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Feast Festival brings 22 days of queer arts and culture to South Australia from 1 November
Adelaide's LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festival runs from 1 to 22 November, opening with a free street party on Hyde Street on 30 October.
Eventpress newsroom event brief. Written by the Eventpress newsroom from information published by the organiser. Eventpress is not affiliated with Feast Festival. Media enquiries about the event go to the organiser.
ADELAIDE, Australia, 27 October 2026 - Feast Festival, which describes itself as Adelaide's LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festival, runs from 1 to 22 November 2026 across Adelaide and regional South Australia, according to the festival's website. This year's theme is JOY.
The organiser says 2026 is the festival's 29th year. Its home page lists more than 80 LGBTQIA+ events and more than 1,500 artists, producers and community members; the description the festival publishes on its event listings puts the program at more than 110 events. The organiser also says half the program is new work, creative developments or South Australian premieres.
The festival opens before its official start. An Opening Night Street Party is listed for Friday 30 October from 6pm on Hyde Street, Adelaide, with live music and DJs. Entry is free and the event is for people aged 18 and over, according to the listing.
From 3 to 8 November, the Feast Hub runs at Goodwood Theatre and Studios on Goodwood Road, which the organiser describes as six days of theatre, cabaret, workshops and art across three spaces. Across the month, the program lists burlesque, cabaret, drag, visual art, spoken word, comedy, film, music and dance, alongside trivia nights, drag bingo, roller derby and fashion parades. The organiser says the 2026 program has “more free events than ever”, with live music marking Adelaide's status as a UNESCO City of Music.
The festival closes on Sunday 22 November with Picnic in the Park at Whitmore Square / Iparrityi from 11am, a free, all-ages day of DJs, live acoustic music, circus workshops, market stalls and the Feast Dog Show. The listing names BVT as the headline act, with My Cherie in support, and credits the City of Adelaide and AEDA for making the event free.
Ticketed events, and free registrations for events that do not need a ticket, are handled through the festival's website, feast.org.au, where the program can be searched by genre and by region, and filtered for free and family events.
About the event: Feast Festival is an annual LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festival held across Adelaide and regional South Australia each November. Its stated mission is to develop, present and champion queer artists. feast.org.au
This brief was prepared by the Eventpress newsroom from information published by the organiser. Eventpress is not affiliated with the event.
Media enquiries about the event: the organiser, via feast.org.au. Corrections: Eventpress Newsroom, media@eventpress.org
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