Little Amal

The 2024 Adelaide Festival welcomes Little Amal to Adelaide for the first time this March!

Little Amal is a 3.5-metre puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl who has become global symbol of human rights. She began her journey in 2021 walking from the Syria-Türkiye border to the United Kingdom. Since then, she has travelled to 15 countries, been welcomed by two million people on the street and connected with tens of millions online.

Amal’s walks are travelling festivals of wonder, hope and art that draw attention to the millions of children fleeing war, violence and persecution around the world. She invites us to see the world through the eyes of a child forced to flee her home and asks us all to hear her message: “Don’t forget about us.” Since she started walking, she has raised $1 million for The Amal Fund with Choose Love, providing urgently-needed support for refugee and displaced children in many countries.

In Adelaide, Little Amal will participate in a number of free activities, including a welcome at Festival Plaza, joining Port Adelaide Football Club supporters before an AFL game, visiting a school, walking down Rundle Mall and participating in Floods of Fire.

WHEN: Fri 15 – Sun 17 Mar

Fri 15 Mar, 10am – 11am
Festival Plaza
Procession from Elder Park to Festival Plaza for official welcome event with Little Amal

Fri 15 Mar, 5pm – 6pm
Rundle Mall
Walk with Amal down Rundle Mall

Sat 16 Mar, 6pm
Floods of Fire: Our Voices, Our Dreams
Join Amal for this free Festival event at the University of Adelaide

Sun 17 Mar, 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Adelaide Riverbank Pedestrian Bridge
Little Amal crosses the Torrens with Port Adelaide Football Club fans