Play & Go Adelaide

[ April 17, 2024; ]
Be a guest at the 2024 Royal Princess Ball hosted by Once Upon A Princess at stunning JDF Reception Centre in Windsor Gardens.
Back by popular demand after three years, it’s time to dust off the tiara and prepare for a Royal event of a lifetime.
The magical ball hosted by the Royal Palace will be a […]

Visit Beaumont House during one of their Open Days.
The Burnside Branch invite you to go along and visit one of South Australia’s unique State Heritage listed properties, Beaumont House.
Beaumont House is a State Heritage listed property built in 1849 by Augustus Short, the first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, and after, the home of Sir Samuel […]

WIN a Family Pass  to CIRCUS – The Show at Adelaide Fringe  2024
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 […]

WIN a Family Pass to Justin’s BIG Balloon Show at Adelaide Fringe 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 […]

Best of the Best – World Premiere!
Get ready for the extravaganza of a lifetime with this showcase of the hottest acts, handpicked from some of the most sensational shows across the Fringe!
Hosted by the dazzling MC superstar, Tash York, and featuring a selection of the very best circus, magic and cabaret acts, plus a different […]

[ February 4, 2024; March 3, 2024; March 24, 2024; April 21, 2024; May 19, 2024; June 2, 2024; June 30, 2024; July 21, 2024; August 11, 2024; September 22, 2024; October 13, 2024; November 3, 2024; November 17, 2024; November 30, 2024; December 1, 2024; December 15, 2024; ]
Gilles at The Grounds Market is held in the Old Brick Dairy Pavilion, Adelaide Showground.
The Gilles Street Market originated in 2008 in the heart of Adelaide at the historic, Gilles Street Primary School. Heralded as Adelaide’s original fashion and design marketplace, Gilles Street has provided a platform for emerging and established designers to showcase their […]

[ 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 […]

[ 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 […]

[ 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 […]

[ July 6, 2024 to July 7, 2024. ]
Discover a world where imagination comes to life at BRIXPO, South Australia’s largest fan-built LEGO® exhibition!
Step into a realm of creativity and wonder, where families can indulge in endless fun without breaking the bank with a family pass priced under $50. Once inside, there are no time limits – stay as long as you […]

[ February 3, 2024 to February 4, 2024. February 10, 2024 to February 11, 2024. February 17, 2024 to February 18, 2024. February 24, 2024 to February 25, 2024. ]
FREE Bluey-themed Kids DIY Workshops throughout the month of February at Bunnings.
Bluey is coming to Bunnings!  Every weekend in February Bluey-themed workshops are being held at ALL Bunnings Warehouses, plus Bluey and Bingo will be visiting a few stores too.

For dates and times for workshops and character appearances, please select your nearest store in the […]

[ 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 […]

[ February 17, 2024; ]
Lunar New Year Family Workshops at Her Majesty’s Theatre
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with family-friendly workshops designed for children aged 5 and up.  These workshops are a celebration of creativity and cultural discovery. Begin with the serene artistry of Jingwei Bu’s tea ceremony. Then, let creativity bloom with Datsun Tran’s drawing and calligraphy workshops, and […]

[ February 17, 2024; ]
The Adelaide Lunar New Year Street Party is an annual community event held at the Chinatown Precinct and Gouger Street. The street party features many exhibitors and entertainers from a wide variety of Asian cultural groups all coming together to showcase their traditions through art and flavours.
To celebrate the Year of the Dragon in 2024, […]

[ February 16, 2024; ]
Ring in the Lunar New Year in Rundle Mall, as they celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Dragon.
Be part of the festivities on Friday 16 February 2024, with vibrant acrobatic lion dancers performing every hour, on the hour, from 12pm – 6pm, symbolically welcoming good luck and prosperity for the year ahead.

For those […]

Gelato Messina opens in Kent Town Adelaide.
Gelato Messina has finally opened their first gelato store in their owners’ home town of Adelaide.
After moving from Adelaide to Sydney in 1999, Messina founder Nick Palumbo and his brother Danny have spent the best part of 20 years growing Gelato Messina from a single store in Sydney to […]

Squishy Taylor and the City-Wide Ghost Plague: Adelaide Fringe 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  stars for a clever activity that kids and adults can do together at home
Review by Claire Davill
Squishy Taylor and the City-Wide Ghost Plague is an activity designed for adults and kids to complete together. This is not a show, it’s an interactive, clever activity that […]

Adelaide Fringe Reviews
See our collection of Fringe Reviews from the best family friendly kids shows to the occasional ‘adults only’ parents night out! 
Each year when Adelaide’s festival season rolls around it’s time to think about booking tickets to the shows you have always wanted to see, or perhaps a family favourite your kids have seen […]

[ February 3, 2024; ]
Adelaide Pongal 2024 (Tamil Heritage Festival) in Light Square
Pongal is a multi-day festival celebrated typically around the 14th of January every year. The Adelaide Tamil Association celebrates this event in remembrance involving various Tamil Organisation in Adelaide. Organisations such as Australia Tamil Arts, Ceylon Tamil Association and Shruthi Adelaide will join hands with Adelaide Tamil […]

[ February 4, 2024; ]
The 19th annual Brighton Jetty Classic, presented by Channel Seven Adelaide, is SA’s Largest Open Water Swim.  Plus, don’t miss the Marilyn Jetty Swimmers!
The Channel 7 Brighton Jetty Classic is an open water swim with distances of 1500m and 400m.  There is also a SwimKids Series with distances of 100m, 200m and 300m for kids […]

[ March 23, 2024; April 27, 2024; June 22, 2024; August 17, 2024; October 19, 2024; December 14, 2024; ]
Discover what’s on for teens at AGSA in 2024!
Held six times a year at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Neo is a FREE after-hours event for teens aged 13-17.
Neo is a parent-free zone where young people can kick back and hang out with friends, jump into creative labs, tune into live music and explore […]

[ 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 […]

[ 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 […]

[ 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 […]

[ March 1, 2024; March 3, 2024; March 5, 2024; March 6, 2024; ]
Returning to Adelaide Festival for the first time since 2018, the internationally acclaimed Canadian auteur, Robert Lepage, brings his brilliant imagination and a lush aesthetic to Igor Stravinsky’s The Nightingale and Other Fables.
The Nightingale, Stravinsky’s first opera, was written between 1908-13 during the composer’s Russian period, at the same time as he was working on […]

[ March 3, 2024; March 5, 2024; ]  
Writers’ Week has a jam-packed program designed for young book readers. Young Readers’ Day (ages 2 – 12) is on Sunday 3 March 2024 and for kids over 12, Tuesday 5 March 2024 is YA Evening and Hear Me Roar! 
Young Readers’ Day | 3 March 2024 
Calling all fans of picture books, graphic novels and epic […]

[ February 19, 2024 to February 20, 2024. ]
River Revival Vouchers – Enter the Ballot in Round 3
South Australians will once again have the opportunity to take part in a ballot for vouchers that can be used for experiences and accommodation in the Riverland and Murray River, Lakes and Coorong regions. 
Discover the magic of the mighty Murray River by entering the February River […]

[ February 17, 2024; ]
Experience live music across the Port as 25+ of SA’s best emerging artists ignite multiple venues across the historic town of Port Adelaide for this free live music discovery event. 
New Found Sound is an inaugural family-friendly, free live music event happening across nine venues in Port Adelaide on Saturday 17 February 2024. It is a free […]

Join Ginny Pig Distillery for a family-friendly Hot Cross Bun Festival with unique gin, treats, and plenty of fun.
Easter’s coming a week early at Ginny Pig!  Pack your picnic rugs and chairs, and join them for a day brimming with laughter and joy at their inaugural Hot Cross Bun Festival.
Nestled in the heart of scenic […]

[ 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 […]