New music festival a part of Bloom spring tourism campaign

A two-day international music festival in city parklands is among a range of new and existing springtime events – including the Royal Adelaide Show and Christmas Pageant – to be marketed under a new state tourism campaign called “Bloom”.

Deadline to build Festival Plaza tower extended until 2024

Multinational developer Walker Corporation has been handed a two-year extension to build its long-awaited tower at the redeveloped Festival Plaza, but the company says it’s on track to finish the $600 million build before the new 2024 deadline.

Polina Tsymbal with her Fringe poster.

Frederique on a penny-farthing the face of Fringe 2021

A jauntily moustachioed chap astride a penny-farthing is the winner of the 2021 Adelaide Fringe poster competition.

Ex-Adelaide Festival director slams budget cuts after music festival unplugged

Former Adelaide Festival artistic director David Sefton has blamed budget cuts and a “decimated” Arts SA sector for an international electronic music festival dropping Adelaide from its touring schedule.

Failed Asiafest leaves bad taste for creditors

More casualties of Adelaide’s short-lived Asiafest are expected to come forward as creditors meet next week to resolve debts of more than half a million dollars.