March 2024: Four Festival Favs

Post-show bites and booze to devour this Mad March.

-196 Extreme Vending Machine

Your favourite pre-game drink has opened a pop-up bar in the CBD to run exclusively throughout Fringe. Fresh from Japan, the -196 Extreme Vending Machine is the three-level watering hole servicing city slickers with its potent 6% ABV blend of shochu, vodka, soda and lemon. The 11-metre structure is hard to miss (located just out front of North Terrace’s Ayers House) and serves cold cans of the boozy lemon craft late into the night alongside Shōbōsho curated snacks and sounds from South Australian DJs.

Taste the World

Find sounds and flavours from across the globe at WOMADelaide’s Taste the World stage this March long weekend. Taking shape on the upper plaza of Adelaide Botanic High, the festival’s ‘home kitchen’ has invited artists like Mauskovic Dance Band, Pongo and the Black Jesus Experience to whip up their favourite dishes in between festival sets. Learn about cultural cuisine from countries like Tibet, Angola, Ethiopia, Ukraine and The Netherlands as the musicians share stories that surround their lives, food and community.

Corso By Pan & Vine

Fringe foodie faves and Kent Town storefront Pan & Vine have expanded from their usual pizza offerings to open a pop-up restaurant in the Garden of Unearthly Delights. It’s dedicated to its noodley Italian sibling, pasta, which earns ‘big yums’ from The Note crew. At Corso, expect plates piled with spicy sausage fettuccine and alla panna pasta, arancini and slices of soppressata with pickled hot peppers. Wash your feed down with a glass of South Australian wine and finish with a healthy serving of tiramisu. Craving a classic Pan & Vine pizza? You can still find their famed slices within the Garden, too.

Hotmamahot

Tasty hunks of meat, juicy roasted veg and dangerously good dipping sauces are what’s on the menu at Hotmamahot, the BBQ masters from Amsterdam. Chow down on platters of food that are still piping hot from its time roasted over a live fire. The Dutch-based foodies gained global fame after a series of guerrilla-style pop-up restaurants and have since gone on to service festivals like WOO HAH!, Lowlands and Down the Rabbit Hole. Now, it’s Adelaide’s turn to feast on these flaming flavours! You can find Hotmamahot at the Garden of Unearthly Delights.