Adelaide Festival
of Arts created
Prof. Bishop also helped to found the Adelaide
Festival of Arts, which was first held in 1960. H.A. Lindsay had written
to The Advertiser in 1958 urging Adelaide to mount an arts
festival. John Bishop called on Sir Lloyd Dumas,
Managing Director of The Advertiser, to discuss the possibility of staging a
festival, and to his amazement, Sir Lloyd produced his own file on the
subject! The two men worked together to bring about the inaugural
Adelaide Festival of Arts in 1960. The orchestra has been a major participant
in the Adelaide Festival of Arts since the inaugural festival in 1960.
- Robert Brown