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The best places in Adelaide to buy records

For music lovers, nothing much beats digging out a classic old record or finding a brilliant new one and hearing it play on a decent turntable. These are our favourite records stores around Adelaide. Happy vinyl hunting.

Swipe right for Part Time Records’ Singles Club

Place your trust in the tastes of music industry veteran Emma Coyle and Wolf & Cub founding member Joel Byrne, as they send out split records of some of Adelaide’s most exciting new musicians.

Introducing three-day all-local picnic party Utopian State

Here’s to Now founder Jordan Jeavons has teamed up with Endless Grooves and Papershell Farm for a three-day, all-ages, family-friendly musical picnic party in Willunga.

Spark entrepreneurs literally break world records

This year the world's largest projection on a moving screen was achieved by an entrepreneur who developed his business in Adelaide. 

‘They should expect a little bit of truth’

Aboriginal man Elijah Bravington is leading eye-opening Indigenous-informed tours of the city for the Nature Festival, and says patrons should be ready to see their city in a more honest light.

Dumpster diving: How much waste does Mad March make?

We love being the party state – but what happens to the programs, plastic bags and disposable vapes once the busiest calendar month wraps up? We visited the rubbish heap of history, aka the bins of 2023 Mad March.

Cry Baby meets Sunny’s Pizza in a bar opening today

The Cry Baby and Sunny’s Pizza crew have teamed up to create Nightshade, an 80s-style bar with lots of synth-pop and blue drinks "with shitty maraschino cherries" in the previous 1000 Island space.

Is Adelaide really a ‘city of music’?

Square Holes, a local market research and cultural insights agency, asked South Australians about their live music habits and awareness of Adelaide's UNESCO City of Music status. Mahalia Tanner explores the results.