Must-see entertainment in Adelaide

  • Blue King Brown perform at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel.

    Governor Hindmarsh Hotel

    Adelaide

    Ground zero for live music in Adelaide, 'The Gov' hosts some legendary local and international acts. The odd Irish band fiddles around in the bar, while…

  • Adelaide Oval

    Adelaide

    Adelaide's riverside stadium (capacity 53,000) hosts major sporting events through the year, including national AFL (www.afl.com.au) and state-based SANFL…

  • Wheatsheaf

    Adelaide

    In semi-industrial Thebarton 3km west of the city centre, the everlovin’ Wheatsheaf Hotel draws an offbeat, arty crowd of students, lesbians, gays, punks…

  • Moonlight Cinema

    Adelaide

    In summer pack a picnic and mosquito repellent, and sprawl out on the lawn to watch old and new classics under the stars. 'Gold Grass' tickets, which cost…

  • Capri Theatre

    Capri Theatre

    Adelaide

    In Adelaide’s inner-southwestern suburbs, the art-deco Capri hosts everyone from local jazz big-bands to touring Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute acts…

  • Casablabla

    Casablabla

    Adelaide

    This enduring, good-time late-nighter operates under a broad live-music remit of Friday and Saturday nights, swinging from swing, funk and jazz to salsa,…

  • Thebarton Theatre

    Thebarton Theatre

    Adelaide

    Now this old stager has got soul! Vaguely art deco, the 1928 'Thebby' is an iconic Adelaide live-music venue with great acoustics and buckets of charm…

  • Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas

    Palace Nova Eastend

    Adelaide

    Just off Rundle St, handily poised down the alley next to the Exeter Hotel, this plush city complex screens new-release art-house, foreign-language and…

  • GU Film House

    GU Film House

    Adelaide

    We were deeply unimpressed when the charming old Glenelg movie house on Jetty Rd was bulldozed a few years ago. But now there's the shiny new six-screen…

  • Piccadilly Cinema

    Piccadilly Cinema

    Adelaide

    A beaut old art-deco cinema on the main North Adelaide strip, with a sexily curved street frontage and chevron-shaped windows spangled across the facade…

  • Adelaide Festival Centre

    Adelaide

    The hub of performing arts in SA, this crystalline white Festival Centre opened in June 1973, four proud months before the Sydney Opera House! The State…

  • Rhino Room

    Adelaide

    Adelaide’s funny bone took a hit when the old Rhino Room on Frome St was forced to close in 2016. But it has now re-opened on Pirie St, so we can all…

  • Crown & Anchor

    Adelaide

    The good ol' Cranker just keeps cranking out the cold beer and loud rock, despite the equally loud protestations of East End residents (many of whom who…

  • Her Majesty's Theatre

    Adelaide

    Big on musicals and comedy, this grand old city theatre was built in 1913 and originally had seating for around 1000 people. A major renovation project,…

  • Jive

    Adelaide

    In a converted theatre spangled with a brilliant mural, Jive caters to an off-beat crowd of student types who like their tunes funky, left-field and…

  • Gilbert Street Hotel

    Adelaide

    The best place in Adelaide to catch some live jazz (on Tuesday nights, at any rate) the Gilbert is a renovated old pub but continues to ooze soul. Order a…

  • Mercury Cinema

    Adelaide

    The not-for-profit Mercury screens art-house and international releases, and is home to the Adelaide Cinémathèque film appreciation club (classic, cult…

  • BASS

    Adelaide

    Bookings for big-ticket events.

  • Moshtix

    Adelaide

    Music event ticket bookings.

  • Regal Theatre

    Regal Theatre

    Adelaide

    Back in the Hollywood heyday of the 1940s and '50s, many Adelaide suburbs had their own cinemas. They’ve largely been demolished, replaced by mega-mall…

  • Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

    Adelaide

    The estimable ASO has gigs at various venues including the Grainger Studio on Hindley St, the Festival Theatre and Adelaide Town Hall. Check the website…