Iconic & Local - Celebrating SA at Adelaide Arcade

Adelaide Arcade will come alive on Saturday 2 August with Iconic & Local — a one-day celebration spotlighting South Australia’s rich creative talent and retail community. Held as part of Brand SA’s Buy SA Week (28 July – 3 August), the event also commemorates 140 years of Adelaide Arcade, a heritage-listed landmark since 1885.

With more than 90% of traders locally owned, visitors are invited to meet the makers, uncover unique South Australian stories, and support homegrown businesses in the heart of the city.

• Dulcie's Vintage - An interactive extension of their SALA exhibition will take place in Shop 31, featuring sewing machine setups, embroidery demonstrations, and volunteer makers at work.
• Pink Shorts Press - An open day held between 10am – 4pm, where readers and writers can drop in to chat to a publisher, browse new-release books and take in Yarns, a SALA exhibition of weavings by Helen Bennetts and Cathy Charnock. Author Oliva De Zilva (Plastic Budgie) will also host a curated reading event, At Our Mothers’ Table, featuring Asian diasporic writers (1–2pm, bookings essential via pinkshortspress.com.au).
• Pencraft - Try your hand at writing with a fountain pen filled with Robert Oster Ink, made in SA between 11am - 2pm. Choose from colours inspired by Adelaide Arcade and write a custom-designed Adelaide Arcade postcard by T’Arts Collective artist, Debby Haskard-Strauss.
• OmMade Meet the Maker - Workshops & Demos -
  • Mezzanine Level (in-store)
    • Glass by Emma Klau – In-store wine tasting
    • La Petite Patissiere – Chocolate tasting
  • Grenfell Street Landing
    • Bella Mia & Hooked Studio – Free “Come & Try” crochet session (kits available for purchase)
    • Hummpingpea – Free flower pounding workshop: create textile art using hammers and fresh flowers
    • Just Pottering – Free wheel-throwing pottery demo
    • AMK Design – Free sewing demo: make-your-own glasses pouch
    • Kutumba – Free dry needle felting “Come & Try”: make a felt heart
    • Fizzbubble Art – Free henna “Come & Try” session (henna cones available for $8)

• Asha Jewelry - Spend $200 or more on BOTANIGEM Jewellery and receive a complimentary mini candle – a small touch of luxury to take home.
• Haigh’s Chocolates - 'Spend $50 or more at Haigh's Chocolates Adelaide Arcade and receive a complimentary 200g packet of Milk Chocolate Speckles' valued at $15.90.
• Henry Eckert Australia & Terry Gasson Tailor - Local artisans, Henry Eckert Australia and Terry Gasson Tailor will showcase their crafts in the centre of the Arcade.
• T’Arts Collective
  • Sally Heinrich is an illustrator, writer and print-maker and a member of T’Arts Collective. One of her ongoing projects is a series of lino prints featuring South Australian Icons. For this special event, Sally will create a special print of the Adelaide Arcade facade available as tote bags and tea towels for sale in-store.
  • T’Arts will feature a "Live Artist Window" with demonstrations by artists throughout the day, including textile art, silk painting, mixed media painting and collage, lino carving, and many more.