GUIDE: Adelaide Christmas Events 2020

Here's your guide to Adelaide Christmas events in 2020. Let's be honest, its been a pretty rough year, and we all need a bit of festive spirit to end 2020 on a high. Whilst some Christmas events usually hosted in Adelaide have been cancelled, there's still a jolly good selection to choose from, with many events changing up their usual proceedings in order to make it possible to have socially distanced Christmas festivities. 

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and yep, the decorations are going up in Woolworths and the giant tree has arrived in Vic Square, so the festive season has officially started.

Let’s be honest, its been a pretty rough year, and we all need a bit of festive spirit to end it on a high!  Whilst some Christmas events usually hosted in Adelaide have been cancelled in 2020, there’s still a jolly good selection to choose from, with many events changing up their usual proceedings in order to make it possible to have socially distanced Christmas festivities.

Here’s your guide to Adelaide Christmas events in 2020.

If you have an event planned for the festive season you’d like listed, please let us know the details!

Adelaide Christmas Events 2020

From November 2: Rundle Mall Christmas Windows

November 12: David Jones’ Magic Cave opens

November 14: National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant

From November 15: Santa at Westfield

November 21: Christmas Makers Market

November 21 & 22: Fullarton Christmas Fair

November 28: Christmas at Carrick Hill 

November 28 & 29: Christmas at the Bay

December 4 – 24: Santa’s Wonderland

December 5: Adelaide Youth Orchestra Christmas Junior Proms

December 5: Christmas Dinner at the Adelaide Zoo

December 6: Stirling Community Christmas Pageant

December 13 – 23: Lights of Lobethal

December 13: Carols by Candlelight Event

Cancelled events

Sadly, there are some Christmas events that won’t be going ahead this year in Adelaide because, frankly, 2020 has been a real jerk. These include:

West End Brewery’s Christmas Lights Display

Glenelg Christmas Pageant

Norwood Christmas Pageant

Carols by Candlelight – This event has been reimagined with the Sealink Travel Group Carols event on December 13 

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