Adelaide Festival

The iconic Adelaide Festival is internationally recognised as Australia's pre-eminent performing arts festival. Enjoyed amid warm days and starry nights at the height of South Australia's "Mad March" events season, Adelaide Festival’s annual celebration of creative excellence makes for an event of truly epic proportions. Along with festivals in Edinburgh and Avignon, the Adelaide Festival is often cited as one of the top three festivals in the world, providing audiences with a survey of the most original and acclaimed artists and performing arts organisations working in the world today.

The Festival has a history of commissioning innovative new Australian works and for more than 60 years, audiences have delighted in a striking cross-section of internationally acclaimed theatre productions, musical works, breathtaking dance pieces, renowned writers and visual arts from artists of diverse backgrounds and cultures.