Bookings
School bookings open 24 September 2024 for all DreamBIG 2025 events and performances.
4 shows
Transport subsidies are available for regional and equity schools.
If travel costs prohibit attendance at an Adelaide Festival Centre presented performance or workshop, subsidies are available to eligible schools. Learn more or apply.
Tin Can Radio is a pop-up radio station for the young and young at heart.
Kids are invited to take over the Tin Can Radio Station through a fun, playful and creative workshop, exploring the world of radio – past and present!
Participants will create their very own radio segments, playlists and sound effects before taking to the airways with a live pop-up broadcast. From fictional news, to random reviews, a text line for song requests, love advice, fashion tips, radio rants, interviews, all ideas are welcome at Tin Can Radio!
For schools
This show is selling fast.
Limited capacity remains for educational performances.
- Accessibility
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This venue is wheelchair accessible.
- Wheelchair access
- Get Involved - this activity is hands on. Participants are encouraged to get in on the action through dancing, making, or sharing their thoughts and ideas
- Outside - This activity takes place outside, and participants are encouraged to dress for the weather
- Noisy - This activity involves loud noises or music. It may be overstimulating for people who are particularly sensitive to loud noises
Tin Can Radio is an interactive workshop & radio broadcast. Please note the radio will ‘broadcast’ into Festival Plaza via a PA system, but not onto any publically available radio station.
During the workshop, participants:
- will be required to follow instructions from facilitators;
- can touch anything in the space;
- will be invited to share their segment on the broadcast;
- can exit the workshop, and re-enter when they are ready to rejoin.
- Age Suitability
- Ages 7-12
- Runtime
- 50 minutes
- Year Levels
- Year 2 – Year 6
In partnership with
School Performances
Performance Location: Festival Plaza
You can access Festival Plaza from King William Road, near the corner of Elder Park. You can also walk from North Terrace via the laneway alongside SkyCity Casino or by crossing the footbridge from Adelaide Oval.
Access
If you require an accessible drop off area, use the drive through zone just off King William Road, approximately 100 metres north of the car park entrance. This is are is accessible when traveling north on King William Road. When King William Road is closed for major events, the nearest accessible drop off area is on the west side of Adelaide Festival Centre, alongside Festival Drive under the Riverbank Footbridge.
Taxi services
There is no formal taxi rank on King William Road, but taxis can use the drive through zone just off King William Road, approximately 100 metres north of the car park entrance. This is accessible when traveling north on King William Road.
The nearest taxi ranks are located on North Terrace, outside the Casino and Railway Station, and on King William Street next to Rundle Mall.
Car parking
The closest parking is available at Festival Plaza Car Park, accessible from King William Road or Montefiore Road. You can also use the Convention Centre’s Riverbank Car Park or one of a number of nearby city car parks.
Public transport
Accessible by many forms of public transport. Including trains, buses, the tram (stop at Railway Station) and a free bus service that operates on a loop throughout the city and North Adelaide with stops on the corner of King William Road and North Terrace.
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