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What’s On in Adelaide This Weekend: Our Top 5 Picks
Discover what's on in Adelaide this weekend, with no shortage of good times to be had in this vibrant city.
It’s easy to have fun when you know what’s happening around town, and we’re here to tell you Adelaide is anything but boring. Our humble little city offers a range of experiences to cater to every taste and budget. Whether you’re in the mood for live music, drinks with the girls in a cosy wine bar, a day of cellar door hopping, taking a hot girl walk or finding a delicious bite to eat, there is no shortage of activities and activations.
Struggling to make concrete plans? We’re here to help! Here’s our curated guide to what’s on in Adelaide this weekend, highlighting the top five things we’re adding to our calendars. We don’t gatekeep!
Embrace Your Inner Francophile at the Bastille Festival Adelaide
If oozing raclette, sweet golden crepes, and buttery, flaky pastries sound like your cup of tea, you won’t want to miss this. Once exclusive to Sydney, the Bastille Festival is finally spreading its wings beyond the Harbour City. Claiming the title of Australia’s biggest French food, wine and artisan festival, you can go on a gastronomic adventure through France without the jetlag (or the expensive price tag!). From this Friday, lucky Adelaideans will get the chance to experience mouth-watering Parisian delights, hand-picked French wines and cheeses, and captivating live performances, all within a highly-anticipated three-day celebration of French food, wine and culture.
For more information on what’s on offer, click here for our full Bastille Festival Adelaide guide.
Festival Plaza
May 30th to June 1st
Raise a Glass To Chardonnay May
Throughout May, cellar doors of the Adelaide Hills will be showcasing—and celebrating—the textural, stylistic, clean, crisp, zesty, smooth and nutty flavours and aromas of the region’s Chardonnays with a range of unmissable (and extremely sippable) events and experiences throughout Chardonnay May. This weekend, Ondeen is hosting a New Wave Chardonnay dinner on Friday evening, while on Saturday evening, Ngeringa is celebrating 20 years of Chardonnay with a special dinner at Chianti. On Sunday, Golding Wines and Petaluma are paying a visit to North Adelaide’s Caledonian for Chardonnay in the City.
With a brand new, treasure-hunt style Chardonnay May Trail that encourages visitors follow a map to uncover the unique expressions of Adelaide Hills Chardonnay (and win prizes), there are also heaps of lunches, dinners, masterclasses and live music events to choose from as part of the month-long celebration—check out the full program here.
Multiple locations around Adelaide Hills
May 1st to May 31
Find a Beauty Haven at SA’s First Two-Storey MECCA Store
Beauty junkies, this one’s for you. MECCA is bringing a chic beauty experience to Adelaide with the grand opening of its brand-new, two-storey flagship at Burnside Village on the 29th of May. The gorgeous 950-square-metre space is what beauty dreams are made of, being more than triple the size of the former MECCA Maxima and MECCA Cosmetica stores combined, making it South Australia’s biggest MECCA yet and the second-largest across Australia and New Zealand.
This mega store will have a bit of everything, from semi-private treatment beds for luxe skincare services to a sleek Perfumeria, an interactive Carousel Playbar and a hands-on Beauty Lab. Shoppers will have access to loved, exclusive brands and new introductions to the MECCA offering, including Element Eight, Reome, Smashbox, Half Magic, Spray Aus, Jo Malone, DS & Durga, and many more.
To celebrate, MECCA is spoiling customers with limited-edition tote bags, exclusive Beauty Loop boxes, and full-sized product giveaways for the first 100 through the door on opening day, so round up your beauty-loving besties, ready your wish list and head to Burnside Village on Thursday, May 29th!
Grand opening Thursday, May 29th
Burnside Village, 447 Portbrush Road, Glenside
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Be Enchanted by Beauty and the Beast on Stage
A remarkable adaptation of the beloved Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast, heads to Adelaide for the very first time this May. Boasting all the spectacle and grandeur audiences love from the on-screen original, the stage production features all the spellbinding songs of our childhoods, including Gaston and Be Our Guest, as well as some awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping costumes and sets.
Secure your tickets here.
From May 8th until July 6th
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard at the South Australian Museum
One of the most significant archaeological finds of the last century has found a temporary home in Adelaide – and this is your sign to explore the magnificent exhibition at the South Australian Museum this weekend. Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard will be on display for 5 months, which happens to be the first time these extraordinary artefacts have left the UK.
Discovered in Scotland in 2014, this astonishing collection of over 100 rare objects includes intricate jewellery, silver arm rings, beads, and brooches, buried for over a millennium. With immersive audio-visual storytelling and 3D reconstructions, journey through time to uncover the secrets of this Viking-era treasure.
Open to July 27th
South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide
If you loved our guide to what’s on in Adelaide this weekend, keep the fun times going and check out things to do in Adelaide CBD or, if you’re looking to save those pennies, check out our favourite free things to do in the city.
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