Adelaide Festival Centre

Located in the Adelaide Riverbank Entertainment Precinct, Adelaide Festival Centre is one of the leading cultural centres in the Asia Pacific and the cultural heart of South Australia, hosting more than one million people annually. Australia’s first capital city arts venue, Adelaide Festival Centre opened in 1973.

As well as presenting theatre, dance, music, and exhibitions, Adelaide Festival Centre creates diverse, award-winning festivals to inspire, challenge, educate, and entertain. Adelaide Festival Centre festivals include Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Adelaide Guitar Festival, DreamBIG Children’s Festival, OzAsia Festival, OUR MOB and year-round First Nations programming.

Adelaide Festival Centre is home to Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, State Opera of South Australia, Australian Dance Theatre, State Theatre Company South Australia, Windmill Theatre, The Australian Ballet, Brink, Restless Dance Theatre, Slingsby, Patch Theatre Company and No Strings Attached.

The ongoing redevelopment of Adelaide Festival Centre and Festival Plaza is the most significant capital infrastructure project undertaken since Adelaide Festival Centre’s doors opened, fostering a vibrant, world class arts and entertainment precinct.

Adelaide Festival Centre also manages and operates the recently renovated Her Majesty’s Theatre.  Located on Grote Street in the Central Market Precinct, the renovation of the theatre (originally known as The New Tivoli Theatre when it first opened in 1913) has been one of Australia’s most exciting theatre projects. Following over two years of redevelopment, Her Majesty’s re-opened in June 2020 – as a completely reinvigorated proscenium theatre, returning to her world-class status.