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Flight Club V – World Gin Day – In Honour of Rachel Krieg

Jun 14, 2025
- Jun 14, 2025
3:00 pm
The Howling Owl

This one isn’t a comedy show. It’s just a real good time, happening this weekend, in honour of our dear friend Rachel Krieg that we wanted to give a shout out to.

This World Gin Day, The Howling Owl is honouring Rach, with a celebration of gin, music and community, all in support of the Mary Potter Foundation.

Choose your adventure (or do it all):
$25 PP Guided Gin Flights: 3 PM & 5 PM:
 Two unique, 45-minute tasting sessions. Let our in-houseexperts walk you through a curated flight of four exceptional gins. Each session features a differentline-up, thoughtfully designed to highlight flavour, story, and craft. All proceeds to the Mary PotterFoundation in memory of Rach. Bookings Essential.

Micro Gin Fair: 3 PM- 6 PM: Meet the makers behind some of the best local and interstate distilleries, sample their range, and purchase a bottle to take home. Think boutique gin festival… but more personal ft. Speargrass (NT), Three Valleys (SA), Threefold (SA), Full Circle (SA). BlendEtiquette (SA) and Prohibition (SA).

Happy Hour: 5 PM & 7 PM: 2:4:1 Gins and 2:4:1 $30 Cocktails

Winter Cocktail Launch
We’re unveiling our deliciously new cocktail menu with 50% of cocktail sales donated to charity.

DJs ‘til late
From late arvo, our DJs take control of the flight deck, keeping the energy in full throttle.

Surprises onboard
We’ve got a few fun extras to give away, no bingo wheels, just good vibes.

Laugh Lab Open Mics – Monday Nights at Rhino Room

Jun 16, 2025
- Jun 16, 2025
7:30 pm
Rhino Room

Adelaide’s premier open mic comedy night! Watch a mix of established and new comedians trying out new material at the Laugh Lab! Each week we hand-pick some of the best local comedians, with open mic spots drawn on the night. With new material and fresh faces, you’re guaranteed to see something new each week! Doors/open mic sign-up 7pm, 7.30pm start.

Ray O’Leary – Laughter? I Hardly Know Her! Encore Show

Jun 20, 2025
- Jun 20, 2025
8:00 pm
Norwood Concert Hall

Ray O’Leary (Taskmaster, Have You Been Paying Attention?) pulled a man from a wrecked car and as the man lay dying, he used his last ounce of strength to ask Ray (Best Show Nominee at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival) to tell his children that he loved them. And Ray (sold out tours to Melbourne, Edinburgh and more) will get round to it but first he has to do this comedy show.

Ben Russell features the Adelaide Comedy Showcase

Jun 20, 2025
- Jun 20, 2025
7:00 pm
Rhino Room

Hosted by Emily Grace and supported by Nick Skeer and a Surprise Special Guest! Celebrating 25 Years and showcasing the funniest comedians in Adelaide every Friday night at Rhino Room. Subscribe and get your first 2 tickets free to Laugh Lab or the Adelaide Comedy Showcase.

Hot Tip: Adelaide Comedy subscribers often save $10 on their tickets with weekly passwords for the Adelaide Comedy Showcase and other comedy shows around Adelaide. The funniest comedians in Adelaide on the same stage as the best comedians from around Australia and the world since the year 2000.

James Roque – Champorado

Jul 3, 2025
- Jul 3, 2025
7:00 pm
Rhino Room
Fresh off critically acclaimed runs at the Edinburgh, Toronto, and Vancouver Fringe Festivals—and following a sold-out national tour across Canada—the Filipino son of New Zealand comedy returns with his latest hour, hitting stages across Australia.

What actually matters in life? What should we truly care about? And what do these questions have to do with a breakfast chocolate rice pudding?

Kiwi-Filipino comedy veteran James Roque serves up an hour of his trademark sweet-and-salty stand-up.

RUNNER UP – Best of the Fest Award – Vancouver Fringe 2024

“A hilarious, heartwarming stand-up hour” ★★★★ The Wee Review (UK)
“The epitome of slick… a comic at ease onstage” ★★★★ Chortle (UK)
“Exceptional” ★★★★★ Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe (UK)
“A masterful storyteller…clearly a star” – Parton and Pearl (CANANDA)

As seen on
Just For Laughs
Over 50 million views on Instagram and TikTok

Kel Balnaves features the Adelaide Comedy Showcase

Jul 4, 2025
- Jul 4, 2025
7:00 pm
Rhino Room

🎤 Join us at Rhino Room July 4th for a huge night of laughs featuring one of South Australia’s funniest nationally touring comedians! Kel Balnaves drives back in to town with a killer support lineup of the best comedians in Adelaide.

We’re celebrating 25 years of Adelaide Comedy, bringing the best comedians from across SA, Australia, and the world to the same stage every week and this one is no exception.

🔥 Hot Tip: Subscribe at AdelaideComedy.com and get your first 2 tickets FREE to Laugh Lab or the Adelaide Comedy Showcase! Subscribers also score weekly password deals, saving $10 off tickets.

Get ready for the best Friday night laughs in town at Rhino Room. 🦏

Comedy Untamed – Adelaide.

Jul 5, 2025
- Jul 5, 2025
7:00 pm
Rhino Room

Comedy Untamed is Australia’s Wildest Comedy Show.

Comedy Untamed involves a lineup of 3-5 of the country’s funniest comedians. The show also hosts the infamous line games which have gained millions of views all over social media. These involve comedians coming up with jokes on the spot based on various prompts.

If you want to see a variety of styles and a couple of great Aussie comedians doing their best work this is the comedy showcase for you.

One night only in Adelaide at the Rhino Room Saturday July 5th. Doors at 6.30pm.

Randy Feltface – First Banana

Jul 23, 2025
- Jul 23, 2025
7:00 pm
Her Majesty's Theatre

The first banana appeared on earth 10,000 years ago.  Randy Feltface believes humanity has been in a downward spiral ever since.  The only logical solution is a brand new hour of comedy from a felt-faced comedian with an axe to grind.

As seen on NetflixRandy Feltface has spent the past 19 years winning awards and garnering critIcal praise while amassing a huge and devoted following across the globe.  Randy has written and performed a dozen solo stand-up comedy shows, released seven comedy specials, played to sold out crowds around the world and been nominated for Best Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe FestIval.  He made his US television debut on NBC’s Bring The Funny and his comedy specials have become pirated YouTube sensations.

Randy Feltface Official Website

* May Contain Coarse Language & Adult Themes

Guy Montgomery – I’ve Noticed So Many Things, It’d Be Unfair To Keep Them To Myself

Jul 24, 2025
- Jul 24, 2025
7:30 pm
Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre

Award-winning Kiwi comedian, podcaster and improviser Guy Montgomery brings his new stand-up show I’ve Noticed So Many Things, It’d Be Unfair To Keep Them To Myself to Australia in 2025.

Montgomery said, “People often wonder what I get up to when I’m not relaying my observations about the world to them and I’m finally ready to talk. The truth is whenever I’m not relaying my observations, I am out in the community, harvesting a fresh crop of bespoke observations. That’s what this show is about.”

The shows follow Montgomery’s sold out 2024 tour Over 50,000,000 Guy Fans Can’t Be Wrong that saw him perform in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. In addition this year, Montgomery’s growing popularity in Australia led to him hosting the Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and saw his TV series Guy Montgomery’s Mont-Spelling Bee premiere on ABC TV.

Join Guy for a chance to think “I’ve also noticed that” or “I had not noticed that but now I think about it, that is a bit what it is like.”

Anthony Salame – The Immigrant’s Kid

Aug 16, 2025
- Aug 16, 2025
7:00 pm
Rhino Room

Anthony Salame’s new show, The Immigrant’s Kid, marks his first international solo tour in over a decade. It’s one you won’t want to miss.

As an immigrant’s child, Anthony brings his unique perspective on navigating life’s challenges, blending humor with heart as he shares stories of his upbringing, cultural clashes, and his own experiences as a father. With his sharp wit and refreshing honesty, Anthony takes a deep dive into the complexities of identity and family, all while keeping the laughs rolling. Don’t miss this milestone tour from one of comedy’s most authentic voices.

Kirsty Webeck – Everything I Need To Say About Sea Creatures

Aug 23, 2025
- Aug 23, 2025
7:00 pm
Rhino Room

Australia’s reigning champion of cheerful comedy, Kirsty Webeck, is heading back to Adelaide to share everything she needs to say about sea creatures.

“I love sea creatures; I learn a lot about them (sometimes organically but often because of some aggressive googling) and I want to let you know about them. Octopuses are out there punching fish for fun and using tools. They’re coming for our jobs, next. This is the awareness raising show the world needs this year.” — Kirsty Webeck

A regular panellist on The ABC’s Question Everything and a favourite in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas, Kirsty heads back to Adelaide after a massive 2024 tour which ended with the release of her second standup special on YouTube.

Join Kirsty for a solid night of laughs that will have you quoting her one liners for weeks to come.

“Consistently enjoyable and impossible to dislike.” The Sydney Morning Herald

“Kirsty is killing it, but she’s choosing to Kill with Kindness.” Squirrel Comedy

Sammy Obeid: Adventures in Adelaide!

Aug 26, 2025
- Aug 26, 2025
6:30 pm
Rhino Room

🎤✨ Join Sammy Obeid for a night of laughter at Adelaide’s longest running comedy venue, as he brings his unique perspective and infectious energy to the stage. Don’t miss this evening filled with sharp wit and unforgettable stories about life, math, and everything in between!

Doors 6pm | Show 6:30pm

Lebanese-Palestinian American, born in Oakland California, Sammy Obeid, double majored in Business and Mathematics at UC Berkeley and then turned down a job at Google to be a comedian. Now the host of 100 Humans on Netflix, he’s also appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and America’s Got Talent, as well as TBS’s Conan, and is best known for his world record of performing comedy 1,001 nights in a row, a story featured in both Time Magazine and The New York Time

Tom Cashman: 2 Truths, 1 Lie & 17 Slight Exaggerations

Oct 18, 2025
- Oct 18, 2025
8:00 pm
Norwood Concert Hall

Following a sold out Adelaide run at Rhino Room in the Adelaide Fringe, Tom Cashman returns for an encore show at Norwood Concert Hall October 18th!

“If you like your comedy warm, affable and with a dash of geek, Tom Cashman falls squarely in the centre of your Venn diagram.” The Age ★★★★

“Tom Cashman is one of the most delightfully watchable comics I have seen.” Kate Copstick, The Scotsman

“The trajectory of Cashman’s career graph is definitely upwards.” Chortle

Tom Cashman is back with a new hour of stand-up that may or may not include the secret to happiness. You might know Tom from TikTok, you might know him from Taskmaster Australia, or you might be grappling with the idea of him for the first time right now as you read this. But if you like the mental state of laughing, you won’t miss his show 2 Truths, 1 Lie & 17 Slight Exaggerations touring Australia and New Zealand in 2025.

Known as a stand-up comedian and writer with an analytical and comedically devastating style Tom is probably best known for his role as the assistant to the Taskmaster Tom Gleeson on Taskmaster Australia, currently in season 3. Tom has guested on shows like Question Everything, Celebrity Letters & Numbers, Planet America, Australia Debates and Tonightly with Tom Ballard. 

Tom was selected as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Comedy Zone showcase in 2017, fast forward to 2021 and lockdown forced Tom onto TikTok where he racked up more than 120 million views. In 2022, Tom made international news after he asked a prospective landlord for a ‘landlord reference’ and his rental approval was immediately withdrawn. Tom has regularly appeared on The Project and The Hundred with Andy Lee, and also featured in weekly radio segments on Triple M and Triple J Breakfast. 

In 2024, Tom successfully toured his new show, Everything to sold-out audiences throughout Australia and Edinburgh and his debut comedy special, PESTS, premiered on YouTube.

Jimmy Carr – Laughs Funny

Apr 17, 2026
- Apr 17, 2026
8:00 pm
Adelaide Entertainment Centre

If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy.  Jimmy Carr is going back on tour with his brand-new show ‘Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’.

Jimmy tells jokes, and jokes are like magnets.

Jokes attract people, but they can also repel.

Some people are repelled by Jimmy’s dark brand of comedy.  This show is not for them.

But if it’s the kind of thing you like, then this is the kind of thing you’ll like.

Hurry, this will definitely sell out!

“A comedy hero for our times” The Guardian

“Jimmy Carr is a world-class comedian” The Independent

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Testimonials

Walking through the doors of the Rhino Room always reminds me of what I like about comedy. In the dirty little green room all are equal. Reputations are left at the door. New comics swap punch-lines with people you would normally only see on the TV. But if a comedian is killing on stage, then the backstage empties and every comic is found side stage, watching, laughing, riding the energy of the gig. The outside world doesn’t exist. It’s all about the show.

Wil Anderson

I love the Rhino Room because it’s the best comedy room in Adelaide. As for the bar … I can always remember walking in but I can never remember walking out. Too much fun.

Tom Gleeson
Gold Logie Winner, Hard Chat and Hard Quiz

What I love about the Adelaide Comedy Gigs is that apart from the providing the opportunity to see top-line comedy acts at about half the price you would pay to see them during the Fringe. There’s somewhere I can go to forget my troubles for a few hours and have a good laugh. It’s the best form of therapy I know! And as a regular comedygoer, it’s fascinating to watch the comedians (and even individual jokes) develop over time. Plus there’s the satisfaction of knowing that when some of the current crew make it big (which they will), I’ll be able to say “I saw them before they were famous…”

David Hyland

I love Adelaide Comedy because it is a symbol of fun, laughter, friendship and family. It has given me so many wonderful memories in the past few years, and I know it will always be a part of my laugh, whether I be behind the scenes or in the audience. So much love for AC and everyone who help to make it happen.

Lauren ‘Lolly Dolly’ Thiel

The Rhino Room is not only a great venue to see comedy; it’s also THE place to go for a drink if you want to view the comedians in their natural habitat.

Arj Barker

The perfect comedy oasis for great comics to play and create.

Greg Fleet

Adelaide Comedy is definitely the best comedy club in Adelaide. I brought my aging mother there and she had a blast. It’s usually a challenge to get her out of her Mirador senior living community but this was absolutely worth it.

Mirador
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A Tribute To The Old Rhino Room

In 2017 the old Rhino Room in Frome St was demolished to make way for progress. Some of the people who loved the Rhino for 20 years banded together to create this tribute to the old girl. Rhino Room has now moved to 131 Pirie St where you can see live comedy every week of the year. Help us start a whole new history for Adelaide's favourite laugh factory.