What’s On In Adelaide This Week, Month And Beyond

Spring has officially sprung. And, with the easing of the cold and rain comes a slew of fresh events to showcase the best of Adelaide. Australia's most Euro-feeling city is looking cooler than ever in terms of tours and international visitors this year (check out our complete guide here), plus it seems every week there's a new festival, gigging artist in town, rooftop dinner or completely charming market popping up, much to our delight.

So let's jump straight into the good stuff, here's Urban List's picks for the best things to do this week, month and beyond in Adelaide.

What's On In Adelaide This November

Adelaide Italian Festival

Various Locations | November 1 - 22

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Come celebrate la dolce vita this month with the return of the Adelaide Italian Festival and its take over of our city. The 21-day Italian culture extravaganza is made up of several activities and events spanning food, cinema, and art, including cooking and painting classes, movie screenings, street food, and special dining experiences and aperitvos at participating Italian restaurants including the stunning long-table lunch at La Tavolata to close out the festival. Andiamo!

Twilight Tour & Tastings

National Wine Centre | Friday evenings

Fancy a night of tasting Australia’s best wines without leaving the city? As the weather warms up, the National Wine Centre is hosting its Twilight Tour and Tasting experiences every Friday evening, where you discover the best of Australian wine, all to the backdrop of a gorgeous sun set. Come take a hosted tour with an expert sommelier, before embarking on a self-guided wine tasting in Australia’s largest tasting room, or up the ante with a set degustation dinner at the Wined Bar, packed full of contemporary Australian cuisine with, of course, optional matched wines. Date night sorted. Book tickets here.

An Evening with Angus MacRaild

Admiral’s Quarters | November 9

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Fancy a tête-à-tête with a whiskey connoisseur? Admirals’ Quarters, the suave new whiskey bar sat above Hains & Co. is hosting renowned Scottish whisky writer and independent bottler, Angus MacRaild, for a whiskey evening with the founder of Decadent Drinks, where he’ll guide you through six incredible whiskies, including a 22-year-old Bowmore bottled exclusively for his Australian visit. While the whiskey will most certainly take centre stage, neighbouring West End dining room Fugazzi will also be creating some delicious small bites to go perfectly with your intimate whisky exploration. Book tickets here.

Mannat Installation

Samstag Museum of Art | Until December 4

Image Credit: Photograph by Naina Sen. Courtesy the artists.

Make its world debut in Adelaide, منّت mannat is an immersive moving image work created in collaboration with artists Naina Sen, Naveed Farro, and Harrison Hall. Part of the Adelaide Film Festival’s Expand Lab, the exhibit recreates the cultural connections between West and South Asia, inspired by the courtyard of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah in Delhi – one of the most historically significant Sufi sites in the Indian subcontinent. The new exhibition is also part of the Samstag Museum of Art Wirltuti season opening, alongside exhibitions from Robert Fielding and Keith Piper. No need to book, and entry is free.

Family Affair

Latteria | Ongoing

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Calling all families, and friendship groups that feel just as close – Latteria is kicking off a new weekly Sunday lunch experience that focuses on good company, great connection, and even greater food. Much like the classic, yet chaotic, Italian lunch with la famiglia, think plates of Italian favourites like lasagne shared among your nearest and dearest, as the wine and conversation flows. And with the first week coinciding with Father’s Day, consider this your cue to book a table to celebrate dad too. Book here. 

Champagne Tray Fridays

2KW Bar | Fridays All Winter

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Forget the meat tray, 2KW Bar is busting out the champagne for its new winter promotion - Champagne Tray Fridays. 

On Fridays throughout winter, simply purchase a drink at the rooftop venue’s Terrace Bar between 5pm and 7pm to receive a raffle ticket for the chance to win a champagne tray featuring three top shelf bottles of champagne. Now, that’s the classic pub raffle with a sparkling twist.

Double your winnings with the bar's scrumptuous food menu, including Southern rock lobster or lamb shoulder, and you've got yourself a great start to the weekend.

The Olive Hours

Paloma Bar & Pantry | Thursdays All Winter

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Paloma Bar’s new weekly winter activation, The Olive Hours, is all about the martini. Created in partnership with Never Never Distilling Co, this CBD hotspot’s new Thursday night ritual brings together James Bond’s drink of choice (shaken, not stirred, remember?) with a European twist.

Martini connoisseurs can switch between a Classic Gin or Vodka Martini, Oyster Gin Martini or Vesper Martini, each paired with a classic gilda, a small Spanish snack served on a skewer, featuring an anchovie, pickled pepper, and of course, an olive.

Whether you prefer it dirty or dry, The Olive Hours is the perfect opp for after-work drinks or a sophisticated kickstart to an early weekend celebration.

Nightcha

Yakisan | Friday & Saturday Nights

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You've heard of yum cha, but now there's Nightcha: Yakisan's new late-night supper club that serves up delish bites of Asian fusion delights (with bubbles, if that's your poison) from 10pm to midnight, on both Friday and Saturday nights. 

With a menu starring champagne, caviar, nigiri, and hand rolls, alongside a high-end cheeseburger and juicy fried chicken, it's the perfect feast for the more stylish night owls among us (or those looking for something other than regretful fast-food beyond 10pm). Praise be.

Neil Perry X Arkhé

Arkhé | November 22

Two of Australia’s top five steak restaurants are coming together for one night only. Inside the aesthetic walls of one of Adelaide’s best restaurants, Margaret’s chef extraordinaire, Neil Perry, is setting up shop to cook alongside Jake Kellie at Arkhé for the restaurant's fifth birthday (Hip hip, hooray!) Come along for a four-course feast (and a glass of Grand Cru on arrival) starring mud crab on toast, Ferguson rock lobster and, of course, a delicious side-by-side tasting of dry-aged Blackmore sirloin and 60-day dry-aged Mayura Station OP rib (*licks lips*). Tickets for the momentous food party are selling fast, so book tix here.

Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition

Art Gallery of South Australia | July 11 - November 8 

Image credit: : Supplied | Toldeo Museum of Art | 'Water Lilies' by Claude Monet c.1922

Fancy seeing a Monet on a Saturday morning in Adelaide? Or a Matisse during the holidays with the kids? Now, you can, thanks to the upcoming Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition exhibition taking place at the Art Gallery of South Australia (ASGA) from this July. Expect to get up close with some of the world's most famous artworks created by the most influential European and American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. The line-up is a big one: Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Helen Frankenthaler, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot and Vincent van Gogh, from the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art, United States. And, their arrival at ASGA mark an Australia-first for most of these works, making the exhibit an even more must-see.

There's somethings for music lovers too, with the preview night on July 10 featuring a live performance by Australian musician Alexander Flood. Hosted in the Monet to Matisse lounge, expect a high‑energy live show, blending dynamic rhythms with driving bass from the world-class drummer.

To celebrate the exhibit, from July 24 AGSA will kick-start weekly Monet to Matisse Friday Nights events, with each evening featuring a curated line-up of live performances from local musicians, after-hours access to the exhibition, a Taittinger champagne bar, and French-inspired snacks (bon appetit, mes amis). Already on the schedule are performances from DJ duo Ebonyplusdylan, and Adelaide-based beat producer Oisima. Then from August, Friday Nights will link up with Creative Original Music Adelaide, for four nights of weekly musical acts including trumpet and piano duo After Words, ambient electronica musician Georgia Oatley, former ABC Jazz artist-in-residence Ciara Ferguson, and flute and piano virtuosos Fleur Green and Melanie Walters Duo.

Finally, South Australian artists Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson will present a new installation in AGSA’s free activity space The Studio, where visitors are taken on an explorative journey of light, colour, line and shape. From fans of art to music, and French food, there's something here for everyone. Book tickerts here.

French at Five

2KW | Last Thursday of every month 2026

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2KW is turning Thursday evenings into a little slice of rooftop joie de vivre with French at Five — a once‑a‑month wine hour where the ties loosen, the corks fly and French drops take centre stage. Guided by Jono Hersey from The French Wine Centre, guests can dive into a fast‑paced, high‑energy tasting of 4–5 French wines from rotating regions and styles. No lectures, no pretence — just seriously good wine poured with enthusiasm, all against that signature 2KW skyline. Drop in between 5 and 6pm on the last Thursday of each month and let a little French flair lift your week. No need to book.

What's On In Adelaide December 2026

Dîner en Blanc

TBC | December 5

The all-white, pop-up dinner party with a secret location is coming back to Adelaide after a seven-year hiatus. Originating in Paris, the Dîner en Blanc brings together the world’s best dressed – entirely in white – to a secret location (revealed only moments before you arrive) for a dinner party that’s sure to blow up your social feed. So, dust off your white threads and get ready for a night of great food in a stunning location that you’d never be able to dine at until now. Book tickets here.

The Christmasettes 

Capri Theatre | December 6

As Mariah Carey starts to defrost, it’s time to start thinking about and planning your Christmas event scheduling. This year, The Christmasettes are taking over the iconic Capri Theatre for two shows only for an extravagance of sequins, sass and, of course, Christmas spirit. Come along and watch more than 25 performers dance to classic tunes alongside a very special guest, Hans, for a Chrissy production that injects some modern fun into holiday favourites with high-energy dancing, tap, chorus lines washed in comedy family fun. Book tickets here.

St John Carols by Candlelight

Elder Park | December 12

What's On In Adelaide January 2027

Sidebyside Festival

Helen Mayo Park | January 30

Adelaide indie electronic festival, Sidebyside Festival, is back for its seventh year in 2027, and it's gonna be the festival's biggest line-up yet. Organisers Company Works have confirmed Australian artists Bella Claxton, Juicy Romance and Notwithoutfriends will hit the dancefloor with you in 2027, alongside global producer Silverlining, and Liquid Earth, who will both make their Sidebyside debut this edition. Adding to the mystery, a special guest artist will be announced in January, and word on the street is, they are no stranger to a Company Works dancefloor (any ideas?) While music remains the heartbeat of the eventl, the festival’s Sanctuary art program also returns, as well as a new space that allows you to step away from the dancefloor and explore the festival’s creative world in between sets. Tickets go on sale October 1 from 12PM.

What's On In Adelaide February 2027

A Day In the Gully

Civic Park, Modbury | February 27

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Coming back for its second edition, music festival A Day In the Gully is returning to Modbury again this February after a massive turn out for its debut last year. With a stacked lineup headlined by pop sisters The Veronicas and dance duo Peking Duk, the all-ages event is also hosting Xavier Rudd, Ruel, Thirsty Merc, J-MILLA, YUNG MILLA, Jeane and Zara Chantelle, alongside Adelaide local four-piece, Pash for its sophomore year. If you’re a Tea Tree Gully resident, pre-sale tickets go on sale on October 22, while first-release tix for the rest go on sale on October 26. Book tickets here.