Celebrating audacious art made at Cabaret Fringe

Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival returns for 2023 with a new Festival Hub designed to bring emerging, regional and established artists together.

‘The magic of cabaret is that connection with the audience, and that cannot be replicated,’ says Simone DiSisto, Assistant Producer of the Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival.

Running from 26 May to 4 June at venues across Adelaide’s CBD and suburbs, the Adelaide Cabaret Fringe (or ‘Cab Fringe’ as it’s known colloquially) is one of many festivals held around the country each year that, by their existence, affirm the enduring popularity of cabaret as an art form.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts