Illuminate Adelaide 2025

various locations around Adelaide

A celebration of innovation, art, light, music and technology  2 - 20 July 2025 Each year throughout July, Illuminate Adelaide celebrates that idea by bringing together the best and boldest in art, music, technology and invention from around Australia and the world, and sets them loose across the city and the state. From 2 - […]

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Illuminate Adelaide: Night Visions

Adelaide Botanic Garden North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia

Slip through the veil of Adelaide Botanic Garden to enter a mesmerising portal to parallel worlds. In the heart of the city where reality flickers, a new frontier unfolds — a place where dimensions bend beyond its gates to create a world of alternate possibilities. The all-new after dark experience exclusively conceived by Illuminate Adelaide, […]

$45
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Illuminate Adelaide: Base Camp

Lot Fourteen corner of North Terrace and, Frome Rd, Adelaide SA 5000

Base Camp returns to Lot Fourteen for 2025 Illuminate Adelaide, transforming it once again into the city’s favourite free pop-up winter village! Think cosy firepits, mouth-watering food, refreshing drinks, and hidden laneways packed with the best of Adelaide’s local vendors. Whether you're grabbing a bite between adventures or just kicking back with a drink by […]

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Illuminate Adelaide: Universal Kingdom: The Next Era

Adelaide Zoo Frome Road, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Dinosaur fans, get ready — Adelaide Zoo is going Jurassic for 2025 Illuminate Adelaide Step back in time and into Universal Kingdom: The Next Era, the latest dino-filled adventure lighting up Adelaide Zoo after dark. These prehistoric party animals are taking over in the most roar-some way! You’ll meet all your dino faves – from […]

$29
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Illuminate Adelaide: City Lights

Adelaide CBD King William St, Adelaide

City Lights is back — and it’s bigger and brighter than ever! ✨ One of Adelaide’s favourite winter traditions, City Lights is lighting up the CBD with all-new free installations, interactive experiences, stunning projections, and incredible roaming performances by world-renowned artists and creative studios. From 4 – 20 July, for 17 magical nights, explore Adelaide’s […]

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Illuminate Adelaide: Lights up the Central Market

Adelaide Central Market

Illuminate Adelaide is teaming up with the iconic Adelaide Central Market to bring even more magic to the heart of the city! From 04–19 July, the Market will shine bright with Proximity State by artist Miles Dunne, lighting up day and night during all Market trading hours. Walk into the grid and see how your […]

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Illuminate Adelaide: Horizons

Adelaide Oval

Get ready, Adelaide – this is going to be HUGE! For one night only, Illuminate Adelaide is taking over Adelaide Oval with a Drone and Light Spectacular like Australia has never seen before! Horizons will light up the night sky with hundreds of dazzling drones, incredible sound, lighting, and huge screens — all celebrating our […]

$29 – $69