The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is unique, capturing the whole gamut of cabaret, from the bierkellers of Weimar Germany to the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas casinos. From as far afield as London, Paris and New York, performers gather in Adelaide for music, theatre and song, all under the banner of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival from 9 to 24 June. The Festival has firmly established itself, not just in Adelaide but across Australia as THE event to attend in the cabaret calendar.

The Royal Adelaide Show is South Australia's biggest annual event bringing with it a wealth of entertainment. Experiences range from carnival rides and attractions to exquisite handicraft, cookery and a wide variety of champion livestock and animals.

This event sees more than 1,500 vintage vehicles wind their way through metropolitan Adelaide and into the Adelaide Hills. Vehicles built after 1945 and substantially to manufacturers specifications, are eligible to take part. Don't miss this two-hour parade of classic vehicles, finishing at the National Motor Museum at Birdwood.

Since its inception in 1993, the Australian University Games (AUG) has grown to be Australia’s largest annual multi-sport event. To be held in Adelaide from 24th - 29th September 2006, the Games is renowned for providing a friendly but competitive environment for Australia’s university athletes and is the flagship event on the national university sporting calendar.

The three-day Adelaide International Horse Trials attracts top riders from across Australia and overseas. Held in Adelaide’s eastern parklands, the event includes dressage, cross country and show jumping - all complemented by a great picnic atmosphere and food and wine stalls.

Feast is Adelaide's lesbian and gay cultural festival, established in 1997 as a multi art-form cultural festival, which has quickly become a major Australian cultural festival and one of the top three gay and lesbian events in Australia. ‘Faerie Tales’ is the Feast 2006 theme, providing a platform for the sharing of old and new stories, myths and legends. Adelaide is world renowned as the arts capital of the Southern Hemisphere and Feast takes the best from this festival tradition giving it a twist for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

Established in 1933, the Credit Union Christmas Pageant has grown into one of the largest pageants of its kind in the world, boasting 56 festive and fairytale floats, 14 marching bands, eight walking sets, three choirs and more than 900 costumed characters. More than 350,000 people line the 3.35km route through the heart of Adelaide.

Acknowledged as one of the world's great tarmac rallies, the Classic Adelaide Rally is conducted over 1025 kilometres and 34 closed road stages through the Adelaide Hills and surrounding wine regions. Entries are limited to cars manufactured before 1982.

In 2007 the Tour Down Under will run for the ninth time. This internationally renowned annual cycling race attracts cycling superstars from around the world. In February 2006 it received Australian Sports Tourism Award of the year. The event continues to grow in size and stature, with 495,000 roadside spectators and the imagery of the event broadcast around the world. The six-day race features stage starts and finishes in key locations throughout Adelaide and regional South Australia. See Team SouthAustralia.com-AIS compete for the second year.

The World Police & Fire Games is a spectacular international sporting event, offering police officers, fire fighters, correctional services and customs officers from around the world an opportunity to showcase their athletic talents in more than 65 diverse sporting events. Held every two years, the Games are set to return to Australia in 2007. Form 16-25 March 2007, Adelaide, South Australia will host the largest sporting event ever held in the city with over 15,000 competitors, supporters and officials from around the world.

The Great Australian Outback Cattle Drive is on the move again. Five hundred head of cattle. Three hundred and ninety kilometres of desert track. And a swag of adventure stories along one of the most evocative desert trails in Australia - the Oodnadatta Track. 2007 will not only see the third Cattle Drive, it will see the drovers take the concept into new and exciting territory. For five weeks, from May 5 to June 10, they will push the herd south-east through the Oodnadatta Track.

Tasting Australia is a biennial food, beer and wine festival, with an event program encompassing Adelaide and regions of South Australia. This is a forum to present Australia's food and beverages to the world, promoting South Australia as an emerging centre for food and wine. This festival is a hub to meet and exchange ideas with the nation's chefs, restaurateurs, food growers and wine and beer makers. Tasting Australia promises nine days of the best in eating and drinking blended with spicy discussion and cookery demonstrations with many of the world's leading food and wine professionals.

Known as the 'Brain-Sport of our time' the Panasonic World Solar Challenge participants will traverse more than 3000km of the Australian continent from tropical Darwin to balmy Adelaide, in cars powered by nothing more than the sun. The 'Challenge', to design and build a car capable of crossing Australia on the power of daylight, comprehends the most innovative research and development of alternative transport technologies. Attracting teams and individuals from corporations and universities all over the world, the World Solar Challenge is a celebration of achievement, of courage and the application of scientific knowledge in the field of solar technology.

The Clipsal 500 Adelaide has been recognised as the best event on the Australian motor sport calendar. Held annually in March, the exact dates for this exciting motor sport event will be announced in September 2006.