FREE Cuttlefest Community Events 2023
29 June 2023
Council is excited to provide the community of Whyalla with a weekend of FREE events to celebrate Cuttlefest 2023! With FREE entry, FREE entertainment, and FREE activities for all to enjoy! Oh, and a FREE bus service running for Saturday’s event!
The weekend kicks off with Illuminart: Light Up HMAS Whyalla on Friday 7 July, followed by the Salty Sea‘esta twilight market on Saturday 8 July.
The crew from Illuminart are back, providing a bright and sparkling program of animated projections on the side of the ship, creating an expansive and glowing area much larger than a cinema screen.
The dramatic mid-winter show is designed to get a crowd together for a bright, colourful and invigorating injection of creativity, combining history, humour and warmth into a single event, celebrating local artwork. These creative stories will depict South Australia’s heritage in a joyful way, by appreciating the beautiful and interesting place in which we live.
Gates will open at 5.30pm, with the projection screening from 6.30pm – 8.00pm. Bring along a chair, torch and rug up with a blanket. Food and drinks will be available for purchase, or BYO.
With limited parking onsite, there will be overflow parking at GFG's external admin carpark, with a shuttle bus to run you to and from the event from 5.30pm onwards.
Then on Saturday 8 July, Ada Ryan Gardens will come alive, with a twilight event like no other- The Salty Sea’esta!
There will be free family entertainment both onstage and around the gardens. With a mix of kids’ entertainment, workshops, market stalls, a variety of food and beverage stalls, live performances by local musicians, dancers and visiting artists, kite flyers, virtual reality and face painting.
A particularly special treat will be the inflatable sea creatures, including our very own inflatable cuttlefish called Sparkle, which children can even climb inside to learn more about the adventures of the cuttlefish.
Be sure to check out the program below for the full line-up!
And to top it all off, thanks to Des’s Cabs Whyalla, you can catch a FREE Bus to get you to and from the gardens!
Check out the Bus schedule below and visit here for the bus route map.
Head to whyalla.com to discover more Cuttlefest!
All of the above would not have been possible without our wonderful sponsors.
