March Long Weekend | What’s On for Families in Adelaide

Discover What’s On for Families & Kids in Adelaide over the March Long Weekend!

The Adelaide Cup long weekend, Saturday 8 – Monday 10 March 2025, is jam packed with ‘Mad March’ events and activities happening all over South Australia.  We are spoilt for choice with so much happening in Adelaide, including WOMADelaide, the Adelaide Festival and the much loved Adelaide Fringe!  

There is plenty on offer to keep the kids entertained and Autumn is the perfect time to head outside and explore.  

Play & Go is your FREE family friendly guide to Adelaide and your favourite resource for finding events and activities the kids will love.  Check out our daily ‘what’s on’ tabs below or scroll down for a comprehensive list of where to go and what to do over the long weekend.

Tanunda Show | 8 Mar 2025

The Tanunda show is where Barossans meet to show and share the best of their region. The 111th Tanunda country show will be held at Tanunda Oval on Saturday 8 March 2025 with events commencing at 8.30am. Attractions include side ...

East End Unleashed | Adelaide | 21 Feb – 23 Mar 2025

East End Unleashed - Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during the Adelaide Fringe. Unleash and bask in the summer atmosphere with shopping, on-street dining, world class buskers, musicians and magicians along Rundle Street, Vardon Avenue, Ebenezer Place and Frome Street in ...

Adelaide Fringe Guide | Family Friendly Shows | 21 Feb – 23 Mar 2025

2025 Adelaide Fringe Guide for Families & Kids - find the best family friendly shows to see at the Fringe! Adelaide Fringe is Australia’s biggest arts festival with an exciting program of family friendly shows and interactive experiences plus comedy, ...

Food Truck Carnivale | Family Friendly Events | Adelaide 2025

Don't miss the next Food Truck Carnivale event popping up in Adelaide. The travelling Food Truck Carnivale is always on the move and heading to numerous locations around Adelaide. Entry to Food Truck Carnivale is FREE with each family friendly ...

Adelaide Motorsport Festival & Gouger Street Party | 7-9 Mar 2025

The Adelaide Motorsport Festival is a two-day festival of all things motorsport returning to Victoria Park in March 2025. Held the week prior to the Australian Grand Prix, the Adelaide Motorsport Festival is a museum in motion, displaying historic, rare ...

WOMADelaide | Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla | 7-10 Mar 2025

WOMADelaide – World Of Music Arts & Dance - returns from 7 - 10 March 2025 to the City of Adelaide’s Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla for 4 days over the March long weekend. WOMAD is an internationally acclaimed event and a truly ...
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Semaphore Steam Train Rides | Semaphore to Fort Glanville Tourist Railway

Semaphore Steam Train - fun family train ride from Semaphore to Fort Glanville and back. The Semaphore to Fort Glanville Tourist Railway is an enjoyable 30 minute, four kilometre return journey travelling along the picturesque sand dunes in open carriages ...

Adelaide Festival | Family Friendly Events | 28 Feb – 16 Mar 2025

Every year in March, the Adelaide Festival draws a community of the very best artists from across the globe and across Australia to create a bold arts festival of theatre, dance, music, art and interactive installations including events for families ...

START at the Gallery | Art Gallery of SA | Dates for 2025

Free START Program for Children at the Art Gallery of South Australia An exciting introduction to art for children and their families, enjoy art-making, music, performances and tours on the first Sunday of every month with Start at the Gallery ...
Adelaide Fringe Garden of Unearthly Delights

The Garden of Unearthly Delights | Adelaide Fringe | 14 Feb – 23 Mar 2025

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 ...

Gluttony | Adelaide Fringe | Rymill Park/Murlawirrapurka | 14 Feb – 23 Mar 2025

Gluttony returns in 2025! Arts venue hub Gluttony is a favourite Adelaide Fringe destination, its location in the city’s eastern park lands right in the heart of the Fringe action. Gluttony has grown to become synonymous with the East End’s ...

The Big Wedgie Inflatable Water Park | West Beach Parks Adelaide

The Big Wedgie Inflatable Water Park will be back at West Beach Parks in Adelaide this Summer with all your favourite inflatable water slides offering family fun for everyone! Get ready Adelaide! The Big Wedgie Inflatable Water Park will be ...

Glenelg Sunset Markets | Beachside Adelaide Markets | Nov 2024 – Apr 2025

The Glenelg Sunset Markets aim to deliver the ultimate outdoor market to the beach. Everyone's favourite beachside marketplace returns this summer to the foreshore of iconic Glenelg Beach. The market hosts over 70 traders, live music and just good beach ...

Ebenezer Night Markets | Adelaide East End

The Ebenezer Night Markets are back for another Summer season in Adelaide's East End. The Ebenezer Night Markets are held over 10 nights during the warmer months in Ebenezer Place, one of Adelaide’s most charming and unique laneways which connects ...

Beerenberg Farm | Pick Your Own Strawberries | Hahndorf

Beerenberg Family Farm - Pick Your Own Strawberries The 2024/2025 strawberry picking season has commenced at Beerenberg Family Farm. The season normally starts in November but this year's warmer weather has given the strawberries an early start with sweet, juicy ...
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Giant Ferris Wheel | Glenelg | Open Daily

Ride the Mix 102.3 Giant Ferris Wheel in Glenelg. The Giant Ferris Wheel in Glenelg opens daily, providing spectacular views over the SA coastline, down Jetty Road and across to the Adelaide Hills. Located on the Glenelg foreshore, Mix102.3, Lumo ...

Chihuly | Adelaide Botanic Garden | 27 Sep 2024 – 29 Apr 2025

See the Chihuly glass sculpture exhibition at the Adelaide Botanic Garden. Perfect for the whole family, it's FREE to see during the day! Chihuly's Garden Cycle exhibition is now open at Adelaide Botanic Garden. Seattle-based Dale Chihuly, the world's most ...

Copper Coast Splash Town | Moonta Bay

Free Community Water Park - Moonta Bay's Splash Town Splash Town is a popular FREE community water park open to the public, situated just near the playground on the foreshore at Moonta Bay, right near the Moonta Bay Caravan Park ...

Where Are the Best Ice Cream Places Around Adelaide?

Your Guide to the Best Ice Cream Places Around Adelaide I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream! Here at Play & Go we LOVE our ice-cream - especially in the warmer months, but a bit of cold ...

 


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