Light Up Your Nights at Illuminate Adelaide

Follow the beat of the city and rediscover Adelaide in the mesmerising glow of awe-inspiring artworks and dynamic projections. Stretching down North Terrace and into the East Parklands, the trail is full of interactive elements to get the little ones involved. City Lights is a festival favourite that gets bigger and better every year.

Make a pitstop between installations and warm up with a hot drink and a toastie!

Step into Adelaide’s favourite food hub for a taste of roving performances, world class dishes, drinks and incredible produce. Adelaide Central Market is part of the new Illuminate Hosts Program which offers a city-wide food pilgrimage to some of Adelaide’s most loved kitchens and bars. Look for the glowing Illuminate neon signs at each participating venue!

Follow the lights to the back of the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) to discover a free, immersive installation that brings the botanical, animal, and spiritual designs of the internationally acclaimed late Yolŋu artist Mulkuṉ Wirrpanda to life.

Make the most of your visit and take advantage of AGSA's extended opening hours to see the breathtaking international exhibition, Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition. Featuring 57 iconic, groundbreaking masterpieces, it’s worth the cost of a ticket!

Cross into a realm where reality bends and imagination flourishes. Back by overwhelming demand, Night Visions takes you on an immersive journey through the enchanting Adelaide Botanical Garden into a cutting-edge spectacle of lights, lasers, projections and immersive soundscapes.

For a truly extraordinary night, level up with lakefront dining at the Botanic Lodge and savour a special menu curated just for Illuminate Adelaide.

Take a sensory journey from ocean to plate as art, environment and flavour come together in this immersive showcase of South Australia’s beautiful coastline. Dine on the very best of South Australian seafood surrounded by evocative projections and evolving soundscapes as you honour the producers and coastal communities at the heart of our state’s seafood story.

Dive deep beneath the surface and into the depths of the ocean in this immersive journey by Illuminate Adelaide's award-winning artist in residence, Miguel Chevalie. Interact with an underwater meadow full of imagined flora, AI plankton projections, robotic drawings, glowing lightworks, and 3D sculptures, as micro wonders of the marine floor respond to your presence.

Gourmands will delight in Smelly Cheese Co’s intimate, luxurious cheese masterclass. From caviar bumps to French champagne, indulgence takes the centre stage for this tasting. It's a rare opportunity to spend some time in Australia’s #1 food market after dark. And if you’ve got energy to burn afterwards? Dance up a storm at your favourite late-night haunt.

Strap in for two blistering nights of boundary-pushing music as visionary artists and DJs take beats to the absolute edge, delivering an immersive experience that demands you to feel as much as hear. Refuel with a late-night bite before you kick on at the Unsound Club to dance the night away.

Settle in for an exclusive evening of French-inspired canapés and cocktails and experience a Symphony of the Senses at Garçon Bleu. From delicate flavours to the soothing sounds of an Adelaide Symphony Orchestra quartet under the warm glow of candlelight, expect an unforgettable night of gastronomy, light and sound.

Lean into the Francophilia and stay immersed for a little longer with a glass of wine and live jazz, just down the road at La Louisiane.

Get in the zone with pre-drinks before you lock in for a late-night congregation of sound, bodies, and bass, as a stacked lineup of electronic artists deliver relentless techno, house, and genre-blurring club beats at Supersonic.