Adelaide Bromptoneering

February 2026 Update

Posted on by kymdt

Jeff’s Ride Returns

Our annual festival ride returns for 2026. It honours Jeff who visited Adelaide in 2024 with his Brompton to premiere The New Abnormal at Goodwood Theatres. We look forward to Jeff riding with us again sometime soon.

Our ride will leave from the South East Corner of the city at 6:30pm this Saturday (21 February 2026) and will visit several arts sites on a 20 or so kilometre loop around Adelaide. This will include the time honoured tradition of visiting Goodwood Theatres for pre-dinner refreshments! Details are available from the Jeff’s Ride post.

If you are coming please let us know via the Adelaide Bromptoneering Feedback page.

In this festival season you might like to consider some of the shows at venues we have visited on our rides:

  • Goodwood Theatres has 33 shows on this Fringe covering many genres from contemporary dance, comedy, physical theatre and theatre.
  • The Suburban Brew Glynde has 10 shows ranging from the family friendly to music and not so family friendly comedy.
  • Kickback Brewing has 9 shows including a 40+ burlesque show! But if you are after family friendly, music, comedy or cabaret they have you covered.
  • Brightstar Brewing has a couple of shows. Fitting in with my usual theme one show will ample a flight of craft beers (audience members are invited to sip along), with the trio recommending the perfect book to match each flavour profile.
  • Mad Monkey Distillery also has a couple of shows featuring both comedy and music.
  • Shapeshifter Brewing Company similarly has a couple of shows featuring both comedy and music.
  • Crafty Robot Brewing has some country music on during the fringe.
  • Little Bang Brewery Co has a the Ministry of Laughs!
  • SixTwelve Brewing has Yeah Nah Yeah!

Favourite Rides

Actually I wouldn’t recommend riding this one because it was along a busy national highway in Japan. But, Helen does like a good photo and these bus shelters were pretty. If you’d like to get there yourself then this website might help https://www.japan.travel/en/sg/jbyj-blog/konagai-bus-stops-japan-fruit-shapes/

Canberra Takeover

If you are interested in coming to Canberra this April (Monday 20 April to Friday 24 April) but still have some questions about how to get involved, then please contact us through the Adelaide Bromptoneering Feedback page. We will contact you and answer any questions you may have.

For those coming to the Canberra Takeover, Anzac Day is the day after our ride program concludes. Not too many details are available yet, but the National War Memorial has some information on its website. We certainly plan to go to the Dawn Service.

Other things to see in Canberra during our takeover include:

  • Hallyu! The Korean Wave, an exhibition from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, celebrating one of the most dynamic cultural movements of our time. This is showing at the National Museum of Australia.
  • Behind the lines 2025, Are We Rolling? celebrates the year’s best political cartoons at the Museum of Australian Democracy.
  • In Bloom explores the beauty and symbolism of flowers at the National Portrait Gallery.
  • The Canberra and Region Heritage Festival will be on. This year it will be exploring ‘Mid-Century – innovation, change and optimism’ that helped define the architectural, cultural and social transformations that shaped Canberra as the national capital.
  • If you want a challenge on a your Brompton then come a day early and do the Five Peaks Bike Challenge with 1,820 metres of vertical climbing! Let us know if you register.

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