This weekend’s highlights include a festival of food and wine in the city, a pop-up exhibition in Glenside Hospital’s Z Ward, ex-Hunters & Collectors Mark Seymour playing at The Gov, a curated market of vintage fashion and handmade accessories, and a last chance to see Etypejazz, State Opera’s Faust and all the local visual art talent during the final days of SALA.

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Presented by Vitalstatitistix and Mobile States, this is football as theatre, stripped back, extracted, frozen, repeated, abstracted, beautiful and ugly all at once. Former soccer player Ahilan Ratnamohan performs this thrilling dance-inspired work derived entirely from the physicality of ‘the beautiful game’, transforming the stage to give audiences the surreal, visceral and poetic experience of a live football match tonight and on Saturday night at Waterside Port Adelaide. More information can be found here.

Bootleg Rascal

The “indefatiguable international dub-com-hip-hop tourers” Bootleg Rascal are playing on Saturday night. Cut from the same cloth as the Sticky Fingers crew, Bootleg Rascal are essentially a party band who play bouncy summer jams, an enticing blend of hip-hop raps, dub with folk, soul and blues.

Bad Girls So Good

The ‘Bad Girls So Good’ exhibition space at Glenside’s Z Ward. Photo: supplied

Eyre Peninsula artist Susanne Wegener is holding a pop-up art exhibition connecting art with mental health in Glenside Hospital’s iconic “Z Ward”, featuring portraits and installation pieces depicting the emotions and mental states of nameless women. The exhibition will be open on Saturday and Sunday between 9am and 4pm.

Waywood Wines long-table lunch series #2

Enjoy a four-course Middle Eastern-inspired feast prepared by Luscious Red matched with current, museum and pre-release vintages of Waywood Shiraz at McLaren Vale’s Waywood Wines cellar door on Saturday. Tickets are $95 per person. Limited places. Bookings essential. More information can be found here.

The Barefoot Musician

Adelaide singer songwriter, Kelly Brouhaha aka The Barefoot Musician is performing at The Exeter Hotel tonight from 9pm to 12pm and on Sunday at the Pretoria Hotel, Mannum from 1.30pm to 5.30pm. More information can be found here.

A piece from Piano’s ‘Bliss’ exhibition. Photo: supplied

‘Bliss’ by Piano

For his first solo exhibition, young Adelaide artist Piano explores the separate abstract components that make up his signature graphic aesthetic. The show focuses heavily on the recogniseable techniques and patterns used in the last two years of his mural work. The exhibition opens tonight at 6pm at The Space, Burnett Street, off Currie Street and continues over the weekend from 12pm to 5pm.

Nature Photographer of the Year

The natural beauty of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea is celebrated through the Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition, showing at the South Australian Museum until August 30. It showcases the stunning images captured by finalists in the annual competition across categories including animal portrait, animal behaviour, landscape, botanical and threatened species. You can take a peek online here.

Mark Seymour and The Undertow

ARIA winner and former Hunters & Collectors thrust Mark Seymour will launch his 9^th studio album Mayday on stage tonight at The Gov allowing fans to peer into his heart as he explores sentiments on the concepts of home. These are emotional rock songs, rooted in Australian culture. Tickets and information are available here.

Winter Food & Wine Festival

Winter Food and Wine Festival at the National Wine Centre. Photo: supplied

On Sunday more than a dozen wineries from McLaren Vale, the Barossa Valley, the Clare Valley and the Adelaide Hills are taking part in a gourmet food and wine event at the National Wine Centre, which will run from 11am until 5pm. A highlight of the day will be master classes from Skillogalee, Hither & Yon, The Lane Vineyard, Lobethal Road, Oliver’s Taranga, Dell’uva Wines, Artisans of the Barossa and also Lord Nelson Brewery. Tickets to the classes are $25 (bookings essential). Earlybird tickets to the festival are $20 and tickets on the day are $25. More information can be found here. 

Irish Race Day at Morphettville

Experience the luck of the Irish at Morphettville Racecourse tomorrow as the South Australian Jockey Club hosts a great day of racing and entertainment. Irish band The Borderers will be playing on the day and all Irish passport holders will gain free entry to Morphetville upon presentation of their passport photo ID page. Gates open at 10.30am. More information can be found here.

Volpone

Carmel Johnson and Paul Blackwell in ‘Volpone’. Photo: Shane Reid

State Theatre Company resident director Nescha Jelk (Othello, Jesikah, Random) directs Emily Steel’s brand new adaptation of Ben Jonson’s outstanding and outrageous comedy. Starring local legend and master clown Paul Blackwell as a wealthy master of disguise and self-proclaimed ladies’ man, Volpone is set to follow up State Theatre Company’s recent tradition of comedy in winter with a dose of theatrical mayhem. Volpone continues at the Dunstan Playhouse until Septemer 12.

SALA Festival

More than 5000 artists are exhibiting their work during the 2015 South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival. SALA features a wide range of art – including sculpture, painting, jewellery and multi-media – in around 550 venues across the state, as well as open studios, tours, artist residencies and other events. SALA continues until the end of August, with the full program available online.

Music @ Elder Hall

The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s ACO2. Photo: supplied

Jazz chanteuse Michelle Nicolle will transport audiences to another world today with the music of Duke Ellington at 1.10pm at the Elder Conservatorium for the Lunchtimes at Elder Hall program. The Australian Girls Choir will perform tomorrow at 3.30pm and a special appearance by the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s ACO2 performing the ‘Best of British’ with international director and violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky on Sunday at 2.30pm. More information can be found here.

Love a Good Yarn

This exhibition explores the crafts of knitting and crochet from “Nanna to now” and showcases some of the gems of the Migration Museum collection. Love a Good Yarn lets you unravel the many ways people have brought knitting and crochet to South Australia. Until August 31.

Faust

James Egglestone as Faust. Photo: supplied

Don’t miss State Opera of South Australia‘s final presentation of Charles Gounod’s Faust tomorrow night at the Adelaide Festival Threatre before the show embarks on a national tour. Arts lovers will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience this dance, theatre and musical spectacular featuring the devlishing charming Teddy Tahu Rhodes (as Mephistopheles), tenor James Egglestone (as Faust), soprano Kat Ladner (as Marguerite) and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

The Corinthian Singers – Dead Beautiful

Under the direction of Alistair Knight the Corinthian Singers present Dead Beautiful, a program of remembrance and solace after the loss of a loved one. Featuring works by some of the world’s greatest composers, this is a thoughtful, evocative, celebration of love. Dead Beautiful will be presented at 3pm on Saturday at St John’s Church, Adelaide. Tickets are $25/$15 on the door or can be booked online.

Treasure Ships: Art in the Age of Spices

Exploring the cultural and spiritual exchange between Europe and Asia during the era of the spice trade, this exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia comprises around 300 works including paintings, furniture, textiles, ceramics and engravings. It is imbued with stories of adventure, shipwrecks, piracy and treasure, and is showing at the gallery until August 30.

Handmade jewellery by Ange Peters, aka Stella, at Round She Goes. Photo: supplied

Round She Goes Fashion Market

Featuring 50 handpicked stallholders selling women’s pre-loved designer fashion, Round She Goes is a must-attend event for fashion bargain hunters. Held on Saturday at the German Club Hall, 223 Flinders Street, Adelaide, there will be lots of quality vintage and retro fashion, handmade jewellery and accessories. Entry is $2 and the market runs from 10am to 3pm.

Dipstick Birds & Carcentric

During SALA, the National Motor Museum at Birdwood is hosting Dipstick Birds & Carcentric, a joint exhibition of works by two local engine-inspired artists, Reg Eastaugh and Paul Mahoney. Enjoy contemporary art inspired and surrounded by the motoring collections at the museum. Until August 31.

Through the Ages

Until September 6, Norwood Concert Hall is celebrating 100 years as a venue for the performing arts with a series of events. On Saturday (August 29) For Your Love: ’60s British Rock Invasion will be an unforgettable tribute to the music of legendary 1960s British rock bands, including The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Animals, The Hollies, Five, The Who and more. This one-night-only performance will have you reliving the ’60s with hit songs, great harmonies and non-stop dancing. Come dressed for the occasion, there will be prizes. Presale tickets $30, doors open at 7.30pm.

Etypejazz. Photo: Oz Stills Photography

On Sunday two Etypejazz Final Farewell Concerts will take place at 12.30pm and 4.30pm, after being part of Adelaide’s musical landscape for 21 years. The band is playing together one last time and would love fans and friends to join them in taking a commemorative trip down memory lane. Presale tickets $20. Bookings can be made here.

Pole Position

The newest instalment of Pole Position at Birdwood’s National Motor Museum features three Indian Chief motorcycles. Built for cruising in comfort on highways in the USA since 1922, the Chief’s timeless styling makes it one of the most iconic motorcycles in history. A 1924, a 1946 and a 2013 Chief are currently on display until September 20.

Samstag Museum of Art

Two exhibitions are currently showing at the Samstag Museum of Art. Birth of the Cool comprises works by four painters (David Aspden, Sydney Ball, Michael Johnson and Dick Watkins) from the decade 1963-73, considered a golden era of avant-garde art in Australia. Geoff Wilson: Interrogated Landscape, features more than 70 works recognising the lifetime achievement of the South Australian artist. Both exhibitions continue until September 18.

Lichtbilder and Piel

Frank Bauer’s Lichtbild #049. Photo: supplied

German-born metalsmith Frank Bauer in conjunction with large-scale painting artists presents a dynamic body of works at BMGArt until September 12. Lichtbilder showcases 30 refined objects from kinetic light sculptures to a hand-raised and textured silver teaset. Aldo Iacobelli’s Piel references the importance of the bull in Spanish culture in a series of works exploring his onging interest in surface and pattern.

On screen

See InDaily’s reviews of the latest films screening in Adelaide:

Holding the Man
Ricki and the Flash
Irrational Man
Dope
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation