JANUARY 2006
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Jan 1 Pt Vincent Gala Day
Jan 1-31 Sculptures on the Cliff. Elliston
Jan 2 New Year’s Day Holiday
Jan 2-8 Next Generation Adelaide International Tennis
Jan 7-14 Twilight Market. Old Moonta Railway Station
Jan 8 Blessing Of The Waters and Greek Festival. Glenelg
Jan 8 Pt MacDonnell Bayside Festival
Jan 11 Latino Grooves Festival. Shores Complex, West Beach
Jan 11-14 Aust. Open Road Championships
Jan 13-21 Largest Aust. Outdoor Artshow. Victor Harbor ***
Jan 13-14 Schuetzenfest ***
Jan 14 Yankalilla Hotel Twilight Rodeo
Jan 14 Full Moon
Jan 14-15 Semaphore 25th Greek Festival
Jan 15 Strathalbyn Fleurieu Peninsula Regional Race Day
Jan 17-22 Jacob’s Creek Tour Downunder ***
Jan 20 Clare Valley Twilight
Jan 21 23rd Mt Compass Cup
Jan 21 Kangaroo Island Gourmet Gallop
Jan 21 Valley Hot Rodders Cruise On, Tanunda
Jan 21-22 Kingston Lions Surf Fishing Competition
Jan 21-23 Tunarama Festival. Pt Lincoln
Jan 22 Mount Gambier Summer Cup Day
Jan 24, 26 International 1 Day Cricket
Jan 25 Australia Day Eve Celebration. National Motor Museum, Birdwood. Free
Jan 26 Australia Day Holiday
Jan 26 Australia Day Breakfast, Eden Valley
Jan 26 Australia Day Breakfast, Gawler
Jan 26 Australia Day Breakfast, Yorketown
Jan 28 Shakespeare in the Vines, Seppeltsfield
Jan 29 Robert Burns Birthday Celebrations
Jan 29 Riesling, A Work of Art. Barossa
Jan 30 School Term 1 starts
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Feb 3 Israel in Egypt, Intervarsity Choral Festival
Feb 10 International 1 Day Cricket
Feb 10-11 Taste the Limestone Coast Festival
Feb 11 Beccy in the Monster Mine. Burra
Feb 11 Ceduna Cup Day
Feb 11-12 Flight Centre Travel Expo
Feb 11-12 Adelaide Fresh Fruiterers Carnevale in Adelaide. Rymill Park
Feb 12 Naracoorte Cup Day
Feb 12 ABBA. Helpmann Theatre
Feb 12-13 Queens Baton Relay – Victor Harbor
Feb 13 Full Moon
Feb 14 ABBA. Keith Michell Theatre
Feb 15 Organ Recital, Adelaide Town Hall. Nicholas Grigsby, Wanganui, NZ
Feb 15 Abbasolutely Fabbaulous. Barossa
Feb 16-18 West End Kangaroo Island Cup Carnival
Feb 16-19 Jacob’s Creek Open Golf
Feb 18 Sky Show
Feb 18 Uraidla & Summertown Show
Feb 19 Highland Gathering, Mt Barker ***
Feb 19 Declaration of Vintage, Tanunda
Feb 19 Port Lincoln Food & Wine Day
Feb 24 to Mar 19 Adelaide Fringe
Feb 24-25 Beachport Festival by the Sea
Feb 24-26 Jailhouse Rock Festival. Burra
Feb 24-26 Hills Harvest Festival
Feb 24-26 Frances Folk Gathering ***
Feb 24-26 Big River Fishing Competition. Murraylands
Feb 25 Barossa Under the Stars. Tanunda
Feb 25 Wilpena Under the Stars
Feb 25 Loxton Mardi Gras
Feb 25 40th Anniversary Lock Cup Day
Feb 25,26 Lucindale Horse Show
Feb 25,26 Angaston Show
Feb 26 Norwood Parade Food, Wine & Music Festival
Feb 26 Civic Park Spectacular. Tea Tree Gully
Feb 26 Cabernet Cocktail. Barossa
Feb. Mon 27 to Mar. Fri 3. APAM, Aust. Performing Arts Market. AFC
Feb 28 Lord mayor’s Senior Citizens Concert. Police Band
MARCH 2006 ( Autumn ) | Go to Top
Mar 3 Mount Compass Working Sheepdog Trial
Mar 3 Embellished Waters. Adelaide. Embroiderers Guild of SA
Mar 3-5 Adelaide Plains Cup Festival
Mar 3-19 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts
Mar 4 Mannum Show
Mar 4 Mundulla Show
Mar 4-5 Riverland Greek Festival. Renmark
Mar 4-5 Moot Yang Gunya Festival. Mundulla
Mar 4-19 Adelaide Cup Carnival
Mar 5 Adelaide Plains Cup Day. Balaklava
Mar 5 Government House Open Day
Mar 7,9 Pt Lincoln Cup Carnival
Mar 9-12 Barossa Slow Food events
Mar 10-12 WOMADelaide
Mar 10-12 Allendale East Diving & Surf Festival
Mar 11 Tanunda Show
Mar 11-12 Glendi Greek Festival
Mar 11-12 Quorn Autumn Fest
Mar 11-12 Western Country Music Festival. Pt Lincoln
Mar 11-12 Blue Lake Multicultural Festival. Mt Gambier
Mar 11-14 Outback Fringe Festival. Woomera, Roxby Downs
Mar 12 Riesling Raceday. Clare
Mar 13 HOLIDAY Skycity Adelaide Cup Day
Mar 14 Full Moon
Mar 15 Maitland Show
Mar 15 Malaysia Airlines Magic Millions Race Day
Mar 15-26 Commonwealth Games. Melbourne
Mar 17 St Patrick’s Day
Mar 17 Padthaway Twilight Raceday
Mar 17-18 South East Field Days
Mar 18 STATE ELECTION
Mar 18 Mt Pleasant Show
Mar 19 Gawler Band Festival ***
Mar 19 Festa di San Giuseppe. Salisbury
Mar 21 Harmony Day
Mar 23-26 Clipsal 500
Mar 24-26 Murraylands Music Festival. Tailem Bend ***
Mar 25 Cleve Show
Mar 25 Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Alfresco, Symphony at Strathalbyn
Mar 25-26 Strathalbyn Working Sheepdog Trial
Mar 26 Rivafest. Renmark
Mar 27-30 Two Tall Timbers Wood Work Exhibition. Limestone Coast
Mar 27 DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS
Mar 30 to Apr 2 Strathalbyn Celtic Folk & Friendly Festival ***
Mar 31 Hey Hay Straw Sculpture Day. Murraylands
APRIL 2006 |
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Apr 1 Rivafest
Apr 1 Streaky Bay Cup Day
Apr 1 Mela Indian Festival. Elder Park
Apr 1-2 Stansbury & Pt Vincent Wooden & Classic Boat Regatta
Apr 1-2 Laura Folk Fair ***
Apr 1,2 Mt Barker Show
Apr 2 Adelaide Hills Harvest Festival
Apr 2 Gawler Gourmet & Heritage Festival
Apr 7 Ceramics Exhibition: Faith, Food, Clay. Adelaide
Apr 7 Karoonda Farm Fair 22nd year
Apr 7 Loxton North Harvest Festival and Great Stomp
Apr 7 Riverland Harvest Festival
Apr 7-9 Kapunda Celtic Festival ***
Apr 7-18 Peterborough Art Prize
Apr 8 Cummins Community Bank Kalamazoo
Apr 8 Hand Picked Festival. Riverland
Apr 8 African Culural Festival. Festival Centre Terrace
Apr 9 Palm Sunday
Apr 9 Organ Recital, Adelaide Town Hall. Johan Hermans, Hasselt, Belgium
Apr 12 Cheetham Salt Art Exhibition. Ardrossan
Apr 13 School Term 1 ends
Apr 13 Full Moon
Apr 14-16 Coober Pedy Opal Festival
Apr 14-16 Terowie Days of Rail & Screen
Apr 14-17 EASTER
Apr 14-23 Penneshaw Easter Art Exhibition
Apr 15 Hardwicke Bay Easter Saturday Pancake Morning Trash N Treasure
Apr 15 Fishy Fringe Festival. Whyalla
Apr 15 Bundaberg Rum Easter Emerald Race Day. Clare
Apr 15 Warooka Art Group Exhibition & Flea Market
Apr 15-16 Highland Dancing Championships of Australia. ETSA Park ***
Apr 15-16 Stansbury Country Bazaar
Apr 15,17 Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival
Apr 16 Coffin Bay Summer Markets
Apr 21-24 Big River Regional Street Rod Nationals. Riverland
Apr 22 Beltana Picnic Races and Concert
Apr 23 150 Years of Pt Adelaide Railway
Apr 23 Festa di San Marco. Newton
Apr 24,25 Anzac Day in the Outback. Marree
Apr 25 ANZAC Day ***
MAY 2006 |
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May 1 School Term 2 starts
May 5-7 Commonwealth Bank International Police Tattoo. Ad Ent Centre
May 6 Clare Gourmet Weekend
May 6-7 Mannum Houseboat Open Days
May 6-7 Waikerie Houseboat Open Days
May 13 Full Moon
May 13-14 Wild Boar Weekend. Flinders Ranges
May 13-16 Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival
May 14 Mother’s Day
May 14 Festa di San Libero. Lockleys
May 14-20 Kernewek Lowender ***
May 15 PUBLIC HOLIDAY is now Mar 13
May 21 Come Fly a Kite & Family Day. Weeroona Island
May 21 Filipino Festival. St Mary’s Church, Elizabeth
May 25 Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea
May 27- Jun 3. Reconciliation Week
May 28 Festa di Santa Maria Di Anzano. Hindmarsh
May 31 Organ Recital, Adelaide Town Hall. Sarah Kim, Sydney
JUNE 2006 ( Winter
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Jun 2-12 SA Country Music Festival & Awards. Riverland
Jun 8 Symphony Australia Young Performer Awards Stage III Final with ASO
Jun 9-24 Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Jun 10 Maitland Art and Craft Fair
Jun 10-12 Riverland Balloon Fiesta & Country Fair. Renmark
Jun 11 Full Moon
Jun 12 PUBLIC HOLIDAY Queens Birthday & Volunteers Day
Jun 17 Quorn Cup Day
Jun 17-23 Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE) at Adelaide Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Largest international travel trade show in southern hemisphere.
Buyers from Japan, Asia, UK, Europe, Americas, Middle East, Africa, NZ & Sth Pacific.
Will showcase Adelaide & SA to buyers from around the world.
http://www.tradeevents.australia.com/
JULY 2006 |
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Jul 5 Organ Recital, Adelaide Town Hall. Ashleigh Tobin, Adelaide
Jul 7 School Term 2 ends
Jul 7,8 Coober Pedy Greek Festival
Jul 9 Beltana Memorial Weekend
Jul 11 Full Moon
Jul 16 Festa Madonna Del Carmine. Newton
Jul 24 School Term 3 starts
Jul 27- Aug 5 Willunga Almond Blossom Festival
AUGUST 2006
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Aug 4-20 SALA Living Artists Festival
Aug 8-10 Eyre Peninsula Field Days & Farmers Market
Aug 9 Full Moon
Aug 12 Crystal Brook North Western Show
Aug 13 Pt Lincoln Show
Aug 19,20 Whyalla Show
Aug 19,20 Kadina Show
Aug 26,27 Gawler Show
Aug 26,27 Gourmet Barossa
Aug 30 Organ Recital, Adelaide Town Hall. Peter Kelsall, Adelaide
Aug 30 Balaklava Cup
SEPTEMBER 2006 (
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Sep 1 Wattle Day
Sep 1-9 Royal Show
Sep 3 Australian National Flag Day
Sep 3 Father’s Day
Sep 7 Full Moon
Sep 10 Quorn Show
Sep 10 Blessing of the Fleet. Pt Pirie
Sep 13 Wudinna & Le Hunte Show
Sep 17 Sunday Mail City – Bay Fun Run, 8am
Sep 17 Blessing of the Fleet. Pt Adelaide
Sep 17 Australian Citizenship Day
Sep 17 Wilmington Show
Sep 20 Kimba Show
Sep 23 Wirrulla Show
Sep 23 Orroroo Show
Sep 23 Balaklava & Dalkey Show
Sep 23,24 Murray Bridge Show
Sep 24 Bay To Birdwood Run, over 1500 vehicles
Sep 24 Festa di Madonna Di Montevergine. Newton
Sep 29 School Term 3 ends
Sep 30 Yankalilla Rapid Bay & Myponga Show
Sep 30 Bordertown Show
Sep 30 Melrose Mt Remarkable Show
Sep 30 Tumby Bay Lipson Show
Sep 30- Oct 1 Stansbury Country Bazaar
OCTOBER 2006
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Oct 1 Kangaroo Island Motor Fest
Oct 1 Marrabel Rodeo
Oct 1 Semaphore Music Festival
Oct 1,2 Kingston Show
Oct 1,2 Loxton Show
Oct 1-31 Every Generation Events
Oct 2 PUBLIC HOLIDAY Labour Day
Oct 2 Yallunda Flat Show
Oct 2 Strathalbyn Show
Oct 2 Jamestown Show
Oct 4 Pinnaroo Show
Oct 4 Minlaton Southern Yorke Peninsula Show
Oct 6 & each Fri in October. Octoberfest. German Club
Oct 7 Eyre Peninsula Farmers Market. Elliston
Oct 7 Full Moon
Oct 7 Keith & Tintinara Show
Oct 7 Mil Lel Show
Oct 7 Burra Burra Show
Oct 7,8 Pt Elliot Southern Agricultural Show
Oct 7-22 Riverland Renaissance, wine , food, sport, etc. Festival.
Oct 8 to Mar 31 2007 Sundays At The Adelaide Festival Centre
Oct 14 Clare Show
Oct 14 Cummins Show
Oct 14,15 Naracoorte Show
Oct 15 Jamestown Air Spectacular
Oct 15 Organ Recital, Adelaide Town Hall. Peter Planyavsky, Vienna, Austria
Oct 16 School Term 4 starts
Oct 19,21 Mt Gambier Show
Oct 21 Renmark Show
Oct 21 Coonalpyn & District Show
Oct 21 Swan Reach Show
Oct 27,29 Penola Show
Oct 28 Kingscote Show
Oct 28,29 MANAS Multicultural Festival. Thorndon Park
Oct 28,29 Hobbies Alive, Clare
Oct 29 Dozynki Polish Festival. Rymill Park
Oct 29 Callington Show
30 DAYLIGHT SAVING STARTS
NOVEMBER 2006 | Go to Top
Nov 3 Our Lady of the River School Fiesta, Riverland
Nov 3,5 Millicent Show
Nov 3-5 Adelaide International Horse Trials, Rymill Park
Nov 3-26 Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Visual Art Prize
Nov 3 – 26 Feast. Adelaide Lesbian & Gay Cultural Festival
Nov 4 CU Christmas Pageant
Nov 4 Kapunda & Light Show
Nov 4-5 Moonta Antiques Fair
Nov 5 Full Moon
Nov 7 Melbourne Cup
Nov 11 Remembrance Day
Nov 11 Korean Cultural Festival. Rundle Park
Nov 11 Parndana Show
Nov 11 Great Southern Muster, Lucindale Show and Lucindale Shears
Nov 12 Eudunda & District Show
Nov 12 Adelaide Rock n Roll Festival
Nov 12 Sunday In Mylor
Nov 15 – 19 Classic Adelaide Rally, Mount Barker District Celebrations
Nov 18 Mount Gambier Christmas Parade
Nov 18 Port Adelaide Enfield Twilight Christmas Parade 1800hrs
Nov 18 Kaffee Abend. Tanunda Show Hall
Nov 18-19 Limestone Coast Better Life Festival
Nov 18-19 Maitland Art and Craft Spring Fair
Nov 19 Lions Multicultural Festival. St Claire, Woodville
Nov 19 Croation Cultural Festival. Sport Park, Gepps Cross
Nov 19 Birdwood Country Bash
Nov 19 Waite Festival, food and beer/wine festival, entertainment and research showcase
Nov 24 LJ Hooker Stirling Christmas Pageant and Stirling Hotel Fireworks Display
Nov 24-26 Celebration of Christmas, Barossa
Nov 24-26 Kangaroo Island Speed Shears
Nov 24-26 Robe Village Fair
Nov 24-27 Australian Historic Road Race, Limestone Coast
Nov 25 – Dec 31 Loxton Christmas Festival
Nov 25 Rock Rocky Childrens Concert, Riverland
Nov 25 Edenhope Show
Nov 25 A Day on the Green – Chris Isaak at Peter Lehmann Wines
Nov 25-26 French Festival. Brittany themed French Festival at Carrick Hill
Nov 25,26 Dimitria Greek Festival. Thebarton Oval
Nov 26 Clare Valley Cup
Nov 26 Semaphore Road Street Fair
Nov 26 Macclesfield Strawberry Fete
Nov 30 Premier’s Invitation Masters Cricket, Barossa
DECEMBER 2006 (
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Dec 1-5 3 Mobile Ashes Test match
Dec 2 Dartmoor & District Show
Dec 2 Mount Barker Christmas Parade and After Party
Dec 2.. East End Rundle Street Markets, every Saturday 9-3
Dec 3.. Sundays at the Festival Centre, every Sunday 10-4
Dec 3 Wesley’s Multicultural Festival. Elder Park
Dec 3 Pat Schinkle & Fay Hawkins Exhibition at Local Images, Limestone Coast
Dec 5 Full Moon
Dec 9 to Jan 31 Port Broughton Photographic Exhibition
Dec 10 Police Expo, Academy, Taperoo. free
Dec 10 Carols in the Park, Adelaide Hills
Dec 10 Kanawinka Writers, Gouders Book Launch at Local Images, Limestone Coast
Dec 10 Motorcycle Riders Association Toy Run. Glenelg at 1100 to Hahndorf Oval
Dec 10-31 Lights Of Lobethal
Dec 15 School Term 4 ends
Dec 15 Strathalbyn Community Street Party & Christmas Pageant
Dec 17 Moonta Christmas Pageant
Dec 17 Carols By Candlelight
Dec 17 Stirling Nativity Re-enactment
Dec 17 Mount Barker Sings Messiah
Dec 18 to Jan 29 Semaphore Summer Carnival
Dec 21 Woodside Christmas Pageant and Street Party
Dec 25 CHRISTMAS
Dec 26 Proclamation Day
Dec 26-31 61st Australian Jazz Convention. Flinders University
Dec 27,28 Bay Sheffield Carnival
Dec 27-31 Latvian Cultural Festival, Fullarton Centre