Adelaide Fringe

Looking for an Adelaide Fringe show? Here’s the fantastic shows that won the Week 3 Fringe Awards 2026

Here’s the winners of the week 3 Adelaide Fringe awards!

Pictured: History of House: Greatest Hits by Helen Page

Have you been looking through the Adelaide Fringe guide and finding it overwhelming to pick a show? I totally feel your pain! It’s always helpful to find some recommendations to make choosing a show easier.

To help with this, Adelaide Fringe awards the best shows each week. The Awards celebrate the diverse and wonderful shows presented throughout the festival season. The weekly awards are announced every week of the festival, and the overall awards are presented at a special in-person ceremony at the end. 

Here are the week 3 winners!

Best of Cabaret, supported by The List
Adore Händel’s Cautionary Tales
Wonderfully Terrible Things

Best of Circus
Cartoooon!!
Elixir Revived
I Think It Could Work

Best of Comedy, supported by Adelaide Comedy
Granny Flaps – The Retrospective Roadshow
Elf Lyons: Swan
Casey Filips: What a character
Nath Valvo – Homebody

Best of Community Events, supported by Health Partners
Singalonga Pub Quiz

Best of Dance, supported by TAFE SA
Embers

Best of Eat & Drink, supported by International College of Hotel Management
Japanese Liquor and Laughs: A Comedy Tasting Show

Best of Film & Digital, supported by KWP+ Partners
A man, a piano, and a silent film.
The Great Solar System Adventure – Immersive Worlds

Best of Interactive
Transmission – into the dark

Best of Kids & Family
FoRT
The Alphabet of Awesome Science
Viviane builds a Lufthaus

Best of Magic
Adults Only Magic Show
Duel & Dual

Best of Music, supported by Musicorp – Powered by Studio 19
The Billy Joel Story
All These Pretty Things
A History of Appalachian and Mississippi Blues
Women of Rock

Best of Theatre & Physical Theatre, supported by TAFE SA
Kirsty Mann: Corpse
This Machine Kills Fascists
…Earnest?

Best of Variety
Tash York’s Chaos Cabaret
The LadyBoys of Bangkok

Best of Visual Arts & Design, supported by Visualcom
UV Songlines: Illuminating Ancestral Roots

Best of Workshops & Talks
Adelaide True Crime Walking Tour

Emerging Artist
A Paper Trail

Pick of the Week
History of House: Greatest Hits

Spirit of the Fringe
Ray & Conrad Henley-Calvert

Cultural Diversity Award, supported by Australian Refugee Association
How To Hold Up The Sky

Adelaide Critics Circle Award, supported by Adelaide Critics Circle
The Debate

Best of Street, supported by Dolphin Creative
Bam Wow

Guildhouse Award, supported by Guildhouse
Building and Construction Terrains | Alan Cook

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