Events
From cars to cabaret and food to fringe, South Australia has a wealth of major events and festivals to get your heart racing and your soul flying. You'll be amazed at the sheer number of food, wine, cultural and sporting events held across Adelaide and regional South Australia every week.
Here are just a few
- Adelaide Festival of Arts
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The Adelaide Festival of Arts ranks alongside Edinburgh and Avignon as one of the world's leading arts festivals. Held in every 'even' year, it embraces a potent mix of contemporary and classical artistic expression and performance.
The Adelaide Fringe coincides with the Adelaide Festival of Arts, sweeping up audiences in its raw, street-wise energy and late night activity.
- Wine & Food Festivals
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When South Australia's wine regions celebrate, they do it in style, providing magnificent showcases for the South Australia's abundance of world-class wine and food.
The Clare Valley's annual gourmet food and wine show consumes a weekend in May, while the biennial Barossa Vintage Festival is spread over the week following Easter in odd-numbered years. McLaren Vale has its Sea and Vines Festival in June, and follows it up with its hugely popular continuous picnic. Adelaide's Tasting Australia, held every alternate October, brings an Australian flavoured food and wine banquet together.
- Cycling in the Tour Down Under
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International cycling action takes place every January with the Tour Down Under. This colourful event attracts the cream of Australian and European professional
cyclists to compete in a series of gruelling road races through Adelaide and various country regions of South Australia.Before one of the race stages, recreational cyclists can join in the action and cycle the same route as the professionals.
- Motor Sport
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Adelaide has built an international reputation for staging major motor racing events on its city street circuit.
In February/March every year, Australia's premier touring car event, the Clipsal 500, sees thundering V8 Supercars on the internationally-acclaimed city street circuit, attracting crowds in excess of 250,000.
With a slightly slower but no less enthralling pace, the Classic Adelaide Rally is held in November. Over 100 sports cars, classic saloons and other exotic motoring icons from around the world compete in a series of time trials through the city and Adelaide Hills at the height of springtime.
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In September, the Royal Adelaide Show sees the country come to town. Adelaide International Horse Trials take over the eastern parklands in November. The Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival in the Adelaide Hills attracts an annual pilgrimage of thousands. In September, the Bay to Birdwood rally of vintage cars parades from seaside Glenelg through the city to Birdwood in the Adelaide Hills while thousands of locals and visitors line the route and cheer the drivers on.
Dozens of other regional festivals and events are celebrated across South Australia throughout the year, from the bizarre tuna tossing competition in January, part of Port Lincoln's Tunarama Festival, to the Coober Pedy Opal Festival held in Coober Pedy every Easter.
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