Royal Adelaide Show
| Royal Adelaide Show | |
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The Atrium, Adelaide Showground
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| Genre | Agricultural show |
| Begins | First Friday of September |
| Ends | Mid September |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Adelaide Showground, Wayville, South Australia, Australia |
| Years active | 168 |
| Inaugurated | 1840 |
| Organised by | Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of South Australia |
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The Royal Adelaide Show (colloquially known simply as The Show) is an annual agricultural show run by the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia. The Show always begins on the first Friday in September, and runs for 10 days. It is held at the Adelaide Showground, located in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia and is attended by up to half a million people every year, making it the State's biggest event.
Core to the Royal Adelaide Show are the competitive entries, such as , art & craft, food & wine, photography and much more. The Royal Adelaide Show features entries from 63 competitive sections, attracting over 30,000 entries annually.
In addition, the Royal Adelaide Show features entertainment, exhibitors, sideshows, rides and showbags.
In the evening the locale of the Show presented a picturesque aspect as viewed from Adelaide. The brilliantly lighted windows of the hall, the grand illumination effected in the booth over which the proprietor of the Tivoli presided, and the various lesser lights – stationary and movable – united to form an interesting spectacle. A nearer approach to the scene of commotion tended somewhat to dissipate the sense of beauty, as clouds of dust and smoke invested the whole of the grounds. However, the crowd of persons, the number of vehicles, and the miscellaneous noise gave a smack of excitement to the affair, which enabled the visitor to overlook some of the attendant discomforts. The total proceeds taken at the gates amounted to £150 11s 10d.
The Autumn Show of 1890 was held on the 6 & 7 March in the Society’s Buildings and Grounds, and was one of the largest ever held in the colony. The first day was unfortunately very wet, but the second, on which a trial of horses and ponies in action and a jumping contest was held, proved very successful, the weather being most suitable, and the attendance of the public was extremely good.
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