True, those events are all pretty big crowd getters. I was just thinking along the lines that a longer lasting festival could be run throughout the month. Kind of like how the fringe runs throughout WOMAD, Adelaide Cup, Clipsal 500. It sort of links the events to combine into Mad March and Nov would be a logical 2nd mad month (ad Nauseam November perhaps) as weather wise it's quite ideal. But you might be right in saying that it’s fine as it is and that we should focus more on the winter months.crawf wrote: November is fine, all those events draw thousands of people and are big on the national stage.
Main problem is mid year, the weather doesn't help at all.
I hadn’t thought of that, your right uni could be fully taken over whilst uni is out and also there will be a lot of school holiday kids and parents looking for things to do. Or it could run half in the holidays half during term to make use of and hold events for the many uni students around campus as well. I think the British Science festival always has a host uni and AU being right in the heart of town would be ideal as a hub for the fest.fasterthanlids wrote: July would be good - held at Adelaide University, during a semester break, there should be open space and lecture theatres available to play with. I'm also thinking a sideline design festival - covering architecture and engineering, industrial design and environmental developments.
Another festival idea i had is perhaps a few weeks long Aboriginal cultural celebration festival, perhaps in Nov or another time. As there's no clear winner on which capital is the one to go to for Aboriginal culture and there’s definitely no stand out Aboriginal festival, why not make Adelaide it. If we had the biggest and best Aboriginal festival it would be pretty popular with international visitor who generally are after an indigenous cultural experience. Also i think as a society we would benefit from experiencing more Aboriginal culture and learning more about what Australia was like before European settlement. Too often we think of Aboriginal culture as being just one culture when really it’s hundreds of little nations. I know i’d be interested to learn how many groups used particular tools (ie woomeras, didgeridoos) or the differences in dreamtime stories.
I’d imagine a festival would include lots of traditional dances, music performances and art displays. Dreamtime theatre, native food lectures, school visits. But it could also feature contemporary Aboriginal art based around Tandanyana as well as celebrate Aboriginal writers, poets, musicians (sportpeople/scietistst/politians/etc?). It cold also feature a conference focusing on Aboriginal issues.
or does this always happen?
(i guess we could change wiki right now if we wanted to 
