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Adelaide Fringe audiences will be lured to the West End this year by attractions ranging from dance, theatre, music and circus shows across multiple venues, to a late-night underground party and an inflatable church hosting theatrical weddings.

Adelaide Fringe has launched its 2024 program with more than 1300 shows in 500-plus venues, including an 'art gallery under the stars'.

From profound isolation, a presumed death sentence, and a shocking, unasked-for medical intervention, Kath Leane has built a life of connection and courage. Simon Royal tells her story.

Adelaide Lord Mayor Jane Lomax-Smith says it would be an “abomination” to put electric vehicle chargers on “aesthetic” residential streets, amid a city council debate about where to locate charging infrastructure.

Winners of The Hospital Research Foundation Group's Creative Health Art Prize were announced at an exhibition at Light Square Gallery.

While making an Outback documentary, Muzafar Ali felt more privileged as a refugee than people “who have lived here more than 60,000 years”.

Poh Ling Yeow says being immersed in her Illuminate Adelaide exhibition has been cathartic on many levels, including helping her deal with the grief of losing her mother. Adelaide artist Poh Ling Yeow says being immersed in her Illuminate Adelaide exhibition has been cathartic on many levels, including helping her deal with the grief of losing her mother Christina last year.

Adelaide City Council has delayed approval for two “retro futuristic” LED benches proposed for North Adelaide's Melbourne Street at a cost of $300,000, after councillors said the public artworks were “not a lot of bang for buck”. See the pictures

Illuminate Adelaide will return this winter with a new night-time digital art trail through the Botanic Garden, a pavilion full of mind-bending interactive experiences in Victoria Square, free city-wide works by artists including celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow, and a music line-up featuring Yothu Yindi.

There’s plenty happening around town and across the state that never makes it into the news cycle. Our new InSider column has our journos scouring their notepads to give you an inside view of Adelaide and SA happenings each Friday. This week’s bundle includes Kylie Minogue causing a commotion, new life for a nostalgic nightclub, and what’s on punters’ minds in the front bars of Adelaide.