World Music SA
Music is the one language that we all understand!
Adelaide's musical heartbeat echoes globally, enriching South Australia with its UNESCO City of Music status. This vibrant culture spans genres, embraces history, and reaches international audiences.
From festivals to recordings, our goals remain steadfast: excite, create, inform, and showcase diverse global rhythms. We aim to spark curiosity and appreciation for world music.
Music unites, fosters understanding, and brings joy. It speaks a universal language, connecting people across cultures. Building on WOMADelaide's success, World Music SA works tirelessly to infuse Adelaide with global sounds year-round, creating a continuous celebration of musical diversity.
Winetime
Join us at beautiful Summertown Studio and immerse yourself in the collection of creative niceness.
In the realm of West African music, few genres hold as much significance and affection as Afrobeat. This genre, which blends highlife, jazz, and traditional African drumming, has been enchanting listeners since the 1970s. Its unique sound is marked by vibrant brass arrangements, captivating rhythms, and improvisational performances. Beyond being merely a musical style, Afrobeat represents a cultural phenomenon that mirrors the political, social, and economic contexts of its era, confronting established norms and amplifying the voices of the underrepresented.
Tare Raine, the lead vocalist of the Adelaide Afrobeat Collective and originally from Nigeria, perceives Afrobeat as a vibrant celebration of cultural heritage and musical interchange.
Prospect Spring Fair
Get ready for the most paw-some event of the year – the Prospect Spring Fair is back!
From 10am – 3pm on Saturday 26 October
Broadview Oval/Yarnta Tutu Yarta will transform into a family-friendly extravaganza, filled with non-stop fun and excitement.
🐶 The return of the Dachshund Mini Dash will see up to 40 sausage dogs race their little hearts out as they compete to be crowned the fastest Dachshund in the North!
🎸 Live music by The Drops (Blackfriars Priory School band), Lucas Day, The Band of the SA Police - Radio 5, Adelaide Afrobeat Collective and Malibu Drive
💃🏽Community performances by Zumba with Cindy with more to be announced
🎡 Amusement rides, including the Giant Slide, Tea Cups, Sizzler and Whacky Shack
🤡 Sideshow games including laughing clowns
🐇 Petting farm and nursery – feed and pet some of your favourite friendly farm animals
🧒 Free kids activities including face painting, airbrush/glitter tattoos, caricature drawings, henna body art, art and craft workshops, and mini golf course
🛍️ Community, artisan and market stalls including hand-made and artisan wares, jewellery, local services and community groups, sporting clubs, doggy products and more
🧶Youth Market stalls including home-made items by young entrepreneurs under 25 years
🍕 Delicious food, drink and dessert vendors
🎾 Come and Try Area with local sports groups
♟ Free giant lawn games including epic giant Jenga, corn hole toss, quoits and Connect 4
🎭 Circus Playground with free activities including poi, hula hooping, juggling and more!
🧘 Take a moment to relax in our Wellness Sanctuary
🐕 Flyball (dog racing) Arena – Para District Obedience Dog Club and Dover Gardens Kennel & Obediance Dog Club will see a range of dog-breeds race in teams running and jumping over obstacles to retrieve a ball.
🔥 SA Metropolitan Fire Service will be bringing one of their big red fire trucks for wannabe firefighters to explore and educate on fire safety
Plus more to be announced!
Entry is free, so gather your two and four-legged loved ones and get ready for a day of unforgettable fun.
Rhythm Section
Summertown Studio - RHYTHM SECTION.
An introduction to Afro Dance with a class run by @talita.tq
Followed by freestyle moves to @adelaideafrobeatcollective
Come for the class and freestyle,
or just the freestyle if you've already got the moves.
Tickets just gone live:
https://events.humanitix.com/rhythm-section-introduction-to-afro-dance
Come and shake your beautiful bodies with us down here at summers.
This will be FUN.
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Dia De Los Muertos Dance Fest
Saturday 9th Nov
8pm - 1am
At The Queens Theatre
• Traditional Altar
• Ah Hum! Orquestra
• Tacos + Tamales
• Costume Competition
• DJ Señorita
• Spicy Salsa Dancers
• Face Painters
• Mexican Revolution Dance Group
🪘🎺🎼🥁Bring your dancing shoes because Ah Hum! Orquestra will get you on your feet, with or without mojito in hand!!!💃🏻🕺🏻🎶