Adelaide

Adelaide Entertainment

Adelaide’s entertainment stretches from heritage cinema and city stages to wildlife, high ropes, private karaoke and lively group games. You might settle in for a film at a historic picture house, gather friends for a timed escape-room challenge or spend an afternoon among animals and gardens. For celebrations, the city and its suburbs offer bookable magic, music, painting, singing and active-play experiences, with options ranging from relaxed social sessions to energetic adventures.

🎬 Cinema & Screen Entertainment

Capri Theatre

Film sessions take place in a heritage-listed 1941 theatre, with daytime and evening screenings for an outing that feels different from a standard multiplex visit. The building also houses the Theatre Organ Society’s theatre pipe organ, adding a distinctive historic element for cinema-goers who enjoy architecture and performance detail alongside the screen.

141 Goodwood Road, Goodwood SA 5034 · ☎ (08) 8272 1177 General enquiries

The Piccadilly

This North Adelaide picture house offers a traditional cinema outing close to the city. Its O’Connell Street setting suits an evening film or a relaxed daytime session, with the atmosphere of a classic picture-house experience rather than an event-based venue.

181 O’Connell St, North Adelaide SA 5006 · ☎ (08) 8267 1500 Cinema enquiries

🎶 Live Music & Nightlife

The Gov

At this established Hindmarsh live-music venue, audiences can find local bands, touring artists, tribute performances and themed music nights across its stages. The front bar adds a more relaxed way to enjoy music, making the venue suitable for a full night out or a simpler drink-and-performance visit.

59 Port Road, Hindmarsh SA 5007 · ☎ (08) 8340 0744 Venue enquiries

Lion Arts Factory

This Adelaide CBD venue brings together touring acts, local artists, tribute performances and club-style music events. Its changing programme gives groups several styles of night out to choose from, while the North Terrace location places live music within easy reach of the city’s other evening activities.

68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000

Jazz It Up

Jazz It Up provides bookable music for weddings, corporate functions and other occasions, with formats ranging from a solo artist to an 18-piece big band. Organisers can choose an ensemble size that suits the event, from an intimate musical presence through to a larger band sound for a substantial celebration.

Adelaide service area · ☎ 0425 381 840 Event enquiries

🎭 Theatre, Comedy & Cabaret

Adelaide Festival Centre

South Australia’s principal performing-arts venue brings theatre, dance, music, exhibitions and touring productions together across Festival Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse, Space Theatre and Her Majesty’s Theatre. Its year-round programme also includes comedy, live music and work for children and young people, offering a broad choice for a cultural night out or shared family performance.

King William Road, Adelaide SA 5000 · ☎ +61 8 8216 8600 Reception

Windmill Theatre Co

Adelaide-based Windmill Theatre Co creates original theatre and screen works for young audiences. Its productions provide imaginative performance experiences for children and families, with South Australian touring activity as well as presentations beyond the state. It is a useful choice when the outing itself is centred on inventive theatre for younger viewers.

Level 2/39 Light Square, Adelaide College of the Arts, Adelaide SA 5000 · ☎ (08) 8210 7200 Windmill Studios

🎮 Games & Interactive Fun

Adventure Rooms Adelaide

Teams enter real-life escape-room games and work through clues and puzzles against a 60-minute clock. The format suits groups from two people to larger bookings, with a bar available before or after the game. Duel-format bookings require a playing adult in each group, so that condition belongs specifically to that style of play.

Level 1/51–53 Rundle Mall, Adelaide SA 5000 · ☎ (08) 8211 9628 Adelaide location enquiries

P1 Entertainment

This indoor entertainment complex combines go-karting, golf simulators and arcade games, with a bar and restaurant on site. Groups can build an outing around kart challenges, simulated golf or arcade play, or combine several activities for a celebration with more variety than a single game.

Adelaide service area

Paradigm Zone

Paradigm Zone brings together reflex-testing light games, private karaoke rooms, photo booths and more than 100 arcade machines. It suits groups who want to move between different kinds of play rather than commit to one activity, with karaoke and arcade entertainment available under the same roof.

Adelaide service area

🎡 Family Attractions & Amusements

Adelaide Zoo

Adelaide Zoo offers a city wildlife outing with animal encounters, gardens and exhibits, plus volunteer-guided tours subject to guide availability. Picnic areas and family facilities support a longer visit. Accredited assistance dogs may attend during the published daytime window, subject to the zoo’s conditions.

Adelaide Zoo, Frome Road, Adelaide SA 5000 · ☎ (08) 8267 3255 Visitor enquiries

The Beachouse

At Glenelg’s Colley Terrace, The Beachouse combines rides and games for children and adults in an attraction-based family outing. It can suit a seaside celebration or a casual visit with several generations, with ride availability varying by day and separate ride-and-attraction information available for planning the experience.

Colley Terrace, Glenelg SA 5045 · ☎ (08) 8295 1511 General enquiries

🧗 Active Leisure & Adventure

TreeClimb Adelaide

TreeClimb Adelaide turns Kurangga Park into an aerial adventure of high-rope obstacles, suspended bridges and ziplines among the trees. The Grand Course is for climbers aged eight and over who meet the 135 cm minimum height; the Kids Course is designed for children aged four to eight within its published height range. Online booking is advised.

Park 20, Cnr Greenhill and Unley Road, Kurangga Park, Adelaide SA 5000 · ☎ 08 7089 4490 Bookings and group changes

Flip Out Elizabeth

This northern-suburbs indoor trampoline and adventure park offers trampolines, climbing walls, a parkour course, wipeout activity, slides, soft play and a mini-ninja area. Party rooms and ninja classes add further options for groups, while the mix of active zones lets families shape the visit around different ages and energy levels.

5B, 180 Phillip Highway, Elizabeth South, SA 5112 · ☎ (08) 8473 0714 Contact details

🎉 Social & Creative Experiences

Ballers Clubhouse Adelaide

This adults-only social-games venue combines ping pong, shuffleboard and pool with private rooms for group celebrations. Adelaide’s offering also includes a private karaoke room with karaoke and darts, creating a bookable option for birthdays, hens groups and other nights out where several activities can be shared in one venue.

21 Pulteney Street, Adelaide SA 5000 · ☎ 03 8637 0692 Adelaide events enquiries

K Illusion Karaoke Lounge

K Illusion offers 17 private karaoke rooms in a range of sizes, so groups can sing together without taking the public stage. The room-based format works for a social celebration or an evening with friends, with the choice of room size helping match the session to a smaller gathering or a larger party.

84 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000 · ☎ (08) 8211 6222 Phone

Paintelaide

Paintelaide runs artist-led creative sessions in canvas painting, neon painting, pot painting and clay sculpting. Public sessions are held from Adelaide City and Prospect studios, while private groups can use the studios or partner venues around Adelaide. Published private-event formats permit BYO food and drinks, adding a relaxed social element to the creative activity.

Adelaide and Prospect service area

🎤 Bands, Entertainers & Party Entertainment

Adelaide Magic

George Stas provides close-up magic, stage and illusion shows, family performances and entertainment for weddings, corporate events, schools and community occasions. Children’s and school shows use comedy and audience participation, while adult formats range from roving magic to larger stage presentations, making the act adaptable to different celebrations and audiences.

Adelaide and South Australia service area · ☎ (08) 8371 2839 Performance bookings

Whether the plan is a historic film, a city performance, an active group challenge, an animal-filled afternoon or a celebration built around music and magic, Adelaide offers plenty of ways to spend time together. Local businesses, bands, performers and entertainment operators are warmly invited to create or update their directory listing, and providers with upcoming shows can also share them through Events.

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