From the Adelaide Independent Film Festival to Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations, there is plenty to do around SA this long weekend.
Nature Festival
September 25 to October 11
Explore and celebrate the intersection of nature and culture as Nature Festival returns to foster meaningful relationships with the environment. The extensive 2026 program features more than 300 experiences encompassing art, adventure, music, food, wine, wellbeing, gardens and Aboriginal culture with plenty of free and family friendly events. See the festival program for the full list of events to be held in venues right across the state.
Adelaide Independent Film Festival
October 3-4
Discover the best in the biz when the Adelaide Independent Film Festival returns this weekend. 17 short films from local, national and international filmmakers are screening at the Capri Theatre this Saturday, October 3. This year’s program also sees the launch of the AIFF Industry Day featuring talks, O&A sessions and screening aimed at connecting filmmakers with audiences and leading screen professionals, taking place at The Mercury on Sunday, October 4.
Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations
October 1-18
Celebrate the Coonawarra’s signature red wine variety this month with events centred around Cabernet Sauvignon. Across three weeks, expect more than 40 free and ticketed experiences across the region from degustation dinners and masterclasses to behind the scenes experiences and opportunities to meet the makers. The festivities tee off with the popular program highlight Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations Golf Day at Penola Golf Course on the opening October long weekend.
Log Boy
October 1-10
Emerging Adelaide writer Anthony Nocera’s debut full-length play follows Anthony as he is literally and figuratively haunted by loss and lust following the death of his fiancé. Starring Chris Asimos, Paul Capsis, Elena Carapetis, Paul Reichstein and Anthony Nicola, this horror comedy is a hilarious and queer ghost story of love, grief and the demons we can’t quite shake. Log Boy is presented by State Theatre South Australia’s SPARK program and is showing at Adelaide College of Arts.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Until January 31
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One of the world’s most celebrated photography exhibitions returns for its 61st year, bringing extraordinary wildlife stories to the heart of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. More than 60,000 entries submitted from around the globe have been whittled down to the best images capturing remarkable moments from the natural world. The exhibition, showing in the Botanic Gardens’ Bicentennial Conservatory, highlights critical conservation issues, encouraging reflection on our relationship with nature and our shared responsibility to protect the planet and its wildlife.
Adelaide Fashion Week
October 7-11
Adelaide’s fashion community comes together next week for five days of runways, workshops, talks and dining experiences. Returning for its fifth year, Adelaide Fashion Week connects designers, retailers, venues and hospitality partners and focuses on broadening access to local fashion. This year’s program centres around its ‘The Threads Between Us’ campaign where five major runways are presented as living portraits and each revealing a different aspect of Adelaide’s fashion culture. SALIFE is also partnering with The Models and Finesse Models to present celebrated Australian designer Mariam Seddiq’s latest collection in an exclusive evening at the State Library’s Mortlock Chamber next Saturday, October 10.
Adelaide Showground Farmers’ Market birthday
October 4
Don’t miss the Adelaide Showground Farmers’ Market’s 20th birthday this weekend. Celebrating two decades of bringing South Australian farmers, producers and the community together, there will be live music, family entertainment, tastings, special offers, kids activities and, of course, birthday cake to share.
COMING UP
PAUSE exhibition
October 9-11
Adelaide artist Nick Hannaford displays new works in his latest exhibition showing at Mazzanine 55. The pieces presented in PAUSE are the result of Hannaford’s questioning of his own practice and habits that had become comfortable. Known for his landscapes, Hannaford explores our relationship with the natural world and depicts familiar environments changed by weather, fire, changing light, memory and human presence. Hannaford has been named as a finalist in the 2026 Heysen Prize for Landscape, with the winner to be announced this month.
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