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Events: This Month
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES FROM THE LOUVRE: JOURNEY TO THE AFTERLIFE
Until 1 July
Art Gallery of South Australia, North Tce, Adelaide
The Musée du Louvre is home to one of the world's largest and most outstanding collection of Egyptian Antiquities. This unprecedented exhibition features more than 200 precious objects, and presents a unique opportunity for South Australians to see the treasures of one of history's greatest civilisations.
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KAPUNDA CELTIC FESTIVAL
4-6 May
Be part of the longest running Celtic Festival in Australia. Listen to the traditional music and witness the traditional dance of the Celtic people at this spectacular event.
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WAIKERIE ROCK 'N' ROLL FESTIVAL
4-6 May
Kick up your heels at this riverside festival celebrating all things rock ‘n’ roll. During the day there will be dance demonstrations, a street parade, live music and markets for the whole family. Then on Saturday night it’s time to hit the dance floor at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Extravaganza.
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CLARE VALLEY GOURMET WEEKEND
5-6 May
Australia’s oldest gourmet weekend is a celebration of wine, food and music. Twenty wineries throughout the region will be serving up real country feasts for breakfast, lunch and dinner. As always, live music will be a key Gourmet Weekend ingredient. Expect everything from swing to rock, classical to jazz. Other highlights include the Vintage Tasting, which offers a unique opportunity to sample more than 120 unreleased Clare Valley wines at various stages of the winemaking process. Clare Valley Cuisine will also be providing tastings of regional produce, including organic meats, cereals, carob, olive oil, free range eggs and condiments.
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COME OUT! 2007
7-19 May
The Australian Festival for Young People presents the biennial Come Out! –Australia’s largest and longest running arts festival for children and young people in the Southern Hemisphere. Come Out! is based in South Australia and aims to involve all young people as audiences and creators of theatre, dance, comedy, visual arts, music, literature and new media and to cross all arts forms.
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CHOCOLATE AND NUT FESTIVAL
12-13 May
Calling all chocoholics! The Chocolate and Nut Festival is a wonderful excuse to head to the Adelaide Hills and enjoy it in all its Autumnal glory this month. Enjoy free tastings from confectioners around the state as well as an interesting selection of nuts and dried fruits from local producers. For the really serious chocolate "nuts" there will be a chocolate competition to test your taste buds.
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WILD BOAR WEEKEND
12-13 May
The Flinders Ranges might be a long way from the city, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy gourmet food, great wine and entertainment while you’re there. The Wild Boar Weekend is a two-day party during which visitors can enjoy the fruits of the Southern Flinders Ranges’ boutique wineries and farms. After dinner, get up on the dance floor and groove to the sounds of the live band.
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KERNEWEK LOWENDER
14-20 May
It’s a lot more than just the thousands of (delicious) Cornish pasties on offer that entices 80,000 people to the Copper Coast every two years for Kernewek Lowender. The world’s largest Cornish festival is a week-long celebration jam-packed with cultural, culinary and educational events. Watch as hundreds of children perform the ‘Furry Dance’ through the streets of Kadina, observe a traditional ceremony in which blue-robed bards speak in the Cornish language, indulge yourself with delectable local seafood at the Fisherman’s Wharf, kick up your heels at an old-style dance, or just grab one of those Cornish pasties, take a stroll and soak up the atmosphere.
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SOUTHERN FLINDERS LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL
16-20 May
This annual festival encompasses five days of great live entertainment, with something for all tastes. There will be country, folk, rock, traditional and even gospel music, as well as bush poetry for the more literary-minded
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MOUNT BARKER JAZZ AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL
18-20 May
Featuring 30 jazz bands performing across 12 venues in the heritage centre of Mount Barker. Enjoy the music, explore the town, take a ride on a steam train and browse the shops.
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