Illuminate Adelaide Is the Huge New Winter Arts Festival Worth Heading Interstate For – Concrete Playground

This year, Australia’s arts calendar is steadily making up for lost time, compensating for all of 2020’s missed gigs, exhibitions and experiences with a slew of brand new large-scale festivals and events. And, plenty of them are arriving this winter — including Rising, Melbourne’s latest addition; Sydney Solstice, which will take over Vivid’s usual June slot this year; and Illuminate Adelaide, which has just unveiled its first program reveal.

Kicking off on Friday, July 16 and delivering 17 jam-packed days of music, art and light, Illuminate Adelaide kicks promises to fire up all of the South Australian city’s senses. On the bill: a diverse lineup of installations, collaborations, world-premiere works and tech-driven immersive…