july 2023 Articles

Family Fun Fair | National Railway Museum | 20-23 Jul 2023

[ July 20, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Family Fun Fair at the National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum’s annual school holiday event is back from Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 July 2023 (inclusive).
There will be Redhen railcars running and the miniature trains Bub (blue train) and Bill (green train).
Entertainment for the kids will include Cool 4 Kids and Carnival Barrel Organ.
All train rides and […]

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Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival | Adelaide Showground | 14-16 Jul 2023

[ July 14, 2023 to July 16, 2023. ]
Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival 2023
The team behind Beer & BBQ Festival will once again return to Adelaide this year during winter with their much-loved festival.
The event will offer a jam-packed line up of predominantly South Australian talent (plus some interstate buddies), with local brewers, BBQ legends and musicians coming together to provide three huge […]

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WIN $100 in the Police Credit Union Kids’ Art Competition | 3 Jul – 31 Aug 2023

[ July 3, 2023 to August 31, 2023. ]
POLICE CREDIT UNION KIDS’ ART COMPETITION
Want to WIN $100 and be featured in the Police Credit Union 2024 calendar?
There are 13 prizes to be won valued at $100 each.

How to WIN:

Draw a picture that best describes your favourite thing to do in SA or NT.

Each artwork will be judged by the Police Credit Union […]

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Biscuit Decorating for Kids | Ideas & Inspiration

Biscuit decorating – inspiration and ideas for creative do-it-yourself biscuits at home.
Rainy days, hot days or just lazy days at home and looking for something fun and creative to make with the kids?  Give biscuit decorating a go and not only have fun making them, but you’ll get to enjoy the end result too!
Kids love […]

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bastille day at central market

Bastille Day at the Adelaide Central Market | 14 & 15 Jul 2023

[ July 14, 2023 to July 15, 2023. ]
Bastille Day at the Adelaide Central Market
Bienvenue à La Fête Nationale au Marché!
A celebration of French culture over two days on Friday 14 July and Saturday 15 July, the Adelaide Central Market Bastille Day celebrations return in recognition of France’s national day. Highlights include live music by Market favourites – Louise Blackwell and the French […]

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Resonate | Illuminate Adelaide | Review & Tips for Families

Resonate 2023 Review –  Illuminate Adelaide
Resonate is a whole new light experience in 2023 which covers much more of the expansive Botanic Garden. The 6 installations are spread out over a 1.7km trail so there’s plenty of space for everyone to really appreciate the captivating light and sound displays. It also means there’s a lot […]

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Light Creatures at Adelaide Zoo | Review 2023

Light Creatures at Adelaide Zoo 2023
Step through the gates of the historic Adelaide Zoo after-dark to experience a mesmerising, immersive tribute to the natural world.
Review by Carla Caruso
Fancy a night at the zoo? Light Creatures is back at the Adelaide Zoo as part of the Illuminate Adelaide festival program.
The experience has grown and evolved since the first […]

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Base Camp | Illuminate Adelaide | 29 Jun – 30 Jul 2023

[ June 29, 2023 to July 30, 2023. ]
Base Camp is back in 2023 with a whole new look and a whole new location.
The light of the party for Illuminate Adelaide 2023 and claiming space in the glorious Rundle Park/Kadlitpina, Base Camp is your go-to destination for a memorable night right in the heart of Illuminate Adelaide’s month-long season.

With a fresh new design […]

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SANFL brings X-Golf & Hey Caddy to West Lakes

SANFL brings X-Golf & Hey Caddy to West Lakes
The SANFL has partnered with Australia’s indoor golf entertainment brand X-Golf to open the franchise’s second – and biggest – South Australian venue located at West Lakes.
The 1000 sqm venue features six golf simulators, an 18-hole Hey Caddy mini-golf course, full-service kitchen and fully licensed bar in […]

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Relaxed, Sensory-Friendly Morning | South Australian Museum | 15 Jul 2023

[ July 15, 2023; ]
Relaxed, Sensory-Friendly Morning at the South Australian Museum
A sensory-friendly morning for visitors of all ages, their families, friends, and support workers.
Visit the South Australian Museum out of hours where visitors with autism and other sensory or access requirements can enjoy a quieter, less crowded visit to the Museum. This is a chance to see all […]

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Friday Night Lights | AFL Max & Blue Light SA | Cancelled 7 Jul 2023

[ July 7, 2023; ]
Friday Night Lights has been cancelled.
Blue Light’s Friday Night Lights is coming back to AFL Max these July School Holidays.
Friday Night Lights is a kids only lock-in event for ages 8 – 14. Jump, kick and climb your way through AFL Max for 3 hours of play on the evening of the last day of […]

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Disney Pixar Elemental | Movie Review | In Cinemas 15 Jun 2023

Disney Pixar Movie Review – Elemental 
In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy are about to discover something elemental: How much they actually have in common. Directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream.
Disney and Pixar’s Elemental is an all-new, original feature […]

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Ended: WIN Tickets to Light Creatures at Adelaide Zoo

WIN Tickets to Light Creatures at Adelaide Zoo
Light Creatures at Adelaide Zoo, illuminating the wild!
Step through Adelaide Zoo after dark to experience a mesmerising and immersive tribute to the natural world.  Like nature at its best, this sell-out event continues to grow and evolve, and in 2023 you’ll be meeting new species of larger-than-life characters […]

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World Chocolate Day in Adelaide | 7 July

[ July 7, 2023; ]
Celebrate World Chocolate Day in Adelaide – 7 July
Celebrate the most delicious day of the year in Adelaide – from the city to the hills and beyond!
We are spoilt for choice in Adelaide with so many local, high quality chocolatiers, chocolate factories and chocolate shops!  

Each year July 7th is World Chocolate Day so here […]

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National Tree Day | Connect with Nature | 30 Jul 2023

[ July 30, 2023; ]   
National Tree Day 2023
Join the community to help plant one million native trees.
Established in 1996, National Tree Day has grown into Australia’s largest community tree-planting and nature care event. The program is a call to action for all Australians to get their hands dirty and give back to their community.

Each year, around 300,000 people volunteer […]

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World Chocolate Day at Melba’s – Free Hot Chocolate & School Holiday Fun | Woodside | Jul 2023

[ July 7, 2023; July 15, 2023 to July 16, 2023. ]
Grab a FREE Hot Chocolate at Melba’s on World Chocolate Day
What better way to celebrate World Chocolate Day, than a visit up to Melba’s Chocolates in Woodside!
Watch them make all their delicious treats, pick up all your favourites, indulge in one of their Chocolate Marshmallow Dipper Cups and even enjoy a deliciously warming FREE Hot […]

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Plastic Free July | ‘Choose to Refuse’ Single-Use Plastic

Plastic Free July – What you can do to help
Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities.
This year’s campaign theme is ‘Small steps, big difference’.
We know that recycling and clean-ups aren’t enough […]

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Kids Go Free to the AFL | Rounds 16-19 | 29 Jun – 23 Jul 2023

[ July 1, 2023; July 8, 2023; July 15, 2023; July 22, 2023; ]
Kids Go Free to the AFL
In rounds 16 to 19, all kids aged 14 years old and under will get free* access to Toyota AFL Premiership Season matches across Australia.
Just in time for school holidays, kids are taking over the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season for the second year in a row!

In celebration of the […]

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Campbelltown Pizza Festival | July 2023

Campbelltown Pizza Festival 2023
Enjoy your favourite pizza or try a new variety during the 2023 Campbelltown Pizza Festival
The Campbelltown Pizza Festival returns in 2023, with some of the region’s best pizza and pasta restaurants hosting events and serving up delicious menus to tantalise your taste buds.
The festival will be held throughout the month of July […]

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gumeracha winter solstice

Gumeracha Winter Solstice | 1 Jul 2023

[ July 1, 2023; ]
Gumeracha Primary School presents Winter Solstice
Gather with the local community at this family-friendly event to welcome the Winter Solstice.
Gather around the warm fire with friends and family to welcome the Winter Solstice and fundraise for Gumeracha Primary School.  On the night the Smokin Misfits will be cooking up delicious sausages, soup and hot potatoes for […]

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Mickey D’s Stand-up Comedy Show for Everyone | Glenelg Winter Arts Festival | Jul 2023

[ July 8, 2023; ]
Mickey D’s Stand-up Comedy Show for Everyone
Kids: bring your grown-ups this July school holidays! Grown-ups: relax – you’ll have a proper laugh too, promise.
Four-time Adelaide Fringe award winner, parent, Guinness world record holder and professional idiot Mickey D welcomes everyone to this inclusive, all-ages daytime comedy treat.

Mickey D’s Stand-up Comedy Show for Everyone! is part […]

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Dinosaur Time Machine | Glenelg Winter Arts Festival

[ July 19, 2023 to July 22, 2023. ]
Dinosaur Time Machine: the science of dinosaurs told through puppetry, theatre and circus.
Buckle up and take a trip this July school holidays in a giant time machine to get up close and personal with a life-sized T-Rex! Learn about the ancient world of dinosaurs in the most exciting way possible.
Two adventurous performers use science, puppetry […]

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West Beach Adventure Aerial Adventure Park | July School Holidays 2023

West Beach Adventure is Australia’s most iconic aerial adventure park.
There are aerial adventures, obstacles and fun for all ages, plus amazing views over the coastline. 
Mega Climb – Australia’s largest challenge course boasting over 80 aerial obstacles, ranging from heights of 5 to 25 meters. The MegaClimb is a truly stimulating experience giving guests of all abilities the opportunity to […]

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Circus The Show | Glenelg Winter Arts Festival | 18-23 Jul 2023

[ July 18, 2023 to July 23, 2023. ]
Circus The Show
Roll up! Roll up! Prepare to enter a world of whimsy, wonder and amazement where your imagination will soar like never before, in this completely re-imagined family circus spectacular.
Featuring world-class illusions, tumbling acrobats, highly skilled jugglers, breath-taking and elegant aerialists, an endearing clown with his GIGANTIC 6ft balloon, and more… bring the whole […]

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Suitcase Circus | Glenelg Winter Arts Festival | 11-16 July 2023

[ July 11, 2023 to July 16, 2023. ]     
Suitcase Circus
Suitcase Circus is a magical and thrilling circus show for all ages featuring some of Australia’s finest, award-winning circus performers – and it’s coming to Adelaide this July school holidays!

There are acrobats, agile and athletic, defying gravity as they tumble and roll and create human towers on each other’s shoulders.
There are aerialists, […]

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CuttleFest 2023 | Snorkelling Tours | 24 June -16 Jul 2023

CuttleFest 2023 – Swim with Giant Cuttlefish
It’s a bucket list item, it’s been featured in global news stories including David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II and you can only do it in South Australia. 
Cuttlefest is an amazing opportunity to learn about and experience these fascinating animals in their own environment with all equipment and guides included […]

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101 Ways to annoy your parents and other really old people

101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents and Other Really Old People | Glenelg Winter Arts Festival | 13-16 Jul 2023

[ July 13, 2023 to July 16, 2023. ]
101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents and Other Really Old People
Title says it all! (evil laugh). Don’t worry, Matty will also teach the parents how to annoy their kids as well.
Multi-award-winning kids comedian Matty Grey returns with his new show to Glenelg Winter Arts Festival during the July school holidays. 

Laugh your guts out of your […]

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Sneaker Painting Workshop | Marion | 13 & 15 Jul 2023

[ July 13, 2023; July 15, 2023; ]
Sneaker Painting Workshop is an opportunity to design and paint your dream pair of Air Jordans or Nike dunks on a canvas that you can take home with you. 
Putting on a killer pair of kicks can instantly boost your mood. At this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to design and paint your dream pair of Air […]

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Firstival | Libraries SA | 1-31 Jul 2023

[ July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023. ]
Firstival – Try Something New this July.
Libraries SA launches Firstival, a new state-wide festival in July 2023. 
From learning about virtual reality to a literacy experience with live celloists, this year’s inaugural Firstival encourages South Australians to try something new, with over 300 experiences set to be rolled out across the State’s network of over 130 […]

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Ended: WIN Tickets to Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat – Live on Stage | Jul 2023

WIN Tickets to Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat – Live on Stage
Yikes the school holidays are coming! What to do with YOUR Thing One and Thing 2??!! Here’s an idea..! Take the whole family to ‘The Cat in the Hat’ for an experience they’ll never forget… The story has been around for over […]

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