The South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA, or SALA Festival) is a statewide, open-access visual
arts festival
An arts festival is a festival that can encompass a wide range of art forms including music, dance, film, fine art, literature, poetry and isn't solely focused on visual arts. Arts festivals may feature a mixed program that include music, lite ...
which takes place during August in
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
.
SALA features a range of approximately 600 venues including galleries and non-traditional spaces such as cafes, bookshops and cemeteries, which exhibit all forms of visual arts over a month long period in August each year.
Organisation
The SALA Festival was established in 1998 as an initiative of the Australian Commercial Galleries Association, SA Branch, to promote and celebrate visual artists in South Australia. Its aim is to extend audiences for living artists in South Australia, with a policy of inclusiveness which allows all artists at any level and working in any medium to be part of the Festival.
Originally called the South Australian Living Artists Week, its name was changed to SALA Festival in 2002.
The SALA Festival is a
not-for-profit organisation that relies on government support, private sponsorship and earned income to invest back into South Australian artists.
SALA Festival celebrates 25 year in 2022.
Governance
Chair
* Paul Greenaway OAM, founding chair, 1998-2007
Festival Awards
SALA Festival offers a number of prizes to artists and venues.
South Australian Living Artist Publication
The South Australian Living Artist Publication is an award launched in 1999 as part of the SALA Festival.
With funding provided by the
South Australian Government
The Government of South Australia, also referred to as the South Australian Government, SA Government or more formally, His Majesty’s Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of South Australia. It is modelled o ...
, a publication (book) is commissioned and written on a leading South Australian artist or craftsperson with potential for
national and international promotion and published by
Wakefield Press.
The first recipient of the South Australian Living Artist Publication wa
Annette Bezor The most recent recipient whose publication will be published in 2023 is Helen Fuller.
South Australian Living Artist Publication recipients
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Annette Bezor
Annette Bezor (5 April 1950 – 9 January 2020), born Annette Bateman, was an Australian painter and feminist, who lived and worked in Adelaide, South Australia. She was known for appropriating classical and pop culture images of women and usin ...
, 2000
*
Kathleen Petyarre
Kathleen Petyarre (born Kweyetwemp Petyarre; c. 1940 – 24 November 2018) was an Australian Aboriginal artist. Her art refers directly to her country and her Dreamings. Petyarre's paintings have occasionally been compared to the works of Ame ...
, 2001
* James Darling, 2001
* Nick Mount, 2002
*
Ian W. Abdulla, 2003
* Deborah Paauwe, 2004
*Michelle Nikou, 2005
* Aldo Iacobelli, 2006
* Julie Blyfeld, 2007
* Gerry Wedd, 2008
Angela Valamanesh 2009
Khai Liew 2010
*
Hossein Valamanesh, 2011
Mark Kimber 2012
Stephen Bowers 2013
*
Nicholas Folland, 2014
Giles Bettison 2015
Catherine Truman 2016
*
Christopher Orchard
Christopher Robin Orchard is a South Australian artist and arts educator who began as a sculptor but subsequently specialised in drawing. His character, the Bald Man, is a recurrent motif. Orchard is Associate Professor at Adelaide Central School ...
, 2017
* Clare Belfrage, 2018
*Louise Haselton, 2019
*Kirsten Coelho, 2020
*
Roy Ananda, 2021
Mark Valenzuela 2022
*Helen Fuller, 2023
SALA Awards
Several prizes are awarded as part of the SALA Festival. Prizes and recipients from notable sponsors are listed below:
2008
*
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award
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* Core Energy Sculpture Award: Ariel Hassan
* Centre of Creative Photography Emerging Artist Award: Tushar Wahab
* Established Artist Award: Emma Sterling and Dan Monceaux
* Atkins Technicolour Award Photo Based: David Evans
* Non Photographic Medium: Claire Nielsen
*
JamFactory
JamFactory is a not-for-profit arts organisation which includes training facilities, galleries and shops, located in Adelaide city centre, the West End precinct of Adelaide and on the Seppeltsfield (wine), Seppeltsfield Estate in the Barossa Val ...
Contemporary Craft and Design Award: Sandy Elverd
* SA Life Emerging Artist Winner: Tushar Wahab
* Rip It Up Award: Robin Eley
* Bunka Moving Image Award: Ryan Sims and Ray Meandering
2009
*
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize: Heidi Karo
*Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award: Danica Gacesa McLean
*Centre of Creative Photography Developing Artist Award: Jamie Nuske
*Centre of Creative Photography Latent Image Award: Rebecca Whittemore
*Core Energy Group Sculpture Award: Amy Joy Watson
*
JamFactory
JamFactory is a not-for-profit arts organisation which includes training facilities, galleries and shops, located in Adelaide city centre, the West End precinct of Adelaide and on the Seppeltsfield (wine), Seppeltsfield Estate in the Barossa Val ...
Contemporary Craft and Design Award: Wesley Harron
*Gosia Schild Moving Image Award: Kyraki Maragozdis
*Rip It Up Emerging Artist Award: Shannon Poulton
*SA Life Young Artist Award: Amy Joy Watson
2010
*
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize: Jennifer Trantor
* Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award: Alex Frayne
* Centre of Creative Photography Developing Artist Award: Alison Woodward
* Core Energy Group Sculpture Award: Samantha Bell
* Gosia Schild Award for Best New Work in Moving Image Project: Kyraki Maragozdis
*
JamFactory
JamFactory is a not-for-profit arts organisation which includes training facilities, galleries and shops, located in Adelaide city centre, the West End precinct of Adelaide and on the Seppeltsfield (wine), Seppeltsfield Estate in the Barossa Val ...
Contemporary Craft and Design Award: Ilona Glastonbury
* Rip It Up Special Art Award
Tutti Visual Arts and Design
* Rip It Up Young Artist Award for the Best Young Artist: Kirsty Shadiac
* SA Life Young Artist Award: Nic Brown
*
Adelaide Film Festival
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF, formerly ADLFF) is film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented biennially in March from 2003, since 2013 AFF has been held in October ...
Moving Image Partnership Award: Susan Bruce
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Adelaide City Council Encouragement Award: Ryan Sims
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Adelaide Central School of Art
Adelaide Central School of Art is an independent, not-for-profit, accredited higher education provider of tertiary courses in the visual arts, located in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide Central School of Art uses the atelier model of visual arts ...
Professional Development Award: Angela Black
*
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Awards: Chris Ormerod (Metro/Regional), Rachel Young (Upper Spencer Gulf/Far North),
Victor Harbor High School (school students)
2011
*
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize: Christine Cholewa
* Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award: Danica Gacesa McLean
* Centre of Creative Photography Developing Artist Award: Pantelli Pyromallis
* Centre of Creative Photography Latent Image Award: Nerissa Stanley
*
JamFactory
JamFactory is a not-for-profit arts organisation which includes training facilities, galleries and shops, located in Adelaide city centre, the West End precinct of Adelaide and on the Seppeltsfield (wine), Seppeltsfield Estate in the Barossa Val ...
Contemporary Craft and Design Award: Stephanie James Mason
* Statewide Super Artist Opportunity: Swee Wah Yew and Peter Ahrens
* Rip It Up Special Art Award: Community Bridging Services
* Rip It Up Young Artist Award: Rebecca Prince
* SA Life Emerging Artist Award: Carly Snoswell
*
Adelaide City Council Encouragement Award: Kyriaki Maragozidis
* Gosia Schild Award for the Best New Work in the Moving Image Project: Ryan Sims
*
Adelaide Central School of Art
Adelaide Central School of Art is an independent, not-for-profit, accredited higher education provider of tertiary courses in the visual arts, located in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide Central School of Art uses the atelier model of visual arts ...
Professional Development Award: Meaghan Coles
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OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award: Mei Sheong Wong
2012
*
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Award: Christine Cholewa
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Adelaide Central School of Art
Adelaide Central School of Art is an independent, not-for-profit, accredited higher education provider of tertiary courses in the visual arts, located in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide Central School of Art uses the atelier model of visual arts ...
Professional Development Award: Madison Bycroft
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Adelaide City Council Encouragement Award for Moving Image: Patty Chehade
* Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award for Artists Award Winner: Peter MacDonald
* Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner: Lee Hopkins
*
JamFactory
JamFactory is a not-for-profit arts organisation which includes training facilities, galleries and shops, located in Adelaide city centre, the West End precinct of Adelaide and on the Seppeltsfield (wine), Seppeltsfield Estate in the Barossa Val ...
Contemporary Craft and Design Award Winner: Brenden Scott French
*
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award: Nicholas Uhlmann
* Rip It Up Publishing Artist Award for Best Young Artist: Wenjing (Cherica) Zhang
* Statewide Super Artist Opportunity: Donovan Christie
* The Austral Hotel Emerging Artist Award: David Frahm
2013
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The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize: Marc D. Bowden
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Adelaide Central School of Art
Adelaide Central School of Art is an independent, not-for-profit, accredited higher education provider of tertiary courses in the visual arts, located in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide Central School of Art uses the atelier model of visual arts ...
Professional Development Award: Therese Williams
* Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award: Wayne Griveli
* Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award: Gabriella Szondy
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JamFactory
JamFactory is a not-for-profit arts organisation which includes training facilities, galleries and shops, located in Adelaide city centre, the West End precinct of Adelaide and on the Seppeltsfield (wine), Seppeltsfield Estate in the Barossa Val ...
Contemporary Craft and Design Award: Kim Thomson
*
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award: Warren Pickering and Anna Small
* Rip It Up Publishing Artist Award: Amy Joy Watson
* The Austral Hotel Emerging Artist Award: Jacky Murtaugh
2014
*
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize: Henry Jock Walker
* Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award: David Evans
* Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award: Bridgette Minuzzo
* JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Award: Jennifer Ahrens
*
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award: Chris Ormerod
* Rip It Up Publishing Artist Award: Glenn Kestell
* The Austral Hotel Emerging Artist Award: Stuart Templeton
* Adelaide Review Special Art Award: Community Bridging Services
* UnitCare Services Moving Image Award: Madison Bycroft
*
Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award: Morgan Allender
2015
*
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize: Jason Sims
* Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award: Gary Sauer-Thompson
* Centre for Creative Photography latent Image Award: Emmaline Zanelli
*
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award: Mark Ryan
* Rip It Up Publishing Artist Award: Jessica Clark
* City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Alise Hardy
* Adelaide Review Outsider Art Award: Michelle Willsmore
* UnitCare Services Moving Image Award: Fiona Gardner
* Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award: Cindy Durant
* Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures Young Artist Award: Joel Zimmermann and Students of Trinity College Year 10 Art
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Don Dunstan Foundation
Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for th ...
Award: Selina Wallace
2016
*
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize:
Julia Robinson
Julia Hall Bowman Robinson (December 8, 1919July 30, 1985) was an American mathematician noted for her contributions to the fields of computability theory and computational complexity theory—most notably in decision problems. Her work on Hilber ...
* Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award: Nathan Stolz
* Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award: Nathan Stolz
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OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award: Mary Ann Santin
* Adelaide Review Young Artist Award: Emmaline Zanelli
* City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Tina Jade Panagaris
* Adelaide Review Outsider Art Award: Scott McCarten
* UnitCare Services Moving Image Award: Ray Harris
* Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award: Chris De Rosa
* Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures Young Artist Award: Jess Taylor and Joel Zimmermann
*
Don Dunstan Foundation
Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for th ...
Award: Andrea Malone
*
City of Unley Active Ageing Award: Sheila Whittam
* Centennial Park Environment Award: Tobias Staheli
2017
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The Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize: Julia McInerney
* Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award: Alice Blanch
* Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award: Lee Walter
* City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Jane Skeer
* Adelaide Review Outsider Art Award: Len Harvey
* UnitCare Services Moving Image Award: Trent Parke & Narelle Autio
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City of Unley Active Ageing Award: Andrea Malone
* SALA Festival Patron's Art Writer's Award - Andrew Purvis
2018
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The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award: Kaspar Schmidt Mumm
* UnitCare Services Moving Image Award: Cynthia Schwertsik
* Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award: Emmaline Zanelli
* Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award: Brett Hughes
* City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Hannah Vorrath-Pajak
* Adelaide Review Outsider Art Award: Alana Gregory
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City of Unley Active Ageing Award: Chris Webb
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Don Dunstan Foundation
Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for th ...
Award: Gerry Wedd
*
Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award: Nellie Rankine
* BlueThumb People’s Choice Award: Ellie Kammer
* SALA Festival Patron’s Art Writer’s Award – Melinda Rackham
* Credit Union SA Schools Award Winners: Woodside Primary, St Brigid’s School, South Coast schools collective including Encounter Lutheran College, Investigator College and Victor Harbor High School
* Credit Union SA Schools Award Runner Ups: Elizabeth Grove Primary School, Bowden Brompton Community School and St John’s Grammar School
2019
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The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award: Derek Sargent with Jess Miley
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City of Unley Active Ageing Award: Maggie Cecchin
* UnitCare Services Moving Image Award: Grant Parke
* Atkins Photographic Award: Lee Walter
* City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Steven Bellosguardo
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Don Dunstan Foundation
Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for th ...
Award: Sue Webb & Deborah Baldassi
* Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award: Joseph Haxan
* 4th Biennial RSASA / SALA Portrait Prize: Kate Kurucz
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City of Onkaparinga
The City of Onkaparinga () is a local government area (LGA) located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from ''Ngangkiparinga'', a Kaurna word meaning women's river. It ...
Contemporary Curator Award: Steph Cibich
Credit Union SASchool Awards Winners: St John's Grammar, Riverland Special School, The Heights School and St Gabriel's School
Credit Union SASchool Awards Commendations: Bridgewater Primary School, Woodside Primary School and Bowden Brompton Community School
2020
Country Arts SABreaking Ground Award: Juanella McKenzie
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City of Adelaide
The City of Adelaide, also known as the Corporation of the City of Adelaide and Adelaide City Council is a local government area in the metropolitan area of greater Adelaide, South Australia and is legally defined as the capital city of South ...
Incubator Award: Alycia Bennett
* UnitCare Services Digital Media Award: Tom Borgas
* City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Amber Cronin
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City of Unley Active Ageing Award: John Freeman
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Don Dunstan Foundation
Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for th ...
Award: Makeda Duong
* Hither & Yon Venue Award: She is Pop-up Gallery & Collective Haunt Inc.
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City of Onkaparinga
The City of Onkaparinga () is a local government area (LGA) located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from ''Ngangkiparinga'', a Kaurna word meaning women's river. It ...
Contemporary Curator Award: Suzanne Close
Credit Union SASchool Awards Winners: Adelaide High School, Faith Lutheran College, St. John's Grammar School and Wirreanda Secondary School
Credit Union SASchool Awards Commendations: Nuriootpa High School and Walkerville Primary School
2021
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City of Adelaide
The City of Adelaide, also known as the Corporation of the City of Adelaide and Adelaide City Council is a local government area in the metropolitan area of greater Adelaide, South Australia and is legally defined as the capital city of South ...
Incubator Award: Yoko Kajio
* UnitCare Services Digital Media Award: Maddie Grammatopoulos
* City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Jianzhen 'Shirley' Wu
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City of Unley Active Aging Award: Rosie Field
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The Advertiser Tertiary Student Award: Sam Burke
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Don Dunstan Foundation
Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for th ...
Award: Tom Phillips
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City of Onkaparinga
The City of Onkaparinga () is a local government area (LGA) located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from ''Ngangkiparinga'', a Kaurna word meaning women's river. It ...
Contemporary Curator Award: Christina Lauren
* Hither & Yon Venue Awards: Bimbimbie Garden, The Garden Depot
Credit Union SASchool Award Winners: Christies Beach Primary, Littlehampton Primary School, Nuriootpa High School and St Aloysius College
Credit Union SASchool Award Commendations: Pinnacle College, Riverland Special School
2022
*Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award: Gail Hocking
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City of Adelaide
The City of Adelaide, also known as the Corporation of the City of Adelaide and Adelaide City Council is a local government area in the metropolitan area of greater Adelaide, South Australia and is legally defined as the capital city of South ...
Incubator Award: Emmaline Zanelli, Kurt Bosecke & Eloise Holoubek
* UnitCare Services Digital Media Award: Emmaline Zanelli, Kurt Bosecke, & Eloise Holoubek
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The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award: Deborah Prior
* City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Anna Révész
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City of Unley Active Aging Award: Saxon Rudduck
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Don Dunstan Foundation
Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for th ...
Award: Allison Chhorn
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City of Onkaparinga
The City of Onkaparinga () is a local government area (LGA) located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from ''Ngangkiparinga'', a Kaurna word meaning women's river. It ...
Contemporary Curator Award: Sarah Northcott
* Hither & Yon Venue Award: Burra Regional Art Gallery
* SALA Solo Photographic Opportunity: David Hume
Credit Union SASchool Award Winners: Berri Regional Secondary College, Valley View Secondary School, Woodcroft College, Woodville Gardens Primary School
Credit Union SASchool Award Commendations: Christies Beach Primary School, Urrbrae Agricultural High School
Awards
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Ruby Awards 2017 Award Community or Regional Impact over $100,000: SALA Festival 2016
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Ruby Awards 2015 Best Event: SALA Festival 2014
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Ruby Awards 2006 Community Impact Award: SALA Festival
Statistics
See also
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Adelaide Festival of Arts
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Adelaide Fringe
The Adelaide Fringe, formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival, is the world's second-largest annual arts festival (after the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Between mid-February and mid-March each year, ...
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Adelaide Film Festival
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF, formerly ADLFF) is film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented biennially in March from 2003, since 2013 AFF has been held in October ...
References
External links
SALA Festival official websit
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