Events around South Australia in 2025
Each month, sa move brings you our pick of SA events that everyone should have on their calendar.
March 2025
There’s magic in the air, motorsports on the track and movies on the big screen this March in SA. Make sure these events are marked on your calendar and you’ll have a marvellous month.
1. Adelaide Fringe
When: ending 23 March
Where: Various locations
Where is the world’s biggest Fringe festival? Well, that would be in Edinburgh, Scotland, where it first began in 1947. Uninvited performers took to the stage on the “fringes” of the acclaimed Edinburgh International Festival. The second biggest Fringe event is the Adelaide Fringe – and it’s the largest arts festival in Australia.
If you want a show sampler at absolutely no cost, don’t miss the RAA Garden Party in The Garden of Unearthly Delights where every Sunday the whole family can enjoy a range of comedy, magic and circus acts for free. RAA members can get discounted tickets to a bunch of shows in the Garden of Unearthly Delights (until allocation exhausted). Spend a balmy evening show-hopping through the city, find hidden local gems in the suburbs and see your favourites touring the regions.
2. Capri Theatre’s Candlelight series
When: 7–8 March
Where: Capri Theatre, Goodwood
Let’s slow the pace down a little from festival fever. Picture a stage, lit gently by the glow of flickering candles. A string quartet waits for a hush to fall over the audience. After an almost imperceptible nod from the lead violinist, the opening notes of Vivaldi’s cheerful Spring cut through the silence and fill the theatre.
Lose yourself in the serenity of the Candlelight series at the Capri Theatre, performed by the Amicus String Quartet. With four shows left during March, experience the sounds of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Candlelight Coldplay and an early and late session of the Best of Bridgerton on Strings.
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3. Mintaro Car and Bike Show
When: 8 March
Where: Mintaro, Clare Valley
If seeing the ugliest tractor is on your 2025 bingo card, then you can’t miss the Mintaro Car and Bike Show. This free family fun day has loads of vehicles on display, including cars, utes, bikes hot rods – and you guessed it, ugly tractors.
Vote for your favourite ugly tractor to win a People’s Choice trophy, groove to live music and discover local wares in the market.
4. Adelaide Motorsport Festival
When: 8–9 March
Where: Victoria Park/Pakapakanthi
Live life in the fast lane at Adelaide’s automotive ‘museum in motion’, the Adelaide Motorsport Festival. There’s non-stop action on the sprint track with a different category of cars tearing up the track every 10 to 15 minutes.
When you’re not trackside, be dazzled by prototypes of the future, cheer on your junior fans as they race for remote-control glory, and witness history in the making as rare number plates are up for auction. For the ultimate adrenaline rush, join the Repco Circuit Safari bus. There are no lions or zebras on this safari, but you’ll be among the action getting up-close to the dizzyingly fast track cars.
5. Alliance Française French Film Festival
When: 19 March – 23 April
Where: Adelaide, Renmark, Victor Harbor and Mount Gambier
Bonjour from France – the land of fine food, fashion and fairytale romance. Leave your passports at home and instead go on a journey with the help of the Alliance Française French Film Festival. The biggest celebration of French cinema outside of France is en route to light up SA’s silver screens with the crème de la crème of contemporary French film.
Highlights include the dramatic and decadent biopic Sarah Bernhardt, la divine, the heartbreakingly romantic L’amour ouf and the passionate and thrilling new adaption of Le comte de Monte Cristo, to name a few from the 40-plus feature film line-up. Those in Renmark (26–31 March), Victor Harbor (2–9 April) and Mount Gambier (3–6 April) will also be privy to screenings of a selection of movies. Et voila! Movie night sorted.
6. The Wiggles Bouncing Balls Tour
When: 22–23 March
Where: Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Gee c’mon, put your dancin’ shoes on! Your little Wiggles, dinosaurs and pirates will have a ball being part of The Wiggle’s Bouncing Balls Tour. Watch as the stage transforms into a playground of bouncing balls for a high energy show that leave you and the kids smiling.
Get a wiggle on as tickets will sell like… well, hot potatoes, and before the band bounces off to start their overseas tour. Wahoo!
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7. A Taste of The Hills
When: 29–30 March
Where: Lot 100, Hay Valley
Spanning almost 800sqkm, visiting all the Adelaide Hills towns and produce makers is impossible to do in a day (unless you’re Santa Claus). That’s where A Taste of The Hills comes in. The festival serves up the best of the Adelaide Hills on one plate, or in this case, across a weekend.
There are Adelaide Hills’ wines, artisans, produce – even local musicians up on the stage. You know what will make it taste even sweeter? An RAA member discount. All you need is your member number when booking to get 15 per cent off a full-priced ticket. Yum, that’s delicious.
Plus, two lucky ticket holders (one for Saturday, one for Sunday) can go in the draw to win an unforgettable prize valued at $1250. Winners will be chauffeured in a luxury BMW by Adelaide Hills Chauffeur and Limousine, take a breath-taking scenic flight with South Australian Helicopters, and arrive in style at the festival. To enter, purchase at least one festival ticket in your name before 10 March 2025, ensure your details match your ticket.
