the events.
If you and your kids love a fright, check out what’s been dubbed […]
[ November 22, 2020; ]
Dogs SA – Festival of Dogs
The Festival of Dogs is an event for dogs and their owners, as well as anyone interested in dogs. Over 100 registered breeders and trainers will be at the festival along with veterinarians and experts from the SA Dog & Cat Management Board.
There will be a range of vendors offering […]
[ November 20, 2020 to November 22, 2020. ]
Willunga Almond Blossom Festival
**Update 17 November: Event Cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19*
This long running community fundraiser may be a little late this year, but they plan to present a fun family-friendly Spring event for all to enjoy.
The festival will offer a weekend of family fun, with camel rides and show rides, food trucks and […]
[ October 29, 2020 to November 1, 2020. November 6, 2020 to November 7, 2020. ]
CarnEvil Nights – Halloween event at Adelaide Showground
CarnEvil will be held at the Adelaide Showground and feature a range of haunted mazes, CarnEvil rides and Escape Rooms, swarms of scare actors, scary showbags, gruesome CarnEvil games, fire dancers and entertainers and themed food and beverage outlets.
The event will be split into two sessions with an […]
[ October 29, 2020 to November 5, 2020. ]
Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA)
From 29 October – 5 November 2020 the Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) returns for its 11th year down-under with a FREE digital program showcasing the very best in Korean cinema.
Presented by the Korean Cultural Centre Australia, the 2020 Festival will screen 18 feature films to audiences across Australia. […]
[ October 14, 2020 to October 16, 2020. October 21, 2020 to October 23, 2020. October 25, 2020; ]
Sit Down, Shutup and Watch! Film Festival
Sit Down Shutup & Watch! Film and New Media Festival (SDSW) will be launching online from 14 October, Wednesdays – Fridays (10:30am), till the 25 October 2020. Running concurrently to the Adelaide Film Festival, SDSW is a biennial, international festival of work by filmmakers with learning disability.
Screening over 40 […]
[ October 20, 2020 to November 3, 2020. ]
OzAsia Festival reaches international audience with new online talks series
Contemporary artists and arts professionals from across Asia will share their stories with a worldwide audience for OzAsia Talks. A series of critical conversations presented by Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival.
The innovative new online series will feature panel discussions, artist profiles and poetry performances. The event […]
[ October 23, 2020; 11:00 am; ]
Lantern Making Workshop
OzAsia Festival’s Moon Lantern Parade has a very important history, founded in the traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Each year, tens of thousands of people to come together in one magnificent day-long celebration that culminates in Australia’s largest lantern parade. This year, OzAsia Festival will present an online lantern making workshop on Friday […]
[ February 26, 2021; February 28, 2021; March 2, 2021 to March 3, 2021. ]
A Midsummer’s Night Dream
After months of missing out on live performance, Adelaide Festival has announced its centrepiece opera for the 2021 Adelaide Festival: Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Benjamin Britten’s musical transformation of Shakespeare’s most loved comedy is something of a miracle: apart from a single short sentence, every word is that of England’s finest […]
[ November 7, 2020 to November 8, 2020. ]
Food. FERMENT. Wine. CheeseFest+Ferment. Gather & Graze South Australia.
With the current COVID restrictions impacting large events, the organisers of CheeseFest have decided that rather than canceling their event all together, they will hold a scaled down version of the festival instead. Gather & Graze will showcase South Australia’s cheese and fermented foods, niche bars to […]
[ February 14, 2021; ]
SummerSalt 2021
Following the huge success of the SummerSalt concert series across Australia over past Summer seasons, Zaccaria Concerts & Touring are thrilled to announce the nextSummerSalt concert event for South Australians on the shores of the iconic Glenelg Beach.
Either dance with your friends or sit back and chill to the tunes. Summersalt will be a […]
[ October 31, 2020 to November 1, 2020. ]
Vegan Festival Adelaide Live & Streamed
Vegan Festival Adelaide is SA’s largest celebration of all things vegan. Due to COVID-19 the event will be both live and live-streamed. The Festival will feature world-renowned speakers, cooking demonstrations, kids’ activities, live local musicians, and creative hands-on workshops.
Explore around 60 market stalls providing visitors with an incredible array of 100% […]
[ December 10, 2020 to December 28, 2020. ]
Santa’s Wonderland – Adelaide Showground December 2020
Santa’s Wonderland is back for its fifth magical year with stage shows, a 450 sqm ice skating rink, a 30-metre-long toboggan slide, and fun family rides, including dodgem cars. There will also be Christmas elves, Fairies, Snow Queens, princesses, penguins and snowmen bringing a sense of wonder to […]
[ September 30, 2020 to October 3, 2020. October 6, 2020 1:09 pm to October 9, 2020 1:10 pm. ]
Live Music and Silent Disco at Hallett Cove Shopping Centre
Step into spring and feel the beats at Hallett Cove Shopping Centre these school holidays.
LIVE & unplugged | Wednesday 30 September, Thursday 1 Friday 2 & Saturday 3 October 2020
Enjoy live music performances by local Hallett Cove artists (stage located next to Woolworths from 1pm – […]
[ April 30, 2021 to May 9, 2021. ]
Tasting Australia to return in Autumn 2021
Australia’s premier eating and drinking festival will not be held in October 2020 as planned, but they are excited to announce that it will return in 2021, from Friday 30 April – Sunday 9 May.
They believe that delaying Tasting Australia to 2021 will give businesses the time they need […]
[ October 15, 2020 to November 8, 2020. ]
Adelaide Family Show
The Adelaide Family Show will feature rides, showbags, food, entertainment, an animal nursery, smurfs village and carnival games and will be held from 15 October to 8 November 2020 at Edwards Park, Adelaide.
Dates & Sessions
Thursday 15 October – Sunday 8 November 2020
Thursday and Friday | 6pm – 9pm
Saturday | 10am – […]
[ September 25, 2020 to October 4, 2020. ]
Nature Festival – A New Festival for South Australia
Nature Festival is a 10-day open-access festival celebrating the role nature plays in the identity of all South Australians. Expect family play experiences from Nature Play, outdoor yoga, public talks, and artistic installations. Nature Festival’s inaugural program hosts free and ticketed events dedicated to celebrating nature in […]
[ September 12, 2020; 11:00 pm; ]
Adelaide Steampunk Festival at the National Railway Museum
Step back in time to a world of steam-powered wonders and clockwork enchantments and celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s visit to Adelaide at the 2020 Adelaide Steampunk Festival.
In simple terms, steampunk is a genre of science fiction that has a historical setting which typically […]
[ August 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020. ]
SALA at Karoonda Silos
The tiny Mallee town of Karoonda is participating in the SALA Festival for the first time ever – with its grain silos to become the virtual canvas for 13 South Australian artists.
Work from the artists will be digitally projected onto the silos every evening in August in a rolling showcase from sundown […]
[ August 15, 2020; August 22, 2020; ]
Patch Theatre’s Me & My Shadow is set to reopen at the Adelaide Festival Centre
Adelaide based children’s theatre company Patch Theatre is thrilled to announce it will head back to the theatre for the first time since lockdown, raising the curtain on its multi-award-winning production Me & My Shadow.
Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Me […]
[ June 11, 2021 6:00 pm to June 26, 2021 6:00 pm. ]
Adelaide Festival Centre is thrilled to announce acclaimed cabaret and all-round performer, writer and social activist Alan Cumming as the Artistic Director for Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2021.
Alan Cumming will be the first-ever international Artistic Director in the festival’s history when Adelaide Cabaret Festival celebrates its 21st anniversary next year.
His appointment was announced on the […]
[ July 24, 2020 to July 26, 2020. ]
Winter Reds – Play With Fire
Experience the warmth of the Adelaide Hills with open fires, red wines and rustic fare.
After concerns that the Winter Reds Festival would be unable to proceed due to COVID-19, the recent easing of restrictions has allowed Adelaide Hills wine producers to consider how they can still celebrate on the 24, 25 […]
[ June 5, 2020 to June 20, 2020. ]
Adelaide Cabaret Festival Bite-Sized & Home Delivered in 2020
Get ready cabaret fans because they’re pulling back the iso curtain to reveal a delectable digital mini feast celebrating Adelaide Cabaret Festival – a curated collection of bite-sized clips from artists who were set to feature in the 2020 program straight to your device from 5 – […]
[ April 29, 2020 to May 31, 2020. ]
Adelaide FringeVIEW
The Adelaide Fringe team have been working hard to find a way to directly support artists during the COVID-19 crisis, and are excited to announce the pilot of an online, digital Fringe experience; Adelaide FringeVIEW.
The world as we know it has changed so radically in only a few weeks. The Adelaide Fringe organiser’s hearts […]
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 […]
Sandstorm Events presents Once Upon a Time Sand Sculptures at Harts Mill in Port Adelaide
Sandstorm Events will return in 2021 after having to be rescheduled due to COVID-19 in 2020. The new theme will be, Once Upon a Time.
The Once Upon a Time Sand Sculptures will transport you into lands of mystery, intrigue, betrayal […]
Mr. Snot Bottom – is his Fringe show really that terrible, horrible and really really bad?
By Brooke Hendry
★★★★ 4 stars for nauseating comedy that made our faces sore from laughter
Looking for a downright disgustingly hilarious show to cap off the Adelaide Fringe for another year?
If your kids (and you too!) think that pop-offs, boogers, poo […]
