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Adelaide Fringe in Bowden

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!

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