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Sunday 15 November 2026

Adelaide Christmas Pageant draws 335,000 as Magic Cave waits

About 335,000 people watched Adelaide's 94th Christmas Pageant on Saturday. David Jones is in administration, leaving the Magic Cave's future unclear.

Bel McRae Sunday 15 November 2026, open calendar5 min read

Photo: E1S2A34 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.

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About 335,000 people lined Adelaide's streets on Saturday morning to watch Father Christmas arrive. It was the 94th Christmas Pageant, and under grey skies the crowd turned out the way it does every year.

Father Christmas waving from the Adelaide Town Hall balcony as confetti falls — Photo: E1S2A34 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.

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