Audiences can expect remarkable contemporary dance, powerful theatre, delicious cuisine, engaging conversations and brilliant musicians when OzAsia Festival, Australia’s leading contemporary arts festival engaging with Asia, returns to Adelaide Festival Centre from October 19 to November 5.
Showcasing the best of Asian and Asian Australian performance, this year’s dynamic program features more than 300 national and international artists from 13 countries.
Moon Lantern Trail during the day
On the opening weekend more than a dozen giant lanterns will light up the riverbank precinct for the much-loved Moon Lantern Trail. This free, family favourite event also offers roving performances, live music, interactive workshops and delectable food.
OzAsia Festival favourite, Lucky Dumpling Market, is once again at Elder Park serving up a vibrant range of delicious cuisine from the best local vendors. Enjoy free live entertainment on the outdoor Lucky Beats stage featuring a selection of local and national headliners.
Trio Sepia at the Special Comedy Comedy Special
Returning for its third year, the hilarious Special Comedy Comedy Special brings together a stellar bill of Asian Australian comedians hosted by Sami Shah.
Music is used to explore the migrant experience in Dung Nguyen and Peter Knight’s 1988, taking the year Dung arrived in Australia as the starting point for an extraordinary musical and visual journey.
Buried TeaBowl – OKUNI
Australia’s leading Butoh artist Yumi Umiumare returns to OzAsia Festival with solo performance Buried TeaBowl – OKUNI, combining dance, text, and song, underscored by dynamic visual elements and a tea ceremony.
On the final weekend witness thought provoking conversations between poets, novelists, journalists, playwrights, performers, and creatives from around the world, when writing and ideas program In Other Words returns to OzAsia Festival. Sample the sweet and refreshing Taiwanese sensation at Festival Plaza’s Bubble Tea Garden; the perfect place to relax in the sunshine with friends and family between In Other Words sessions.
View the full OzAsia Festival program here.
More information from the OzAsia Festival 2023 edition of WeekendPlus:
OzAsia Festival: Annette Shun Wah Foreword
In Other Words returns to OzAsia Festival
Visual Arts at OzAsia Festival
Workshops & Masterclasses at OzAsia Festival
OzAsia Festival joins Adelaide Film Festival to present Contemporary Asian Cinema
Sarah Tiong: Masterchef Favourite Joins Poh Ling Yeow and Benjamin Law at OzAsia Festival
OzAsia Festival – Special Offers
