Arts Diary is a 5 minute-long “Bulletin Board” which performing artists can use to publicise events such as concerts. It is broadcast 4 times a day on 5MBS 5 minutes prior to 8am, 10am, noon and 4pm.
If you’re running arts events in Adelaide and South Australia, do consider adding your events to our diary.
The Radio 5mbs Arts Diary
The Royal South Australian Society of arts Is staging “James Ashton artist of the Fleurieu Coast”, 27 April to 31May
- Date: 27th of April to 31st of May, official opening is on Sunday 27th of April at 2 pm
- Venue: RSASA Gallery level one, Institute building, corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue Adelaide
- Info: On Sunday fourth of May at 2 pm “Ashton as artistic enabler” Ken Orchard (exhibition curator) with Kate Pulford. On Sunday 25th of May at 2 pm” Ashton – artist of place” Ken Orchard with Julia Garnaut. RSVP. [email protected].
the Kapelle Singers “Reel Music”; music written for film 27 April
- Date: Sunday 27th April at 2:30 pm
- Venue: St John’s Anglican Church, 379 Halifax Street, Adelaide
- Info: Choral masterpieces including excerpts from Mozart's Requiem from Amadeus and golden oldies including Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz. A varied and uplifting concert for the whole family! Tickets are $35.00, $25.00 students and seniors, free for under 14s, from TRYBOOKING.COM/CZUVI
Flinders St. Baptist Church free music recitals each Tuesday: April 29
- Date: Tuesday 29th April between 1 and 2 pm
- Venue: North Adelaide Baptist Church, 154 Tynte Street,
- Info: Featuring the Leabrook Strings String Quartet. For more information you can visit fsbc.asn.au.
Adelaide Baroque house concert number one “Saxon splendour” April 30
- Date: Wednesday, April 30 at 7 pm
- Venue: The address details will be forwarded after booking
- Info: There will be solo and chamber works of grand design by masters of the German baroque including Bach, Telemann and Zelenka. To book, go to trybooking.com.
Gallery One exhibition and book launch, the art of Gary Lee Gaston by Peter Gaston 2 to 30 May
- Date: 2nd to 30 May, Tuesday – Friday 10am – 4pm, and the first Saturday of each month 1 – 5pm
- Venue: Gallery one, 1 Torrens Street Mitcham
- Info: Sunday 18th May 2.30pm book launch. Numbers to the book launch are strictly limited so RSVP to Peter Gaston on [email protected] by 30th of April. More information is at galleryone.org.au.
The Recitals Australia Lunch Hour series each Wednesday showcasing young, emerging musicians: May 7
- Date: Wednesday 7th May at 12.30pm
- Venue: North Adelaide Baptist Church, 154 Tynte Street,
- Info: Featuring Olivia Marton and Stephen Van Der Hoek, saxophone and piano.Tickets are $10 from recitalsaustralia.org.au, where the concerts are also livestreamed.
Graduate Singers Songs of Parting 10 May
- Date: Saturday 10th May at 7:30pm
- Venue: Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide
- Info: Graduate Singers perform Sir John Rutter’s Requiem alongside music that explores the sorrow and the sweetness of partings and farewells, with works by Joseph Twist, Eleanor Daley, Elaine Hagenberg, and Stephen Paulus. Tickets are $40, $35 seniors, $10 Students, from at https://www.graduatesingers.com.au/parting or at the door.
Gallery One is holding watercolour classes for beginners with Diana Bradshaw starting 12 May
- Date: Mondays 10 am to 12 noon, starting 12th of May
- Venue: Gallery one, 1 Torrens Street Mitcham
- Info: Expert instruction from Diana who will guide you step-by-step as you learn and experiment. More information is at galleryone.org.au.
The State Theatre Company presents “looking for Alibrandi” 22nd to 31 May
- Date: 22nd to 31 May various times
- Venue: Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Drive, Adelaide
- Info: This is from an iconic Australian coming-of-age novel, featuring three generations of women; the Italian – Australian experience; and a trip back into the 1990s. For tickets, go to the website.: statetheatre company.com.au
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