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!
Loaded up with Fringe artists and popping up at various regional destinations across the state, the Fringe Caravan will be hitting the road throughout the festival to WOW you! Whether you’re planning a little getaway or eagerly waiting for us to roll into your hometown, Fringe on Tour brings you free, family fun.
Patch Theatre will make their WOMADelaide debut with a brand-new interactive installation Mirror Mirror in the KidZone.
Drone art specialists, Celestial, and First Nations Artists invite you to gaze up, and reignite your relationship with the stars at Sky Song. Watch the sky come alive in the McLaren Vale with hundreds of drones flying in majestic formation to a soundtrack of First Nations storytelling through poetry and song.
Adelaide Fringe-goers are in for a treat when Head First Acrobats bring back PreHysterical, a hilarious award-winning circus show for children and adults of all ages, playing every weekend during the Festival in the Vault, a new custom built dome circus tent in the Garden of Unearthly Delights.
Professor Stephen Tong, Obstetrician and author of The Birth Book gives us his do’s and don’ts for birth partners as well as some birthing suite pitfalls to sidestep. Tips from an expert who’s more at ease assisting birth than changing a downlight or fixing a leaky tap!
FAMILY FRIENDLY GLUTTONY 2022: Gluttony at the Adelaide Fringe is set to be the MECCA for family friendly programming this year, with a focus on kids, families and fabulous Fringe fun! We’ve got a comprehensive look at what to expect this year at one of the fave destinations of the Adelaide Fringe.
Adelaide audiences will experience the magic of Disney’s Frozen when the much-anticipated Adelaide season of the hit Broadway musical opens in May 2022!
WOMADelaide, to be held in Adelaide’s Botanic Park from 11-14 March, has revealed final program elements with its Around the Park program featuring dramatic installations, exhibitions and the festival’s dream destination for children, brimming with adventure-filled learning and fun!
Calling all future cyclists, bike enthusiasts, and kiddos that just like things that have 2 wheels and roll! The Santos Festival of Cycling has unveiled the program for the City of Adelaide Festival Village at Victoria Square/ Tarntanyangga on Wednesday 26 January and there’s plenty to do for families, including kids activities and a free family ride!
Today The Garden of Unearthly Delights announces its full 2022 program after a sneak peek late last year. With a jam-packed season of comedy, circus, cabaret, interactive theatre, kids shows and more the 2022 season guarantees to have something for everyone.
Looking for kid-friendly Adelaide Fringe shows for the upcoming festival season? How does puppetry fused with storytelling, physical theatre, a hint of live music and an educational, ecological theme sound?Yeah, that’s what we thought too… pretty darn awesome! That’s just what you’ll get with Pico’s Puppet Palace!
SA Circus Centre’s Youth Troupe will perform their new work ‘Ropeable during the 2022 Adelaide Fringe in The Peacock at Gluttony in February and March. This is a great opportunity to see some of South Australia’s brilliant young acrobats, who have trained at the leading circus facility for young performers, demonstrate their extraordinary skills and talents.
From master eaters… to master makers! If you’ve got a hankering for a burger these school holidays, arm your little people with big skills at a Grill’d School Holidays Master Class and take them from apprentice human to apprentice chef!
Brave young visitors can embark on a fun Spooky Plant Tour with Dr Mortimer Nightshade to learn about dangerous plants at The Adelaide Botanic Gardens, teens can feed their imagination with a sci-fi writing workshop and visitors can explore the real plants behind popular stories – from mandrakes in the Harry Potter series to Wizard of Oz – in the new Plants, Poison and Pop Culture exhibition.