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Adelaide Events and Adelaide Festivals
(Adelaide, South Australia - SA, Australia AU)




Adelaide offers plenty of exciting and popular festivals and events, throughout Adelaide and in other nearby areas of South Australia (SA). There is a wide choice of things to see and do in Adelaide taking place throughout the region's calendar.

The residents of Adelaide love to party and an extensive calendar of festivals and events is on offer, including Glenelg Jazz Festival, The Royal Adelaide Show, the Adelaide Festival of Arts and numerous sporting events in Adelaide. Local newspapers and leading magazines in Adelaide regularly publish the latest cultural events, often containing up-to-date listings of events nearby.




Adelaide's helpful tourist information office is always a useful source for current events and festivals in Adelaide. Many of the events and festivals in Adelaide draw enormous crowds of both participants and spectators, and provide tourists with a wide range of things to see and do whilst staying in the exciting city of Adelaide.

Adelaide National Public Holidays - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

• 1st January - New Year's Day
• 26th January - Australia Day
• 1st Monday in March - Labour Day
• Good Friday / Easter Monday March / April - Easter
• 25th April - Anzac Day
• 2nd Monday in June - Queen's birthday
• 1st Monday in August - Bank Holiday
• 25th December - Christmas Day
• 26th December - Boxing Day

Adelaide Calendar of Festivals and Events - - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia AU

Adelaide Events and Festivals in January - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

• Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under - over 200 cyclists take part. This week-long event includes six races and numerous parties

Adelaide Events and Festivals in February - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

• Big Day Out - music festival with thousands of fans trying to catch their favourite acts
• Carnevale in Adelaide - a celebration of Italian food and lifestyle, featuring a lively parade along King William Street. Highlights include live musicians, a fashion show, rave party and traditional arts and crafts exhibits

Adelaide Events and Festivals in March - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

• Santos Symphony Under the Stars - free outdoor concert by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, with fireworks
• Glendi Greek Festival - two-day celebration featuring live music, folk dancing, rides, food and wine stalls and fireworks. Over 40,000 people attend this event
• Medieval Festival - a fun event featuring all aspects of the medieval way of life including ancient sports, minstrels, jesters, theatre, pillory and blacksmith

Adelaide Events and Festivals in April - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

Outbank Easter Racing Carnival - a weekend full of funfairs, picnics, camel rides and lots of horse racing

Adelaide Events and Festivals in July - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

• Friends of Thomas the Tank Engine - fun for the whole family at Port Dock Station Railway Museum

Adelaide Events and Festivals in August - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

• South Australia Living Artists - exhibitions and displays of up-and-coming arts
• Adelaide Marathon - marathon beginning and ending at Adelaide Gaol, there is also a half marathon and a 5 km / 3 mile race
• Festival of the Waters - Port Adelaide hosts this cultural event with live entertainment and displays at McLaren Parade. After dark there is a boat parade and a firework display

Adelaide Events and Festivals in September - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

• Royal Adelaide Show - lots of agricultural and horticultural exhibits and plenty of entertainment
• Bay to Birdwood Run - first Sunday in September, over 1,600 classic cars take part in this 60 km / 37.5 mile one-day event
• City to Bay Fun Run - a 12 km / 7.5 mile race from King William Street in the city to the beach at Glenelg

Adelaide Events and Festivals in October - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

Glenelg Jazz Festival - outdoor weekend festival featuring jazz, food and dancing
• Adelaide International Rose Festival - a celebration of Adelaide's favourite flower
• Feast - this three-week annual gay and lesbian cultural festival features food and wine, culture, dancing, films, talks, walks, theatre and cabaret

Adelaide Events and Festivals in November - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

• Mitsubishi Horse Trials - Olympic-level event, held in Adelaide city centre parklands
• Credit Union Christmas Pageant - an parade of floats and bands, with over 1,400 participants

Adelaide Events and Festivals in December - Adelaide, South Australia (SA), Australia

• Bay Sports Festivals - a sports festival held at Glenelg beach and featuring numerous sports and a surf carnival

 
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