Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

We affectionately call March in Adelaide 'mad March', and tomorrow one of the crown jewels of mad March will kick off with the opening parade of the 2023 Adelaide Fringe festival—and, yes, I do know it's still February. I noticed that the Minister for the Environment and Water wrote a column for a Sydney newspaper which referenced her home city as the festival capital of Australia. I beg to differ. My fellow South Australians in this place will be well aware of our status as the festival state, and the Adelaide Fringe plays a big part in that, because the Adelaide Fringe is actually the biggest arts festival to take place anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere. In fact, internationally, the only arts festival that is bigger is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.

The Adelaide Fringe has brought acts from around the world to Adelaide for over 60 years, and at Fringe time our streets, parks and venues are just filled with vibrancy and excitement. This year my electorate of Boothby is hosting over 60 shows across 28 different venues and 20 different suburbs. There is quite literally something for everyone when it comes to the Fringe in Boothby. The Fringe runs from 17 February through to 19 March, and I would encourage everyone to get along to an event or two and support those working in our amazing arts industry. See you there.

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