Culture · 11 September 2026

Feast Festival Announces 2026 Program

This year's event runs for three weeks during November.

Feast Festival 2026 launch - photo by Naomi Jellicoe

Feast Festival returns in 2026 with a bumper program spanning more than 160 events this Pridevember.

Adelaide's biggest LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festival runs from Sunday 1 to Sunday 22 of November with a program built around the theme of Joy.

The city will come alive with three weeks of theatre, cabaret, comedy, drag, visual art, film and community events created by and for the queer community.

The always fun Opening Night Street Party gets things underway on Friday 30 October, with live music, DJs and plenty of dancing on the cards.

Highlights across the three weeks include the Adelaide Queer Film Festival screening at Piccadilly Cinema from Wednesday 11 to Sunday 15 November, the return of the iconic Gayla, Phoebe Rodger's one-woman musical comedy Phoebes, You're a Lesbian and the free community event, Picnic in the Park, held at Whitmore Square/Iparrityi.

The cover artwork for this year's feastival was created by Adelaide artist Eddie Normington, winner of this year's Front Cover Commission on the theme of Joy.

Check out the full program of events at feast.org.au.

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Speaking about this year's program, Feast Festival Executive Director Skye Bee says, "Joy. It is how we resist, how we love out loud, and how we remind the world we are still here and still glorious. When our communities gather, something shifts. We find each other. We hold each other. We take up space that was never freely given, and we fill it with colour, sound, and unapologetic pride. These three weeks are an invitation. To be seen. To be loud. To feel the JOY of a room full of people who get it."

Feast Festival Creative Director Katherine Sortini adds, "Joy is not the easy option. It takes courage to make work that celebrates, to trust that pleasure and delight and laughter carry as much weight as rage or grief. The 2026 program is full of artists who chose joy as their subject, their method, their argument, and they have pulled it off spectacularly."

Feast Festival 2026 runs from Sunday 1 to Sunday 22 November. Check out the full program of events and buy tickets here.