Alan Cumming, Meow Meow, Michael Feinstein, Dianne Reeves and The Tiger Lillies are among the 430 artists from Australia and overseas who will perform at this year’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival, in an exciting, eclectic programme announced by co-Artistic Directors Ali McGregor and Eddie Perfect.

Festival co-Artistic Directors Ali McGregor and Eddie Perfect. Photo: supplied

Now in its 17th year, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival is the largest cabaret festival in the world. Running from June 9 – 24 at the Adelaide Festival Centre and Her Majesty’s Theatre, this year’s line-up features 147 performances, among them 17 world premieres and five Australian premieres.

McGregor and Perfect have embraced a broad definition of cabaret, with renowned cabaret artists rubbing shoulders with artists from a range of genres.

Tony and Olivier Award-winning performer Alan Cumming, who delighted audiences at the 2016 Sydney Festival, makes his Adelaide Cabaret Festival debut. Michael Feinstein, master interpreter of the Great American Songbook, returns to the Festival with a 17-piece big band to pay tribute to Frank Sinatra. Also from New York come award-winning cabaret chanteuse Lady Rizo and comedian/alt-cabaret performer Bridget Everett, who was described by The Village Voice as “the...