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…
Must-see entertainment in South Australia
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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
Around 12,000 indoor bums on seats for everyone from the Wiggles to Keith Urban to Stevie Wonder.
Limestone Coast
Beyond a nondescript black doorway on the main street is Mt G's very own jazz club, named after legendary Australian jazz trumpeter and all-round good guy…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Adelaide
The not-for-profit Mercury screens art-house and international releases, and is home to the Adelaide Cinémathèque film appreciation club (classic, cult…
Fleurieu Peninsula
Victor Harbor's lovely old art-deco cinema has been screening flicks since 1934. If you're an architecture fan, you'll enjoy the door handles and ticket…
Limestone Coast
Lots of kids movies and mainstream recent releases flicker across two screens. Good for a rainy day/hot night.
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…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Port Lincoln's 1923 art-deco Soldiers' Memorial Hall has been reborn as the town's arts hub, with local art exhibitions in the lobby and touring shows in…
Outback South Australia
One of the last remaining drive-ins in Australia, Coober Pedy's dusty outdoor cinema screens new releases and is a real social hub. Movies have been…
Clare Valley
There's not much to do in Clare after dark, other than go to the pub. Fancy a flick? Head 14km over the hill to little agricultural Blyth, where the town…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
The 1929 Flinders Picture Theatre has been rebranded with a name that screams 'bored Port Lincoln teenage underclass', but it's actually great to see an…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Port Augusta's movie house is an ugly brown concrete-block monolith on the southern side of town. But hey, who cares what it looks like on the outside?…
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…
