As well as hosting more than 200 fringe acts this year, Gluttony has unveiled its biggest food and drink programme to date, with the Adelaide Fringe hub promising to be as much a destination for dining as it is for comedy, cabaret and circus.

The Rymill Park site will host more than 25 street-food traders, numerous bars and two brand-new pop-up restaurants, marking the largest food and drink line-up in Gluttony’s history. Since launching in 2011, the hub has pushed festival dining from a quick snack between shows to a central part of the experience.

Leading this year’s offering are two speciality pop-ups. At Andre’s Cucina & Polenta Bar, Adelaide chef Andre Ursini revisits the dishes that helped make the name of his original restaurant. Fresh from a stint on Celebrity MasterChef, Ursini’s menu leans into nostalgia, with bagna cauda and crudités, beef carpaccio, polenta chips with spiced sugo and his signature fine-grain polenta topped with braised beef ragù or truffled mushrooms.

Joining it is Botanic Lodge, recently named one of The Australian’s Hot 50 Restaurants for 2025 and crowned Best Restaurant in the CBD by Adelaide Dining Magazine. Its Fringe incarnation promises a lakeside experience built around top South Australian produce, offering a calmer counterpoint to the surrounding festival buzz.

Also returning is one of Gluttony’s most distinctive features: Champagne Island. Set on a small island in the middle of Rymill Park Lake and reached by footbridge, the bar specialises in premium champagne and sparkling wines. Alongside big names such as Moët & Chandon, Ruinart, Dom Pérignon and Krug, the line-up puts a spotlight on boutique champagnes, emphasising craftsmanship, terroir and sustainability.

Street food remains at the heart of the hub, now spread across three areas: the familiar City Side and Lake Side, plus the newly introduced Bartels Precinct on the southern edge of the park. Designed as a promenade-style loop around the lake, the expanded layout encourages festival-goers to wander, sample and eat al fresco.

Adelaide Fringe, Friday 20 February-Sunday 22 March.