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South Australians have rugged up and filled the streets of Adelaide for the launch weekend of Illuminate Adelaide 2024.
Now in its fourth year, this growing festival features world premieres, Australian exclusives, internationally renowned music acts, and immersive installations across a program of free and ticketed events.
Last year, Illuminate Adelaide recorded more than 1.3 million attendances, including 15,000 interstate and international visitors, and generated a record-breaking $54.3 million for South Australia’s visitor economy.
Minister for Tourism Zoe Bettison praised the unique event, which “lights up a traditionally quiet winter period.”
“Illuminate Adelaide is a world-class event that has proven itself as a major tourism drawcard for both the city and the state,” she said.
Illuminate Adelaide 2024 highlights include:
Fire Gardens, Adelaide Botanic Garden: Designed exclusively for Adelaide by French fire alchemists Compagnie Carabosse, this natural wonderland features more than 7,000 giant fire pots, enchanting candlelit archways, captivating kinetic sculptures, and live music performances.
EDEN, The Light Room at ILA: An Adelaide-exclusive interactive digital garden created by renowned Berlin studio flora&faunavisions, celebrating the beauty and importance of the planet.
Universal Kingdom: Prehistoric Nights, Adelaide Zoo: A captivating world of after-dark puppetry and animation where ancient creatures return to roam the earth for the first time in millions of years.
City Lights, Adelaide: Transforming the cityscape from 5:30 pm for 17 nights with a captivating new collection of free installations and projections.
Music Program: Featuring Dutch pianist Joep Beving, British electronic artist Max Cooper, Australia’s own Helen Svoboda, and the return of Unsound Adelaide for its 11th year, featuring Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, along with another immersive Live @ The Lab lineup.
South Australia’s renowned food and beverage scene will also be in the spotlight at the free-to-enter Base Camp in Lot Fourteen, offering live music, a unique lighting show, food trucks, and local beverages from brands such as Alpha Box & Dice and 23rd Street Distillery.
