Adelaide Festival
adelaide festival art also known adelaide festival art festival take place south australian capital adelaide march year started major celebration art significant cultural event australia festival based chiefly city centre parkland venue inner suburb odeon theatre norwood occasionally afield adelaide festival centre river torrens usually form nucleus event st century elder park played host opening ceremony comprises many event usually including opera theatre dance classical contemporary music cabaret literature visual art new medium fourday worldmusic event womadelaide literary festival adelaide writer week form part festival festival originally operated biennially along initially unofficial adelaide fringe fringe taken place annually since festival art going annual year later event plus extra visitor activity music concert brought streetcircuit motorracing event known adelaide local often refer time year mad march festival attracts interstate overseas visitor generated estimated gross expenditure million south australia adelaide festival began effort sir lloyd duma late establish major art festival would bring south australia worldclass cultural exhibition sir lloyd organised gathering prominent member adelaide business art government community proposal event similar edinburgh international festival supported first festival board governor formed event began take form sir lloyd partnered john bishop professor music university adelaide two gained support lordmayor adelaide city council financial backing pound number leading business sponsored first festival including advertiser bank adelaide john martin co adelaide steamship company kelvinator inaugural adelaide festival art ran march directed bishop assistance ian hunter artistic director edinburgh festival show covering almost aspect art first year also spawned adelaide fringe grown largest event kind world edinburgh fringe adelaide festival continued grow successive year support south australian government developed number incorporated event including adelaide writer week australia original literary festival womadelaide world music festival adelaide festival idea adelaide international curated international contemporary visual art program held partnership samstag museum difficulty directorship peter sellars – regarded strong reputation intact preeminent event country adelaide festival moved biennial annual event david sefton appointed artistic director threeyear tenure extended another year program included first time threenight festival within festival unsound adelaide presented international artist playing multidimensional electronic music neil armfield rachel healy appointed took sefton coartistic director festival included landmark opera production barrie koskys saul contract extended twice due finish festival however festival affected frequently changing restriction imposed government due various wave covid pandemic south australia challenging organiser also armfield health issue march announced ruth mackenzie would taking although armfield healy already confirmed organised major event festival august announced mackenzie appointed program director art culture creative industry policy within department premier cabinet former brett sheehy would take role ad new one appointed festival adelaide festival corporation established statutory corporation adelaide festival corporation act afc act reporting minister art art sa later art south australia responsibility several statutory body south australian museum art gallery south australia late function transferred direct oversight department premier cabinet art culture section governing board report minister march chair judy potter artistic director appointed fixed contract one year separate director writer week funding mainly government source charitable body festival also attracts private donor within australia internationally tenureship neil armfield rachel healy coartistic director donation festival increased around year million june announced festival would receive million annual funding following three year help continue attract major performance event august south australian government announced million adelaide festival three year additional performance event neil armfield rachel healy hold record stint director six festival belt director festival advisory board taking responsibility peter sellars brief directorship adelaide festival remains controversial eventually replaced sue nattrass th anniversary – history archived page history adelaide festival art downloadable pdf archived page past adelaide festival program official website adelaide festival – march pdf adelaide festival adelaide festival theatre