Make
Music
Day
One day. 360+ performers. 40 venues. Adelaide is turning up the volume for Make Music Day!
Saturday, 20 June 2026
11.00am - midnight
FREE admission
Make Music Day is a free, inclusive, city-wide festival as part of the global Fête de la Musique and celebrates Adelaide as Australia’s only UNESCO City of Music.
For one day only, 40 venues across the Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide will open their doors for a full day of live music - from relaxed daytime coffee sets to late-night performances.
Building on the success of 2025, this year’s program brings together iconic venues and unexpected spaces, with more than 360 diverse artists across 107 acts representing a wide range of musical genres, cultures and local scenes, transforming cafés, bars, galleries, bookstores and public spaces into live stages and dance floors.
Don’t miss your chance to enjoy live music at every corner of the city. Explore the full program to build your own Make Music Day trail of discovery.
Make Music Day is proudly brought to you on Kaurna Country by the City of Adelaide and our local music community.
Explore the full program
Discover the full day's gigs and events.
Venue: | Lineup: |
Australian Migrant Resource Centre | 2pm-5.30pm: Café Musica - A Million stories – A Million songs (Afghan / Middle Eastern Music) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Adelaide Arcade | 12pm: High Spirits Harmony (Choir) 1pm: InU (Choir) 2pm: A Blanket of Stars (Folk/Classical/Instrumental) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
A Prayer for the Wild at Heart | 12pm: Toru Noda (Blues/Soul/Jazz) 1pm: Marina Anthea (Forest Indie folk/Pop) 2pm: Jamie Lena Kerslake (Alt-folk/Soul) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Arthur | 3pm: The General Public (Grunge, Rock, Alternative) 3.45pm: Static Attic (Alternative, Psychedelic, Grunge) 4.30pm: halo tides (Indie Rock /Dream Pop) 5.15pm: Wreked society (Punk/Shoegaze) 6pm: House Of Sticks (Indie Punk Rock) 6.45pm: The Only Objects (Post-genre art-rock) 7.30pm: TempL (Rock/Indie/Jazz/punk) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Adelaide Railway Station | 11am: Festival of Music Choir (Choir) 12pm: Hannaford String (Classical) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Adelaide Central Market | 9am: Adelaide String Duo (String) 10am: A Touch of French - Learn & Sing by Alliance Francaise Workshop (Workshop) 10am: Lou Blackwell & The French Set (French Jazz) 11am: Craft & Chorus: Kids Make Music by Alliance Francaise Workshop (Workshop) 11.30am: Melange a Trois (French Jazz) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Crafty Robot Brewing | 1pm: Harpin' Will K (Blues) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Diverse-City | 12pm: Weezy Listening (Acoustic) 1.30pm: MaryTréès (Jazz/Blues/Folk/Pop) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
TIA LIVE | 12pm: xGemmini (Blackened Speed Metal Fusion) 12.45pm: Nómada (Heavy Rock) 1.45pm: Death Televised (Punk) 2.45pm: Falter (Alternative Metal) Wheelchair Accessible: No |
East End Flower Market | 12pm: Lucinda Lake (Complex Pop, Rock, Folk) 12.45pm: Nat Luna (R&B/Pop) 1.30pm: Jack Ray (Folk Rock) 2.15pm: Great Lake (Alternative/indie) 3pm: Naomi Keyte (Folk) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Gilbert Street Hotel | 12.30pm: Bush de là (French Music) 1.15pm: El Coyote (Country/ Rockabilly) 2pm: Sonia Smith (Folk/ Blues/ Rock) 3pm: Rob Edwards (Country/Soul/Folk) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
The Howling Owl | 3.45pm: L.I.L.L.I (Disco, Italo-pop, Brazilian Funk) 4.30pm: Terry's Pocket (Funk / Jazz / Groove) 5.15pm: Elena (Reggae, Island Music) 6.15pm: The Leyla Klasina Quartet (Jazz) 7.15pm: Eliza Dickson (Neo-Soul) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Jewels of Thought | 2pm: Noriko Tadano (Japanese Traditional/Contemporary) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
The Lion Hotel | 4pm: Paula Standing (Country, Americana) 5pm: Jodi Martin (Americana/Folk/Country) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
The Little Machine | 12pm: Vetter og villskap (Scandinavian and North-Atlantic folk) 1pm: Sacred Resonance (Ambient/Meditational) 2pm: Collectif:Arc en Ciel (Freely Improvised classical) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Oxfam Bookshop | 1pm: Andy Salvanos (Solo instrumental, ambient) 2pm: Coruscalia Collective (Contemporary classical) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Rundle Mall | 12pm-5pm: City Sessions Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Streetlight Records | 2pm: Plain Services (Minamalist Guitar) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
West Oak Hotel | 2pm: Bisa! (Progressive Rock/ World Music) 3pm: Golonka (World Music)) 4pm: JT Sextet (Jazz) 5pm: Praise Mangena (Alternative R&B/ Neo-Soul) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Wined Bar | 2pm: Abbey Amber (Forest Folk/Alternative/Indie) 3pm: Laura Hill (Singer Songwriter, Folk, Blues, Roots) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
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The Archer Hotel | 6pm: Daniel Gosling (Brazilian Jazz) 7pm: Bortier Okoe (African/Ghanaian Music and Drums) 8pm: Jambu Loco (Samba, Samba Reggae) 9pm: Adelaide Afrobeat Collective (Afrobeat)
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Exeter | 9pm: Rosie & The Riveters (Reggae, Blues, Rock, Pop, Soul) 10pm: Wings of Knives (Rock) 11pm: Baulk at the Möön (Rock) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Feltspace | 10am: Louis Bullock 10.30am: Helium Liu and Jazmine Deng 11am: Alycia Bennett Wheelchair Accessible: No |
Honeydripper | 7pm - 1.30am: Cazeaux Oslo (Hip Hop) 7pm - 1.30am: Nelson Dialect (Hip Hop) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
HYMN BAR | 8pm: Cherry Daisies (Indie Folk / Rock) 9pm: Sister Moonshine (Indie Alternative/ Art Rock) 10pm: Overdue Fiction (Indie Folk) Wheelchair Accessible: No |
Khukuri Restaurant Adelaide | 7-10pm: The Samaya Band Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
La Louisiane | 7pm: Trinity Jazz Canini (Jazz) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Leigh street luggage | 8-11pm: Chair Anderson (piano), Dan Courts (bass), Thomas Keough (sax). (Jazz) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Lowlife Basement Bar | 6pm: Georgia Oatley (Electronic / Trip Hop) 6.45pm: Ned Baulderstone (Folk-Rock) 7.30pm: Pearly Stars (Alternative / Indie rock) 8.30pm: My Chérie (Alt Pop - Folk Rock. Ambient) 9.30pm: Loopole (Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Post-Punk) 10.30pm: Coldwave (Alternative rock) Wheelchair Accessible: No |
Marcellina & Bebes Room | 7.30pm: Alex Aubrey (Solo, Acoustic, Jazz, Blues, Indie) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Mala Mía | 7pm: 7induo (Bossa Nova / Samba) 8pm: Nahlla (Latin Folk Rhythms) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Mamacita Restaurant & Bar - TRYP by Wyndham | 5.30pm: Hugo Salcedo (DJ) (Latin Music) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Nevermind | 9pm-1am: Club Coco, D-Girl (DJ) Wheelchair Accessible: No |
NOLA Adelaide | TBC: Aidan 'Jazzy' Jones (Folk / Blues) Wheelchair Accessible: No |
Nexus Arts Centre | 7pm-8pm: Arabic Music Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Smoking Fish | 11.30am: Radio Gado Gado 12pm: Frank Justin 1pm: Author of the Accident Wheelchair Accessible: No |
The Hotel Metropolitan | 9.15pm: Rosie and the Posies (Alternative Rock *Bookings required. Get your free tickets: Wheelchair Accessible: No |
The Original Coopers Alehouse | 5pm: Georgia Ianni (Indie Acoustic) 5.45pm: Adela May (Freak folk) 6.30pm: Zachary Luka (Folk/Blues/Roots) 7.15pm: Maisie B. (Indie/Folk) 8.15pm: Lizzie Hosking (Pop) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Union Hotel | 5pm: Brett Gray (Acoustic Rock/Alt Country) 6pm: EarlyBird Specials (Alt Roots Country) Wheelchair Accessible: Yes |
Getting there
Make the most of the FREE City Loop bus and Adelaide Metro buses, trains and trams, and plan your journey to Make Music Day via public transport:
Make Music Day 2026 playlist
Listen to the sounds of the incredible 2026 Make Music Day artists through our Spotify playlist.
See how the city came alive on Make Music Day 2025
Our Partners
The City of Adelaide would like to thank the following partners for their support in making Make Music Day happen:
