Youth & Education

Festival Connect 
Festival Connect is our inclusive equity program for category 1-4 schools to cover the cost of transport to Festival performances. The program also subsidises both transport and accommodation for remote and regional schools. This initiative is made possible with the significant support of James & Diana Ramsay Foundation, SA Power Networks and Waternish. 

To apply for Festival Connect funding, please contact Julie Orchard: jorchard@adelaidefestival.com.au 

Tix For Next To Nix 
With the generous support of The Balnaves Foundation, we provide a limited number of $5 tickets across a selection of Festival events for socio-economically disadvantaged schools. Category 1-4 schools will be contacted directly by Julie Orchard.  

Create4Adelaide is a year-long, participatory project created by, with and for young people, inviting them to respond creatively to climate change. With engagement and workshops in every art form across 2023, this project culminates in an exhibition of works responding to three climate priorities: extinction of animals and plants, extreme weather events, such as floods and bushfires, and pollution of our air and waterways.  

There are lots of ways that schools and young people can participate in Create4Adelaide during the 2024 Adelaide Festival and in the lead-up to the event: 

• Learn more about the Create4Adelaide priorities and access learning packs at create4adelaide.au 
• Submit a climate change artwork by 30 Oct 2023 at create4adelaide.au 
• Vote on artworks from  Nov – Dec 2023 at create4adelaide.au 
• Get early access to the Create4Adelaide exhibition with a school group on Tue 27 Feb or Wed 28 Feb, 2024 
• Visit the exhibition from Thu 29 Feb – Sun 17 Mar, 2024 
• Vote on the next participatory project while visiting the exhibition 

To book a school group to visit the exhibition, please contact Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium:  
t: (08) 8222 9343 
e: DEWBGSchools@sa.gov.au 

To find out more visit create4adelaide.au 

Thanks to the generous philanthropic support of the Thyne Reid Foundation, we can deliver a program of masterclasses and hands-on workshops for professional dancers, actors, musicians and tertiary students of dance, theatre, and music with world-class artists from the Festival program. 

Full schedule available from January on the Helpmann Academy website: helpmannacademy.com.au/masterclasses 

Adelaide Festival is dedicated to giving every young person in South Australia the opportunity to experience international art, not just as audience members but as active participants and artists. We are committed to helping young people to develop their artistic knowledge and creative skills in collaboration with artists, community and cultural partners, teachers and schools. 

Every young person should feel that the arts is something open to them, that every art venue and cultural institution belongs to them. Experiencing world-class performances and exhibitions provides an opportunity for students and teachers to share creative conversations and critical debates on important global issues. In addition, it is important for young people to express themselves creatively and work with artists who can support them. This can have a lasting impact on how they engage with their communities. In the 2024 Festival, long-term projects, such as Floods of Fire and Create4Adelaide, provide an important model for new ways to work with young people.  

Adelaide Festival will provide ongoing avenues for young people to have their voices heard and contribute their creative ideas.