Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Adelaide Cabaret Festival

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. [cite web | title=Adelaide Cabaret Festival | publisher=Adelaide Cabaret Festival| date=2006-10-16 | url=http://www.adelaidecabaret.com/ | accessdate=2006-10-16 ]

Begun in 2000, 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 AU$1.1 million in ticket sales. [cite news |title=Our festival a $1.1m class act | work=Sunday Mail |date=2006-06-25 | accessdate=2006-10-16]

2008 Festival

The 2008 festival was launched on Wednesday 2nd April [ [http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/adelaidecabaret/ Adelaide Cabaret festival website] ] ; the opening ceremony featured Australian entertainer Rhonda Burchmore.

References

External links

* [http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/adelaidecabaret/ Adelaide Cabaret Festival]


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