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Upcoming events to help you plan ahead

Each month we put together a list of upcoming events to help you plan ahead and book early so you don’t miss out. These events also appear in our weekly newsletter, but we only feature each event once. So if you miss a week or want to see what’s coming up, this page is the place to check.

⚠️ Just a heads up: The events are listed from furthest in the future at the top to soonest at the bottom. Scroll to the bottom if you want to see what’s happening soon. So, in short: Top = later events | Bottom = sooner events.

🎶 Recitals Australia End of Year Celebration
| MUSIC | UKARIA Cultural Centre, Mount Barker Summit
📅 Saturday, 13 December | From 2:30 PM
Celebrate a year of musical excellence with performances by all six Elder Conservatorium Fellows in a rich and varied afternoon concert. INFO

🎄 Gathered Christmas Design Market
| MARKET | Alec Johnston Park, Hahndorf
📅 Friday, 12 – Sunday, 14 December | Times vary per day
Discover festive local gifts, food, drinks, and live entertainment as Hahndorf transforms into a Christmas wonderland. INFO

🪶 Connection, Courage & Ceremony
| RETREAT | Strathalbyn
📅 Friday, 12 – Monday, 15 December | 4:00 PM – 10:00 AM
Immerse yourself in a transformative women’s weekend of ritual, drum-making, movement, and sisterhood designed to restore, reconnect, and empower. INFO

🎶 Select Music Presents: FELIPE BALDOMIR @ THE SCENIC HOTEL
| MUSIC | Norton Summit
📅 Thursday, 11 December | 6:00 PM – 11:30 PM
Experience an evening of coastal indie-folk with live looping, storytelling, and groovy instrumentals as Felipe Baldomir performs at the Scenic Hotel. INFO

🎄 Embossed Metal Christmas Decorations
| ART | Gumeracha
📅 Tuesday, 9 December | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Create beautiful and sustainable embossed metal Christmas decorations with artist Rebecca Prince in a fun and festive community workshop. INFO

🎵 Sacred Sounds in the Hills – Sound Journey
| WELLNESS | Mount Barker
📅 Sunday, 7 December | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Immerse yourself in a deeply restorative sound bath led by Chris from Harmonic Essence, designed to relax, heal, and rejuvenate body and mind. INFO

📚 Ukaria Constellation Workshop
| WORKSHOP | Mount Barker Summit
📅 Sunday, 7 December | 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Join facilitator Matthew Ritson for a Systemic Constellations Workshop exploring personal and nature constellations in a reflective, community-based setting. INFO

🌺 A Touch of Bali: Fundraising Dinner
| FOOD & CULTURE | Blackwood
📅 Saturday, 6 December | 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Enjoy an enchanting evening of Balinese cuisine, music, and dance while supporting the Balinese Society of South Australia’s cultural vision. INFO

🌸 Nature Based Wellbeing: Mindfulness in the Gardens
| WELLBEING | Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, Crafers
📅 Saturday, 6 December | 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Relax and reconnect with nature through a mindful garden experience designed to calm the senses and restore wellbeing. INFO

🍵 Introduction to Kitchen Herbalism
| WORKSHOP | Norton Summit
📅 Saturday, 6 December | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Learn beginner-friendly techniques for making teas and infusions from everyday herbs with Malcolm from Ligaya Garden. INFO

🍷 DAOSA X CIELO – A Very Sparkling High Tea
| FOOD & WINE | Tapanappa Cellar Door, Piccadilly
📅 Friday, 6 December | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Indulge in a luxurious high tea by Cielo paired with DAOSA sparkling wines, set against the stunning backdrop of the Tiers Vineyard in Piccadilly Valley. INFO

🍃 Nature Based Wellbeing: The Nature of Play
| WELLBEING | Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, Crafers
📅 Saturday, 6 December | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Explore creativity and mindfulness through playful nature journaling, art-making, and reflection in a peaceful garden setting. INFO

🏠 Home Modifications Academy – Minor Modifications and Assistive Technologies (AT)
| PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Mount Barker
📅 Tuesday, 2 December | 8:45 AM – 1:00 PM
A practical CPD workshop for occupational therapists exploring home modification solutions, assistive technologies, and compliance standards, hosted by Aidacare Mount Barker. INFO

🎻 Momentum Ensemble with Timo-Veikko Valve at UKARIA
| CLASSICAL MUSIC | Mount Barker Summit
📅 Sunday, 30 November | 2:30 PM – 4:40 PM
Cellist Timo-Veikko “Tipi” Valve leads the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Momentum Ensemble in a rich program blending Finnish and Australian works by Kuusisto, Davies, Schubert, Sibelius, and Sculthorpe. INFO

🌸 Retreat - for members of Adelaide Hills Female Leadership Forum
| WORKSHOP | Mount Barker
📅 Sunday, 30 November | 12:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Join the Adelaide Hills Female Leadership Forum for an inspiring retreat with yoga, lunch, and a leadership workshop. INFO

🎨 Pottery Hand-Building Workshop
| CREATIVE | Uraidla
📅 Sunday, 30 November | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Get grounded and creative in this heartful, hands-on clay workshop. Craft your own cups, bowls, or plates using simple handbuilding techniques, no wheel required! All materials, firing, and homemade treats included. INFO

✨ Spring Slam in the Hills
| SPOKEN WORD | Hahndorf
📅 Saturday, 29 November | 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Experience an electric night of poetry, music, and creativity as slam poets light up the Adelaide Hills Wine Bar under the stars. INFO

🎶 Treasures of Paris
| CLASSICAL MUSIC | Mount Barker Summit
📅 Saturday, 29 November | From 2:30 PM
Enjoy an elegant afternoon of French classics with flautist Kim Falconer, pianist Anna Goldsworthy, and soprano Jessica Dean performing works by Debussy, Fauré, and Poulenc. INFO

🎨 Festive Watercolour Workshop with Artist Rebecca Prince
| WORKSHOP | Stirling
📅 Saturday, 29 November | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Join local artist Rebecca Prince for a beginner-friendly festive watercolour session creating cards and gift tags inspired by Australian native botanicals. INFO

🧣Paint a Silk Scarf
| ART WORKSHOP | Bridgewater
📅 Saturday, 29 November | 1:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Learn the art of silk painting using liquid dyes and brushes to create two vibrant, one-of-a-kind scarves in this fun and relaxing hands-on session. INFO

🍋 Portuguese and Moroccan Adventure Cooking Class
| FOOD & EXPERIENCE | Stirling
📅 Saturday, 29 November | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Join Chef Mark McNamara for a hands-on culinary journey through North Africa and Southern Europe, exploring vibrant spices, rustic breads, and authentic regional dishes. INFO

🌿 Nature Based Wellbeing: Introduction to Nature Journaling
| WELLBEING | Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, Crafers
📅 Saturday, 29 November | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Deepen your connection with nature through mindful journaling, gentle observation, and creative reflection in a serene garden setting. INFO

🎄 Clay Christmas Ornaments
| WORKSHOP | Norton Summit
📅 Saturday, 29 November | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Create festive ceramic ornaments guided by local artist Rebecca Prince, perfect for gifts or decorating your home. INFO

🎗️ Nourish & Rejuvenate Women's Retreat
| WELLNESS | Flaxley
📅 Friday, 28 – Sunday, 30 November | From 4:00 PM
Relax, restore, and reconnect through yoga, healing sessions, and nourishing rituals designed to help women recharge before the busy season. INFO

🤝 End of Year Social
| COMMUNITY | Mount Barker
📅 Friday, 28 November | 7:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Celebrate local business successes and connect with fellow business owners in a relaxed networking morning. INFO

🏘️ Term 4: The Village Project
| FAMILY | Norton Summit
📅 Thursday, 27 November | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Join a warm, inclusive gathering for children and parents with play-based learning, community connection, and parent support. INFO

🍷 Food and Wine Pairing (Gumeracha)
| FOOD & WINE | Gumeracha
📅 Wednesday, 26 November | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Enjoy a relaxed evening with Chris Eerden from Ten Miles East, learning how to pair delicious wines with perfectly matched canapés. INFO

🌿 Farewell Spring with Adelaide Hills Outdoor Playgroup
| FAMILY & NATURE | Stirling
📅 Monday, 24 November | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Celebrate the end of spring with a joyful morning of outdoor play, art, and exploration for families and little ones at The Old School Community Garden. INFO

🪚 Women’s Shed Workshop
| COMMUNITY & SKILLS | Laratinga Community Shed, Mount Barker
📅 Monday, 24 November | 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Learn hands-on skills in a welcoming environment with instructor Jocelyn Grant at the Women’s Shed, proudly supported by Carbatec Australia. INFO

🎻 Kristian Winther with Konstantin Shamray at UKARIA
| CLASSICAL MUSIC | Mount Barker Summit
📅 Sunday, 23 November | 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Violinist Kristian Winther and pianist Konstantin Shamray present a dynamic program spanning Kurtág to Strauss, blending dream-like subtlety with sweeping romantic energy. INFO

🍞 Make Your First Sourdough Bread: From Starter to Loaf
| WORKSHOP | Stirling
📅 Sunday, 23 November | 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Learn how to bake your own sourdough bread at home from starter to loaf with guidance from community educator Kym Ormond. INFO

🎨 An Immersion of Art, Wine, Fragrance and Nature
| ART | Lower Hermitage
📅 Sunday, 23 November | 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Enjoy a guided outdoor art experience blending nature, fragrance, and creativity with wine, history, and hands-on ink and watercolour painting at Glen Ewin Estate. INFO

🌳 Nature’s Sacred Retreat
| WELLNESS | Crafers
📅 Sunday, 23 November | 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Reawaken your inner calm through cacao ceremony, sound healing, meditation, and creative expression in this soul-nourishing day retreat in nature. INFO

🧠 Basket Range Quiz Night 2025
| COMMUNITY | Basket Range
📅 Saturday, 22 November | 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Gather your friends for a fun-filled evening of trivia, games, and laughter at the Basket Range War Memorial Hall. INFO

🌿 Make a Terracotta Olla for Your Garden
| WORKSHOP | Gumeracha
📅 Saturday, 22 November | 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Learn the ancient art of Olla irrigation and handcraft your own terracotta water-saving pot with artist Rebecca Prince. INFO

🧘‍♂️ Wim Hof Fundamentals Workshop
| WORKSHOP | Norton Summit| Mount Barker Summit
📅 Saturday, 22 November | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Experience the Wim Hof Method with guided breathwork, ice immersion, and mindset training to boost resilience and wellbeing. INFO

🎭 A Midsummer Night's Dream
| THEATRE | Nairne
📅 Friday, 21 November | 6:15 PM – 9:00 PM
Enjoy a magical, family-friendly evening of Shakespearean comedy with fairies, romance, and laughter by The Hills Homeschool Shakespeare Group. INFO

🌇 Twilight Pilates & Paella
| WELLNESS | Hahndorf
📅 Friday, 21 November | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Unwind with a gentle pilates session under the trees, followed by a Spanish feast and a glass of sangria in a beautiful twilight garden. INFO

🌅 Sunset Sessions @ The Station – Pasta Bar & Live Music
| FOOD & MUSIC | Aldgate
📅 Friday, 21 November | 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Savor a homemade pasta bar with garlic bread and live tunes on the platform at this relaxed community night out. BYO drinks and enjoy a family-friendly evening under the sunset. INFO

🎵 Hillside Sounds at Ambleside Distillers with Chris Cavill, Trav Collins & Netherby
| LIVE MUSIC | Hahndorf
📅 Friday, 21 November | 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Settle in under the stars for an evening of live music, local spirits, and hearty food as Chris Cavill, Trav Collins, and Netherby take the outdoor stage at Ambleside Distillery. INFO

🏎️ Shannons Adelaide Rally 2025
| MOTORSPORT | Adelaide Hills
📅 Friday, 21 – Sunday, 23 November | Various times
Australia’s largest tarmac rally returns with three thrilling days of high-speed action through the Adelaide Hills, featuring spectator zones for fans to get close to the excitement. INFO

🌿 Propagation Made Easy – 4 Week Course
| WORKSHOP | The Hut Community Centre, Aldgate
📅 Thursday, 20 November | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Learn hands-on plant propagation techniques with horticulturist Tony Herve to grow healthy, sustainable plants from seeds and cuttings. INFO

🌙 New Moon Wombman's Circle
| COMMUNITY | Flaxley
📅 Wednesday, 19 November | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Gather in sacred sisterhood under the new moon for meditation, sharing, and connection in a nurturing, heart-led circle. INFO

🍷 Food and Wine Pairing (Norton Summit)
| FOOD & WINE | Norton Summit
📅 Tuesday, 18 November | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Learn the art of pairing wine with canapés in a hands-on, flavour-filled workshop led by Chris Eerden. INFO

🎶 Isabel Rumble – Hold Everything Lightly Album Tour
| INDIE FOLK | Macclesfield
📅 Sunday, 16 November | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Experience the heartfelt lyricism and ethereal voice of Isabel Rumble as she performs songs from her new album Hold Everything Lightly in an intimate afternoon concert with Priyanka Luxx. INFO

🧘‍♀️ Winter Quantum Manifesting & Cacao Yoga Ceremony
| WELLBEING | Bugle Ranges
📅 Sunday, 16 November | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Immerse yourself in a full-day retreat of yoga, cacao ceremony, sound healing, and quantum manifesting for deep self-discovery and connection. INFO

🎶 ANATS Vocal Retreat – Mind, Body & Voice
| MUSIC & WELLBEING | Belair
📅 Sunday, 16 November | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Recharge and reconnect through yoga, meditation, and joyful singing at Nunyara Conference Centre. A soulful day for singers and teachers alike. INFO

🎶 Unb'Rocken, Balic Rock at the Pony
| MUSIC | The Brewshed, Totness
📅 Friday, 15 November | 8:00 PM till Late
Experience a high-energy night of blues and rock as Bali’s powerhouse band Unb’Rocken brings their electrifying sound to The Brewshed. INFO

🎶 Grace Barbé with Iain Grandage
| MUSIC | Mount Barker Summit
📅 Saturday, 15 November | 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
An intimate evening with award-winning artist Grace Barbé, blending the rich Kreol traditions of the Seychelles with polyrhythmic grooves and soaring vocals, joined by guitarist Jamie Searle and local string players Julian Ferraretto and Steve King. INFO

🧣 Nuno Felted Scarf
| ART WORKSHOP | Bridgewater
📅 Saturday, 15 November | 1:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Create your own unique felted scarf by layering coloured wool and silk over fine chiffon, then felting by hand for a beautiful, one-of-a-kind finish. INFO

🌿 Discovering the Wonders of Wattleseed
| WORKSHOP | Kanmantoo
📅 Saturday, 15 November | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Learn about the flavours, uses, and sustainable growing of wattleseed through tastings, expert talks, and hands-on learning in a friendly, family atmosphere. INFO

🎗️ Wise Woman Within You Immersion Day
| WORKSHOP | Flaxley
📅 Saturday, 15 November | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Reconnect with your intuition and inner archetypes through nature, guided practices, and self-discovery in this nurturing one-day immersion. INFO

🎨 An Introduction to Scraperboard/Scratch Board
| ART | Norton Summit
📅 Saturday, 15 November | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Learn to create dramatic images by scratching away a dark surface in a hands-on workshop with award-winning artist Veronica Oborn Jefferis. INFO

🪶 Past Life Regression Immersive Group Experience Nov 2025
| WELLNESS | Crafers
📅 Friday, 14 November | 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Explore the layers of your soul’s journey in this guided past life regression experience with Tania A. Davies for insight, healing, and spiritual growth. INFO

🌈 Launch of Pride of the Hills
|COMMUNITY & CULTURE | Mount Barker
📅 Friday, 14 November | 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Celebrate love, pride, and inclusion with live music, performances, food trucks, and rainbow-filled fun for all ages. INFO

🧠 The Pilates Depot Quiz Night
| COMMUNITY | Mount Barker
📅 Friday, 14 November | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Test your trivia and pilates knowledge in a fun, social evening of friendly competition, BYO nibbles and drinks! INFO

🤝  Business Showcase November
| COMMUNITY | Mount Barker
📅 Friday, 14 November | 7:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Connect with new members over a special business breakfast to discover their talents, services, and opportunities for collaboration. INFO

🚐 Mt Barker Outdoor Living and Caravan Expo
| EXPO & LIFESTYLE | Mount Barker
📅 Friday, 14 – Sunday, 16 November | Times Vary
Explore the latest in caravans, 4×4 accessories, boats, and outdoor gear, plus expert advice and show specials at this inaugural Hills expo. Tickets on sale soon.  INFO

🐝 Native Pollinators in Your Backyard
| WORKSHOP | Norton Summit
📅 Thursday, 13 November | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Learn how to support native bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators in your garden with practical tips from Habitat Connection Co. INFO

🏕️ Term 4: The Village Project
| FAMILY | Norton Summit
📅 Thursday, 13 November | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Join a warm, inclusive gathering where children enjoy play-based learning and parents connect, rest, or work in a supportive community. INFO