The festival season returns this year to take over the state with some of the world’s biggest events including Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide Festival, WOMADelaide and East End Unleashed.
Festivals in Adelaide will begin with Adelaide Fringe, running from Friday 21 February to Sunday 23 March 2025.
To help event goers get to and from festivals in Adelaide, the ADLOOP CBD tram loop service will be operating for the duration of the festival season. Additional O-Bahn services will run to and from the city each weekend at a higher frequency, and a dedicated bus shuttle will also operate during WOMADelaide 2025.
Road closures and detours will be in place each weekend of the festival season for the City of Adelaide’s East End Unleashed event.
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The ADLOOP is a special tram service that will loop the north, east and south ends of the city during the festival season.
This service will operate on Friday and Saturday nights, starting on Friday 21 February 2025. The ADLOOP services will also operate on Sunday 9 March 2025 for the Adelaide Cup long weekend.
Timetables:
The ADLOOP tram service will operate on a weekday and weekend timetable.
The weekday timetable will operate on Friday nights, beginning on Friday 21 February to Friday 21 March 2025.
The weekend timetable will operate on Saturday nights, beginning on Saturday 22 February to Saturday 22 March 2025. This service will also operate on Sunday 9 March 2025 of the Adelaide Cup long weekend.
View the ADLOOP timetable and route map.
WOMADelaide will be held across the March long weekend from Friday 7 to Monday 10 March 2025 at Botanic Park.
A dedicated WOMADelaide bus shuttle will operate during the 4-day festival. Patrons attending WOMADelaide 2025 can travel to and from the event via the following services and locations:
The City of Adelaide’s East End Unleashed event will be held on each weekend of the festival season.
Road closures will be in place on Rundle Street, East Terrace and Rundle Road every Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the festival season, which may cause several detours.
The below bus routes will be affected during these closures:
Stay informed and check the service disruption page or subscribe to your route for updates.
Taxi Ranks:
From Thursday 20 February to 1:00 am Monday 24 March 2025, there will be a temporary taxi rank on the eastern side of East Terrace between Botanic Road, Rundle Road and Grenfell Street.
The permanent taxi rank between Botanic Road and Rundle Road on the eastern side of East Terrace will operate as normal.
Passenger Loading:
Every Friday to Sunday during the Festival season, there will be a temporary passenger loading zone from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. This will be located on the western side of East Terrace between Botanic Road and southern side of Rundle Road.
