Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Coordinates: 42°56′25″S 146°14′20″E / 42.940339°S 146.239014°E / -42.940339; 146.239014

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The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is an annual cabaret festival held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is the largest festival of its type in the world, with more than 48,000 attendees.^[1]

The founding Director for the 2001 festival was Julia Holt, who continued as director until 2008. The festival is held at the Adelaide Festival Centre in June each year, usually commencing on the long weekend of the Queen's Birthday. In 2006, the festival comprised around 200 individual shows by more than 400 performers from across Australia and the world, and grossed over A$1.1 million in ticket sales.^[2]

Festival notes

The 2009 festival was the first with native Adelaidean David Campbell as Artistic Director. The headline act was Broadway legend Bernadette Peters. Other performers included Julia Morris, Kate Ceberano, and 'Packed to the Rafters' star Hugh Sheridan.

The 2012 and 2013 festivals will be under the direction of Artistic Director Kate Ceberano.

Festival dates

• 2002: 7–23 June
• 2003: 6–22 June
• 2004: 11–26 June
• 2005: 10–25 June
• 2006: 9–24 June
• 2007: 8–23 June
• 2008: 6–14 June
• 2009: 5–20 June
• 2010: 11–26 June
• 2011: 11–25 June

References

1. ^ "Adelaide Cabaret Festival". Adelaide Cabaret Festival. 2006-10-16. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006. http://www.adelaidecabaret.com/. Retrieved 2006-10-16. 
2. ^ "Our festival a $1.1m class act". Sunday Mail. 2006-06-25. 

External links

• Adelaide Cabaret Festival

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