Adelaide Guides Attractions Events in South Australia

The fifth Adelaide Antique Fair will be held at the Burnside Ballroom.

Local and interstate dealers will be attending, selling a range of quality items for serious collectors and amateurs. From jewellery to china, oriental to silver, the 35 dealers will have something for everyone.

As in previous years, 10 per cent of each entry ticket will be donated to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Foundation.

There will be valuations on Saturday and Sunday costing AUD2.00 per item (with all proceeds going to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital) so bring along your treasures for an honest appraisal.

The Adelaide Antique Fair was a great success last year, and you can be guaranteed an hour or two of fascination in browsing the display areas, shopping for unique treasures, and pausing for refreshments as you go.

The Adelaide Festival of Arts is one of the world's great arts festivals.

Every two years, it turns Adelaide into an arts and entertainment hub for artists and audiences from around the world, with a feast of theatre, film, dance, opera and more.

The Adelaide Festival of Arts also hosts the intoxicating Writers Week and the South Australian Short Film Awards.

At the end of the night, the Persian Garden is the place to go. This exotic outdoor club nestles between the Adelaide Festival Theatre and the Dunstan Playhouse, spilling down through Elder Park to the banks of the River Torrens.

Relax in the Persian Garde's lounge pods every balmy night under the stars or hit the dance floor to the sounds of the best bands, DJs and surprise Festival artists from Australia and around the world. Featuring the masters and mistresses of hip-hop, funk, jazz, dance, global, electronic beats and everything in between. Look out for the pleasure domes which mark the gates to Persian Garden.

The Adelaide Festival of Arts has created a strong tradition of innovation since 1960 inspiring celebration and presenting diverse art from across Australia and around the world. Held in the warm South Australian autumn in every 'even' year, this is a large-scale multi-arts event of extraordinary richness and diversity.

With the next event in 2010, stay tuned for more details of performers closer to the date.

In 2010 the Adelaide Festival Centre will present its tenth annual Adelaide Cabaret Festival, under the Artistic Directorship of entertainer David Campbell. The Festival offers unforgettable nights of music, satire, comedy, storytelling and an opportunity to dance the night away. It’s about taking the opportunity to enjoy a well-known cabaret artist or be adventurous and explore something new to the cabaret scene.

In 2009 the Festival kicked off with a red carpet star studded Variety Gala Performance and sold more tickets than any other year, with 60 sold out performances and more than 48,000 total attendances.

In 2010 the Adelaide Cabaret Festival will again open with the Variety Gala Performance. Two performances on sale now are the amazing Italian quick-change artist Ennio Marchetto and Australian performer John Waters with a concert highlighting the songs of Jacques Brel. The full program will be announced in April 2010 on the Festival’s website.

The largest Fringe Festival in the southern hemisphere, the Adelaide Fringe offers a huge twist of quirky fun and frivolity – including the legendary opening night party, the Adelaide International Buskers Festival and the Fringe Family Weekend.

With more than hundreds of shows and thousands of artists taking part each year, Adelaide Fringe is not to be missed.

The Fringe traditionally begins with an opening night party in the Adelaide city centre, allowing thousands of people to sample the theatre, street entertainers and buzzing atmosphere of the event.

The Adelaide Fringe originated in 1960 as a movement of artists who performed and operated outside the main Adelaide Festival of Arts program, but during the festival time frame, the Fringe has grown over the years to become one of South Australia’s most loved events.

See the Adelaide Fringe website for your full, detailed program of comedy, music, performance art, visual arts and more.

Now a biennial event, the third Adelaide International Guitar Festival, under new Artistic Director Slava Grigoryan, will be held from 25 to 28 November in 2010 and will once again present an enviable line-up of international guitar greats. The festival is a celebration of the world’s most popular and accessible instrument and will feature performances across a wide variety of genres, as well as artist forums, visual arts and workshops. From classical to Flamenco, roots, jazz and world music, the best guitarists from around the globe converge in Adelaide to honour the world’s most popular instrument.

The Festival includes an international Classical Guitar Competition which gives emerging players an opportunity to be heard, and a rare double bill featuring guitar greats Manuel Barrueco and Yamandú Costa.

The full program will be announced in March 2010 on the Festival’s website.

The Resolution Run is an opportunity for people to kick start their new year in spectacular fashion. Participants can choose to enter either the 12 kilometre Sea to City (Henley Beach South to Elder Park) or the four kilometre Parklands Loop (Elder Park loop circuit) event.

Both events are open to people of all ages and fitness levels. This is a genuine community event where participants may choose to run, walk or do a little of both! Bring your kids and join us on Linear Park for a fun filled start to the New Year.

Experienced runners will also be interested in the cash and prizes on offer in the 12 kilometre event. With over AUD2000.00 worth of prizes, place getters will be rewarded for their achievements. Random draw prizes will be drawn at the presentation ceremony.

For more information about the Run, or to enter online, visit the website.

The All British Day is an annual display day and picnic for enthusiastic owners and car club members to meet and show off their British motor vehicles. It is held at the showgrounds at Uraidla in the beautiful Adelaide Hills, on the second Sunday of February each year.

This annual event for car clubs provides a spectacular collection of over 750 British cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles.

In addition to the wonderful display of the finest of British motoring we provide musical entertainment, a children’s zoo, face painting, a stationary engine display, and trade and craft stalls. Catering is available and public admission is from 11am. Special features this year will include a traditional Punch and Judy show, and celebration of the “MG through the ages”.

Come and celebrate the patriotic work of prominent musician and composer, Carl Linger and pioneer poet, Caroline J. Carlton in a special Australia Day ceremony at historic West Terrace Cemetery, Tuesday 26 January at 9am.

Each year more than 200 people gather at West Terrace Cemetery on Australia Day to pay tribute to these prominent South Australian pioneers and hear the musical styling of the Adelaide Liedertafel, Adelaide German Band and Lockleys North Primary School Entertainers.

The Song of Australia is the highlight of the event. For decades the song was sung in South Australian public schools, it featured prominently in the State’s centenary celebrations in 1936 and, was one of four songs nominated in the 1977 referendum for the Australian National Anthem.

The Song of Australia truly is one of those songs that make you lift your head, throw back your shoulders and feel proud to be an Australian.

Adelaide will host the Australian MTB National Championships in January 2010. Featuring six disciplines of mountain biking including Downhill, Olympic Cross Country, 4X, Short Course Cross Country, Trails and Dirt Jumps, this action packed event will feature local and national mountain biking champions in the lead up to Adelaide and Australia's only UCI Pro Tour event, the Santos Tour Down Under.

The 2010 Championships will be held at the purpose built Eagle Mountain Bike Park with the event village nestled amongst an amphitheatre of trails. Featuring a tightly packed schedule along with music, commentary and live video on a big screen showing in the village, the atmosphere will be electric.

In Downhill competition you will see current World Cup Series Winner Sam Hill as well as Crankworks 2009 Dual Slalom Junior winner Troy Brosnan and Perth rising star Mitch Delfs.

Cross country racing will feature most of Australia’s contingent from the recent World MTB Championships in Canberra, including Olympian Dan McConnell and highest placed Australian in the under 23 Women’s category, local hero, Terri Rhodes.

It’s a huge fortnight of cycling in South Australia and accommodation will be tight. Don’t miss out on this festival of wheels, book early and stay for a while. More event info at our website.

The Office for Recreation and Sport, in conjunction with Cycling Australia, is hosting the 2010 Australian Track Cycling Championships at the world-class Adelaide Super-Drome. These championships, to be held in February 2010 will feature around 150 of Australia’s elite cyclists in the Senior Men and Women, Under 19 Men and Women and Para-cycling divisions. Events will be contested over six days over eleven sessions throughout the day and night. All day sessions will be free to the public.

The Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures is an annual event, inspired by the very successful 'Sculptures by the Sea' at Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia and the famous 'Bondi Sculptures by the Sea' in New South Wales.

The event attracts local and interstate artists alike. The sculptures range in size from quite small to large for both indoor and outdoor display. The sculptures are made from multimedia compositions i.e., wood, wire, glass, metals, stone, clay, plastics, cement etc. Freedom of creativity is encouraged.

The event is free to the public for viewing. The Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures is held in conjunction with the Brighton Jetty Classic Swim and Rowdown situated at the Brighton Surf Life Saving Club rooms on the Esplanade at Brighton, South Australia from the last week of January to the first Sunday in February each summer.

Find your destination to adventure at the Caravan and Camping Show held in conjunction with the Outdoor Adventure Show. It’s two times the fun with two shows in one!

The Outdoor Adventure Show will be located in the Stirling Angas Pavilion. The Showgrounds main internal car park will lead directly into this popular pavilion guaranteeing traffic flow.

Over two million Australian’s are expected to take a self drive holiday this summer. Each of these consumers have needs ranging from basic camping setup through to the most sophisticated global tracking system and luxury levels of comfort in their home away from home.

Christmas is a time of tradition, and Carols by Candlelight is certainly one of Adelaide’s favourite annual traditions. Make sure you come along to Elder Park and enjoy the festivities.

Features include a Christmas concert with entertainment for the whole family, headlined by outstanding Australian acts plus a special appearance by Father Christmas and a spectacular fireworks finale.

Light your candles and sing-along to your favourite Christmas carols and songs. The words to all of the Christmas Carols and information on the performers will be in the Carols by Candlelight program, which will be on sale within the park. Candles and candle holders and Christmas novelties will also be on sale.

Proceeds from sales support Adelaide children's charities. Please note there is no alcohol sold on site, however you can bring your own.

Carols in the Park is a family-friendly event for the whole community to enjoy.

As always, the Christmas celebration includes the singing of carols by candlelight and concludes with a spectacular fireworks display.

Every year, crowds of people come to enjoy this Christmas celebration in Keith Stephenson Park, at the heart of Mount Barker.

The official program begins at 2000, and light entertainment, food and refreshments are available before the opening.

Come and join with us in welcoming the Christmas spirit to Mount Barker and the Adelaide Hills.

Carols in the Park is an initiative of the local churches of Mount Barker, in conjunction with the Mount Barker District Council and Cornerstone College.

The Migration Museum is celebrating the life and works of George Napier Sprod in a new exhibition Cartoons by that Odd Mr Sprod. This exhibition includes rare drawings and notebooks done while in Changi Prison during the Second World War which are on loan from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. It also features a range of his later cartoons which document Sprod’s post-war observation of ordinary suburban life. Curated by Dr David Sprod, the nephew of George, this major retrospective puts on public display for the first time the legacy of a lifelong collection of truly unique cartoons.

It seems that everyone, irrespective of age, identifies with Sprod’s cartoons and the simplicity of the drawing style. Their naivety and simplicity resonates with children’s art and their unsophisticated ideas parallel the brutally honest and uncensored vision that children bring to this world.

South Australian artist Trevor McNamara will launch his 11th exhibition at Greenhill Galleries Adelaide this December, an awe-inspiring collection of new works celebrating the beauty of the Australian outback.

Trevor is a self-taught abstract/contemporary artist - whose unique works hang in many private and corporate collections around Australia and New Zealand, including the Federal Court Building and Qantas in Sydney, and the Medical School in Melbourne.

His latest exhibition opens at Greenhill Galleries Adelaide on December 6 and took nine months to put together. It features 30 striking pieces (mixed media on canvas), each designed to engage and entertain the viewer with continuous discoveries, achieved through the artist’s clever use of colour and texture.

The Clipsal 500 Adelaide V8 Supercar event is an adrenalin-charged motor race held in Adelaide every year. One of the rounds in the V8 Supercar Championship Series and according to motor racing's legendary Murray Wlaker, it's the greatest touring car event in the world. It's the Clipsal 500 on Adelaide's internationally acclaimed street circuit.

Four days of V8 Supercar action, extreme machines, eight racing categories, grid girls, on-track stunts, spectacular air shows, motoring displays and the best support race program in the nation. And there are more great reasons to be at Clispal 500 - four massive after-race concerts. See leading Australian acts including Eskimo Joe, British India, The Idols, Status Quo, Ian Moss, Noiseworks, Mental as Anything and more! Stay tuned for Friday nights announcement and listen to SAFM.

Also in 2010, one of South Australia's most loved fireworks displays the SAFM Skyshow returns to the skies, Saturday night at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide! This is one motorsports carnival you can't afford to miss. Adelaide are you ready!

Find out what South Australians have been dishing up over the last 150 years in the latest exhibition at the Unley Museum. Dig In, Don’t Wait is all about what, when and how we eat. A delicious looking display full of stories, objects and hands-on fun. Marvel at the cardboard lunch boxes, discover lunch was once called ‘noonings’ or add your memories to our response boards. Dig In, Don’t Wait is full of hands-on fun for kids. They can put together the giant cow jigsaw to find out where meat cuts come from, brush up on their manners by playing the snakes and ladders etiquette game or make a model of their favourite dinner.

Discover the wonder of Sinclair's Gully on a balmy summers evening with glass in hand. Experience the thrill of black cockatoos flying through the candle bark forest at sunset, while enjoying an Adelaide Hills regional cheese platter. Listen to Kelly's melodic tunes as the sun sets and the candle bark trees alight in the Hills only Eco Certified cellar door.

Just 20 minutes from Adelaide central business district, adjacent to Morialta Conservation Park and on the Heysen and Yurrebilla Trails, we offer a unique and intimate experience for wine lovers, bush walkers and bird watchers.

The twilight tastings will be held every Friday evening from 26 February and 12 March 2010. Numbers limited and booking are essential.

Fuse is a three day Music Industry Conference and Showcase Festival. It combines two nights of the best new music from across the country, two days of informative interviews, talk and seminars from the industry’s leading professionals and one day of Masterclasses for managers and songwriters.

The Fuse Music Industry Conference features keynote addresses, panel discussions, round table discussions as well as opportunities to meet key people from the Australian and international scene.

Fuse Live kicks on into the evening with two nights of export-ready original Australian Music:

Explode! on Wednesday 24 February 2010 at Rymil Park and Ignition! held across 20 venues on Thursday 25 February 2010.

This New Year’s Eve, Adelaide will host the arrival of the hottest new dance music experience to hit the scene, Heaven on Earth NYE.

Live Touring and Fresh FM invite you to the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds to experience the greatest and most electrifying dance music production ever brought to Adelaide.

Live Touring is proud to present German trance legends Kyau and Albert who are fresh from headlining festivals across Europe. Also headlining will be Australia’s Number 1 DJ tyDi. Local favourites include Contagious and Brett James from Global Trance, the Recovery crew, Dr Damage, and “the Dancefloors” Andrew Howlett.

The first set will feature a live performance from superstar vocalist Fragma. Other international acts include The Potbelleez, and Spencer and Hill. Also spinning the electro will be Aussie favourites Tommy Trash, Sgt Slick, and Denzal Park, backed up by local DJ’s Reelax and “Synergy” boys Gex and Megabyte.

With 16 countries playing 44 fast-paced matches, there is no better way for a sports fan to spend their weekend than at the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide. Back at the world-renowned Adelaide Oval over three action-packed days, the Adelaide Sevens is a sporting spectacle like no other. See a team of Australia’s fasted, fittest Rugby players up against the rest of the world in heart-stopping matches of seven-minute halves. There is a chance you will see some future Olympians in action.

Kicking off under Adelaide Oval’s lights on Friday 19 March and running throughout the weekend of 20 to 21 March, Adelaide Sevens tickets start from only AUD17.00 for adults.

Get behind your country and get to the Adelaide Oval this March! To purchase your tickets today, visit ticketek website or call Ticketek on 132 849.
For more information on the event, visit the official Adelaide Sevens website.

Lights of Lobethal is a well managed community event, unique to South Australia, which is assisted greatly by ETSA Utilities as the Major Sponsor.

Each year approximately 800 homes are decorated in lights of many different designs and complexities, which illuminate the town and valley. Each household designs their own display and supplies and pays for their own power.

The Festival begins with Carols in the Valley at 7pm on Sunday at the Lutheran Church in the Main Street, followed by the Opening Ceremony conducted in the amphitheatre at the front of the Church at 8.30pm. This year Leigh McClusky will perform the opening ceremony, and then there is the countdown to 9pm with a fireworks display, which heralds the 'Switching On' of the lights.

Other special attractions include the Living Nativity and the Christmas Tree Festival. The culmination of these events is the Lobethal Christmas Pageant.

Get ready for Little Treasures, Pepper Street’s annual Christmas Exhibition to meet all your gift needs and wants. Over 45 artists will showcase a wide range of affordable art and craft.

There will be a wide variety of artworks for sale including contemporary glass bowls by Barbara Davis and fun and quirky toys by Helen Hedding which will make the perfect Christmas gift. Also available will be unique vintage fabric bags, handmade toys, trinkets and decorations, photography, paintings, jewellery, pottery, textiles, ceramic animals, wood, glass and more.

Be entertained with Christmas Carols performed by Dolce Recorder Group and indulge in Christmas treats for sale, gingerbread Christmas trees, cakes and biscuits.

So get into the Christmas spirit with Little Treasures.

Official opening Sunday 29 November 2009 from 2pm to 4pm.

Normal Centre hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10.30am to 5pm (extended open hours for December).

The Moana Market is held on the second Sunday of every month at the Moana Pioneers Memorial Hall, Nashwauk Crescent, Moana. There is a large variety of stalls including books, jams, jewellery, cards, computers, bric-a-brac, doll’s clothes, plants, glassware, paintings, craft of various types, barbecue, tea, coffee, cakes and sandwiches.

For most of us, there is only one option to alleviate the desire to purchase your dream car, and that is to settle for a scale model reproduction that is a fraction of the size and price of its full grown sibling. The National Motor Museum’s new exhibition Model Behaviour may be the perfect antidote for the want to be car collector.

Toy collecting is a popular pastime, in fact where once people invested in coins and stamps, many are turning to toys as a sound investment option. It seems that our desire for toys does not dissipate along with other childhood desires - it simply hibernates until such time that we have the purchasing power to relive our childhood dream to ‘collect them all!’

The exhibition showcases the collections and stories of three collectors who never lost the love of toy cars and tells stories of early toy cars.

Hahndorf welcomes over 12,500 motor cyclists participating in the annual Motocycle Riders Association Toy Run from Glenelg to Hahndorf.

At the Hahndorf oval there will be a band, merry-go-round, blow-up castle and Santa. There will also be food and drinks available, motorcycle trade displays and stalls selling everything from tee-shirts to jewellery. There will also be run badges available from the MRA stock tent.

Entry to the oval is a toy or gold coin donation. St Vincent de Paul will be collecting the toys for distribution to needy kids. Please bring a toy for older children, games, books or sporting goods.

Free car parking is available approximately 50 metres past the oval on the left.

The Nationals is Australia's most prestigious Greyhound Racing Event, attracting the very best chasers and stayers from around Australia. To be held as a twilight meeting, the race meeting feature 12 races on the night, with the two feature races being the 2010 Sprint Championship attracting prize money of AUD75,000.00 and the 2010 Distance Championship also attracting AUD75,000.00.

Proudly supported by the South Australian Government, the week has lots of racing, sightseeing tours around Adelaide, wining and dining and of course industry conferences. Everything you need for action packed racing, entertainment and the very best that South Australia has to offer will be a highlight of the Nationals in South Australia in 2010.

The Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival is like no other in the world. It rivals the Melbourne Cup in size and colour and its 70,000 strong crowd annually on Easter Monday makes it the biggest picnic race meeting on Earth. Easter Saturday attracts a crowd of approximately 45,000 and sets the scene for a fantastic carnival. Set in the picturesque Adelaide Hills just 25 minutes from Adelaide this race meeting is a great way to get together with family and friends over Easter. Once visited it becomes an institution and a must do each year. Plenty of family fun with rides and face painting for the kids and great food and refreshments available trackside for everyone or bring your own picnic.

Oakbank is one of the most beautiful racecourses in the world. Set in the picturesque Adelaide Hills just 25 minutes from Adelaide this family race meeting is a great way to get together with family and friends and experience the real horsepower at the track. In its first year on 2009 this race meetings popularity put it in the top ten race meetings in the State of South Australia. Plenty of family fun with rides and face painting for the kids and great food and refreshments available trackside for everyone or bring your own picnic. Check out the website for how you can be part of this great event.

In 2010, the Adelaide Festival Centre will host the fourth annual OzAsia Festival, which systematically explores the links through both traditional and contemporary work between Australia and the diverse and rich cultures of Asia. It involves both Australian and Asian artists in theatre, dance, music, film, visual arts and literature.

It traditionally begins each year with the free family event, the Moon Lantern Festival in Elder Park. Traditionally families and friends gather together to celebrate the mid-autumn harvest and eat moon cakes. Local Asian community groups will present traditional and contemporary music and dance performances, followed by the stunning parade of signature lanterns at dusk.

Two events on sale now are the 2010 Animania Expo (back by popular demand after 2009) and Korea’s Yohangza Theatre Company’s fresh and innovative production of Hamlet. The full program will be announced in July 2010 and will be available on the website.

Come aboard if and enter the world of piracy with Pirates! Skulduggery at the Maritime Museum these summer holidays. This exhibition explores both the fantasy and the factual elements of pirates, their lives, stories and legends. It’s a hands-on interactive experience for the young and young at heart.

This exhibition will take you on a path of pirate peril with Penzance the pirate monkey as your guide. Follow Penzance through the lives and fates of various pirates of the past as he attempts to regain his lost treasure. The journey takes you from Skull Island through to the Serpent’s Room, into a world where hidden treasure is up for grabs. Along the way you will learn about the mythology of pirates and how they came to occupy their place in current popular culture. And for the keen buccaneer you will even discover the history of pirates in South Australia!

The Club’s Annual Rally ‘Power of the Past' is held on the first weekend of March each year in South Australia at the Mount Barker Oval and is open to the public. Members of other clubs are invited to join us in displaying their vehicles, engines and machinery. It is also a great opportunity to get together to reminisce and to share restoration experiences.

Each year 'Power of the Past' is dedicated to specific machinery manufacturers.

In 2010 Citroen and Renault Vehicles, Kaesler Engines and Machinery and David Brown Tractors will be the featured brands.

Sheep shearing and draught horses will also feature at this event.

Join with hundreds of other participants and supporters in Ride Like Crazy 2010, a fun non-competitive charity bike ride.

Get fit, take part in a fun community event and enjoy cycling through the scenic Adelaide Hills, and help raise funds to fight cancer with all profits supporting the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation Incorporated and Neurosurgical Research Foundation Incorporated.


Participants can undertake the full 109 kilometres or join the ride halfway through. Those who aren’t able to ride are encouraged to take part as a supporter.

The ride takes place on Sunday 17 January at 7.30 am with a start and end point at Victoria Square, Adelaide.

Register now to receive a Ride Like Crazy jersey.

For further information including how to register, route map, rider information and other ways to get involved, visit our website, email or telephone us on 8207 4674.

The Santos Tour Down Under cycling race in Adelaide attracts some of the biggest names in world cycling.

In 2009, seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong made the Tour Down Under his comeback race - and he returns in 2010!

At every annual Tour Down Under, the action is exhilarating, the atmosphere intoxicating and the stars electrifying. It's a week long festival of action and entertainment every January. See the world’s best cycling teams light up South Australia in the first race of the prestigious UCI ProTour calendar.

From beaches to vineyards, through the city of Adelaide and iconic South Australian towns - the six-stage Santos Tour Down Under is a truly world-class event that showcases the speed, skill and spectacle that is professional cycling.

If you're a keen cyclist yourself, you can take part in special legs of the Tour Down Under - there are routes open to children and families too. Get involved with the Santos Tour Down Under and up close to all the action. Meet the cyclists and their teams, join the prestigious Legends Night Dinner, cycle the official stages, join VIP club programs, or just sit back and view the race from the best spot each day.

Don’t miss a minute of this event - the first stop in world cycling.

The Australian launch of our newest national live music festival Scorcher Fest involves celebrations involve so huge they have to close off the street for the festival combined with Christmas party!

After keeping Adelaide awake over the last six years, word has got out and over 180 bands will take on Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in the first ever Australian Scorcher Fest circuit.

Scorcher Fest is a live music discovery showcasing bands throughout five states of Australia, various genres ranging from hip hop to punk, rock and metal to blues and reggae and even electronic; a huge party! Boasting 80 per cent local bands and 20 per cent national touring acts, each of the festivals will showcase 32 to 48 bands, in a total of 246 performances.

Actors wanted to join in making of full length movie on original music from all six festivals.

The Semaphore Community Monthly Markets are held on the first Sunday of every month.

The markets feature indoor and outdoor stalls with fresh produce, local arts and crafts, jewellery, food, coffee, soft drinks, sausage sizzle, skills exchange, entertainment and special children’s activities.

In the large grounds of St Bede's Church and in the Church Hall, is a space where people can gather to enjoy arts and crafts, beautiful food, kid's activities and live music.

People can also enjoy St Bede's community garden and mooch into the historic church to enjoy some solace as well as organ recitals.

Join our fun and friendly markets with a great mix of goodies right in the heart of Semaphore Road.

Welcome to Adelaide’s premier short film festival.

Shorts Film Festival presents an annual showcase of Australian talent across a week of lounge-style film screenings. Set in non-cinematic, eclectic venues such as Adelaide’s iconic Queen’s Theatre, Shorts is an intimate event that combines great film, fabulous food and a cocktail atmosphere to create a uniquely creative vibe. The festival is a fantastic opportunity for filmmakers, artists and the general public to mingle, creating an enthusiastic audience that’s fanatical about film.

Shorts Film Festival stands alone as Australia’s only national film festival and competition entirely dedicated to ensuring that the specialist craft of storytelling through film is fostered and celebrated. Worth over AUD50,000.00 - Shorts offers one of the largest prize pools of any film festival in Australia, and sends the winner to Cannes to experience one of the biggest film festivals in the world.

Sinclair's Gully Sparkling Disgorging Sessions will be held every Saturday and Sunday at 2pm in December.

Come along and see how it is done! Sean will be running sparkling disgorging sessions at the cellar door every weekend.

Disgorging is the final step in the process of making sparkling wine. Disgorging involves removing the lees (yeast) from the bottle, topping up with a special liquor mix and corking. All of our sparkling wine is now disgorged and corked on site by hand.

If you would like to see how it is done and perhaps even disgorge your own bottle of champagne to take home, please email or call us on 83901995 to book your spot.

Bookings are essential.

Experience the thrill of black cockatoos flying through the candle bark forest at sunset, while enjoying an Adelaide Hills regional cheese platter. Listen to the sounds of Sinclair's Gully as the sun sets and the candle bark trees alight.

Experience the Australian bush as never before in the Hills only eco certified cellar door…

The twilight tastings will be held every Friday evening in January and February. Numbers limited and booking are essential.

Celebrating a local tradition that has stretched across half a century, West End will this year add to its renowned Christmas Riverbank Display with two new additions to the 500 metre long spectacle.

Since 1959 the festive display – stretching the length of five football fields – has brought joy and amazement to families across South Australia.

The two new additions will include a sizeable Christmas tree centrepiece fixed to a Brewery truck, and a seven metre high Nativity Inn, which will replace the former Mill House.

Designed by local artist Matthew Johnsson of Virtual Life Productions, the new Christmas tree embellishment is intended to heighten the visual impact of the exhibit, whilst the Nativity Inn provides a creative link to the display’s biblical overtones – falling in line with the nativity scene just moments down the bank.

One of Stirling's oldest and most famous private gardens will be open to the public as part of the Stirling Autumn Garden Festival on Sunday 18 April 2010.

The festival, held under the exquisite old oak trees of Druid Avenue, will feature stalls by garden designers and nurseries and garden art. Food at local cafes and restaurants will be available. Guest speakers during the day include gardening expert Sophie Thomson and others.

As part of Australia's Open Garden Scheme throughout the day shuttle buses will transport people free of charge to the garden (entry to the garden is AUD6.00), while other gardens will feature in an historical coach tour (entry AUD15.00) offered by the Mount Lofty Living Garden History Centre.

Be sure to check out the more than 40 scarecrows - made by local schools and businesses - which will line Mount Barker Road during the week leading up to the festival.

Tasting Australia is the nation's premier food, wine and beer festival.

In the 11 years since its conception, Tasting Australia has become one of Australia's most influential and best attended food and drink festivals. The event has hosted hundreds of Australia's and the world's top chefs, sommeliers, restaurateurs, food, wine, beer and travel media - including the most highly respected television presenters and producers - and has attracted a wide cross-section of the food-loving public to Adelaide and South Australia.

Tasting Australia regularly attracts celebrity chefs such as Rick Stein, Antonio Carluccio, Nick Nairn, Rachel Allen, Paul Rankin, Sophie Grigson, Madhur Jaffrey and Claudia Roden, Stephanie Alexander, Serge Dansereau, Neil Perry, Shannon Bennett, Paul Wilson, Chris Taylor, Cheong Liew and many more.

While Tasting Australia began as a largely media-based event - aimed at drawing the attention of newspaper, magazine, radio and television attention to the bounty of South Australia - it has now grown to such an extent that the 2007 Tasting Australia comprised some 70 events, of which 65 were aimed at the general public. Some 50,000 people attended over eight days.

Don't miss this culinary extravaganza, coming in 2010.

One of Australia’s longest running and most comprehensive tertiary studies, careers and employment events will be staged in Adelaide during May 2010.

The Tertiary Studies and Careers Expo Adelaide (TSCEA) is the ideal forum for career seekers wishing to access the latest information on tertiary studies, further training and employment options.

Visitors can meet with qualified representatives from various South Australian and Interstate Universities, tafeSA, group employers, private training colleges, student support services, government agencies and more – all in one location.

If you are serious about your career you cannot miss this great opportunity to map out your future.

The Budhist Council of South Australia invites you and your community to South Australia's Annual Budhist Picnic - "The Blooming of The Lotus".

We will gather beside the Nelumbo Pond near the main gate of the Botanic Gardens off North Terrace.

Bring a vegetarian picnic to share! - All welcome.

The National Careers and Employment Expo is the leading platform for organisations to present real jobs, career pathways and further education opportunities to thousands of Australians.

Traditionally run over two days, the friendly and informal character of the event provides a welcome and unique environment for employers, career advisors, education and training providers to communicate directly with future employees and students.

Attracting more than 115,000 people Australia wide, the event's career seminars and generous program of employment and training activities ensures visitors and exhibitors maximise their experience.

The National Careers and Employment Expo is well recognised and established as a key component of any organisations recruitment, employer brand or student marketing strategy.

Threads Of Life is the 2010 Exhibition of the Embroiderer's Guild of South Australia members work. The exhibition is open daily from Friday 26th February to Saturday 13th March 2010. There will be daily demonstrations and items from The Guild Museum Collection will be on display. The Museum is an Accredited Museum of the History Trust of South Australia, with a collection of embroidered textiles not only from South Australia but all over the world. Light refreshments will be available.

The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Inc. was formed in 1965 to promote the practice, study and appreciation of embroidery in all its forms and to encourage excellence by practice and example.

The Embroiderers' Guild holds monthly embroidery classes, embroidery groups and a host of other embroidery related activities. From beginner to expert, from cross-stitch to Japanese, embroidery of all kinds is explored, enjoyed and shared with others. Come for a visit to see what we do and perhaps join in the fun.

Dance and rejoice at WOMADelaide, an exhilirating and colourful international music festival.

WOMADelaide is Australia's celebration of the richness of cultures from around the planet. For four nights and three days, dazzling artists transport you around the globe with an eclectic mix of artistic colours, creeds, lands and languages. And you don't have to set foot outside its beautiful outdoor festival site - Adelaide Botanic Park. Set in the heart of the city, the park's giant Moreton Bay Figs provide shady groves for intimate traditional performances. The rolling lawns provide plenty of room to dance.

WOMADelaide - sometimes also known as simply WOMAD - is a glorious explosion of sound, colour and movement. For a few days, the world becomes a village in a park, and there's no better place to be.

Riveting live performances, stunning visual arts, roving artists, children's programs and indigenous arts projects - WOMADelaide has it all.

Adelaide will host the World Group II first round tie between Australia and Spain next February. The Fed Cup by BNP Paribas will be held at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on the 6 and 7 February 2010, the first time since 2001. Adelaide won the right to host the tie after some intense competition from a number of bids from around Australia.

Australia, who is seeded 14 in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, last met Spain in Tarragona in 2003 where they lost 3-2 in the World Group match-up.

This tie will see the likes of Samantha Stosur and Jelena Dokic take on Anabel Medina Garrigues and Carla Navarro Suarez from Spain in what should be a closely fought contest.

Australian tennis legend Pat Cash joins Henri Leconte as the second player to sign up for the World Tennis Challenge 2010. Pat Cash announced his commitment to join some of the super stars of tennis in Adelaide from 12-14 January 2010.

In 2009 Cash partnered Mark Philippoussis to represent Australia at the inaugural World Tennis Challenge at the iconic Memorial Drive. Although beaten for the title by American’s Jim Courier and Taylor Dent, the two Australian’s were competitive throughout the event with Pat claiming wins over both Mats Wilander and Henri Leconte.

All teams play each other once over three nights at the iconic War Memorial Drive.

Tickets are available through www.venuetix.com.au or by calling 08 8225 8888, corporate hospitality through Tennis SA on 08 7224 8100.