Adelaide Festival

The Adelaide Festival of Arts, also known as the Adelaide Festival, is one of the festivals of arts, an annual art festival which takes place in Adelaide in southern Australia in March. It is considered the most famous festival in Australia and is one of the most significant international festivals of the arts.

Adelaide Festival comprises many events, usually including opera, theatre, dance, classical and contemporary music, cabaret, literature, visual art and new media. The four-day world-music event, WOMADelaide, and the literary festival, Adelaide Writers' Week, form part of the Festival. The festival originally operated biennially, along with the (initially unofficial) Adelaide Fringe; the Fringe has taken place annually since 2007, with the Festival of Arts going annual a few years later, in 2012. With all of these events, plus the extra visitors, activities and music concerts brought by the street-circuit motor-racing event known as the Adelaide 500, locals often refer to the time of year as "Mad March".

The festival receives tourists from both the State and from abroad. This jewel is one of Australia’s greatest art celebrations and catches the imagination of the world’s viewers.

Where: Adelaide

When: March