This weekend, head to the Yorke Peninsula for the Mundoora Mud and Dust Tractor Pull, or cheer on the Thunderbirds at the Suncorp Super Netball 2024 Grand Final.

Words Charlie Gilchrist

Create your own digital garden

Have you heard the news? Illuminate Adelaide’s EDEN has been extended at The Light Room due to popular demand. Immerse yourself in a digital garden at the touch of your fingertips on 150 square metres of LED screens. Explore an interactive and immersive experience for all ages at EDEN, which is open from Wednesday to Saturday throughout the day.

A most a-tractor-ive weekend

The magic of historic tractors will be on full display this August 3 to 4 at the Mundoora Mud and Dust Vintage Tractor Pull in Mundoora. Cheer from the sidelines as participants attempt to haul these timeless tractors across some 100 metres, including the classic 1906 Fowler Steam Traction Engines. Browse the arts and craft stalls, or check out the displays of vintage cars, trucks, motorcycles and stationary engines. There will also be food trucks, live music and free miniature steamtrain rides. Another highlight will be the opening of a time capsule on Saturday to celebrate 150 years of the Hundred of Mundoora.

BMG Art exhibition

Head to BMG Art on Halifax Street for an exhibition featuring works from Nicholas Uhlmann alongside John Coburn (1925-2006) and William Ferguson. Nicholas Uhlmann is a mid-career sculptor who creates everything from miniatures to large-scale public sculptures using timber and metal, with a “constructivist technique”. Nicolas’s sculptures will be paired with screenprints by 20th-century Australian abstract artist John Coburn and paintings by William Ferguson. This installation will be displayed from Friday, August 9 until Saturday, August 31.

Back to the Jazz Age

Travel back to the “Jazz Age” as the much-loved musical Chicago makes its way to the Festival Theatre. Set in the 1920s, the Broadway musical follows Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two women who are accused of murder and become celebrities while awaiting trial. Written in 1975 with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago features hit songs All That Jazz, Cell Block Tango and Roxie. The Adelaide performance stars Anthony Warlow as Billy Flynn, Zoë Ventoura as Velma Kelly, Lucy Maunder as Roxie Hart, Peter Rowsthorn as Amos Hart and Asabi Goodman as Matron “Mama” Morton. Chicago runs from August 4 to 31.

A cool weekend

Have a cool weekend at MELTFest as it takes over Klemzig Oval and the streets of Port Adelaide this Saturday, August 3. This free, one-day winter event features food, music and arts. Check out the pop-up exhibitions, art workshops and family-friendly performances at Klemzig Oval before heading to Port Adelaide in the evening for live music performances and outdoor alfresco dining.

Suncorp Super Netball 2024 Grand Final

The Adelaide Thunderbirds will take on the Melbourne Vixens this Saturday at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre for the Suncorp Super Netball 2024 Grand Final. The Thunderbirds finished top of the Super Netball 2024 ladder this year and are favourites to win the $100,000 prize money. However, they will face stiff competition from the Vixens, who equalled their eleven wins during the season. Although the match is now sold out, fans can still cheer on the teams live on Kayo and Foxtel.