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Redskin Candy Soft Serve & Fairy Floss Dessert – A Must For Dessert Lovers at Gluttony | Adelaide Fringe Review 2019

Redskin Candy Soft Serve, Fairy Floss & Toasted Marshmallow – Dessert Heaven at Gluttony, Adelaide Fringe
If you love a sweet treat, then this will be right up your alley, especially if you’re a fan of soft serve ice cream. Shibui Dessert have a pop up stall at Gluttony this year with these yummy sweets.
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Rebel | Adelaide Fringe Review 2019

If you’ve got time to squeeze in one more Fringe show this festival, make it ‘Rebel’
★★★★★ 5 Stars
“I want to tart rock up. I don’t want to climb out of my fantasies in order to go up on stage—I want to take them on stage with me.” 
Inspired by these words famously spoken by the  great […]

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Dogapalooza | Dog-Friendly Music Festival | Orphanage Park | Adelaide Fringe | 17 Mar 2019

[ March 17, 2019; ]
Dogapalooza 2019
Dogapalooza is Adelaide’s original dog-friendly mini music festival.
Festival-goers can take their dog, a rug, some drinks or two and chill out to the live tunes while raising funds for independent, no-kill animal rescues. The lineup this year includes Emily Davis, Aidan Jazzy Jones, Jen Lush & Steve Lennox, Banjo Jackson, Toby Brandenburg and Mary […]

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Inside the Walls: A Giant Pop-Up Book Ghost Story | Adelaide Fringe Review 2019

Inside the Walls: A Giant Pop-Up Book Ghost Story
Offering a change of pace and encouraging kids to use their imagination, Inside the Walls is a pop up story book brought to life with handmade puppets and creative story telling.
Staged in one of the smaller Gluttony venues, Ukiyo, this unique story book performance uses sound effects, […]

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Back on Board! | adelaide fringe review 2019

Back on Board! Adelaide Fringe Review 2019
Cheesier than a platter of cubed-cheddar on jatz, ‘Back on Board’ is a night of fun, puns and smooth tunes as you cruise the high seas on this hilarious musical boat of love…
The costumed shipmates, including ‘Dick Bathers’ on keyboard and ‘Leonardo Defrapuccino’ on guitar, all come from a […]

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Orbital + Severed Heads + Guests | Adelaide Fringe Review 2019

For one night only we let a couple of Play & Go Dads out to play at The Adelaide Fringe as Orbital and Severed Heads took over the Royal Croquet Club on Sunday night. ★★★★★ 5 Stars
A thick crowd filled the Uni Maths Lawn at Royal Croquet Club for these two iconic electronic acts. A […]

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Enchantments | Adelaide Fringe Review 2019

Enchantments | Adelaide Fringe Review 2019
Kids and adults who are intrigued by magic will enjoy Pierre Ulric’s show, ‘Enchantments’. We saw it at the Pocket at Stirling Fringe, and although the setting was extremely intimate, Pierre has a way of making everyone in the audience feel respected and comfortable, particularly when called up on stage or […]

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Abandoman Pirate Radio Fringe Review by Susannah Marks

Abandoman Pirate Radio | Adelaide Fringe Review 2019

Abandoman – Pirate Radio Fringe Festival Review

Adelaide Fringe review by Susannah Marks, 28 February 2019
We had been wandering through the Garden of Unearthly Delights soaking up the evening atmosphere and wondering about catching a late night show at the Adelaide Fringe Festival when we bumped into a mum I’d met at playgroup, along with her husband […]

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A Thousand Cranes | Gemini Collective | The Parks Theatres | Adelaide Fringe | 5-11 Mar 2019

[ March 5, 2019; March 9, 2019 to March 11, 2019. ]
A Thousand Cranes
Contemporary dance and live music unite to tell the moving story of Sadako – the girl who folded a thousand cranes for peace.
Opening on Tuesday 5 March 2019 at The Parks Theatre, The Gemini Collective present “A Thousand Cranes”, a cross-artform production in the round. With a new score composed by Jennifer Trijo, […]

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Life – The Show | Adelaide Fringe 2019 Review

Leave the kids at home and make ‘Life – The Show’ a date night or night out with your friends.
★★★★ 4 Stars for something fun and unsurprisingly impressive.
Headlining The Garden of Unearthly Delights this year, hosted in the Spiegeltent, is the return of Strut & Fret Production House (Blanc de Blanc, Limbo) with Life – […]

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Code Like A Girl’s Roaming Classroom | 2 & 3 Mar 2019

[ March 2, 2019 to March 3, 2019. ]
Roaming Classroom For Rebel Girls
Primary school aged girls will put on their game faces and level up their computer coding skills with a roaming classroom set to visit Adelaide for the first time as part of the Fringe Festival.
Australian Science and Mathematics School is hosting Code Like A Girl’s roaming classroom where girls aged 6-12 […]

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Foals: A Photographic Exhibition by Kids Around The World | Adelaide Fringe | 1-11 Mar 2019

[ March 1, 2019 to March 11, 2019. ]
Foals: a photographic exhibition by kids around the world
Presented by Sofie Kim, Foals is a photo exhibition by kids from around the world. See the similarities and enjoy the differences in a day of a life from Denmark to Korea, Nepal to Canada, Japan to Scotland and more.
This exhibition puts children behind the lens of the camera […]

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Summer Garden Festival | Civic Park | Adelaide Fringe | 16 Mar 2019

[ March 16, 2019; 12:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ]
Summer Garden Festival
The Summer Garden Festival is set to have 17 artists and 28 performances across 3 event spaces with something for everyone.
Enjoy world-class Fringe performers, gourmet food and drinks from Fork on the Road and 55ml and free children’s entertainment in the beautiful natural surrounds at this free community event.

Highlights of the event include:

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Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams | Adelaide Fringe 2019 Review

Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams
★★★★★ 5 Stars

Circus Abyssinia will have you smiling from beginning to end with their thoroughly enjoyable, visually joyful and uplifting performance. This is definitely a show to put in your top five picks for 2019 if you’re not sure what to go and see yet.
This high energy, vibrant and colourful show will […]

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FINALE – Australian Premiere | Adelaide Fringe 2019 Review

FINALE – Australian Premiere
★★★★★ 5 Stars

Finale’s Australian premiere at the Adelaide Fringe features eight friends from Berlin who combine their various skills and talents to produce a fast paced, highly entertaining 60 minutes the whole family will enjoy.
The stage is set with a wall of cardboard boxes, mirror balls, a caberet corner and props such […]

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The Choir of Man – A Rollicking Good Time | Adelaide Fringe Review 2019

A rollicking night out with mates at the local pub, ‘The Jungle’, with singing, dancing – and beer!
★★★★★ Rollicking fun – slick, but full of heart
Some pubs have sports teams, this one has a choir. This is no ordinary stage either. It’s a pretty authentic pub – with a real, working beer tap. If you […]

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Marion Fringe Carnival | Marion Cultural Centre | 3 Mar 2019

[ March 2, 2019 to March 3, 2019. ]
Marion Fringe Carnival
Enjoy a fun family fringe carnival weekend at the plaza of the Marion Cultural Centre. There will be live music, roving performances, art installations, children’s activities, workshops, food & wine, artisan markets and more.
**Editors note: Due to the extreme heat forecast for this Saturday 2 March, the Saturday Marion Fringe Carnival has been cancelled for safety […]

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Card Ninja – Extreme Fun With Cards | Adelaide Fringe 2019 Review

Card Ninja – extreme fun for all
★★★★★ 5 Stars for unique family fun

New Zealander Javier Jarquin is the funniest and most charming ninja around. Armed with just playing cards he shows just how his extreme card manipulation abilities make him a deadly, but highly entertaining assassin on the stage.
He is not a magician as he […]

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Fringe Tribute to Rock Star Academy

Tribute to Rock by Star Academy | Adelaide Fringe 2019 Review

Tribute to Rock by Star Academy is high energy fun, with songs that will have you bopping in your seat.
Tribute to Rock is a high energy rock dance concert with wonderful dancing and singing and packed with so much fun. The stage is electric with enthusiasm from these 28 young talented performers aged from 8 […]

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Bubblegum Cabaret by Circus Oz | Adelaide Fringe 2019 Review

Circus Oz are back in town bringing their unique flair and own brand of fun to The Fringe.
Circus Oz feature in the Adelaide Fringe program with two shows – ‘Neon‘, an 80s inspired “gloriously gaudy” showcase for adults-only, and  ‘Bubblegum Cabaret’, a bright, fun and contagious circus treat made especially for kids.
Whilst this is a […]

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Fortified by Amity Dry | Adelaide Fringe 2019 Review

Amity Dry shines strong in new Fringe show ‘Fortified’.
Amity Dry returns with her new cabaret show ‘Fortified’ this Fringe. A lot has happened in her life since her last sellout show ’39 Forever’ and as a writer it makes sense for her to put it into songs and words. Her story is candid, raw at […]

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Yabarra – Gathering of Light | The Most Stunning and Important Light & Sound Display You Need To See | Fringe 2019

Adelaide Fringe Yabarra – Gathering of Light is a spectacular light and sound immersive experience along the River Torrens. This light display is a must see this Fringe.

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Playford Palace Festival | Adelaide Fringe | 16 Feb – 23 Mar 2019

[ February 16, 2019; February 23, 2019; March 2, 2019; March 4, 2019; March 9, 2019; March 16, 2019; March 23, 2019; ]
Playford Palace Festival
Playford Palace is back by popular demand for five weeks of FREE and low-cost events the whole family can enjoy this February and March.
Playford Palace will be coming to many community venues and spaces as they broaden their Adelaide Fringe entertainment program in 2019. The Festival is set to entertain audiences, no matter the […]

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City of Port Adelaide Enfield Fringe & Street Party | Adelaide Fringe | 15 Feb – 17 Mar 2019

[ February 15, 2019 to March 17, 2019. ]
City of Port Adelaide Enfield Fringe
Its Adelaide Fringe time again and the City of PAE is supporting creative and talented artists in 68 festival events in over 30 venues across the Council area, featuring an outstanding range of art in all its forms.
With their culturally rich and diverse community, the City of PAE has become […]

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Gluttony | Adelaide Fringe | 15 Feb – 17 Mar 2019

[ February 15, 2019 to March 17, 2019. ]
Gluttony 2019
Gluttony is back this season with an eclectic array of 15 venues across two sites, ranging from the large and lively to the intimate and atmospheric, and accommodating their biggest entertainment program yet.
As they do every year, Gluttony offers something for all tastes, from weekend shows for the whole family to late night laughs.  […]

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Street Art Explosion | Adelaide Fringe | 15 Feb – 17 Mar 2019

[ February 15, 2019 to March 17, 2019. ]
Street Art Explosion
Blank walls will again burst into life for the 2019 ‘Street Art Explosion’.
Street Art Explosion features brand new works that erupt with colour and creativity in Adelaide’s CBD, alongside existing artworks throughout the city and surrounding suburbs.

Each year, the Street Art Explosion program commissions Australia’s best emerging and established artists to create large-scale […]

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Adelaide Fringe Festival | Family-Friendly Shows | 2019

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.
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 […]

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Tony Roberts : I’m a Magician Get Me Out of Here | Adelaide Fringe | 16 Feb – 17 Mar 2019

[ February 16, 2019 to February 17, 2019. February 23, 2019 to February 24, 2019. March 2, 2019; March 9, 2019 to March 10, 2019. March 16, 2019 to March 17, 2019. ]

 
Tony Roberts : I’m a Magician Get Me Out of Here
Mind-blowing escapology and magical mayhem are unleashed by Covent Garden’s cheekiest and funniest street performer. For humans 8-80+
Having escaped from chains at festivals in over eight countries around the world, the hilarious and charming Tony Roberts proves the impossible possible as, tied up in knots, […]

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Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall | Adelaide Fringe | 16 Feb – 17 Mar 2019

[ February 16, 2019 to February 17, 2019. February 23, 2019 to February 24, 2019. March 2, 2019 to March 3, 2019. March 9, 2019 to March 10, 2019. March 16, 2019 to March 17, 2019. ]
Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall at the Adelaide Fringe
Grab your rainbow sequenced onesies, and all the family as the friendliest baby-disco in town, Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall returns to Adelaide. This bopping, beautiful, bouncing, bonkers and down-right brilliantly fun session of disco-dancing joy promises to kick the dust off children’s entertainment in The Garden of Unearthly Delights.
Monski […]

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Fringe On Tour | Adelaide Fringe | Feb – Apr 2019

[ February 16, 2019; February 21, 2019 to February 24, 2019. March 1, 2019 to March 3, 2019. March 8, 2019; March 16, 2019 to March 17, 2019. March 22, 2019 to March 31, 2019. April 19, 2019 to April 21, 2019. ]
Fringe On Tour
Each year, Adelaide Fringe hits the road to bring a taste of Fringe to your neighbourhood.  And this year is no different as they hit the streets in 10 amazing locations.  From Murray Bridge and Whyalla to Mount Gambier and Port Augusta, an assortment of entertainers will be performing, including live music, circus performers, […]

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