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Learn more about the evolution of OzAsia Festival over the years. Home In this section Past Programs In this section Past Programs OzAsia Festival was established by Adelaide Festival
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28 July '25
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26 Jan '26
About Face
Siew Siang Tay, Con Polychronis
Discover About Face, an exhibition by Siew Siang Tay and Con Polychronis that uses portraiture and figurative works to reveal stories of heritage, identity, and the beauty of everyday life. Part of OzAsia Festival 2025 at Migration Museum.
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17 Aug 2023
OzAsia Festival Announces 2023 Program
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26 Oct '25
Adelaide Film Festival
Discover Contemporary Asian Cinema
Adelaide Film Festival and OzAsia present stories that explore the diversity of Asian Cinema.
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Visual Art
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4 Oct '25
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1 Feb '26
Tails from the Coasts
Nature Stories of Singapore
Explore Tails from the Coasts, an exquisite exhibition of 200-year-old watercolours showcasing the land, water, and skies of Singapore and the Malay Peninsula. At the Museum of Economic Botany, Adelaide Botanic Garden. Free entry daily.
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28 Oct
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1 Nov '25
30 Oct '25
For schools: Two Blood
Australian Dance Theatre in association with Kurinji
Two Blood is a thrilling interdisciplinary exploration of belonging that excavates forgotten parts of Australian history, presented by Australian Dance Theatre in association with Kurinji at Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival.
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Hasib Hourani rock flight Thuy On Decadence Essence Grace Yee Chinese Fish Joss: A
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Short Stories Prasanthi Ram Nine Yard Sarees Malachi Edwin Vethamani Have I Got Something To Tell You Young
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9 Nov '25
Whose Recipe is it Anyway?
Session 14
Durkhanai Ayubi, Elana Benjamin and Sukhmani Khorana discuss the politics of food writing: from family recipes to borrowed dishes at OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words.
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9 Nov '25
Not Just Pretty Rhymes
Session 13
Manisha Anjali, Hasib Hourani, Thuy On and Grace Yee remind us that a well-written line of poetry can hit harder than a headline at OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words.
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. Festival Director Meet Joon-Yee Kwok, OzAsia Festival 2025’s Festival Director.
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9 Nov '25
Guilty Pleasures
Session 18
Yumna Kassab, Steve MinOn, Mirandi Riwoe and Qin Qin confess the books they’re embarrassed to love and what makes them a guilty pleasure at OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words.
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8 Nov '25
Some of My Best Friends Are Made Up
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Shankari Chandran, Steve MinOn, Mirandi Riwoe and Siang Lu share how they conjure characters from nothing and make them feel real at OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words.
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20 Oct 2022
Adelaide Festival Centre lights up for the opening of the 15th OzAsia Festival
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1 Aug 2024
OzAsia Festival announces 2024 Program
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24 July 2025
From Her Majesty’s Theatre to Adelaide Botanic Gardens – OzAsia Festival announces extended program across Adelaide
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8 Nov '25
Owning the Page: Identity and Writing Your Truth
Session 9
Olivia De Zilva, Quah Ee Ling, Prasanthi Ram, Samah Sabawi and Hasib Hourani show that identity is a source of power, poetry and precision at OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words.
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Letter from Sami
Doors, explores the intersections of identity, belief, and otherworldly realms. Vajra doesn’t just tell fantastical stories—he redefines how we think about power, culture, and
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7 Nov '25
The Offering
(A Plastic Ocean Oratorio)
Experience live cello, electronics, and the sounds of the Bornean forest as they collide with storytelling and hip hop in The Offering (A Plastic Ocean Oratorio). Showing at Nexus Arts Venue as part of OzAsia Festival 2025.
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7 Nov '25
Opening Night Gala
“…then the world got loud.”
OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words Opening Night Gala brings together some of the sharpest voices to complete the sentence “…then the world got loud.”, however they need to: through comedy, poetry, confession or sheer literary chaos.
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