Events & Festivals

Held on the second Sunday of each month, spring to autumn.

Markets

Edithburgh Market

A friendly seaside market of local produce, crafts and Cornish baking on the Edithburgh foreshore.

Edithburgh Foreshore

Held biennially in May (even-numbered years) across the Copper Coast towns of Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo.

Festival

FLAME Festival

The Copper Coast's biennial FLAME Festival lights up Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo with food, light, art, music and entertainment over a May weekend.

Kadina, Moonta & Wallaroo (Copper Coast)

Held biennially (odd-numbered years) across Yorke Peninsula townships, typically over ten days in August. It builds on the former Yorke Peninsula Art Exhibition.

Arts Festival

Grounded YP Art Festival

The Yorke Peninsula's flagship biennial arts festival, Grounded fills townships across the region with exhibitions, music, performance and artisan food and drink each August.

Townships across the Yorke Peninsula

Held biennially in May of odd-numbered years, starting on the second Monday of May.

Festival

Kernewek Lowender Cornish Festival

The world's largest Cornish festival fills Moonta, Wallaroo and Kadina with parades, maypole dancing, furry dances and pasties.

Copper Coast (Moonta, Wallaroo, Kadina)

Held regularly through the year, generally Thursdays and Fridays from March to December.

Market

Maitland Markets

A market of homemade produce, art, craft and teas in the central Yorke town of Maitland.

Heart of Maitland complex

Held on the second Saturday of each month, from 8.30am to 1.30pm.

Monthly Market

Minlaton Market

A friendly monthly market of locally made, grown and baked goods in the heart of Minlaton.

Behind the Porter Building, next to Minlaton Town Hall

Held every New Year's Day (January 1) on the Port Vincent foreshore.

Community

Port Vincent Gala Day

The Yorke Peninsula's biggest New Year tradition, Port Vincent Gala Day fills the foreshore each January 1 with markets, rides, aerobatic displays, live music and a fireworks finale.

Port Vincent Foreshore

Held several Saturday mornings each season (roughly October to April), including the October long weekend, New Year and Easter.

Food & Wine

Stansbury Seaside Market

Stansbury's foreshore overlooking Oyster Bay transforms into a buzzing seaside market several times each season, with fresh local oysters, produce, crafts and family fun.

Stansbury Foreshore

Recurring

Field Days

Yorke Peninsula Field Days

Every odd-numbered year, the Yorke Peninsula Field Days turn a paddock near Paskeville into the largest agricultural showcase in South Australia.

Paskeville Field Days Site

Held annually over the October long weekend at breaks in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, near Marion Bay.

Festival

Yorkes Classic

South Australia's most iconic surfing competition, the Yorkes Classic runs each October long weekend at the famous breaks of Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park.

Chinaman's, Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park