When   Wednesday,
18 February - 6 pm
Where   Penny Blue, 141 King William Street, Adelaide

Celebrate the spirit of Lunar New Year with an extraordinary dining experience curated by Cheong Liew. This exclusive ticketed event honors cultural traditions through a modern culinary lens, blending Eastern and Western flavors in a multi-course menu paired with premium wines. Each dish symbolises prosperity, happiness, and harmony for the year ahead.

Tickets are $325, and can be purchased here.

When   Saturday,
21 February - Various times
Where   Holden Street Theatres, 32–34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh

Fringe Award winner, the iconoclastic and generally funny Peter Goers, presents his eleventh show in a trilogy of popular shows in the Holden Street Theatre's Fringe. All new material (almost), special guests and a show you’ll soon forget for the rest of your life.

See this performance from Saturday 21 February to Sunday 22 March. Tickets are $25, and can be purchased here.

When   Saturday,
21 February - 10 am – 5 pm
Where   Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE), North Terrace, Adelaide

Kumarangk is an intergenerational love letter for Ngarrindjeri women; an exhibition that explores the survival of culture, and resistance to colonial destruction. Curated by Dominic Guerrera and Danni Zuvela, the exhibition will feature the remounting of Sandra Saunders's HIndmarsh Island Collection, major new works from Mardawi Art Collective, which includes the legendary Aunty Ellen Trevorrow, alongside Elizabeth Rankine, Margi Sumner, Temeika Campbell, Bessie Rigney, Zemiah Campbell, Debra Rankine and Stephanie Russell. Kumarangk will also feature new weaving pieces from Aunty Betty Sumner, Sonya Rankine and Carly Tarkari Dodd, and ceramics from Tiarnie Edwards.

This exhibition will run from Saturday 21 February to Saturday 4 May. More information here.

When   Thursday,
26 February - 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm
Where   Brightstar Brewing, 2/35–37 Union Street, Thebarton

Join South Australian writers and beer-lovers Alex Cothren, Jennifer Mills, Amy Matthews, Andrew Roff and Jake Dean at Brightstar Brewing for a lively literary tasting session. The writers will sample a flight of craft beers and recommend the perfect book to match each flavour profile. This is an interactive session, with audience members encouraged to heckle the writers' choices and to pitch their own pairings in response. Perfect for anyone who loves literary debate, great beer and even better company.

Tickets are $15, and can be purchased here.

When   Saturday,
28 February - 9 am – 5 pm
Where   Sabbia Gallery, 609 Elizabeth Street, Redfern, NSW

This dynamic and exceptionally beautiful exhibition brings together artists who work in kiln‑formed or cast glass and who explore the material for its inherent solidity. Featured artists include Matthew Curtis (event image artwork) and Jessica Loughlin.

This exhibition will run until Saturday 28 February. Find more information here.

When   Saturday,
28 February - 9 am – 5 pm
Where   Immersive Light and Art, 63 Light Square, Adelaide

Manifest Destiny is an epic photographic and immersive study by acclaimed South Australian artist Alex Frayne, exploring the fractured psyche of modern America. Featuring an original score by Donnie Sloan (Empire of the Sun), the exhibition takes visitors on a multi-sensory journey, offering a raw, outsider portrait of a nation in crisis.

Tickets start at $20, and can be purchased here.

When   Saturday,
28 February - 9.30 am – 3.30 pm
Where   Ballroom, Burnside Library, 401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore

Join this constellation of international, national and local children's and YA writers and illustrators as they discuss their works. The program will feature four sessions, with something to appeal to readers of all ages.

Register to attend here.

When   Sunday,
01 March - 9 am – 3 pm
Where   Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery, 3 Mary Elie Street, Port Pirie

New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian textile design is a major touring exhibition project reflecting on current directions in textile practice through art, design and fashion. Curated by Meryl Ryan in consultation with the JamFactory team, the exhibition presents the work of more than thirty diverse multidisciplinary creatives and includes ten commissioned furniture pieces produced by designers associated with JamFactory.

This exhibition will run until Sunday 1 March 2026. More information here. 

When   Sunday,
01 March - 9 am – 5 pm
Where   Signal Point Experience Centre, 4 Goolwa Terrace, Goolwa

JamFactory’s ICON series celebrates the achievements of South Australia’s most influential visual artists working in craft-based media. Aunty Ellen Trevorrow is a proud Ngarrindjeri woman and a prolific, internationally acclaimed weaver with over 40 years of weaving experience. Weaving Through Time is a celebration of Aunty Ellen’s unwavering dedication to culture, community and innovation in contemporary Ngarrindjeri weaving.

This exhibition will run until Sunday 1 March. More information here. Weaving Through Time is on tour with JamFactory until 2027. Find upcoming exhibition dates here.

When   Sunday,
01 March - 11.30 am – 1 pm
Where   Goodwood Books, 145 Goodwood Road, Goodwood

Join Australian–Palestinian author Micaela Sahhar in conversation with Lur Alghurabi as part of a salon series hosted by Goodwood Books, discussing Micaela's novel Find Me At the Jaffa Gate, a story of Palestinian diaspora.

Registrations are essential for this free event, and can be made here.

When   Sunday,
01 March - 1 pm – 4 pm
Where   Adelaide Town Hall, 128 King William Street, Adelaide

Join the Australia Institute, Yanis Varoufakis, Dr Bob Brown, Professor Clare Wright, Hannah Ferguson and Dominic Guerrera for an afternoon discussing culture, community, and the stories we tell.

Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased here.

When   Sunday,
01 March - 3.30 pm – 5 pm
Where   Goodwood Books, 145 Goodwood Road, Goodwood

Join authors Laila Lalami and Jennifer Mills in conversation as part of a salon series hosted by Goodwood Books, discussing Laila's eerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed novel The Dream Hotel.

Registrations are essential for this free event, and can be made here.

When   Sunday,
01 March - 6 pm – 7 pm
Where   Adelaide Town Hall, 128 King William Street, Adelaide

Multi-award-winning author and academic Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah joins Louise Adler AM for a timely conversation on power, dissent, and the cost of speaking out. Drawing on their experience across literature, academia, publishing and public life, Randa and Louise will talk about Discipline, and reflect on what it means to act with integrity under pressure.

This event is currently sold out. Join the waitlist here.

When   Tuesday,
10 March - 6 pm
Where   Strathmore Hotel, 129 North Terrace, Adelaide 

Join the Read Between the Wines book club for their March meeting, featuring guest speaker Lyn Dickens discussing her debut novel, Salt Upon the Water. Wines from Oliver's Taranga, book sales supported by Imprints Booksellers.

Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased here.

When   Friday,
13 March - 12 pm – 3 pm
Where   Immersive Light and Art, 63 Light Square, Adelaide

The Immersive Table invites guests to share an intimate afternoon with Alex Frayne, delving deeper into the making of Manifest Destiny. Guests will gain insight into how an artist becomes part of the scene rather than a bystander, over a menu inspired by the flavours and moods of the American South and West.

Tickets are $129, and can be purchased here.

When   Saturday,
14 March - 1.30 pm – 3 pm
Where   Burnside Library, 401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore

Join us for the much-anticipated launch of Belle and Bea’s Beautiful New Home by Kristin Martin and Bianca Richardson. Come along and hear the story for the first time, and enjoy a craft activity and nibbles.
Published in association with the Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia Inc, Belle and Bea's Beautiful New Home is the third book in the Easter Bilby's Friends series, which explains to children how introduced wild rabbits affect the native plants and animals in the area, and what they can do to help.

Registrations are essential, and can be made here.

When   Monday,
02 March - 2.30 pm – 7.30 pm
Where   Adelaide Town Hall, 128 King William Street, Adelaide

Blak and Arab writers and poets share stories of family, being on/with Country, and diaspora. Speaking of their literary work, they explore truth-telling, commonalities between communities, solidarity and aspirations for the future. This Aboriginal-led event features Ali Cobby Eckermann, Celestine Rowe, Chelsea Watego, Courtney Jaye, Daniel Nour, Dominic Guerrera, Jayda Wilson, K.A. Ren Wyld, Micaela Sahhar, Natalie Harkin, Randa Abdel-Fattah, Samar Sammour, and Sin AD.

Event branding/artwork by Ngarrindjeri artist Tiarnie Edwards. Used with permission.

Register for this free event here.
Event queries and additional requirement needs should be directed to riversofreason2026@gmail.com

When   Monday,
02 March - 12 pm – 1 pm
Where   Adelaide Town Hall, 128 King William Street, Adelaide

Join world-renowned journalist Peter Greste and author and TV producer Michael Delahaye as they delve into an era where the boundary between tweets and bombs is increasingly blurred, and the freedom of speech is under threat everywhere, including in Australia. The conversation will be moderated by Kim Wingerei from Michael West Media.

Register for this free event here.

When   Monday,
02 March - 9.30 am – 11 am
Where   Adelaide Town Hall, 128 King William Street, Adelaide

Join a gathering of leading poets reading their own work and the work of oppressed and politically censored writers from around the world. Hosted and curated by Mike Ladd, the event will feature readings by Ali Cobby Eckermann, Arantza Garcia Ferrand, Heather Taylor Johnson, Jelena Dinic, John Coetzee, Natalie Harkin and Maxine Beneba Clarke.

Register for this free event here.

When   Monday,
02 March - 10 am – 11 am
Where   The Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide

Publishers mediate a big slice of the public conversation, deciding what stories will reach readers and what will remain languishing on a hard drive. Chaired by Farrin Foster, Alisa Ahmed, Michael Bollen and Sara Haddad will discuss the fight to bring stories that urgently need to be told to light and the challenges often encountered along the way.

Register for this free event here.

When   Monday,
02 March - 11.30 am – 12.20 pm
Where   The Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide

With a voice both generous and fierce, and ever-musical, Maxine Beneba Clarke is one of Australia’s most beloved writers. Join award-winning Iraqi writer Lur Alghurabi for an intimate discussion with Maxine about her seventh book of poetry, beautiful changelings.

Register for this free event here.

When   Monday,
02 March - 1 pm – 2 pm
Where   The Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide

Welcome a panel of Friendly Street poets, chaired by Jude Aquilina, as they launch Chronicle, their vibrant history publication, and relate colourful stories from the hippie 70s to the present day, along with readings of some of the best poetry presented at the longest-running, uncensored open mic in Australia.

Register for this free event here.

When   Monday,
02 March - 2.45 pm to 3.45 pm
Where   The Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide

A cohort of South Australia's most exciting writers introduce you to the writing they love. A line-up of lauded writers from across the genre spectrum present a series of paired live readings. Chaired by Michelle Prak, the event features readings from Adam Cece, Carol Lefevre, Jennifer Mills, Jessica White, Olivia De Zilva and Susan Betts.

Register for this free event here.

When   Monday,
02 March - 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm
Where   The Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide

What does a writer owe to history? Is the truth necessary or even fixed? Join chair Courtney Jaye along with Georgia Rose Phillips, Hossein Asgari, Lyn Dickens, Matthew Hooton, Nicholas Jose and Walter Marsh for a discussion on how they ensure their narratives always ring with a sense of the real.

Register for this free event here.

When   Monday,
02 March - 6.15 pm – 7.15 pm
Where   The Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide

What is stronger: love or protest? Be roused and charmed in turn, as local authors Alex Cothren, Margaret Merilees, Olivia De Zilva and Tracy Crisp read non-romantic letters of adoration and outraged letters of resistance, and consider what role books can play in creating change, building connections and finding levity in dark times.

Register for this free event here.

When   Monday,
02 March - 7 pm – 8 pm
Where   Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton

Join award-winning writers Jessica White, Lauren Fuge and Johanna Bell as they discuss lost landscapes, sonic memory, birdsong and the many ways silence has shaped their writing.

Register to attend this free event here.

When   Saturday,
21 March - 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm AEDT
Where   Henry G's Wine Parlour, 11 The Corso, Manly, NSW

Suburban streets, domestic routines and familiar relationships are the setting for some of today’s most unsettling crime fiction. In The Murder Next Door, Kate Horan, Troy Hunter, Ali Lowe and Nikki-Lee Taylor explore psychological suspense, domestic noir and the menace that lurks in ordinary lives — the neighbours you wave to, the houses you pass every day, the secrets hidden in plain sight.

Tickets are $25, and can be purchased here.

When   Sunday,
22 March - 9 am – 5 pm
Where   Hahndorf Academy, 68 Main Street, Hahndorf

Stephanie Radok's new exhibition, The Trees are Listening, investigates knowledge and its taxonomies. 'Trees live alongside us. We grow up together, we share memories and experiences.  These paintings are about distance and intimacy. They draw in the viewer and hold onto them.'

This exhibition will run until Sunday 22 March. More information here.

When   Sunday,
22 March - 1 pm – 2 pm AEDT
Where   Henry G's Wine Parlour, 11 The Corso, Manly, NSW

With host Troy Hunter, three writers of contemporary political and espionage fiction explore a world shaped by surveillance, disinformation and global instability. Drawing on backgrounds in journalism, diplomacy and intelligence, they discuss how power operates in the shadows, and why fiction is often the most revealing way to understand it.

Tickets are $25, and can be purchased here.

When   Saturday,
28 March - 11 am – 2 pm
Where   Craft and Design Canbera, 180 London Circuit, Canberra, ACT

JamFactory’s ICON series celebrates the achievements of South Australia’s most influential visual artists working in craft-based media. Julie Blyfield is a jeweller and metalsmith whose ever-evolving practice is inspired by her research into botanical specimens, historical silver collections and the rich diversity of the Australian landscape.

JamFactory ICON Julie Blyfield: Chasing a Passion is inspired by Blyfield’s experiences of the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest in far-north Queensland. In developing work for this exhibition, Blyfield has drawn on the marine collections of the South Australian Museum as well as resources she collected during her visit.

This exhibition will run until Saturday 28 March. More information here. Julie Blyfield: Chasing a Passion is on tour with JamFactory until 2027. Find upcoming exhibition dates here.

When   Saturday,
28 March - 11.30 am – 12.30 pm AEDT
Where   University of Newcastle, corner Hunter and Auckland streets, Newcastle, NSW

Siang Lu, Katharine Pollock and Clare Stephens use humour, insight, and sharp observation to reflect our modern world back at us. From AI translation to chaotic fandom to the cascade of an internet pile-on, their novels offer fresh takes on the contradictions and joys of contemporary life and work.

Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased here.

When   Saturday,
28 March - 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm AEDT
Where   University of Newcastle, corner Hunter and Auckland streets, Newcastle, NSW

Romance refuses to sit quietly on the page. Speaking with Katharine Pollock, Amie Kaufman, Natalie Murray and Melanie Saward explore what love ignites in narrative and why emotional connection remains important to readers.

Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased here.

When   Saturday,
28 March - 4 pm – 6 pm AEDT
Where   St Arnaud RSL, 6 Raglan Street, St Arnaud, VIC

Join us as award-winning and emerging artists from Melbourne and Adelaide come to St Arnaud for a unique performance. Poets Melinda Bufton, Michael Farrell, Leah Muddle, Alex Sutcliffe and Lucy Van will share the stage with cellist David Moran and sound/visual artists Alex Hamilton and David Palliser. This unique event, interweaving word and sound art, promises to be as reinventive, haunting and resonant as the performance space itself: new art on old foundations.

Tickets are $8, to be paid at the door. Reserve your place here.

When   Tuesday,
03 March - 12 pm – 3 pm
Where   Osmond Terrace Function Centre, 97 The Parade, Norwood

Join the IAF at a very special fundraising event. Featuring Jane Caro in conversation with Sandy Verschoor, they'll discuss Jane's new novel Lyrebird. Ticket sales raise funds for emerging artists in South Australia.

Tickets are $50 for IAF members and $55 for non-members. Purchase your tickets here.

When   Tuesday,
03 March - 5 pm – 8 pm
Where   Immersive Light and Art, 63 Light Square, Adelaide

Join us for a special Lab Rats session with Alex Frayne as part of ILA’s reimagined creative tech program. This hands-on workshop invites participants into the intersection of analogue photography and digital art, exploring how traditional film techniques can merge with cutting-edge technology to create new immersive experiences.

Register for this free workshop here.

When   Tuesday,
03 March - 6.30 pm – 8 pm
Where   Goodwood Books, 145 Goodwood Road, Goodwood

Join Francesca Wade and Jill Jones in conversation as part of a salon series hosted by Goodwood Books, discussing Francesca's Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, a bold, innovative examination of the nature of legacy and memory itself.

Registrations are essential for this free event, and can be made here.

When   Wednesday,
04 March - 6.30 pm – 8 pm
Where   Goodwoof Books, 145 Goodwood Road, Goodwood

Join Natalie Harkin and K.A. Ren Wyld in conversation as part of a salon series hosted by Goodwood Books, discussing Natalie's Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea, an embodied reckoning with Aboriginal women's domestic labour.

Registrations are essential for this free event, and can be made here.

When   Wednesday,
04 March - 7 pm – 8.30 pm
Where   Coventry Library, 63 Mount Barker Road, Stirling

Join us at Matilda Bookshop as Eva Hornung and Molly Murn discuss Eva's new novel, The Minstrels. Wild, mythic and potent, The Minstrels is an apocalyptic redemption fable that weaves the history and probable fate of the world into the life of one woman.

Register for this free event here.

When   Thursday,
05 March - 2 pm – 5 pm
Where   Treasury 1860, 144 King William Street, Adelaide

The Independent Arts Foundation presents an uplifting afternoon Writers' Wake featuring Tracy Crisp, Walter Marsh and Jude Aquilina. With guest compere Peter Goers, this will be a celebration of South Australian writers and writing.

Purchase your tickets here.

When   Thursday,
05 March - 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm
Where   Waterside Workers Hall, 11 Nile Street, Yartapuulti (Port Adelaide)

The escalating attempts to cancel and silence artists and writers who speak about the genocide in Gaza have been described as a new McCarthyism. In response, unprecedented solidarity is growing between arts and culture workers. What happens when artists, writers and cultural workers refuse together? Chair Jennifer Mills leads K.A. Ren Wyld, Violette Ayad and Ronan Gallagher in conversation about cultural boycotts, artist strikes and creative solidarity.

Space is limited at this free event. Book your place here.

When   Thursday,
05 March - 5 pm – 7.30 pm
Where   Ern Malley, 137 Magill Road, Stepney

Join the History Council of South Australia and the Professional Historians Association as leading historians and novelists discuss their craft, research, storytelling, and the challenges of bringing the past to life for contemporary readers over two panels. Featuring non-fiction writers Matthew Fitzpatrick, Paul Sendziuk, Martin Thomas and Janet Scarfe; and fiction writers Lainie Anderson, Molly Murn, Lyn Dickens and Beverly Williams.

Register for this free event here.

When   Thursday,
02 April - 9 am – 5 pm
Where   Artspace Mackay, 61 Gordon Street, Mackay

Tom Moore is a glass artist who creates characters that blur the boundaries between life forms. Natural Oddity presents playful and unsettling reflections on nature and technology. The aim of this exhibition is to defy gravity and to melt the coldest heart.

This exhibition will run until Thursday 2 April. Find more information here.

When   Sunday,
26 April - 9 am – 5 pm
Where   Broken Hill Art Gallery, 404–408 Argent Street, Broken Hill, NSW

In celebration of Gray Street Workshop’s 40th anniversary, JamFactory presents Beautiful Tensions, a major touring exhibition honouring the momentous legacy and talent of the workshop by showcasing new work by the four current partners: Jess Dare, Lisa Furno, Sue Lorraine and Catherine Truman.

This exhibition will run until Sunday 26 April 2026. More information here. Beautiful Tensions is on tour with JamFactory until 2027. Find upcoming exhibition dates here.

When   Friday,
15 May - 7 pm
Where   Good Neighbour (Town Square), Victoria Square, Adelaide

To call Cheong Liew OAM a legend barely begins to explain. Describing Jason Roberts as a star feels too vague. But we must start somewhere. The whole story? It’s on the table.
Be there as this lauded duo take over the Good Neighbour kitchen for a dream Friday night meal. Claypot chicken will serve as the centrepiece, together with sides capturing the layered flavours of Asian fare.

Tickets are $150, and an be purchased here.