25/05/2026
Festival season may be behind us, but our friends are still making amazing art and events to entertain you! Here's a taste:
State Theatre Company South Australia | The Importance of Being Earnest
Prepare yourself for a bold and joyful night at the theatre with this fast, furious and wickedly funny production of the Oscar Wilde classic; beloved for its wit, satire and gleeful skewering of Victorian respectability. Featuring an all South Australian cast. Until 30 May
Belvoir St Theatre | The Birds
Paula Arundell goes wild in a new take on Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 gothic horror classic. Australian writer Louise Fox brings a new anxiety to this feverish and suspenseful adaption, directed by our very own Matthew Lutton! 16 May – 7 Jun
Gil Scott-Heron by Brian Jackson & Yasiin Bey
Jazz and soul luminary Brian Jackson joins forces with hip hop legend Yasiin Bey to perform music that transformed a cultural landscape. Celebrating the revolutionary artistry of Gil Scott-Heron, whose voice and vision continues to inspire generations. Touring Nationally 25 - 30 May
Illuminate Adelaide
Adelaide's winter celebration of art, light, music and technology returns this July, with city spectacles such as Night Visions (pictured) and Digital Abyss, plus the cutting edge sounds of Unsound Adelaide and Supersonic. 1 – 19 July
SALA Festival
The statewide festival of visual art taking place across South Australia annually since 1998. The Festival now spans the entire month of August, involving over 700 venues across the state and over 10,000 participating artists. 1 – 31 Aug
Art Gallery of South Australia | Yield Strength
2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Twenty-four artists push their mediums to build visual complexity or contort them to convey the curious side of existence. If you haven't yet been, go! Closes 8 June
Vitalstatistix | Exposure
Exposure is an ugly-beautiful piece by acclaimed performance artists, Latai Taumoepeau and Mirabelle Wouters, who upend the endless struggles of everyday expectation and investigate the body’s relationship to systems of power. Melb 27 - 30 May | Adel 11 - 14 Jun
