South Australia's History Festival

South Australia's History Festival is an annual statewide event exploring South Australia's history. Held throughout May each year, the History Festival explores the state’s places and spaces, stories, collections and ideas that make us who we are. The theme for South Australia’s History Festival 2025 is Decisions. In 2025, South Australia’s History Festival will dive deeply into the decisions that have shaped South Australia – as an ancient meeting place, and as a state. They invite you to reflect upon these decisions – the good and the bad, the challenging and the intriguing – and discover how historic decisions impact contemporary society. Event organisers are encouraged to consider the various places where critical decision-making occurs, be it official, personal, or community focused. From behind closed doors to across the family dinner table, the decisions made in these settings can change the course of history.