7 February 2025
The Adelaide Fringe is one of the best times of year to get out and about in South Australia. Though we encourage you to get out and explore all that the Fringe has to offer, here’s a comprehensive list of all the happenings within easy walking distance of Bowden.
Music
It Takes Two! Legendary Duets Live Sunday 23 February – Saturday 8 March. 60 min to 110 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Cabaret • Storytelling
Have You Met My Grief? Sunday 23 February – Sunday 16 March. 60 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Eat and Drink/Cabaret
Comfort Food Cabaret. Sunday 09 March – Thursday 13 March. 90 min. Mezzanine at Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Cabaret • Music
I Am Woman: Amelia Ryan & Libby O’Donovan Friday 28 February – Sun 23 March. 70 min. Downstairs @ Plant 4 Bowden
Music • Cabaret
The Aretha Hour Thursday 27 February – Saturday 15 March. 60 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Music • Cabaret
A Friend of Dorothy: Anthems of Pride Saturday 22 February – Sunday 16 March. 60 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Music • Cabaret
Decades in Harmony Saturday 15 March. 60 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Music • Tribute / Cover Band
Have You Heard the News? The Music of Huey Lewis Sunday 23 February – Saturday 08 March. 60 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Music • Interactive
Bootleg Choir Thursday 27 February – Saturday 08 March. 60 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Music • Cabaret
Late to the Party: The ADHD Hour Saturday 22 February – Sunday 09 March. 60 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Music • Cabaret
Beating Up The Beatles Friday 21 February – Sunday 16 March. 60 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Variety • Family
Fringe for Brunch Sunday 02 March. 120 min. Downstairs at Plant 4 Bowden. FREE EVENT
Music
French Suite Saturday 22 February – Sunday 02 March. 60 min. Mezzanine at Plant 4 Bowden
Music • Cabaret
Simply Brill: Hits of The 60s Sunday 23 February – Sunday 23 March. 70 min. Downstairs at Plant 4 Bowden
Music • Cabaret
Down Under: The Songs That Shaped Australia Saturday 01 March – Sunday 23 March 70 min. Downstairs at Plant 4 Bowden
Music
A History of Bob Dylan Saturday 22 February – Saturday 15 March. 90 min. Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Interactive
Adelaide Gaol Escape Cells Friday 21 February – Sunday 23 March. 30 min to 45 min. Yard 5/6 – Escape Cells at Adelaide Gaol
Theatre and Physical Theatre
Dear Diary Tuesday 18 February – Sunday 09 March. 70 min. The Studio at Holden Street Theatres
Music Tribute Band
Whatever Tribute You Say We Are That’s What We’re Not Friday 14 March. 3 hr. The Jarmer Room Sessions
Music
Fringe Folk Saturday 08 March – Sunday 16 March. 3 hr. Main Venue Space – Indoors at Cafe Komodo
Theatre and Physical Theatre
FIRST LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION Tueday 04 March – Sunday 09 March. 100 min. The Barbara Hardy Garden at Holden Street Theatres
Kids and Family • Musical Theatre
MARY POPPINS JR Friday 21 February – Sunday 23 February. 60 min to 70 min. The Studio at Holden Street Theatres
Music
A History of Mississippi Devil Blues Sunday 23 February – Sunday 16 March. 120 min. Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Music
Rhapsody in Chicago Blues Sunday 02 March. 60 min. Main Venue Space – Indoors at Cafe Komodo
Music
Voxneon Saturday 15 March. 4 hr. The Venue at The Gov
Music
LUCKY COMETS – The Australian Bill Haley Show Thuday 06 March – Sunday 09 March. 60 min to 90 min. The Venue at The Gov
Comedy Theatre
Welcome To Us Saturday 22 February – Tuesday 04 March. 60 min. Main Bar @ Lady Daly Hotel
Music Tribute Band
Songs from under the floorboards Sunday 09 March. 2 hr 30 min to 3 hr. Tin Shed @ The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Music • Comedy
Sarah Valle: Fat Witch Friday 07 March. 60 min. Balcony Bar at The Gov.
Comedy
Content for Meatfolk Saturday 01 March – Sunday 02 March. 60 min. Brightstar Brewing Outdoor Space @ Brightstar Brewing
Workshops & Talks
Old Adelaide Gaol Ghost Crime Tour Sat 15 February – Wednesday 19 March. 2 hr 45 min. New Building Lawn and Yard at Adelaide Gaol
Music
In Contrast – Classical Saxophone Recital Friday 28 February – Saturday 01 March. 60 min. The Studio at Holden Street Theatres
Workshops & Talks
Brick and Sip Saturday 01 March – Saturday 22 March. 120 min. Bowden Cellars
Music
Gaol Glitterball Saturday 01 March. 5 hr. New Building Lawn and Yard at Adelaide Gaol
Music • Comedy
The Public Servants – BuROCKracy Thursday 06 March. 2 hr 30 min. Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Theatre and Physical Theatre
Swedish Death Cleaning vs. EVERYTHING (the shed.) Tuesday 11 March – Sun, 23 Mar. 60 min. Judy’s at HST at Holden Street Theatres
Film and Digital • Drama
HeARTflicks Charity Film Screening – HEADSHOT Friday 21 February. 120 min. Cinema 1 at The Piccadilly
Theatre and Physical Theatre
PETER GOERS – IF AFFECTED DO NOT DRIVE OR OPERATE HEAVY MACHINERY Saturday 22 February – Sunday 23 March. 60 min. The Arch at Holden Street Theatres
Music • Tribute / Cover Band
Feelin’ Groovy – The Songs Of Simon & Garfunkel Sunday 23 February. 120 min. The Venue at The Gov
Music
Imaginary Diseases – Läther play the music of Frank Zappa Wednesday 12 March. 3 hr. The Venue at The Gov
Cabaret • Immersive
Creatures of the Underworld Sunday 16 March – Saturday 22 March. 55 min to 90 min. The Venue at The Gov
Music
Lachy Doley Group at The Gov Friday 28 February. 3 hr. The Venue at The Gov
Music
A History of Mississippi Slide Blues Sunday 23 February – Sunday 16 March. 120 min. Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Immersive
Smiling in the Dark Friday 28 February – Saturday 22 March. 60 min. New Building Lawn and Yard at Adelaide Gaol
Theatre and Physical Theatre
Romeo and Juliet in 15 minutes Friday 21 February – Sunday 23 March. 15 min to 45 min. The Barbara Hardy Garden at Holden Street Theatres
Film and Digital • Music
The Mushroom Whisperers Friday 14 Mar – Saturday 15 March. 60 min. Cinema 1 at The Piccadilly
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Comedy
Gull – or – The Most Lamentable Comedie Called Love Saturday 01 March – Sunday 09 March. 90 min. The Arch at Holden Street Theatres
Eat & Drink
Bottomless Limoncello Spritz Brunch @ Ambra Sunday 16 February – Sunday 23 March. 90 min. Full Venue at Ambra Spirits Distillery & Bar
Community Events • Interactive
Dom Whiting’s Drum & Bass on the Bike Weekender Saturday 22 February – Sunday 23 February. 75 min to 5 hr. Secret Venue in City of Charles Sturt
Circus • Clown
Strange Chaos Thursday 06 March – Sunday 16 March. 90 min. Haus of Ooze @ North Adelaide
Community Events • Dance
Adelaide Anthros Night Saturday 08 March. 4 hr 59 min. Jackson Square
Theatre and Physical Theatre
The Christian Brothers Saturday 22 February – Sunday 23 March. 60 min. The Arch at Holden Street Theatres
Music
Adelaide Ukelele Appreciation Society Wednesday 26 February – Wed 19 March. 3 hr. Gibson Stage at The Gov
Music
Her Story – of the Blues Sunday 23 March. 60 min. The Studio @ Holden Street Theatres
Music
Jazz Masters Return Friday 28 February. 60 min. Main Venue Space – Indoors @ Cafe Komodo
Theatre and Physical Theatre
The Platypus by Francis Greenslade Tuesday 11 March – Sunday 23 March. 90 min. The Arch at Holden Street Theatres
Comedy • Music
Retirement Village People Saturday 01 March – Sunday 09 March. 60 min. The Studio @ Holden Street Theatres
Music
The Backyarders’ 5th Birthday Extravaganza with Fallen Sunrise Thursday 13 March. 2 hr 30 min. Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Theatre and Physical Theatre
Shellshocked – An Explosive New Play Tuesday 18 February – Sunday 23 March. 70 min. The Arch at Holden Street Theatres
Music • Cabaret
Pearl Tizzie does About Cheese then Soursob Bob does Soursob Bob Songs Wednesday 12 March. 2 hr 30 min. Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Community Events • Music
Meriba Sagul, Meriba Wed (Our dance, Our songs) Thursday 13 March. 4 hr. The Venue at The Gov
Cabaret • Comedy
Barry Morgan All Key’d Up Sunday 02 March. 135 min. The Venue at The Gov
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Comedy
It is I, Seagull Tuesday 11 March – Sunday 23 March. 70 min. The Studio at Holden Street Theatres
Workshops & Talks • Comedy
Criminal Outsider – A Live True Crime & Forensics Performance Friday 21 February – Saturday 22 March. 60 min. Mess and Recreation Hall @ Adelaide Gaol
Eat and Drink
Pasta & Wine Dinners @ AMBRA Wednesday 19 February – Thursday 20 March. 90 min. Full Venue at Ambra Spirits Distillery & Bar
Dance • Interactive
Flashback Fitness Fridays Friday 14 February – Friday 21 March. 45 min. Power to Move
Music
Dzeng Sane – World Matters Friday 21 February – Sunday 23 March. 3 hr. Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Theatre and Physical Theatre
Stabbing The Ghost Thursday 20 February – Sunday 02 March. 60 min. The Arch at Holden Street Theatres
Music • Tribute / Cover Band
Beatlemania with The LadyBeatles Sunday 02 March. 140 min. The Venue at The Gov
Comedy
Made in Kowloon Friday 28 February. 60 min. Balcony Bar @ The Gov
Music
A History of Woody Guthrie Saturday 22 February – Saturday 15 March. 90 min. Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Music
The Wheatsheaf Ukulele Collective – Ukes of many colours Wednesday 26 February – Saturday 22 March. 3 hr. Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Theatre and Physical Theatre
Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Ar** For England Tuesday 18 February – Sunday 23 March. 60 min. The Studio at Holden Street Theatres
Comedy • Hip Hop/Breakin’
The Best of Flukey Lukey and some new stuff Sunday 23 February – Wednesday 26 February. 60 min. Gallery at The Gov
Don’t forget, there’s plenty more to explore in the city. And the best part is, it’s all just a
free tram ride away!