It’s time to Play in the Plaza at the Adelaide Festival Centre

In 2022, Adelaide Festival Centre is the place to be for family fun. With free workshops and activities, interactive spaces, and the biggest names in children's entertainment, there's something for every member of the family!

Get ready for free family festivities during Play in the Plaza!

To celebrate the opening of the much anticipated Festival Plaza and the exciting new Children’s Artspace, the Adelaide Festival Centre are celebrating with a long weekend full of free activities, markets including Bowerbird and their very own young movers and shakers at the Kidtrepreneur Markets, workshops, roving entertainment, DJs and food for the whole family to enjoy.

Kicking off from 10am on Saturday 12 through to Monday 14 March, let’s play!

Sign up for one of the Children’s Artspace Workshops.

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Workshop 1: Kaleidoscope Workshops
Kaleidoscope: Playing With Colour encourages everyone to see the world in new, abstract, and bright ways – just like when you look into a kaleidoscope!

Register to make your own kaleidoscope at this workshop, located in the workshops tents just outside the gallery entrance.

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Workshop 2: Sticky Stained Glass
The team want everyone to make their own mark on Children’s Artspace! Register to join this workshop, cut out your own shape, and be a part of your very own stained glass window.

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Learn more about Children’s Artspace

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What is Families at Adelaide Festival Centre?

A reimagining of beloved Adelaide Festival Centre program Something on Saturday, Families at Adelaide Festival Centre carries on the tradition of bringing free and low-cost, accessible options for South Australian families to engage with the arts.

In 2022, Families at Adelaide Festival Centre will present performances, interactive experiences, and workshops to complement Adelaide Festival Centre’s festivals, exhibitions, and shows.

Be the first to get the goss and follow all things Families by heading to the Families at Adelaide Festival Centre Facebook Page:

facebook.com/FamiliesatAdelaideFestivalCentre/

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