The Adelaide Festival of Arts is an arts festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is considered to be one of the world's greatest celebrations of the arts, and is internationally renowned and the pre-eminent cultural event in Australia,.
Begun in 1960, the Adelaide Festival is held in the autumnal month of March. It is actually made up of several events, but overall features include opera, theatre, dance, classical and contemporary music, cabaret, and new media.
The festival is based in the city centre, principally in venues along the cultural boulevard of North Terrace, but also elsewhere in the city and its parklands. The Adelaide Festival Centre and River Torrens usually form the nucleus of the event, and in recent years Elder Park has played host to opening ceremonies. The success of the event is sometimes attributed to the city's unique design (known as Light's Vision) which provides many pleasant settings within short distance of each other.
In February 2010 the South Australian state government announced that funding would be provided to allow the Festival to be presented annually from 2012.
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