South Australia’s entrepreneurial scene is heating up this August through to December 2025, bringing a dynamic lineup of events, workshops, and programs designed to inspire, educate, and connect startups, founders, SMEs and small business owners.
Whether you’re launching a new venture or scaling an existing enterprise, Switch Start Scale is your guide to the most impactful opportunities in South Australia for the rest of the year. Here’s what you can’t afford to miss from August to December 2025:
Face-to-Face Events in South Australia in August 2025
Fleurieu Food Festival: Women in Farming
Date: 3 Aug 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ACST
Organiser: Fleurieu Food Festival
Venue: Lot 50/64 Main St
Cost: $0 – $32.40
Business Builders August Networking Drinks
Date: 04 Aug 2025
Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm ACST
Organiser: Business Builders
Venue: Ambra Spirits Distillery Bar & Restaurant, Thebarton SA, Australia
Cost: $22.50 + GST + $2.18 fee
Neurodivergent Women in Business – Gawler
Date: 05 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm ACST
Organiser: Mingle Co.
Venue: Gawler Civic Centre, 89-91 Murray Street, Gawler, SA 5118
Cost: A$38.37
City of Charles Sturt 2025/2026
Date: 05 Aug 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM ACST
Organiser: Business Grants Program Launch
Venue: City of Charles Sturt Plant 4 Bowden, 5 Third Street Bowden, SA 5007
Cost: Free
Foresight Community of Practice at MOD
Date: 5 Aug 2025
Time: 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm ACST
Organiser: MOD.
Venue: MOD
Cost: Free
Adelaide Hills Careers Expo 2025
Date: 5 Aug 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Organiser: Cornerstone College
Cost: Free
Breakfast at the Next Level | How To Think Big
Date: 6 Aug 2025
Time: 6:30 AM – 9:00 AM ACST
Organiser: SOL Results
Venue: Adelaide Pavilion cnr South Terrace & Peacock Road, Veale Gardens, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
Cost: $99
Date: 06 Aug 2025
Time: 14:00 – 17:00 GMT +09:30
Organiser: French-Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Venue: University of the Sunshine Coast, 182 Victoria Square, Adelaide
Cost: A$60
The 2025 City of Charles Sturt Commercial Solar and Battery Bulk Buy
Date: 06 Aug 2025
Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm ACST
Organiser: City of Charles Sturt and ShineHub
Venue: Civic Centre, 72 Woodville Road Woodville, SA 5011 Australia
Cost: Free
Education to Employment: Giving all South Aussies a fair go
Date: 06 Aug 2025
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Organiser: Committee for Adelaide
Venue: Level 7, 19 Gouger St, Adelaide SA 5000
Cost: Free
SA Woman Connected | Fleurieu Peninsula
Date: 07 Aug 2025
Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am ACST
Organiser: SA Woman Australia
Venue: Seaford Rangers Soccer Club, Port Noarlunga South SA
Cost: $40.00 + $1.50
SustainHer Women in Business in the Hills connect
Date: 7 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ACST
Organiser: Amplify Business Coaching & Consulting
Venue: The Barker Hotel 32 Gawler Street Mount Barker, SA 5251 Australia
Cost: $41.54
SA Ecosystem Mixer: A conversation with MyVenue founder Tim Stollznow
Date: 08 Aug 2025
Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm ACST
Organiser: Stone & Chalk
Venue: Stone & Chalk, Marnirni-apinthi Building, Lot Fourteen, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Cost: Free
Chaffey Tourism Voice: Shaping the agenda for 2026 and beyond
Date: 8 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Organiser: TiCSA
Venue: Waikerie Hotel Motel
Cost: Free
Regional Information Session – Mount Gambier
Date: 8 Aug 2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ACST
Organiser: South Australian Business Chamber
Venue: The Barn Accommodation
Cost: Free
Small Business Sustainability Support Workshop – Murray Bridge
Date: 12 Aug 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm ACST
Organiser: Office for Small and Family Business
Venue: 12 Bridge St, Murray Bridge SA
Cost: Free
SA BioBriefing with RSM – Capital Catalyst: Navigating Grants for Biotech & Medtech Growth
Date: 12 Aug 2025
Time: 5.30 pm – 6.30 pm ACST
Organiser: AusBiotech
Venue: H6-12, Level 6 Hawke Building, 55 North Terrace Adelaide, South Australia 5000
Cost: AU $ 100
Emerging Leaders Future Series: Sustainability Imperatives & the Future of Business
Date: 12 Aug 2025
Organiser: Committee for Adelaide
Venue: Adelaide Business School, The University of Adelaide
Community Coffee – Adelaide – Meet the Members
Date: 12 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am ACST
Organiser: CORE Innovation Hub Adelaide
Venue: CORE Innovation Hub Adelaide
Cost: Free
Date: 13 Aug 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM ACST
Organiser: City of Charles Sturt
Venue: City of Charles Sturt, 72 Woodville Road Woodville, SA 5011 Australia
Cost: Free
SBC Professional Networking at Haigh’s
Date: 13 Aug 2025
Time: 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm
Organiser: SBC
Venue: Haigh’s Chocolates153 Greenhill RoadParkside
Cost: Free
Opening Panel Talk: Women driving the future of tech & innovation
Date: 13 Aug 2025
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Organiser: Powerherup
Venue: Adelaide Startup Hub, Marnirni-apinthi Building,
Cost: Free
Professional Business Networking
Date: 13 Aug
Time: 6:15 PM – 8:30 PM ACST
Organiser: Business Maximizers
Venue: ADELAIDE ROYAL COACH 24 Dequetteville Terrace Kent Town, SA 5067 Australia
Cost: Free
Adapt to Advance: Founder Lessons from Building in Uncertain Times
Date: 13 Aug 2025
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm ACST
Organiser: The Innovation Factory
Venue: The Innovation Factory
Cost: Free
Fearless Insights Roundtable: The Future of Ageing and Palliative Care
Date: 14 Aug 2025
Time: 9:30 am – 11:15 am
Organiser: Committee for Adelaide
Venue: Flinders University, Bedford Park Campus, Health and Medical Research Building (HMRB), Room: HMBR_203_Seminar 01
Cost: Free
Date: 14 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ACST
Organiser: Adelaide Business Hub
Venue: Gawler Civic Centre
Cost: Free
Onkaparinga Grant Ready Workshop #2
Date: 19 Aug 2025
Time: 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm ACST
Organiser: City of Onkaparinga – Grants
Venue: McLaren Vale Fleurieu Visitor Information Centre, 796 Main Road Mclaren Vale, SA 5171
Cost: Free
Adelaide Hills Tourism Industry Networking Event August 2025
Date: 20 Aug 2025
Time: 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM ACST
Organiser: Adelaide Hills Tourism
Venue: Grünthal Brew, 827 Mount Barker Road Verdun, SA 5245 Australia
Cost: $40
AgTech iOT Meetup hosted by CodeFish Studio
Date: 20 Aug 2025
Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM ACST
Organiser: Agritech Meetup South Australia
Venue: CodeFish Studios Unit 8/22 Ware St, Thebarton SA 5031 · Adelaide
Cost: Free
Pathfinder: Engineering Your Career
Date: 20 Aug 2025
Time: 5:45 PM – 8:00 PM ACST
Organiser: Engineers Australia Student Ambassadors
Venue: Flinders University City Campus, Station Road Adelaide, SA 5000
Cost: Free
Date: 20 Aug 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM ACST
Organiser: Business Port Augusta
Venue: Port Augusta Business Centre 2A Stirling Road Can’t find your address? Enter address manually Port Augusta, SA 5700 Australia
Cost: $0-$54.26
Nutrient decisions in grazing systems
Date: 20 Aug 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm ACST
Organiser: Limestone Coast Landscape Board
Venue: Tintinara Town Hall
Cost: Free
Date: 21 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am ACST
Organiser: SA Woman Australia
Venue: Mindful Impact Wellness Hub
Cost: $22.00 + $1.05 fee
Future of Hindmarsh Precinct Business Breakfast and Networking
Date: 22 Aug 2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ACST
Organiser: City of Charles Sturt
Venue: Coopers Stadium, Holden Street Hindmarsh, SA 5007
Cost: Free
SA Ecosystem Mixer: The Future of Power in South Australia
Date: 22 Aug 2025
Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm ACST
Organiser: Stone & Chalk
Venue: Stone & Chalk, Marnirni-apinthi Building, Lot Fourteen, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Cost: Free
Cue the Spotlight – Fearless Innovators take the floor
Date: 22 Aug 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm ACST
Organiser: Women in Innovation SA
Venue: National Wine Centre of Australia
Cost: $175
Date: 23 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm ACST
Organiser: SA Woman Australia
Venue: SA Woman Australia, Seaton SA
Cost: $44.00 + $1.60
Small business sustainability support workshop
Date: 26 Aug 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ACST
Organiser: SA Government
Venue: Stirling Hotel, 52 Mount Barker Road, Stirling, SA, 5152
Cost: Free
EuroMix 2025: Where European Businesses Meet Opportunities
Date: 26 Aug 2025
Time: 18:00 – 22:00 / GMT +09:30
Organiser: French Australian Chamber of business
Venue: Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide
Cost: A$70
Finniss Tourism Voice: Shaping the agenda for 2026 and beyond
Date: 27 Aug 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Organiser: TiCSA
Venue: Hotel Victor
Cost: Free
Adelaide Beaches Brunch & Learn – Promote your Accommodation
Date: 28 Aug 2025
Time: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ACST
Organiser: Adelaide Beaches
Venue: Henley House, 269 Seaview Road Henley Beach, SA 5022 Australia
Cost: Free
Solve Your Biggest HR Challenge with AI
Date: 28 Aug 2025
Time: 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm ACST
Organiser: Chalk Hill Wines
Venue: HR Leaders Network (Southern Adelaide)
Cost: Free
Date: 28 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ACST
Organiser: Voula Gaganis
Venue: Flinders University Health and Medical Research Building (HMRB), Sports Road Bedford Park, SA 5042
Cost: Free
Date: 28 Aug 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 3:00 pm ACST
Venue: Morphettville Racecourse, 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville SA 5043
Cost: $60.00 + $3.73
Date: 28 Aug 2025
Time: 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm
Organiser: City of Unley
Venue: Unley Town Hall, Oxford Terrace, Unley
Cost: AUD 10
Online Events in South Australia in August 2025
Date: 5 Aug 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm AWST
Organiser: Small Business Development Corporation
Cost: Free
Date: 5 Aug 2025
Time: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
Organiser: Adelaide Business Hub
Cost: Free
Date: 5 Aug 2025
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm AEST
Organiser: Enterprise Plus
Cost: Free
Date: 5 Aug 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm AWST
WA – Small Business Development Corporation
Cost: Free
Small Business guide to Right to Disconnect laws
Date: 5 Aug 2025
Time: 2:00 – 2:30 pm AEST
Organiser: Fair Work Ombudsman
Cost: Free
Understanding Business Financials
Date: 6 Aug 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm AWST
Organiser: Small Business Development Corporation
Cost: Free
Date: 6 Aug 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm ACST
Organiser: Mindarma
Cost: Free
Energy Saving Tips for Your Business
Date: 06 Aug 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm AWST
Organiser: Switch your Thinking
Cost: Free
Webinar – Economic Development Australia & International Economic Development Council Fireside Chat
Date: 06 Aug 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm AEST
Organiser: EDA
Cost: Free
Understanding business financials
Date: 6 Aug 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm AWST
Organiser: WA – Small Business Development Corporation
Cost: $20
Social media for business using Meta
Date: 7 Aug 2025
Time: 9:30 – 11:30 am AWST
Business Foundations
Cost: Free
Information about government grants and opportunities
Date: 07 Aug 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm AEST
Organiser: TAS – Palawa Business Hub
Cost: Free
Your Ideal Customer: Key Strategies for Business Growth
Date: 7 Aug 2025
Time: 12:00 PM (AEST)
Organiser: UniSA
Cost: Free
Optimising your Google business listing
Date: 12 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm AWST
Organiser: Business Foundations
Cost: Free
Stand Out Where it Counts…… Online!
Date: 12 Aug 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Organiser: Adelaide Business Hub
Cost: Free
Smarter finance: Set your pricing strategy
Date: 12 Aug 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm AEST
Organiser: Enterprise Plus
Cost: Free
Date: 13 Aug 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (UTC+09:30)
Cost: Free
Date: 13 Aug 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm AWST
Organiser: Small Business Development Corporation
Cost: Free
Date: 14 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Organiser: NSW – Western Sydney Business Centre
Cost: Free
Smarter business: Planning for success
Date: 14 Aug 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm AEST
Organiser: Enterprise Plus
Cost: Free
Supporting small businesses in Victoria and Tasmania: ATO masterclasses
Date: 18 Aug 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm AEST
Organiser: Australian Taxation Office ATO
Cost: Free
Australia online: Consumer and small business digital trends in 2025
Date: 19 Aug 2025
Time: 5:30 am – 6:30am GMT+5:30
Organiser: auDA – .au Domain Administration
Cost: Free
Marketing 101 for NFP’s and Small Businesses – social media
Date: 19 Aug 2025
Time: 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm GMT+5:30
Organiser: Sam Hicks
Cost: A$35 – A$70
Webinar – The State of Regional Labour Markets: Challenges and Actions
Date: 20 Aug 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 01:00pm AEST
Organiser: EDA
Cost: Free
LinkedIn Leverage for Coaches and Small Business Owners
Date: 20 Aug 2025
Time: 16:30 pm- 17:30 GMT+5:30
Organiser: SMKT Academy
Cost: Free
Supporting small businesses in South Australia and the Northern Territory: ATO masterclasses
Date: 21 Aug 2025
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm AEST
Organiser: Australian Taxation Office ATO
Cost: Free
Diversify your creative income
Date: 26 Aug 2025
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm AEST
Organiser: Creative Plus Business
Cost: Free
Beyond Taming: 5 Ways to Make AI Actually Earn Its Keep
Date: 26 Aug 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Organiser: Adelaide Business Hub
Cost: Free
The Growth Engine: Leveraging Marketing and Sales for Maximum Impact
Date: 28 Aug 2025
Time: 12:00 PM (AEST)
Organiser: UniSA
Cost: Free
You’ve been hacked – what now?
Date: 28 Aug 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm AWST
Organiser: WA – Small Business Development Corporation
Cost: $20
Face-to-Face Events in South Australia in September 2025
Business Builders September Networking Drinks
Date: 1 Sep 2025
Time: 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Organiser: Business Builders
Venue: Ambra Spirits Distillery Bar & Restaurant, Thebarton
Cost: $22.50 + $2.18 booking fee
Be Well Foundations for Small Business
Date: 2 Sep 2025
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm ACST
Organiser: Be Well Co
Venue: Republic Norwood
Cost: Free
Regional Development SA 2025 Summit: Strong Regions, Smart Growth.
Date: 5 Sep 2025
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm ACST
Organiser: Regional Development South Australia
Venue: Adelaide Convention Centre
Cost: $302.50
Boardroom Business Luncheon with Angela Grogan and Leah Baylis
Date: 10 Sep 2025
Time: 11:45 AM – 2:30 PM ACST
Organiser: Best Business Results Pty Ltd
Venue: Hotel Alba Adelaide 226 South Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia
Cost: $82.50
SA | Bridging Business and Policy: Networking Evening at Parliament House with BDO
Date: 16 Sep 2025
Time: 17:00 – 20:00 GMT +09:30
Organiser: French-Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Venue: Parliament House, North Terrace, Adelaide
Cost: A$45
Western Business Leaders – NDIS & Health Sector – Marketing Workshop
Date: 18 Sep 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM ACST
Organiser: City of Charles Sturt
Venue: Healthy Living Precinct
Cost: Free
Networking for Success | Adelaide 2025
Date: 23 Sep 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm ACST
Organiser: Golden Key International Honour Society, Asia-Pacific
Venue: The Jade, 142-160 Flinders Street Adelaide, SA 5000
Cost: A$25
Stuart Tourism Voice: Shaping the agenda for 2026 and beyond
Date: 23 Sep 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Organiser: TiCSA
Venue: Port Pirie Golf Club
Cost: Free
The Uncharted Economy Business Luncheon
Date: 24 Sep 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM ACST
Organiser: South Australian Business Chamber
Venue: Eos by SkyCity, 1 Festival Drive #Level 1 Adelaide, SA 5000
Cost: From $222.98
Online Events in South Australia in September 2025
Building a Funnel that Converts
Date: 2 Sep 2025
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (AEST)
Organiser: AMI Professional Development
Cost: $50
Date: 3 Sep 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm ACST
Organiser: Mindarma
Cost: Free
Understanding electric vehicles
Date: 4 Sep 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm AEST
Organiser: ACT Government
Cost: Free
Date: 4 Sep 2025
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm AWST
Organiser: WA – Small Business Development Corporation
Cost: $20
5 Marketing Success Tips For Solopreneurs and Small Business
Date: 12 Sep 2025
Time: 10:30 pm – 11:30 pm GMT+5:30
Organiser: Michelle Walters Marketing and Hypnosis
Cost: Free
HR: Growth, performance and retention
Date: 16 Sep 2025
Time: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm AEST
Organiser: NSW – The Epiphany Group
Cost: Free
From Concept to Scale: Crafting a Business Model That Grows with You
Date: 18 Sep 2025
Time: 12:00 PM (AEST)
Organiser: UniSA
Cost: Free
The Role of Line Managers in Encouraging Entrepreneurial Mindset by A/ Prof Shruti Sardeshmukh
Date: 17 Sep 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ACST
Organiser: UniSA
Energy Saving Tips for Your Business
Date: 17 Sep 2025
Time: 9:30 am – 10:30 am GMT+5:30
Organiser: Switch your Thinking
Cost: Free
Supporting small businesses in South Australia and the Northern Territory: ATO masterclasses
Time: Date: 24 Sep 2025
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm AEST
Organiser: Australian Taxation Office ATO
Cost: Free
Face-to-Face Events in South Australia in October 2025
Bendigo Bank State of the Nation Dinner
Date: 08 Oct 2025
Time: 5:45 pm – 11:30 pm ACDT
Organiser: Bendigo Bank and Cohosted by Business Victor Harbor
Venue: McCracken Resort – Baudin Room, McCracken Dr, Victor Harbor SA 5211
Cost: $70.00
Business Futures Unlocked – Bendigo Bank
Date: 09 Oct 2025
7:15 AM – 9:00 AM (UTC+09:30)
Venue: The Watershed, 665 Salisbury Highway, Mawson Lakes SA 5095
Cost: $55
The Circle First Nations Business Showcase (SA) 2025
Date: 14 Oct 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 2:30 pm ACDT
Organiser: The Circle First Nations Entrepreneur Hub
Venue: The Arena, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Hindmarsh SA
Cost: Free
South Australian Business Index 2025, presented by InDaily
Date: 17 Oct 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM ACDT
Organiser: InDaily
Venue: Adelaide Convention Centre North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia
Cost: $204.11
Face-to-Face Events in South Australia in November 2025
Giles Tourism Voice: Shaping the agenda for 2026 and beyond
Date: 17 Nov 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Organiser: TiCSA
Venue: Westland Hotel Motel
Cost: Free
Flinders Tourism Voice: Shaping the agenda for 2026 and beyond
Date: 18 Nov 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Organiser: TiCSA
Venue: The Seabreeze Hotel
Cost: Free
Online Events in South Australia in November 2025
The Role of Line Managers in Facilitating Global Digital Transformation by Prof Susan Cost: Freeman
Date: 20 Nov 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Organiser: UniSA
Cost: Free
Face-to-Face Events in South Australia in December 2025
Mix ‘n’ Mingle Networking with Girdler Family Amusements
Date: 17 Dec 2025
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm ACDT
Organiser: Business Victor Harbor
Venue: Girdler Family Amusements, Victor Harbor SA 5211, Australia
Cost: $16.50 + $0.91 fee