Velvet Underground co-founder, 10-minute dance parties, drones: it’s all in for Illuminate Adelaide

Illuminate Adelaide has announced its 2025 program, including nine world premieres and plenty of winter immersive experiences.
Outdoor light installation at night of hanging blue illuminated rods. Illuminate Adelaide

There are 134 booked experiences and events that will shape Illuminate Adelaide for 2025 – nine of which are world premieres and 23 are Australian exclusives. It is an incredible win for this relatively new festival, which celebrates its fifth edition this July.

Co-founded by Lee Cumberlidge and Rachael Azzopardi, the festival is far more than what it’s title suggests: Illuminate Adelaide is all about immersive innovative experiences, from light to music, to food and technology. From starting with a COVID lockdown to today attracting over a million attendances each year, this is a winter must for the festival city.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina