Host a Girls’ Night In and support women affected by cancer
Catch up. Raise funds. Save lives.

Cancer Council is calling on women across Australia to host a Girls’ Night In this October to raise funds for all women affected by breast or gynaecological cancers.

Every day in Australia, 60 women are diagnosed with breast or a gynaecological cancer, and sadly 12 die from the disease.

Girls’ Night In gives you the opportunity to catch up, have fun, and donate the money they would have spent on ...

Discover the new trail through this spectacular biodiversity hotspot, right in the heart of the city! Allow yourself and your kids to get lost in the sights, smells and sounds of this grassland paradise. If you’re lucky, you might even spot the rare Chequered Copper Butterfly, which shares an interesting relationship with the Rainbow Ant…but to find out more you’ll have to visit the trail yourself!

Activity booklets to accompany the trail can be picked up from the Customer Centre (25 Pirie...

Highlighting Adelaide’s dynamic creative industries against a backdrop of the city’s vibrant venues and fashion precincts, the Adelaide Fashion Festival (AFF) is bold, original, progressive and inspired.

The festival, held each October, showcases established and up-and-coming Adelaide designers as they present contemporary and relevant fashion and accessories alongside unique hair and makeup styling, local photography, music and South Australia’s iconic food and beverages.

The Adelaide Fas...

Help celebrate the opening of Goodstart Port Road Cheltenham. Meet the team, explore the inspiring learning environments and natural playgrounds. Family fun for all ages including face painting, clown and balloon art, activities plus children’s yoga. Friends at Bop til you Drop will host a session from 10am – 11.30am. Parents can enjoy complimentary barista made coffee.

Website: Goodstart Port Road Cheltenham
Facebook: Goodstart

On the Adelaide Fashion Festival’s last day head down to the Bay for a bit of retail therapy and Stay and Play at the Adelaide Fashion Festival – Stay and Play Street Party. Enjoy fashion parades, live music, children’s activities, plenty of shopping and the hugely successful KIDDO Markets will embrace a sea change, bringing guests the best of locally produced and sourced garments. Looking for inspiration? Check out the family fashion for ideas on how to style your little Mr or Miss. Enjoy...

Following the huge success of 2017, Lucky Dumpling Market will return to the banks of the Torrens to celebrate the 2018 OzAsia Festival. Considered the social hub of OzAsia Festival, Lucky Dumpling Market invites festival goers and foodies to come and enjoy an array of authentic Asian cuisines and cultural experiences, all in one convenient location. Entry is free.

This season’s selection of Asian cuisines includes Vietnamese, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese and Indian.

Hungry festival-goers can a...

Adelaide Zoo spook-tacularly popular Halloween celebration is back and bigger than ever!

Calling all ghosts, ghouls and goblins for a night of fearsome delight. Bring the family along to experience the zoo after hours and enjoy the electric atmosphere of Boo at the Zoo! Be sure to dress to impress or even scare.

Your little witches and wizards will love the trick-or-treat trail, Halloween-themed animal presentations, spooky entertainment, ghoulish giveaways, and so much more!

Please note: Adelai...

Drawing on over twenty years experience as a drama teacher, workshop faciliator and as a mother of two girls, Joni Combe has developed this empowering well-being workshop for girls aged 7 – 12 years called GIRL POWER.

In a GIRL POWER workshop, girls engage in movement, vibrant discussion, stories, games, role play and art as they explore topics such as identity, strengths, adopting a growth mindset, empathy, friendships, body image and positive vs negative thoughts.

Girls who have previously p...

Cerita Anak (Child’s Story) takes children and their adults on a sea journey never to be forgotten. Climb aboard the specially made boat and be rocked and rolled across a strange ocean. Dive to the bottom of the sea, hear stories on the wind and in the currents of the water and face great danger before coming to safe harbour.

This immersive theatre experience draws its inspiration from the seafaring history in Java and the true tale of arrival in Australia told by a small boy. Combining puppe...

Campbelltown City Council looks forward to welcoming you to the Campbelltown Moonlight Markets.

Now in the seventh year, the annual Campbelltown Moonlight Markets continue to deliver a fun filled event for all ages, with an average nightly attendance of 10,000 people from all over metropolitan Adelaide.

This free family event is held in Thorndon Park, Paradise on the first Friday of November, December, February and March, from 6.00pm to 10.00pm.

Each market features over 100 artisan craft and fa...

Kiddo Markets is back for another delightful collaboration between KIDDO MAG and Gilles At The Grounds.
Held in the historic BRICK DAIRY at The Wayville Showgrounds, KIDDO MARKETS will create a unique atmosphere for KIDS + their adults.

After an exciting and exceptionally busy launch to our event, we are excited to bring you the next edition.
Packed with great fun, entertainment and of course warmer weather, this will enable us to create an even grander atmosphere for all families.

The objective...

The race that stops the nation, the Melbourne Cup, will captivate Australia on November 6. There’s nothing better than being surrounded by thousands of race goers and enjoying a day of fine hospitality and racing action. Be at Morphettville for the biggest race day of the year and to be in the moment when a new chapter in racing is written.

Morphettville is set to host a day of entertainment, premium hospitality and live racing action. Hospitality packages are on sale so be sure to ...

Mark your calendars because the 2018 Credit Union Christmas Pageant is locked in!

After being shifted a week later in 2017 so as to not clash with Remembrance Day, the Credit Union Christmas Pageant returns to its traditional ‘Second Saturday in November’ in 2018.

Saturday 10 November will be the date that the 86th annual Credit Union Christmas Pageant will be held, as we welcome Father Christmas back to Australia once again.

Website: Credit Union Christmas Pageant

PRESENTED BY ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CINECONCERTS

Relive the magic of your favourite wizard in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ in Concert. Based on the third instalment of J.K. Rowling’s classic saga, the thrilling tale is accompanied by the music of a live symphony orchestra as Harry soars across the big screen.

From the moment Harry uses the Marauder’s Map to when the Patronus Charm bursts from his wand, you’ll be transported back into the world you love.

HARRY ...

FOOD TRUCK CARNIVALE is on the move again and heading to Semaphore Beach, Semaphore for the Australian Beach Games on 16-18 November 2018.

Once again, we’ve got FREE ENTRY for our Carnivale, which includes:
– 15+ of the yummiest Food Trucks
– Live Music all weekend long
– Beach Bars & Sports Bar
– Carnival Rides
– Jumping Castles & MORE!

You can also register to take part in the 15+ sports on offer through the Games. Check their website for more detail...

SAVE THE DATE!  The 37^th annual Fullarton Christmas Craft Fair is on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 November 2018 at the Fullarton Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, corner of Fullarton Road and Fisher Street, plenty of parking – 9am – 4pm – FREE ENTRY! One of Adelaide’s first craft fairs and they pride them ourselves on being local South Australian makers and creaters and all handmade.  This year, they have over 30 individual stallholders selling their wares, all quite different and un...

A carefully curated 200 stalls will offer the latest in Australian designed products at one of Australia’s leading design markets in Adelaide this November. The biannual Bowerbird Design Market returns to the Wayville Pavilion for three days from 4pm, Friday 23 November; perfectly positioned to offer a unique day out for shoppers and families a month before Christmas.

As the warmer months approach, the curators have chosen bright, spring and summer collections of textiles, clothing and accesso...

The Wiggles will explode onto stages around Australia, when they bring their brand new Wiggle Pop! Big Show around the country this November and December! The Wiggle Pop! Big Show will feature all your favourite Wiggles songs such as ‘Do the Propeller!’, ‘E-M-M-A’, ‘Hot Potato’ and ‘Rock-a- Bye Your Bear’, as well as some of their most Pop!-ular hits from the Wiggle Pop! album. You’ll see The Wiggles, their Wiggly friends and dancers, Santa Claus, dancing reindeers and much mor...

The Raine & Horne Semaphore Street Fair is a day of fun for everyone. It is a free family-friendly day when Semaphore Road is closed to traffic and our traders get to come out and play! There is lots of al fresco food, market stalls with lots of homemade artisan products for sale you can’t buy in stores, stages with entertainment and amusement rides for the children. Live music and DJs add to the fun and as you travel along the road you can drop in for a drink and one of the Pop-up...

In 2018 ASO Junior Jams continues in partnership with local libraries across metropolitan Adelaide. Once again we bring this vibrant early childhood music program to communities, giving children a chance to sing, dance and experience the sounds and sights of various musical instruments. Presented by Elizabeth McCall and musicians of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, this enchanting program is not to be missed!

Website: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Christmas comes alive at the Adelaide Showground this December with Santa’s Wonderland. A magical walk through wonderland awaits you and your family. The magnificent Ice Wonderland, Amazing FREE Amusement Rides, Candyland and the Christmas Activity Trail.

There is also a Traditional Family Christmas Land including the beautiful snow queen, the lovely Mrs Christmas, and of course Santa as well as 3 live & exclusive Christmas stage shows, the opportunity to meet & greet our beautiful...

The only thing more comforting than a rendition of ‘Toffee Apple’ is Peter Combe‘s Christmas Album performed in full by the man himself. This much loved album went gold just five weeks after its release back in 1990 and it remains the most successful album of original Christmas songs ever released in Australia.

This year, Peter and his band, as well as members of the Aurora Vocal Ensemble will perform the album in its entirety for the very first time. Join the Adelaide Festival Centre ...

Urban Polo is a variant of polo first developed in Australia in 2005, with the intention of bringing the sport into the twentieth century and making it more spectator friendly. Most popular contemporary sports have undergone substantial changes to make them more appealing to spectators, ranging from improvements in tennis racquets to increase speed of the game, to redesigning soccer balls in order to give them greater flight and curving ability. These changes have been accompanied by a plethora ...

Christmas Gift Market at Plant 4 Bowden will be held on Sunday December 16th 2018. Basically it’s a super cool ultimate market filled to the brim with local Adelaide makers who spin, weave, grow, create and construct excellent handmade gifts, perfect for boys and girls, Mum and Dad – pretty much anyone you love! (including yourself, because you deserve it 😉) Even if Christmas is not your cup of tea, we’re sure you’ll enjoy the merriment of what’s sure to be a beautif...

Join Sarah & Duck and a host of your favourite friends including The Ribbon Sisters, The Shallots, Flamingo & John and Umbrella, as they plan a birthday party for Scarf Lady in their garden. Told through a fantastic blend of puppetry, storytelling and music, Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday will take you and your children on a magical adventure.

2019 Adelaide Fringe will transform the riverbank into a Gathering of Light!

Yabarra: Gathering of Light will illuminate the Torrens riverbank reeds, surrounding grasslands and paths to share stories
from a time long ago, bringing to life native animals and Aboriginal storytelling through mesmerising interactive
installations of projection, sound and light. Running across all 31 nights of the 2019 Adelaide Fringe, Yabarra: Gathering Light will journey festival-goers down an immersive cultural co...

Come along to Semaphore beach over the Easter long weekend in 2019 and watch the sky fill with colour, twists and twirls, kites of all shapes and size – when the Adelaide International Kite Festival returns!
The 2019 Festival will feature international guest kite flyers from New Zealand and as always, we will have kite flyers from interstate and locally in South Australia flying too!
As in recent years, the Festival Marketplace will return with stallholders selling their wares and running ...