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Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Adelaide, South Australia

The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is an annual arts festival featuring cabaret held in Adelaide. It is the biggest cabaret festival in the world and runs for about two weeks starting on the Friday of the Queen's Birthday long weekend each June at the Adelaide Festival Centre.

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Location

Held at the Adelaide Festival Centre in Adelaide, South Australian capital.

History

The festival was established in 2001 after Frank Ford approached Arts Minister Diana Laidlaw for funding. The first festival took place in May 2001 and featured James Morrison, Phil Scott, and Caroline O'Connor. It has been held in June each year since 2001, except 2020 when an online event was presented on Facebook due to COVID-19.

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