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Woodville’s 1920s Town Hall reborn as an inclusive live entertainment venue

Under the stewardship of Deanna Howland, Woodville Town Hall is a 900-capacity venue with a focus on diverse and inclusive programming and will host the inaugural AltFest in June.

MOD.’s top five games for uncertain times

We've had more time indoors than we would have liked this week, so CityMag reached out to MOD.'s Kristin Alford for her favourite video games to pass the time when the outside world is all a bit too much.

Adelaide live music venues have already felt the pain of the second lockdown

While a path out of the November lockdown has been announced, the impacts have already been felt by Adelaide's live music venues, which have still yet to recover from the March shutdown.

New coronavirus restrictions imposed on South Australian hospitality industry

The stand-up consumption of alcohol has been scrapped, the one-person-per-4sqm rule is reinstated, and hospitality venues are now capped at 100 people.

Sugar is all dressed up with nothing to do

“We've had a bit of time to renovate and I think we've done really well. I just want to open and show people now,” Sugar co-owner Driller Jet Armstrong says.

Patrons must be seated while drinking at licensed venues from midnight Tuesday

In a bid to get one step ahead of the coronavirus in South Australia, from midnight on Tuesday, 4 August patrons in licensed venues must be seated while consuming booze.

A helping hand for SA performers

COVID-19 has prompted the revamp of a 40-year-old fund offering a safety net for South Australian performing artists in critical need of financial help.

Drinking while dancing is currently banned in SA venues

“How are we supposed to police dancing? If I see someone moving more than five centimetres left to right, is that dancing?” an exasperated live music venue owner tells CityMag, while another says he’s pulling the plug on operations indefinitely.