Looking for an Adelaide Fringe show? Here’s the fantastic shows that won the Week 2 Fringe Awards 2026

Looking for an Adelaide Fringe show? Here’s the fantastic shows that won the Week 2 Fringe Awards 2026

Pictured: Ten Thousand Hours

Have you been looking through the Adelaide Fringe guide and finding it overwhelming to pick a show? I totally feel your pain! It’s always helpful to find some recommendations to make choosing a show easier.

To help with this, Adelaide Fringe awards the best shows each week. The Awards celebrate the diverse and wonderful shows presented throughout the festival season. The weekly awards are announced every week of the festival, and the overall awards are presented at a special in-person ceremony at the end. 

Here are the week 2 winners!

Best of Cabaret, supported by The List
Swamplesque 2
Skinny
Good Man

Best of Circus
Bubble Show for Adults Only
Ten Thousand Hours

Best of Comedy, supported by Adelaide Comedy
Tape Face: 20
CVNT
Celia Pacquola – Gift Horse
ANISA NANDAULA – NO SMALL TALK

Best of Dance, supported by TAFE SA
KOWAW | Eagle

Best of Eat & Drink, supported by ICHM
Charlee Watt: Caffeine Fiend – A Coffee Cabaret

Best of Film & Digital, supported by KWP+ Partners
The Dark Side of the Moon – Immersive Worlds

Best of Interactive
Yoga with live music featuring Trav Collins
Monsieur Vincent – Immersive Worlds

Best of Kids & Family
Upsound Instruments – Make & Play Workshop Area
KAPUT
BasketballMan Can Fly

Best of Magic
Dom Chambers: Magic Hunt

Best of Music, supported by Musicorp & Studio 19
Healing in the Round
A Funk Odyssey – Hits of Jamiroquai
Adelaide Baroque Quartet: Enlightened Quartets, Music from the Age of Enlightenment
So Fresh! Hits of the 2000s

Best of Theatre & Physical Theatre, supported by TAFE SA
Crush: The Musical
CADEL: Lungs on Legs
NIUSIA

Best of Variety
RATTLE & REVERIE: A Late-Night Yurt Rump
Naughty Noughties

Best of Visual Arts & Design, supported by Visualcom
Gluttony Sculpture Walk
Hometown

Best of Workshops & Talks
Jimmy C Street Art Tour

Emerging Artist
Meteors

Pick of the Week
Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett

Spirit of the Fringe
Lori Bell

Cultural Diversity, supported by Australian Refugee Association
GASHA

Adelaide Critics Circle Award, supported by Adelaide Critics Circle
The Soaking of Vera Shrimp from Patch of Blue

Best of Street, supported by Dolphin Creative
Siân Brigid

Guildhouse Award, supported by Guildhouse
Kosh-Chenar

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *