Thinking about organising a community event within the City of PAE? This page will help you access the relevant services and best practice guidelines for running successful events.
We can help you run a successful event
If you would like to run a community event within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, we recommend that you start by reading our Special events information kit.
It will explain how to access relevant services, plus take you through best practice guidelines for conducting professional and successful events. The kit also contains a range of special events forms and a guide to risk management planning. It’s important to know that organisers must ensure that a proposed event meets SA Health requirements. This information is included in the information kit.
Event grants
We provide grants and financial and in-kind support to organisations that are holding festivals and other special events that generate tourism activity and increase the public profile of PAE. We’re looking to support events that:
- Benefit local businesses
- Attract tourists and visitors
- Celebrate social and cultural diversity
- Activate our places
- Acknowledge cultural and sporting occasions
Food safety at events
When food is to be sold or provided to the public as part of an event, both the event organisers and individual stall proprietors are responsible for complying with legislative requirements. The Food Act 2001 and Food Safety Standards contain requirements for all food businesses, including not-for-profit organisations and any organisations selling or providing food or drink.
Event organisers are responsible for notifying Council of any food being provided at an event. If you intend to sell or provide food at an event, you need to complete the Special Event Food Notification Form and supply your Food Business Notification. Apply at least two weeks before your event to make sure that we can approve your application in time. If your event has 10 or more food vendors then please contact Council to fill in a hard copy special event form.
Before you apply
These resources will assist you to understand your responsibilities and the requirements of running a temporary food stall or hosting a mobile food vendor at your event.
- The Guidelines for temporary food events outline considerations and responsibilities for serving food at your event.
- The Food Inspection Policy summary explains event organiser responsibilities under the Food Inspection Policy
- The Food Event checklist provides a guide for event stallholders and vendors to ensure all elements of food safety such as stall set up, temperature control, cleaning and waste management have been addressed
- The food events stall setup diagram shows how you can set up a food stall in a safe and compliant way
Ready to apply?
Notify us about your food event
If you have any questions regarding this form, please send us an email or call 8405 6940 and ask to speak to someone in the Environmental Health Team.
Event FAQs
Depending on the location and size of your event, you may need one or more permits.
There are many reserves, parks, gardens and sporting grounds throughout the City of PAE which have been designed with recreational activities in mind. These spaces are perfect for gatherings with family, friends and the community.
To hold an event on any of our public reserves or roads, you’ll need to ask our permission and complete an application form for a permit.
Community halls are unstaffed venues that are available for either casual hire or regular hire. Some of our halls are suitable for one-off private functions as well as for regular meetings and dance, wellbeing and exercise classes held by community groups or organisations, while other halls are only available for regular group events
Each hall has air conditioning and heating, kitchen facilities and wheelchair access. All halls have one disabled toilet (except for the Klemzig Community Hall, which has two), and some also have onsite car parking.
Whether you need an outdoor venue for a community gathering or an idyllic space to hold a wedding, there are a number of privately owned venues in our city that are available for hire for events both big and small. Try Glanville Hall, Hart's Mill, Sunnybrae Estate, or the Parks Theatre complex. Contact the owners directly to make a booking. PAE's own Klemzig Community Hall is also a popular choice for special events.
The Port River is part of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary and is protected under the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Act 2005.
The presence of the sanctuary has wide implications for any event being conducted on water. There are a range of river stakeholders that you’ll need to consult as part of your preliminary event planning:
- Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (Marine Safety Division)
- Department for Environment and Heritage (Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary)
- Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
- Renewal SA (if the event will be using the Port Adelaide wharf or pontoons)
The Port Adelaide Waterfront Precinct offers a range of locations suitable for staging events.
The public areas of the waterfront precinct (Hart’s Mill, Cruickshanks Corner, Black Diamond (Lighthouse) Square and Lartelare Park) are managed by RenewalSA.
A dry area is a public area in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield where you can't have unsealed containers of alcohol. They're clearly signposted with No Alcohol signs and are enforced by the police.
We sometimes also apply a short-term dry zone to an area to support alcohol-free events, such as our New Year’s Eve celebration.
If you’re planning a community event and would like some extra promotion, we can help. Our quarterly publication, PAE Today, features an event listing and selected events are promoted in our monthly e-newsletter. You can also submit an event for inclusion on the Events list on our website.
Events should meet the following criteria to be included on the website and in other promotions.
- Event is held within the City of PAE boundaries
- Event is open to the public
- Event has a tourism or community participation focus
- Event offers noteworthy benefit for the tourism industry and local community
- Event does not involve any illegal activity
Please submit this form as early as possible or at least two months prior to your event.
Regular groups, programs and workshops are not included on the Events page.
If we have provided funding for an event, a representative from the council (usually the Mayor) will be informed of the event and invited to attend. If you’d like the Mayor or another representative to make a speech at your event, please complete the form below.
