WELCOME TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA EVENTS CALENDAR DECEMBER 2020 | AND BEYOND As at 6 January 2021 Santos Women’s Tour Down Under Summer Sounds Festival Santos Women’s Tour Down Under Now on – 30 January 2021 CANCELLED 14 – 17 January 2021 Nightly summer concert series featuring Ball Park Music, The opening professional race on the international Jungle Giants, Ruel, Mallrat, Ocean Alley, Bernard cycling calendar kicks off in. Adelaide Fanning, Human Nature, Lime Cordiale, The Veronicas ESA Owned & Managed Event, Adelaide and more. Adelaide Santos Festival of Cycling 19 - 24 January 2021 Tarnanthi: Open Hands Domestic Cycling Festival, presented by Santos Tour Now on – 31 January 2021 Down Under. Celebration of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait ESA Owned & Managed Event, Adelaide Islander art at Art Gallery of South Australia. Adelaide Patritti Brighton Jetty Sculptures 21 – 31 January 2021 Blitz Golf Adelaide Major community arts exhibition featuring indoor and 10 January 2021 outdoor sculptures along spectacular Brighton Beach. Short form Pro Series golfing event that’s an even bigger Adelaide thrill for the fans than it is for the players. JANUARY 2021 Adelaide Bendigo Bank Tunarama Festival CANCELLED 22 – 26 January 2021 Adelaide International Featuring arts and cultural displays, participation events CANCELLED 10 – 16 January 2021 and some of the freshest seafood in the world! 120 of the world’s top singles and doubles players Eyre Peninsula competing at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre. Sponsored Event, Adelaide Crush Festival 22 – 24 January 2021 Australian Baseball League Adelaide Hub Discover what’s cool about the Adelaide Hills during 14 – 20 January 2021 CRUSH, a sensory summer weekend of stylish wines, West Beach hosts 12 ABL games as part of a hub regional produce, earthy music, art and theatre featuring Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Adelaide, and Sponsored Event, Adelaide Hills two women’s showcase matches. Sponsored Event, Adelaide Racing at the Cycnet Kangaroo Island 23 January 2021 Santos Tour Down Under The Kangaroo Island Racing Club will host Racing At The CANCELLED 14 – 24 January 2021 Cygnet Kangaroo Island. Team Presentation, The Down Under Classic & Men’s Adelaide Santos TDU stages from 19 – 24 Jan. ESA Owned & Managed Event, Adelaide Parks and Rockreation 29 January 2021 Umbrella Reimagined delivers live music in Park 15. Adelaide Adelaide Festival Riverland Dinghy Club Championships Kangaroo Island Cup Day TBA February 2021 20 February 2021 A distance race in open water ways and creeks. The Sealink Kangaroo Island Racing Carnival featuring the Sponsored Event, Riverland Dudley Wines KI Cup. Sponsored Event, Kangaroo Island ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open CANCELLED Adelaide Fringe The world’s top female golfers head to Royal Adelaide. 19 February – 21 March 2021 Sponsored Event, Adelaide Southern hemisphere’s largest and Australia’s biggest open access arts festival! Beer & BBQ Festival: Homebrewed Adelaide 5 – 7 February 2021 Beer & BBQ Festival at Adelaide Showground. Adelaide Festival Adelaide 26 February – 14 March 2021 Internationally acclaimed arts and cultural festival. Russell Howard Adelaide 9 February 2021 Russell is back at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Adelaide Festival – A Midsummer Night’s Dream FEBRUARY 2021 | Adelaide 26 February – 3 March 2021 The centrepiece for AF21, Benjamin Britten’s opera, A Australian Amateur Golf Championships Midsummer Night’s Dream. AND BEYOND 9 – 12 February 2021 Adelaide For the first time will be held in SA at Kooyonga Golf Club. Adelaide Bon Iver 27 March 2021 Fleurieu Film Festival Bon Iver returns with a spectacular arena show at AEC. 13 - 14 February 2021 Adelaide A competitive short film festival. Fleurieu Peninsula Adelaide Writers’ Week 27 February – 4 March 2021 Glenelg Summersalt Festival Australia’s largest free literary festival, offering the 14 February 2021 opportunity to share ideas and literary explorations. Line up of Missy Higgins, The Cat Empire, Boy & Bear, Adelaide L.A.B, Montaigne and Emily Wurramara. Adelaide Art Gallery of South Australia - Clarice Beckett: The Present Moment Oceania 20km Walk Championships 27 February - 16 May 2021 14 February 2021 Explore the career of Clarice Beckett and her atmospheric and insightful landscapes. Oceania Championships for the 20km Road Walk. Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide Writers’ Week DRLA Speed Week Now on – 4 March 2021 8 – 12 March 2021 Australia’s largest free literary festival, offering both Cars, motorbikes and trucks compete for land speed writers and readers a unique opportunity to spend records at Lake Gairdner. time sharing ideas and literary explorations in a Flinders Ranges garden setting in Adelaide’s city centre. Adelaide Fringe in Mount Gambier 19 – 28 March 2021 Adelaide Festival SA’s largest regional open access arts festival is a Now on – 14 March 2021 cultural exploration embracing acceptance and Internationally acclaimed arts and cultural festival. diversity. Including Adelaide Writers’ Week from 27 Feb – 4 Sponsored Event, Limestone Coast March. Adelaide Shannons Adelaide Rally NEW DATE 24 – 28 March 2021 Adelaide Fringe Australia’s largest tarmac rally field returns to the Now on – 21 March 2021 streets in support of Adelaide Hills communities. Brings an eclectic arts and cultural program. Join the finale at 88 O’Connell Street. MARCH 2021 Adelaide Adelaide Hills
Art Gallery of South Australia - Clarice Beckett: The Sounds by the River Present Moment 27 March 2021 Now on - 16 May 2021 A single-day music event held annually in Summer Including 100 of her works, explore the career of on the banks of the majestic Murray River at Clarice Beckett and her atmospheric and insightful Mannum. landscapes at the AGSA. Murray River, Lakes & Coorong
WOMAdelaide Oakbank Easter Week 5 – 8 March 2021 28 March – 3 April 2021 An iconic open-air festival set in Botanic Park that Easter Saturday and Easter Monday at Oakbank is celebrates the World of Music, Arts & Dance. one of the jewels in the South Australian racing Sponsored Event, Adelaide calendar. Sponsored Event, Adelaide Hills
WOMADelaide Tasting Australia Clare Valley Easter Races Delta Goodrem 3 April 2021 16 April 2021 Easter racing at Clare Valley Racecourse. Delta returns to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre for Sponsored Event, Yorke Peninsula the Bridge Over Troubled Dreams Tour. Adelaide Seafood on Spencer 4 April 2021 Salt Festival Port Broughton hosts the inaugural festival serving up 16 - 25 April 2021 delicious Spencer Gulf seafood and regional wines. Celebrates the impact of converging through creative Sponsored Event, Yorke Peninsula practice in arts, innovation, culture and discussion. Sponsored Event, Eyre Peninsula Colour Tumby Street Art Festival 9 – 11 April 2021 McLaren Vale Vintage and Classic A weekend festival in Tumby Bay featuring some of the 17 – 18 April 2021 world’s best street artists, food, music and fun. A celebration of vintage and classic motoring featuring a Sponsored Event, Eyre Peninsula parade of vehicles through the main street on Sunday. Fleurieu Peninsula APRIL 2021 Art Gallery of South Australia - Clarice Beckett: The Present Moment South Australian Wooden Boat Festival Now on - 16 May 2021 CANCELLED Including 100 of her works, explore the career of Clarice 17 – 18 April 2021 Beckett and her atmospheric and insightful landscapes An exciting mix of wooden boats, people, food, wine, at the AGSA. and entertainment. Sponsored Event, Fleurieu Peninsula Yorke Peninsula Saltwater Classic 10 – 11 April 2021 Tasting Australia Presented by RAA Travel For admirers of wooden and classic boats. 30 April – 9 May 2021 Sponsored Event, Yorke Peninsula Premium, unprecedented eating and drinking experiences that only South Australia can offer. Barossa Vintage Festival ESA Managed Event, Adelaide & Regions 14 April – 18 April 2021 A celebration of the region’s wine, food and culture. Generations in Jazz Sponsored Event, Barossa CANCELLED 30 April - 2 May 2021 The spectacular gathering attracts the global jazz legends of today and up to 5,000 future stars. Sponsored Event, Limestone Coast Adelaide Cabaret Festival Tasting Australia Presented by RAA Travel Great Kanku Breakaways Marathon Now on – 9 May 2021 15 May 2021 Premium, unprecedented eating and drinking Marathon events held in the Kanku-Breakaways experiences that only South Australia can offer. Conservation Park. ESA Managed Event, Adelaide & Regions Flinders Ranges & Outback
Kangaroo Island Running Festival Clare Valley Gourmet Week 1 May 2021 14 - 23 May 2021 Marathon events held in Flinders Chase National Park. Celebrating its 35th year with a range of master Sponsored Event, Kangaroo Island classes, degustation dinners, and wine tastings. Sponsored Event, Clare Valley 2021 OTR SuperSprint 7 – 9 May 2021 Kerenewek Lowender 2021 OTR SuperSprint which will take place from 7-9 17 – 23 May 2021 May as part of the 2021 Repco Supercars Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo will be a buzz with Championship. excitement celebrating Cornish culture. MAY 2021 | Murray River, Lakes & Coorong Sponsored Event, Yorke Peninsula Michael Mosley Vegan Film Festival 8 May 2021 28 – 29 May 2021 AND BEYOND Dr. Michael Mosley takes you, live-on-stage, on a The Vegan Film Festival will be a coming together of journey of that most miraculous, complex, and creative movies from established filmmakers to vegans sometimes beautiful organism, that is your body. who want to share the message for a kinder world. Adelaide Adelaide
True Grit Adelaide Cabaret Festival 8 – 9 May 2021 11 – 26 June 2021 A challenging obstacle course staged in Caudo Welcoming Alan Cumming as the first ever Vineyard. International Artistic Director in Adelaide Cabaret Sponsored Event, Riverland Festival’s history. Adelaide Tina Arena 11 May 2021 2021 Australian Swimming Trials Tour: Enchanté: The Songs of Tina Arena. 14 - 17 June 2021 Adelaide The third consecutive Olympic/ Paralympic qualification event staged in Adelaide. Sponsored Event, Adelaide Hot Dub Time Machine 2 – 4 October 2021 Cricket at Adelaide Oval 19 June 2021 Eyre Peninsula’s premier food and wine festival also Songs from every genre and decade led by Hot Dub’s celebrating unique West Coast lifestyle. own rapturous MCing and hugely animated antics.. Sponsored Event, Eyre Peninsula Adelaide Senior Amateur Golf Championships Coober Pedy Opal Festival 20 – 12 October 2021 19 - 20 June 2021 The first joint Senior Amateur Championships will be Celebrating opals, underground, outback, and the held at Glenelg Golf Club . amazing multicultural community. Adelaide Sponsored Event, Flinders Ranges & Outback Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 500 Miles of Music 22 – 30 October 2021 June 2021 Competitors push the limits of technological A country musical roadshow bringing music to innovation, travelling the outback in a vehicle Wombat Flat, Wilmington and William Creek. powered by the sun. Sponsored Event, Flinders Ranges & Outback ESA Owned and Managed Event, Adelaide Illuminate Adelaide Guns N Roses AUGUST 2021 | 16 July – 1 August 2021 9 November 2021 A new major event for Adelaide – a celebration of Guns N Roses return to Australia with a larger-than- innovation, art, technology and light. life stadium tour at Adelaide Oval. Sponsored Event, Adelaide AND BEYOND Adelaide
Winter Reds Weekend Rodeo by the Sea July 2021 27 November 2021 Get out this winter with over 30 wineries offering The Rodeo is held at Streaky Bay Racecourse. sumptuous events day and night. Sponsored Event, Eyre Peninsula Sponsored Event, Adelaide Hills National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant South Australian Living Artists Festival November 2021 1 – 31 August 2021 Embrace the spirit of Christmas with the spectacular A state-wide art festival with over 3,000 artists! Christmas Pageant through the heart of the city. Sponsored Event, Adelaide & Regions ESA Owned & Managed Event, Adelaide
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup October - November 2022 Adelaide Oval hosts the ICC T20 World Cup. Sponsored Event, Adelaide
Ceduna Oysterfest