We are excited to see that the Royal Adelaide Show will be held this year from Saturday 30 August to Sunday 7 September 2025.
During the Royal Adelaide Show, the City of Unley implements Event Parking Restrictions on streets surrounding the Wayville showground. The Event Parking controls are designed to assist residents and businesses in Goodwood and Wayville and ensure that a reasonable level of parking availability is maintained for those visitors who are not attending the Royal Adelaide Show.
To find out more about your transport and parking options to the show visit the Royal Adelaide Show website.
Extensive off-Street parking is created each year for Royal Adelaide Show patrons within the South Park Lands. We encourage patrons to catch public transport as the State Government introduces additional bus, tram and train services during the Show. To find out more about your transport and parking options to the show, visit the Royal Adelaide Show website.
Residents in the designated event parking areas will continue to be provided with a show exemption permit, similar to previous years. This permit will allow residents to park in the event time-limited areas for longer than the permitted time.
Please note that any current residential parking permits will also exempt holders from any Timed Event Parking restrictions installed in their street (i.e. 1/2P, 1P or 2P control).
As per previous years, a notification letter with exemption permits will be sent to residents closer to the Royal Adelaide Show commencement date.
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We will send out an email the week before the Royal Adelaide Show to help ensure you are aware of when event parking restrictions will apply.
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No, any current City of Unley parking permit allocated for the affected streets will still exempt the holder from the Royal Adelaide Show Event parking restrictions.
Yes, each year Council issues one Royal Adelaide Show exemption permit to each property along the affected streets just prior to the Royal Adelaide Show commencing. This activity will still take place.
Only minor changes to some streets to improve safety and access. A map detailing the Event Parking restrictions will be sent to all impacted properties.
Although the Event Parking signage is permanently on display, these controls will only operate during the advertised Royal Adelaide Show days each year, which typically runs in late August and early September each year.
The event parking restrictions will only be in operation on dates and times that the Royal Adelaide Show is on.
Outside of those times, all other existing restrictions will apply in your street.
In previous years, event parking restrictions either operated between 9am to 9pm or 10am to 10pm. However, as the start and end times of the Royal Show are subject to change, having the Royal Adelaide Show Parking Restrictions operate ‘at all times’ will ensure that the restrictions apply whenever the show is on, no matter the start or end times, which should also reduce any confusion to motorists.