# Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates – 2024 Adelaide Cabaret Festival

**Featured** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 2 April 2024  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/mahalia-barnes-the-soul-mates-2024-adelaide-cabaret-festival/

Rock runs in her blood. Blues roars from her lungs.   Mahalia Barnes is set to rip the lid off Adelaide Festival Centre in a night filled with stories, hits, and just for us (get ready!)…she’s taking requests.   Hers is a voice that can belt it with the best of them, engulfing crowds in a funk soul…

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Rock runs in her blood. Blues roars from her lungs.  

**Mahalia Barnes **is set to rip the lid off Adelaide Festival Centre in a night filled with stories, hits, and just for us (get ready!)…she’s taking requests.  

Hers is a voice that can belt it with the best of them, engulfing crowds in a funk soul frenzy guaranteed to exhilarate and electrify.   

Mahalia is a beloved festival favourite, and she and her band The Soul Mates will blow your sequined socks off!