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What is the Adelaide Festival of Ideas?

Since our audience discovered our first event one misty morning in 1999, The Adelaide Festival of Ideas has forged the path for ideas festivals in Australia and internationally.

Our purpose is to celebrate the life of the mind, particularly the public value of ideas, thinking and innovation as foundations of civil society, an informed democracy and a robust economy.

Though we have a handful of ticketed sessions, the overwhelming majority of our sessions are free admission so that the audience attends as citizens rather than customers.

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