The Malinauskas Labor Government is delighted to celebrate a star-studded line up for the 2024 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
Adelaide Cabaret Festival is the biggest cabaret festival in the world and this year’s program features an incredible 79 performances by world-class local and international artists.
The program, which runs over 12 nights, has been curated by new Artistic Director and award-winning Australian actor, writer and personality Virginia Gay.
The festival will kick off with The 2024 Variety Gala on opening night at Festival Theatre on June 7. The red-carpet event will include a surprise smorgasbord of brand-new acts, comedic artists and cabaret favourites and will be hosted by Virginia Gay.
Highlights include performances by three-time Tony award winner Patti LuPone, Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales, Julia Zemiro, Christie Whelan Browne and Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins – her first at Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
There will also be a celebration of the decades-long legacy of the late luminary, Dame Olivia Newton-John in a special concert at Festival Theatre in Hopelessly Devoted.
Former Adelaide Cabaret Festival Artistic Director David Campbell (who performed with Olivia Newton-John at Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2011) along with Jess Hitchcock, Georgina Hopson and Christie Whelan Browne will sing iconic hits from Grease, Xanadu and Newton-John’s best-selling records, alongside Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
The 2024 Adelaide Cabaret Festival will run from June 7 to June 22 at Adelaide Festival Centre.
Tickets are now on sale via adelaidecabaretfestival.com.au
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Attributable to Andrea Michaels
It is fantastic to celebrate the 24th Adelaide Cabaret Festival with a star-studded line up.
Adelaide is home to the biggest cabaret festival in the world and this year’s program is filled with must-see performances by talented Australian and international artists.
Our wonderful cabaret festival is a gem in the international calendar and with stars such as Missy Higgins, homegrown South Australian talent like Annabel Crabb and a beautiful tribute to Dame Olivia Newton-John, it is not to be missed.
I congratulate Virginia Gay and the Adelaide Festival Centre team on putting together an incredible festival.
Attributable to Alex Sinclair, Adelaide Cabaret Festival Executive Producer
This year’s festival program with Virginia Gay at the helm is one of our most creative, comedic, and contemporary yet.
We look forward to welcoming a new generation of cabaret audiences into our warm, inviting and new-look spaces and of course welcoming back our loyal cabaret fans. Can’t wait to see you there mingling in the foyers and soaking it all in.
