OzAsia Festival - Free events

OzAsia Festival hosts several free events throughout October and November for everyone to enjoy! Take your pick and mark the date for your favourites.

Moon Lantern Trail

20 – 23 October
Tarntanya Wama/Pinky Flat

Moon Lantern Trail returns for its second year, celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival traditions with a four-day event that’s fun for the whole family. Follow the trail and enjoy lantern installations, interactive workshops, roving performances and delicious food on the banks of Karrawirra Pari.

In Other Words

4 – 6 November
Adelaide Festival Centre

Curated by Jennifer Wong (Chopsticks or Fork (ABC), Celebrity Letters and Numbers (SBS)), In Other Words returns for its second year, bringing conversations and ideas from Asian and Asian Australian poets, writers, journalists, playwrights, performers, and more to Adelaide Festival Centre.

Lucky Dumpling Market

20 October – 13 November
Elder Park

Lucky Dumpling Market is back to serve up the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of Asia’s bustling street food markets on the banks of Karrawirra Pari. Enjoy food, wine, and free performances on each weekend of OzAsia Festival in Elder Park.

Lucky Beats

21 October – 6 November
Lucky Dumpling Market, Elder Park

Each weekend in Lucky Dumpling Market enjoy free performances from some of the best Asian Australian artists, from Milan Ring to George & Noriko, Kuya James, and more. See the full timetable here for when your favourites will be playing.

Bubble Tea Garden

5 – 6 November
Festival Plaza, Adelaide Festival Centre

OzAsia Festival’s newest event celebrates the Taiwanese delicacy of Bubble Tea! Join some of Adelaide’s best bubble tea vendors on Festival Plaza for a weekend full of fun activities that serves as the perfect pit stop between In Other Words sessions!

OzAsia Festival Visual Arts Program

20 October – 6 November
Adelaide Festival Centre & Nexus Arts

Over seven exhibitions and events, explore the OzAsia Festival visual arts program, which is filled with art and ideas from incredible Asian and Asian Australian artists, and is situated across Adelaide Festival Centre, Moon Lantern Trail, and Nexus Arts.