Adelaide’s greatest party is back for an unmissable 2025 Adelaide Fringe season. As always, The Garden promises truly unforgettable experiences, family-friendly delights, late-night thrills and a vibrant atmosphere that’s truly one of a kind.
Kadlitpina (Rundle Park) will be bursting with energy and transformed into a cultural and creative playground, featuring the best local and international artists, food stalls, markets, drinks and fun for all ages. Get ready for an electrifying mix of comedy, cabaret, circus, music, family fun, and so much more—all curated to entertain you, spark your imagination and leave you wanting more.
The Garden of Unearthly Delights is the beating heart of the Adelaide Fringe, a unique Summer festival party featuring multiple performance venues, bars, carnival rides, an array of world foods, market stalls, and the most unexpected sideshow surprises. The East End parklands are completely transformed into a precinct unlike any other.
Offering a glittering six-week season of world-class entertainment, unforgettable energy, and awe-inspiring performances, this year’s celestial ‘Garden Angel’ invites audiences to step into heaven on earth, celebrating the transformative magic of live performance, innovation, and community connection.
The 2025 program features more than 80 dazzling shows, including 20 World Premieres and Australian premieres and 18 award-winning Garden debuts, along with the return of beloved favourites and internationally renowned acts.
2025 Highlights:
- World Premiere of La Ronde – a captivating show featuring top international variety artists
- Globally celebrated return of LIMBO – The Return
- Dream State – a walk-through audiovisual experience that unfolds like a dream – familiar yet strange – inviting you to cross the shifting thresholds of perception and imagination
- Australian Premiere of INVISIBLE – an Australian premiere offering a thrilling ASMR experience inside a shipping container, where audiences explore what it means to be truly present
- World-class comedians – Ross Noble, Tommy Little, Mel Buttle, Arj Barker, Dave Hughes
- Family-friendly magic – Mario the Maker Magician and Charlie Caper
- Musical performances – An Evening Without Kate Bush (back by popular demand), and a brand new, heartfelt show by Adelaide 36ers basketball star, Isaac Humphries
- Food – The Garden Feast led by Africola’s Duncan Welgemoed – returning by popular demand for three nights only!
VIEW THE 2025 PROGRAM HERE
GOUD VENUES
- The Box
- Coma
- Eulogy
- The Factory
- Flight
- Kaleidoscope
- Le Cascadeur
- Maho Magic Bar
- The Roundhouse
- Seance
- The Spiegeltent
- Spiegel Zelt
- Umbrella Revolution
- The Vagabond
Every year, the Garden has classic rides including the Ferris wheel and dodgem cars, plus a range of sideshow games and much more.
Food & Drink
Every year you can find an array of fantastic vendors in the global food village from around the world.
Grab a soft drink or enjoy an alcoholic beverage at any one of their bars. For those extra hot days and thirsty times, water is freely available.
FOOD & DRINKS INFO COMING SOON
FREE ENTRY
Please note: The Garden is free to enter for all show ticket holders.
At peak times a small admission fee is payable per person (children under 12 free) for non-ticket holders.
Full ticketing will be on sale on The Garden website from Friday 13 December 2024
FOLLOW THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM FOR REGULAR UPDATES
For more information and all enquiries please visit The GOUD website
What: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
When: 14 February – 23 March 2025
Where: Kadlitpina/Rundle Park | cnr Rundle Road & East Tce, Adelaide
Who: Everyone
At Play & Go Adelaide we make every effort to provide accurate information to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. We recommend confirming times, dates and details directly before making any plans as details may be subject to change.
Image Source: Adelaide Fringe / photos by Play & Go
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