CHAMBERFEST 2026
CURATED BY SIOBHAN STAGG
FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER–SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER
You are already an integral part of this festival. Yes, you!
In her book The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker posits that events don’t begin at the printed time. They begin when an invitation is sent out, at the first spark of contact between host and guests. The tone is set, and energy begins to flow.
Following Parker’s lead, I don’t think that Chamberfest will begin when the lights go down at the first concert in October. The festival experience begins the minute you read this text, feel even a slight surge of curiosity or anticipation, and commit to booking your place.
These five programs are deeply personal for me. I’ve travelled the world gathering impulses and poring over possible programs, imagining and re-imagining the emotional arc of the weekend.
With the state of the world, I think we need live music more than ever, as a healthy interruption to the algorithmic biases in our daily online worlds. I feel it’s fundamentally important for artists to engage with art from both sides of the stage. I’m a ravenous concert attendee and am fascinated by how our reception to music fluctuates on any given day, depending on what comes before or after it. Consciously or not, musicians are responding to the audience’s energy in real time, every time they perform. This means that as an audience member, you contribute more to every performance than you may realise.
This Chamberfest weekend promises moments of absolute beauty, rapture and revelation. There will also likely be moments of newness and unfamiliar textures. But rest assured, I’ve carefully prepared the path ahead of you. It’s safe, authentic, enriching. I respect your presence enormously, and your unique energy will impact the music we make at UKARIA.
Siobhan Stagg
Curator / Soprano
EXPLORE THE BROCHURE
PACKAGES
SINGLE TICKETS
Click the relevant links below to view the full program of each concert and book single tickets:
DINING OPTIONS
These dining options are in addition to the Weekend Package inclusions and require a separate booking.
BUS TRANSFERS
UKARIA will offer a bus service all weekend. The cost is $22 return per day, and a separate booking is required. On days with two concerts, the bus service is only offered at the start and end of the day; if you are coming for only one concert, there will not be a bus service to suit.
Friday 2 October – departs Adelaide at 6.00pm, departs UKARIA after Concert One (approx. 9.30pm).
Saturday 3 October (post-concert return) – departs Adelaide at 1.00pm, departs UKARIA after Concert Three (approx. 7.15pm). Please do not book this bus service if you hold a weekend package.
Saturday 3 October (post-dinner return) – departs Adelaide at 1.00pm, departs UKARIA after Two-Course Dinner (approx. 9.15pm). This bus service is only suitable for weekend package holders.
Sunday 4 October – departs Adelaide at 1.00pm, departs UKARIA after Concert Five (approx. 8.15pm).
Bookings close on Wednesday 30 September at 5.00pm, unless sold out prior. Click here to read more about the UKARIA bus service. Click the buttons below to book the bus service:
MORE INFORMATION
Seating in the auditorium is intimate, which means there is not a bad seat in the hall. Nevertheless, we recognise that those who have booked for all of the concerts over the weekend like to return to their same seat.
Similarly to last year’s Chamberfest, a zoned area will be reserved for weekend package holders. This means that weekend package holders can relax in the Garden Terrace between concerts, knowing that their seat is reserved for the following performance.
On Friday evening, all weekend package holders can collect their lanyard in the foyer and will be given further instruction on the zoned area and how to reserve their seat. For subsequent performances across the weekend, weekend package holders can show the Front-of-House team their lanyard to gain entry to their reserved seat in the zoned area.
Patrons who book a flexi package will be seated in the single ticket area, and won't be able to save their seats across the weekend.
We ask that all patrons respect this approach and be courteous to our Front of House team.
As always, we will be facilitating access requests across the weekend. Accessible seats are located on the ground floor of the auditorium. If you require easy-access seating, please let our team know at least one week prior by phoning the office on (08) 8227 1277.
Please note that due to the small size of UKARIA’s auditorium, we can only offer limited accessibility seating. If you book with a group, we would be grateful if able-bodied members of your group would consider sitting in the row behind, so that our team can accommodate as many patrons with a mobility impairment as possible.
The bar will be serving savoury and sweet treats across the weekend. Please note the opening times:
Friday 2 October:
6.00pm – end of interval, Concert One
Saturday 3 October:
1.00pm – start of Concert Three
Sunday 4 October:
1.00pm – end of interval, Concert Five