Feast is Adelaide’s LGBTQIA+ arts and culture festival. It’s a not-for-profit run by a small team, a voluntary Board and a crew of volunteers. The event develops, presents and champions queer artists, celebrating the queer cultural community year-round.
The 2026 event is the biggest Feast programme yet, bringing three weeks of theatre, cabaret, comedy, drag, visual art, film and community events to Adelaide and beyond: more than 160 events, to be precise. The Opening Night Party kicks things off, and there’s the Adelaide Queer Film Festival screening at Piccadilly Cinema, and the Feast Festival Hub acting as the season’s beating heart. . . Plus, the return of the iconic Gayla.
Then, things will come to an end as always with the community favourite Picnic In The Park at Whitmore Square.
“Joy is not the easy option,” Feast Creative Director Katherine Sortini says. “It takes courage to make work that celebrates, to trust that pleasure and delight and laughter carry as much weight as rage or grief. The 2026 programme is full of artists who chose joy as their subject, their method, their argument, and they have pulled it off spectacularly.”
The 2026 cover artwork was created by Adelaide artist Eddie Normington, who is the winner of this year’s Front Cover Commission, on the theme of ‘Joy’. Their work sets the tone for the whole season. . . They’re inspired by all things colourful, sparkly, and love to explore queer concepts, theory, and lived internal experiences through their work.
“Joy. It is how we resist, how we love out loud, and how we remind the world we are still here and still glorious,” Feast Executive Director Skye Bee says. “When our communities gather, something shifts. We find each other. We hold each other. We take up space that was never freely given, and we fill it with colour, sound, and unapologetic pride. These three weeks are an invitation. To be seen. To be loud. To feel the JOY of a room full of people who get it.”
Check out the full programme.
Feast Festival 2026 is on from 1-22 November.
