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You’ll love the array of events Adelaide offers and those of the culturally diverse regions in South Australia. All year round there are festivals, many based around the unique wine country and its heritage and produce. Music, sport, arts, crafts and cultural events are jam packed into the calendar, with plenty to spark your interest.
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Adelaide Events

Art at the Hart 2009, Port Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia

Art at the Hart 2010 - Port Adelaide

Art at The Hart is a two day annual market for the selling of creative output by South Australian Artists. Located near Harts Mill along the picturesque dockside of The Port River at the end of Mund... more...

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Carnevale, Adelaide, South Australia

Carnevale 2011 - Wayville

Carnevale is a centuries old Christian tradition. Carnevale is celebrated all over the world with masked balls, parades, popular theatre, songs, entertainment, folk dancers and other activities. Carn... more...

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Clipsal 500 Adelaide, South Australia

Clipsal 500 Adelaide - Adelaide

The Clipsal 500 is Australia's largest domestic motor sport event. The 2010 event was attended by a massive crowd of 277,800 patrons over the four days. The significance of the Clipsal 500 Adelaide a... more...

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International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2010, North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia

International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2011 - North Adelaide

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 Ova... more...

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Adelaide Antique Fair, Burnside, Adelaide, South Australia

Adelaide Antique Fair - Burnside

The sixth Adelaide Antique Fair will again be held at the Burnside Ballroom. Local and interstate dealers will be attending, selling a range of quality items for serious collectors and amateurs. Fro... more...

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Australian International Three Day Event, Adelaide, South Australia

Australian International Three Day Event 2010 - Adelaide

Held annually in November, the Australian International Three Day Event is Australia’s premier equestrian competition. It is the only CCI four star event held in Australia, the only one held in the So... more...

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Australian Rowing Championships 2011, Adelaide, South Australia

Australian Rowing Championships 2011 - West Lakes Shore

With the completion of a nine lane international standard course at West Lakes, Adelaide is now ready to stage the Australian Rowing Championships for the first time in 12 years. Over 2,000 competito... more...

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Bowerbird Bazaar, Queen

Bowerbird Bazaar - Adelaide

Bowerbird Bazaar - Adelaide's Design Market is almost here. 70 designers/makers from around Australia will be together under the roof of the Queen's Theatre selling their design driven wares - furnit... more...

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Australian Festival For Young People - Come Out 2009, Adelaide, South Australia

Come Out Festival 2011 - Adelaide

Australia's largest festival for young people is coming to you from 25 March to 1 April 2011 with stimulating experiences for all. From on-line to on-stage, Come Out is the much-anticipated celebratio... more...

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Tour Down Under, South Australia

Santos Tour Down Under - Adelaide

The Santos Tour Down Under cycling race in Adelaide attracts some of the biggest names in world cycling. In 2010, Andre Griepel, known by team mates as 'the strongest man on earth' won the Tour Down ... more...

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Adelaide Fringe, South Australia

Adelaide Fringe 2011 - Adelaide

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 Bu... more...

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Baby and Kids Market, Morphettville, Adelaide, South Australia

Baby and Kids Market - Morphettville

The Baby and Kids Market offers a huge range of gorgeous, excellent quality pre-loved baby and kids goods. Running for over seven years, it’s the original and largest market of its kind, and is consis... more...

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Craft and Quilt Fair 2008, Wayville, Adelaide, South Australia

Craft and Quilt Fair - Wayville

The Craft and Quilt Fair is Australia's favourite craft event. Under one roof, in just one day, you can shop with craft specialists from all over Australia, see magnificent displays and learn with fre... more...

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Credit Union Christmas Pageant, Adelaide, South Australia

Credit Union Christmas Pageant 2010 - Adelaide

Every year, thousands of people line a 3.3 kilometre route in Adelaide's city centre to welcome the colour and excitement of the Credit Union Christmas Pageant - the traditional herald to the festive ... more...

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Feast Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

Feast Festival 2010 - Adelaide

Feast Festival is the most anticipated lesbian and gay event in Adelaide. It is one of the three major queer festivals in Australia. Feast offers an amazing program of theatre, cabaret, comedy, film... more...

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Home is where the heart is, Migration Museum, Adelaide, South Australia

Home is where the heart is - Adelaide

The 1950s and ‘60s were the heroic years of immigration to Australia. Nearly two million people arrived from the other side of the world hoping to make Australia home. New immigrants had to re-invent ... more...

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Man Alive! 2009, Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia

Man Alive! Festival - Semaphore

Successfully staged since 2004 this free fun festival celebrates the positive contribution by men in our community and promotes their health and well being. Come along and enjoy the quality entertainm... more...

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Onkaparinga Doll and Bear Show, Noarlunga, Adelaide, South Australia

Onkaparinga Doll and Bear Show - Noarlunga

The Onkaparinga Doll and Bear Show began 10 years ago so the doll and bear makers of the south would have somewhere to display their collections and creations and meet and make new friends. It is also... more...

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OzAsia Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

OzAsia Festival 2010 - Adelaide

Adelaide Festival Centre’s annual OzAsia Festival celebrates the richness and diversity of our Australian and Asian culture and presents works from Australians who identify with an Asian heritage, col... more...

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Reel Anime 2010 Film Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

Reel Anime 2010 Film Festival - Adelaide

The freshest Anime this side of Tokyo comes to Palace Nova Eastend. Showcasing five films that are as diverse as they are accomplished; this is your chance to see the future of anime on the big scree... more...

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Runner

Runner's World Spring into Shape Series - Adelaide

As we move slowly away from the winter solstice and the days become longer, our thoughts turn to getting fitter and the Runner’s World Spring into Shape Series. Held on Sunday, 22 August at Pinky Fla... more...

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Schutzenfest, Bonython Park, Adelaide, South Australia

Schutzenfest - Adelaide

Enjoy the Oompah music, dancing, food – and of course, the beer – at Adelaide's annual German festival, Schutzenfest. You can enter the Strong Arm Beer Stein Lifting competitions, or take a Tradition... more...

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Scorcher fest, Adelaide, South Australia

Scorcher Fest - Adelaide

SCoRCHeR FeST is your Live Music Discovery in Adelaide. 50 bands,Three Stages, One Huge Party! You will find a great variety of live music including acoustic, rock, funk, blues, pop, dance and awesom... more...

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Semaphore Music Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

Semaphore Music Festival - Semaphore

The Semaphore Music Festival showcases South Australian and interstate live music acts in an ideal seaside setting bringing together Indigenous and non-Indigenous bands who are considered outstanding ... more...

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Semaphore Street Fair, Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia

Semaphore Street Fair 2010 - Semaphore

The Semaphore Street Fair will be a day of fun and entertainment for everyone! Semaphore Road is closed, allowing the street to come alive with a wonderful festival atmosphere enjoyed by locals, fami... more...

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The Food Experience, Hawthorn, Adelaide, South Australia

The Food Experience - Hawthorn

Adelaide’s newest food club, The Food Experience, aims to join South Australian food lovers to speciality events at excellent restaurants. Enjoy fantastic food, discover secrets from fabulous chefs, m... more...

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The High Tea Party, Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia

The High Tea Party - Glenelg

During a time when we all need a little indulging, The High Tea Party is set to devote two days of luxury and feminine delights to guests. The Grand will come alive with pampering and preening right a... more...

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Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize Exhibition, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize Exhibition - Adelaide

The Waterhouse Art Prize Exhibition is a stunning display of local, national and international talent showcasing natural history art. Drawn from the competition of the same name, the works include Pai... more...

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WOMADelaide, Adelaide, South Australia

WOMADelaide - Adelaide

WOMAD is the World of Music, Arts and Dance. WOMADelaide began in 1992 and has gone on to become one of Australia's favourite festivals; the 2010 festival attracted 81,500 attendances over four days ... more...

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World Tennis Challenge 2010, Adelaide, South Australia

World Tennis Challenge 2011 - Adelaide

World Tennis Challenge (WTC) is a team competition between four countries/regions featuring one current and one past player from each team. It is an innovative sports entertainment event that attracts... more...

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Adelaide Oval, South Australia

3 Mobile Ashes Test Match Cricket - Second Test Australia v England - North Adelaide

The Ashes is one of cricket’s greatest rivalries and this year it is England who travel out as defending champions after winning the last series two-one at home. Unlike most series The Ashes is sprea... more...

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Adelaide International Guitar Festival, South Australia

Adelaide International Guitar Festival 2010 - Adelaide

The 2010 Adelaide International Guitar Festival will run over four days and will be presenting some of the best guitarists from around Australia and the world, with artists crossing a range of genres ... more...

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Bay Sheffield 2008, Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia

Bay Sheffield - Glenelg

The Bay Sheffield is a unique, two-day athletics carnival held every year on 27 and 28 December at Glenelg's Colley Reserve. The feature race is the 120 metre Bay Sheffield Gift, which attracts runn... more...

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Adelaide Film Festival, South Australia

BigPond Adelaide Film Festival 2011 - Adelaide

Catch movie world premieres, special screenings, film forums and more at the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival – the only Australian festival that both screens and finances films. The BigPond Adelaide F... more...

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Careerone JobsFest, Wayville, Adelaide, South Australia

Careerone JobsFest - Wayville

If you are looking for a job or change of career path, you can't afford to miss JobsFest 2010. This is a free admission event for people of all ages who are looking for work, want a change in their c... more...

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Race Course, Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, South Australia

Caulfield Cup Day - Morphettville

The spring carnival is Australian racings showcase event, and if you can't be in Melbourne to experience it first hand, the next best place is Allan Scott Park Morphettville. Starting on 16 October f... more...

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Celtica - The Port Celtic Festival 2008, Port Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia

Celtica Festival and Art at The Hart - Port Adelaide

Join us in South Australia for a two day journey celebrating the rich culture of the Celts from Europe, the British Isles and the Celtic Diaspora through music, dance, art, craft, cuisine, language an... more...

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Channel 7 Brighton Jetty Classic 2010, Brighton, Adelaide, South Australia

Channel 7 Brighton Jetty Classic 2011 - Brighton

Why not get in the “Swim” and join the multi award winning, Channel Seven Brighton Jetty Classic, the largest ocean swimming event in South Australia. Great prizes are awarded for each race, including... more...

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Xmas Craft & Gift Fair, Wayville, Adelaide, South Australia

Christmas Craft and Gift Fair - Wayville

The Christmas Craft and Gift Fair is the perfect place to buy those special Christmas gifts. There are thousands of handmade and unique products for sale that you will not find in stores and they're... more...

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Race Course, Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, South Australia

Cox Plate - Morphettville

The spring carnival is Australian racings showcase event, and if you can't be in Melbourne to experience it first hand, the next best place is Allan Scott Park Morphettville. Starting on 16 October f... more...

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Dozynki Polish Festival, Croydon, Adelaide, South Australia

Dozynki Polish Festival - Croydon

The Dozynki Polish Festival is a celebration of Polish heritage and culture. There will be Polish food, music, song, dance, sheath tossing and many other events. Children's amusements also provided. S... more...

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Carrick Hill, Springfield, Adelaide, South Australia

French Festival 2010 - L'ile de la Reunion - Springfield

Come and experience the splendour of French Festival - La Reunion to be held at the magnificent Carrick Hill this year as Alliance Francoise presents its seventh biennial French Festival. Get set to ... more...

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Garden Art: An exhibition of Outdoor, Courtyard, Alfresco, Functional, Decorative and Garden Inspired Art Pieces

Garden Art: An exhibition of Outdoor, Courtyard, Alfresco, Functional, Decorative and Garden Inspired Art Pieces - Magill

Garden Art is an exhibition of Outdoor, Courtyard, Alfresco, Functional, Decorative and Garden Inspired Art Pieces. The launch guest is Roger Heyne, Director of Heynes Nurseries Pty Ltd. Exhibition o... more...

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Gardening and Outdoor Renovation Show, Adelaide, South Australia

Gardening and Outdoor Renovation Show - Morphettville

Come and experience Adelaide’s biggest gardening and outdoor renovation show in the beautiful relaxed atmosphere of Allan Scott Park. You will discover everything you need for your outdoor lifestyle. ... more...

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Glendi Greek Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

Glendi Greek Festival - Adelaide

Glendi is an annual weekend long festival that celebrates Greek culture in Australia. It was originally held in Adelaide during the month of March to commemorate Greece's Independence Day and is now h... more...

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God of Carnege, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia

God of Carnage - Adelaide

State Theatre Company of South Australia presents God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. A comedy of manners... without the manners. Alan and Annette’s son has hit Michael... more...

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Harbinger by Matthew Whittet, Adelaide, South Australia

Harbinger by Matthew Whittet - Adelaide

It's a rare and thrilling treat when contemporary, blood-soaked horror disgraces the stage, and Harbinger does just that. A tender 'boy meets girl, girl eats boy' love story caked in crimson humour, H... more...

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HIA Adelaide Home Show 2008, Adelaide, South Australia,

HIA Adelaide Home Show - Wayville

The HIA Adelaide Home Show will showcase the very best in home design, new products, expert advice and fantastic show specials. New for 2010 is the Landscape and Garden section. This completes a real... more...

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Kreutzer Sonata, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide, South Australia

Kreutzer Sonata - Adelaide

In honour of the 100th anniversary of Tolstoy’s death, the Australian Chamber Orchestra performs the highly emotional and dramatic Kreutzer Sonatas by Beethoven and Janacek, within a dramatic realisat... more...

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Magic Millions Race Day, Morphettville, Adelaide, South Australia

Ladies Day - Morphettville

The spring carnival is Australian racings showcase event, and if you can't be in Melbourne to experience it first hand, the next best place is Allan Scott Park Morphettville. Starting on 16 October f... more...

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LeFevre High School, Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia

LeFevre Bootsales - Semaphore

Car Boot Sale on the grounds of LeFevre High School to raise funds for the purchase and installation of outside seating for students. Items for sale include fine arts and crafts, jewellery, cakes, sec... more...

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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide, South Australia

Master Series 11 - Rhapsody in Blue - Adelaide

No introductory flourish sends a frisson down an audience’s collective spine like the clarinet glissando of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, symbolising the spirit of jazz age America so potently. ... more...

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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide, South Australia

Master Series 12 - Triumphant Shostakovich - Adelaide

This concert includes a special work commissioned by the ASO with the support of the Schueler Composition Award (2010), established through the generosity of Mr Norman Schueler and Mrs Carol Schueler,... more...

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Mathilda

Mathilda's Market - November - Marryatville

Mathilda's Market showcases and sells beautiful handcrafted and limited production baby and kids goods. We carefully handpick our stallholders to bring you the most divine and original clothing, acces... more...

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Melbourne Cup Day 2008, Allan Scott Park Morphettville, Morphettville, Adelaide, South Australia

Melbourne Cup Day - Morphettville

All the sights and sounds of the nation's biggest race day can be experienced at Allan Scott Park Morphettville on Melbourne Cup Day. It’s a big celebration, and trackside is alive with fashions, marq... more...

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Moana Market, Moana, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia

Moana Market - Adelaide

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,... more...

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Moon Lantern Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

Moon Lantern Festival - Adelaide

This wonderful event on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month of the Chinese calendar has become one of South Australia’s favourite annual community gatherings. Family and friends come together to ... more...

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Mullet Youth Arts Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

Mullet Youth Arts Festival - East Adelaide

The Mullet Festival is a biennial event that celebrates youth arts and creativity in Adelaide's eastern fringes. The Festival provides a range of innovative opportunities for young people to develop ... more...

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National Inline Hockey Championships, Adelaide, South Australia

National Inline Hockey Championships - Gepps Cross

The annual National Inline Hockey Championships will feature the best players from throughout the country contesting for the title across ten age divisions. A daily schedule will be published three w... more...

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Parklife 2010, Adelaide, South Australia

Parklife 2010 - Adelaide

Parklife is Australia’s unparalleled electronic/indie music festival, jam-packed with artists who completely define the moment in music. Parklife makes the most of beautiful outdoor venues, in five ci... more...

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Pastoral Beauties, Adelaide, South Australia

Pastoral Beauties - Adelaide

Pastoral Beauties performed by the Adelaide Youth Orchestra with Keith Crellin OAM Conductor and Christopher Lian-Lloyd on Piano. The Program includes: Chabrier: Espana: Rhapsody for Orchestra, Poule... more...

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Port Adelaide Enfield Twilight Christmas Parade 2010, South Australia

Port Adelaide Enfield Twilight Christmas Parade 2010 - Port Adelaide

The 23rd Annual Port Adelaide Enfield Twilight Christmas Parade along the streets of Port Adelaide signifies the start of the Christmas season and brings the community together for an evening of fun a... more...

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Royal Adelaide Show, South Australia

Royal Adelaide Show 2010 - Wayville

The Royal Adelaide Show is South Australia's biggest annual event run by the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia. Experiences run the whole gamut from carnival rides, exhib... more...

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School of Mechanical Engineering Project Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia

School of Mechanical Engineering Project Exhibition - Wayville

The School of Mechanical Engineering's 16th Annual Honors Project Exhibition is a showcase of exciting projects developed by the engineers of tomorrow. This must see event is a highlight in the scien... more...

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Schuman Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

Schumann Festival - Adelaide

In what promises to be one of the landmark musical experiences of 2010, the ASO and Chief Conductor Arvo Volmer celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Schumann, Romanticism’s great mus... more...

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Semaphore Community Markets, Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia

Semaphore Community Sunday Markets - Semaphore

Join our fun and friendly Community Market in the heart of Semaphore, on the first Sunday of each month from 10am to 2:30pm. Clothing, gifts, jewellery, espresso coffee, organic foods, family enterta... more...

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October Craft Fair, Adelaide, South Australia

Spring Craft Fair - Morphettville

Come along to the Spring Craft Fair and grab yourself a bargain. There’s hundreds of unique and hand made products all at bargain prices including home ware products, cakes and confectionary, cloth... more...

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Sprint Autoparts Extreme Horsepower Show, Adelaide Showground, Waville, Adelaide, South Australia

Sprint Autoparts Extreme Horsepower Show - Wayville

The Extreme Horsepower Show is South Australia’s Ultimate Automotive Expo all under cover and in the one location. There will be heaps of trade sites full of the latest gear for your car. Featuring, H... more...

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Sunday Mail City-Bay Fun Run 2010, Adelaide, South Australia

Sunday Mail City-Bay Fun Run 2010 - Adelaide

The Sunday Mail City-Bay Fun Run began in 1973, and has since grown into South Australia's largest fun run, attracting a massive 29,000 participants in 2009. Leading the field in 2009 were Michael She... more...

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The Give and Take, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia

The Give and Take - Adelaide

State Theatre Company of South Australia presents The Give and Take by Tony McNamara. The first moment to the last, The Give and Take unabashedly goes for the laugh and gets it. There are, if you nee... more...

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The Lavazza Italian Film Festival, Adelaide, South Australia

The Lavazza Italian Film Festival - Adelaide

Get set for the annual Lavazza Italian Film Festival, which will blaze across Australian cinema screens during September and October. The Festival celebrates years of laughter, tears, suspense, high ... more...

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The Royal Adelaide Wine Show Public Tasting - Taste fo the Best, Adelaide Showground, Wayville, Adelaide, South Australia

The Royal Adelaide Wine Show Public Tasting- Taste of the Best - Wayville

The Royal Adelaide Wine Show Public Tasting- Taste of the Best will be held on Friday 8 October from 6pm to 8pm in the Wayville Pavilion, Adelaide Showground. Tickets are AUD60.00 each and include a ... more...

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Russian Resurrection Film Festival 2010, Adelaide, South Australia

The Russian Resurrection Film Festival 2010 - Adelaide

As the winter freeze takes its grip, self-proclaimed Russophiles, film-fanatics and culture-vultures everywhere are lining up for a warming vodka shot and an annual fix of all-things-Russian at the se... more...

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Tomorrow When The War Began Charity Screening, North Adelaide, South Australia

Tomorrow When The War Began Charity Screening - North Adelaide

Come along to a screening of ‘Tomorrow When The War Began’ and support Variety’s Kickin4Kids program. Based on the first of seven books by acclaimed Australian author, John Marsden, ‘Tomorrow When Th... more...

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Tropfest, Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia

Tropfest 2011 - Glenelg

Movie Extra Tropfest is Australia’s most prestigious short film festival and one of its most iconic cultural events. It is also the largest short film festival in the world. At home, Tropfest is recog... more...

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Christmas Twilight Races 2008, Allan Scott Park Morphettville, Morphettville, Adelaide, South Australia.

Victoria Racing Club Derby Day - Morphettville

The spring carnival is Australian racings showcase event, and if you can't be in Melbourne to experience it first hand, the next best place is Allan Scott Park Morphettville. Starting on 16 October f... more...

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Viennese Masters, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide, South Australia

Viennese Masters - Adelaide

The Australian Chamber Orchestra performs masterpieces by the three greatest composers of 19th century Vienna: Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert. Vienna was the centre of 19th century music-making and t... more...

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When the Rain Stops Falling, Adelaide, South Australia

When the Rain Stops Falling - Adelaide

Alice Springs in the year 2039. A fish falls from the sky and lands at the feet of Gabriel York. Brink's multi-award-winning production of When The Rain Stops Falling returns to Adelaide for five sho... more...

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