Events: Looking Ahead

CLIPSAL 500 ADELAIDE
1-4 March 2007
Full-blooded V8 action hits the city streets, as Adelaide combines Australia’s largest motor sport festival with four nights of concerts, spectacular air displays and non-stop on-track action. This is the race Murray Walker called the greatest touring car event in the world, and we’re not about to argue with the expert. Feel the rush as the cars roar by during the day, then party into the night with huge outdoor concerts.
 

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ADELAIDE FRINGE 2007
8-31 March 2007
Open your mind and take in some culture, while enjoying the party atmosphere the Adelaide Fringe creates right across the city. Held every two years, the Adelaide Fringe is the second largest fringe festival in the world (after the Edinburgh Fringe). It’s super hip and very funky. Anything goes with performances by independent artists from all over the world: theatre, comedy, dance, visual arts, film, video, music and multi-media shows are all a part of the Fringe party.

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WOMADELAIDE
9-11 March 2007
This is one of Australia's best loved, most respected music festivals – and definitely one of its coolest. Over three balmy days and nights, in the splendour of Adelaide's Botanic Park, hundreds of artists from all over the world share their music, dance and culture. Groove to the global beats, then relax under shady trees or indulge in the delights of delicious food, wines, and cooling ales as you explore the special WOMAD Global Village of arts, crafts, workshops and children's entertainment.

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2007 WORLD POLICE AND FIRE GAMES
16-24 March
The World Police & Fire Games is a spectacular international sporting event, offering police officers, fire fighters, correctional services and customs officers from around the world an opportunity to showcase their athletic talents in more than 65 diverse sporting events. Held every two years, the Games are set to return to Australia in 2007.

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ADELAIDE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS
5-8 July
Held in July of every second year, the Adelaide Festival of Ideas is an intellectual celebration. In 2007, the theme is 'Which Way to the Future?' Some of the world's most eminent and provocative speakers present lectures, public conversations and panel discussions exploring new ideas and themes in greater depth than mainstream media is capable of doing. The Adelaide Festival of Ideas encourages a global democracy of ideas and is a call to action for society.

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ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL
8-23 June
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is unique, capturing the whole gamut of cabaret, from the bierkellers of Weimar Germany to the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas casinos. From as far afield as London, Paris and New York, performers gather in Adelaide for music, theatre and song, all under the banner of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival from 9 to 24 June. The Festival has firmly established itself, not just in Adelaide but across Australia as THE event to attend in the cabaret calendar.

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