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Join the largest gathering of Asian and Asian Australian writers and thinkers in the country for a weekend of thought-provoking panels, inspiring conversations and engaging workshops at OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 November at Adelaide Festival Centre.

We are so very lucky in Adelaide to see musicians of this standard.

Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim left us wanting more.

This was a richly rewarding experience. Bravo!

Marking 30 years since their very first performance in Brisbane in 1995, Australia’s favourite tenor ensemble The TEN Tenors will embark on the massive Australian leg of the tour that will take them across every state, 38 shows over two months from April 2025.

The Art Gallery of South Australia’s popular Tarnanthi Art Fair will return from Friday 18 to Monday 21 October 2024, following record-breaking sales in 2023.

Chris Pitman’s achievement is mighty.

Patrick White’s A CHEERY SOUL, directed by Peter Goers, will run at Holden Street Theatres from September 24 to October 12, 2024.

Nominations are now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Adelaide Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

The 27th South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival ended on a high note on Friday night with the much anticipated announcement of the 2024 award winners at The Lab (ILA). Both emerging and established artists were honoured for their outstanding artistic achievements.

After delighting audiences with stunning vocals and incredible performances in musical tour de forces such as SIX and Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Kala Gare is bringing a night of original music to Adelaide for the first time, backed by a full band comprised of local talent.

There are so many laughs, you’ll be glad you made the trek into town,

The opera Innocence, directed by prolific Australian director Simon Stone; Club Amourperformed by legendary German dance company Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal; and Australian Dance Theatre’s 60th anniversary show A Quiet Language are the first ticketed shows to be announced for the 2025 Adelaide Festival.

A triumph for the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild

Adelaide Guitar Festival 2024 will showcase South Australia’s vibrant live music scene across our UNESCO City of Music with an impressive lineup of artists, all celebrating the world’s most popular instrument – the guitar.

A world-exclusive exhibition, Radical Textiles will open at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 23 November 2024.

The opening night audience was ecstatic.

This stylish biography of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is as educational as it is entertaining.

The production has plenty of razzle-dazzle, and all that jazz.

One of South Australia's largest displays of artwork by people living with disability, the Myriad Art Exhibition has been reimagined for August's South Australian Living Arts (SALA) Festival.

Adelaide Festival reveals leadership changes, marking a new chapter for Australia's premier international arts festival.

Restless Dance Theatre has announced that the esteemed Julie Shanahan will join the company for the UTOPINA Repertory Lab | Excerpts from Kontakthof, a piece by Pina Bausch with guest artists and Back to Back Theatre.

Rising star Beau Woodbridge has been announced as the lead in the upcoming Australian tour of Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group’s brand-new production of DEAR EVAN HANSEN, premiering at STC’s Roslyn Packer Theatre from 12 October. 

OzAsia Festival, Australia’s leading contemporary arts festival engaging with Asia, will return to Adelaide Festival Centre from October 24 to November 10.

This is another winner for State Theatre, and their Artistic Director, Mitchell Butel.