2026 adelaide
Country hearts under city lights
Our committee has secured a selection of Twin and King Rooms at a discounted cost for Gathering participants. These can be booked online (please click the button below).
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Dear Gathering Goers,
A big thank you to the 2025 Nuriootpa Gathering organising committee, we loved being with you in the Barossa and we thank you for all the hard work you put into making our stay memorable and fun.
It’s now time to turn our attentions towards our 30 year celebrations in the beautiful location of our capital city, Adelaide.
Our 2026 Gathering Committee is excited to announce that we have secured our dates and venue for the Country Hearts Under City Lights Gathering. The dates are October 23rd – 25th, 2026, and the venue will be the Intercontinental Hotel on North Terrace, Adelaide.
We are thrilled to be in the position to secure our location with the generous support of our naming rights sponsor Beach Energy. Thanks to Beach Energy you will be treated to hotel quality food, a sparkling gala dinner in the ballroom and discounted accommodation at the venue.
We are still in the planning stages of our workshops, tours and speakers. However our gala dinner entertainment has been secured with previous 2014 Jamestown Gathering entertainers – Along Comes Mary on the Saturday night performing music from all the necessary eras. Our 2026 Gala Dinner theme is “Sparkle Like City Lights”, so start sequin shopping now ladies! We want to make that Intercontinental Ballroom sparkle like it’s never sparkled before!
I’d like to thank you all for patiently awaiting our announcements, as you can imagine, organising a 30 Year Celebration in a capital city like Adelaide, is very different indeed from organising an event in your own community.
We can’t wait to see all of our Country Hearts under City Lights!
Kind regards
Tracey Dewell
Beach Energy 2026 Adelaide SARWG Event Chairperson
2026 Proposed Gathering Program
Workshops - 3 Sessions - Saturday 18th October
Workshop 1 - 9.30am
Workshop 2 - 11am
Workshop 3 - 1.30pm
Guest Speakers
Amanda Tscharke
Para Athlete. Amanda Tscharke is a former Paralympic athlete who turned life in a wheelchair into the launchpad for an incredible life and sporting journey. Proudly wearing the green and
Bec Normington
Actively Aging. Bec Normington leads Brand, Experience & Engagement at Barossa Village, reshaping how regional communities connect with ageing through strategy, storytelling and real human connection. With a background in
Cathy Main
CEO Barossa Co-op. Cathy is an experienced leader in large and complex organisations, with a career spanning property, retail, and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industries. Over her thirty-year career, she
Tracy Collins
A creative force whose journey spans food, business, and academia. Tracy Collins is a multi-hyphenate creative whose path spans food, business, and academia, each grounded in a deep dedication to
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