# Attendance records at the Adelaide Oval

This article includes attendance records for various types over events at the Adelaide Oval, in Adelaide, South Australia.

## Some notable events

The "Grand Corroboree" was a corroboree performed by around 100 Aboriginal men and women from Point MacLeay mission and Yorke Peninsula on Friday 30 May and Saturday 1 June 1885. It was witnessed by 20,000 spectators.
The motorcade for the 1927 Royal Tour of Australia by the Duke and Duchess of York attracted between 60 and 70,000 spectators.
In 1942, 25,000 locals attended an American football match at Adelaide Oval as part of American Independence Day celebrations.
A record crowd of 62,543 attended the 1965 SANFL Grand Final, witnessing Port Adelaide 12.8 (80) defeat Sturt 12.5 (77).
A 2017 Adele concert attracted an audience of 70,000.
* Aboriginal corroboree (1885)
* Motorcade, 1927 Royal Tour
* American football (1942)
* 2017 Adele concert

## Top attendance records

Many other events have attracted large crowds. Some of those are listed below.

### Outright

| No. | Crowd | Date | Participants | Event | Series |
| 1 | 70,000 | 2017 March 13 | Adele | Concert | Adele Live 2017 |
| 2 | 67,000 | 2018 March 7 | Ed Sheeran | Concert | ÷ Tour |
| 3 | 62,543 | 1965 October 2 | Port Adelaide def. Sturt | Australian rules football | 1965 SANFL Grand Final |
| 4 | 60,000 | 1927 May 3 | Duke and Duchess of York | Motorcade | 1927 Royal Tour |
| 5 | 59,417 | 1966 October 1 | Sturt def. Port Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1966 SANFL Grand Final |
| 6 | 58,924 | 1957 September 28 | Port Adelaide def. Norwood | Australian rules football | 1957 SANFL Grand Final |
| 7 | 58,849 | 1967 September 30 | Sturt def. Port Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1967 SANFL Grand Final |
| 8 | 57,811 | 1968 September 28 | Sturt def. Port Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1968 SANFL Grand Final |
| 9 | 56,525 | 1973 September 29 | Glenelg def. North Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1973 SANFL Grand Final |
| 10 | 55,709 | 1972 September 30 | North Adelaide def. Port Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1972 SANFL Grand Final |

### By event type

Attendance records by event type :
| No. | Crowd | Date | Participants | Event | Series |
| 1 | 70,000 | 2017 March 13 | Adele | Concert | Adele Live 2017 |
| 2 | 62,543 | 1965 October 2 | Port Adelaide def. Sturt | Australian rules football | 1965 SANFL Grand Final |
| 3 | 60,000 | 1927 May 3 | Duke and Duchess of York | Motorcade | 1927 Royal Tour |
| 4 | 55,317 | 2017 December 2 | Australia vs England | Cricket | 2017–18 Ashes series |
| 5 | 53,008 | 2015 July 20 | Adelaide United def. by Liverpool F.C. | Soccer | 2015 Liverpool Tour |
| 6 | 48,613 | 2023 May 31 | Queensland def. New South Wales | Rugby league | 2023 State of Origin series |
| 7 | 34,000 | 2000 May 24 | Archbishop Leonard Faulkner | Religious Gathering | Catholic Schools Jubilee |
| 8 | 30,203 | 2003 October 26 | Ireland def. Argentina | Rugby union | 2003 Rugby World Cup |
| 9 | 25,000 | 1941 July 4 | "Bears" def. "Packers" | American football | United States Army |
| 10 | 20,000 | 1885 May 30 | Aboriginal dancers | Aboriginal corroboree | Two-night corrobee |

### Sport
#### All

Top 10 all time sports attendances :
| No. | Crowd | Date | Teams | Sport | Competition |
| 1 | 62,543 | 1965 October 2 | Port Adelaide def. Sturt | Australian rules football | 1965 SANFL Grand Final |
| 2 | 59,417 | 1966 October 1 | Sturt def. Port Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1966 SANFL Grand Final |
| 3 | 58,924 | 1957 September 28 | Port Adelaide def. Norwood | Australian rules football | 1957 SANFL Grand Final |
| 4 | 58,849 | 1967 September 30 | Sturt def. Port Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1967 SANFL Grand Final |
| 5 | 57,811 | 1968 September 28 | Sturt def. Port Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1968 SANFL Grand Final |
| 6 | 56,525 | 1973 September 29 | Glenelg def. North Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1973 SANFL Grand Final |
| 7 | 56,353 | 1964 October 30 | South Adelaide def. Port Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1964 SANFL Grand Final |
| 8 | 55,709 | 1972 September 30 | North Adelaide def. Port Adelaide | Australian rules football | 1972 SANFL Grand Final |
| 9 | 55,600 | 1969 October 4 | Sturt def. Glenelg | Australian rules football | 1969 SANFL Grand Final |
| 10 | 55,317 | 2017 December 2 | Australia vs England | Cricket | 2017–18 Ashes series |

#### Excluding cricket and Australian rules football

Top 10 non-Australian rules football or cricket sports attendance records :
| No. | Crowd | Date | Teams | Sport | Competition |
| 1 | 53,008 | 2015 July 20 | Adelaide United def. by Liverpool F.C. | Soccer | 2015 Liverpool Tour |
| 2 | 52,912 | 2024 May 31 | Australia drew with China | Soccer | |
| 3 | 50,119 | 2016 May 1 | Adelaide United def. Western Sydney Wanderers | Soccer | 2016 A-League Grand Final |
| 4 | 48,613 | 2023 31 May | Queensland def. New South Wales | Rugby league | 2023 State of Origin series |
| 5 | 35,439 | 2016 March 24 | Australia def. Tajikistan | Soccer | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 33,126 | 2014 October 17 | Adelaide United drew with Melbourne Victory | Soccer | 2014–15 A-League |
| 7 | 30,203 | 2003 October 26 | Ireland def. Argentina | Rugby union | 2003 Rugby World Cup |
| 8 | 29,785 | 2017 June 8 | Australia def. Saudi Arabia | Soccer | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 28,884 | 1991 June 28 | St George Dragons def. Balmain Tigers | Rugby league | 1991 NSWRL season |
| 10 | 28,196 | 2003 October 25 | Australia def. Namibia | Rugby union | 2003 Rugby World Cup |

### Concerts

Top 10 musical acts/events attendance records :
| No. | Crowd | Date | Artist(s) | Name of tour/event |
| 1 | 70,000 | 13 March 2017 | Adele | Adele Live 2017 |
| 2 | 62,915 | 7 March 2018 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour |
| 3 | 54,115 | 25 October 2014 | The Rolling Stones | 14 On Fire |
| 4 | 50,000 | 26 November 1996 | Michael Jackson | HIStory World Tour |
| 4 | 50,000 | 21 November 2015 | AC/DC | Rock or Bust World Tour |
| 6 | 45,650 | 11 November 1978 | David Bowie | Isolar II |
| 7 | 42,484 | 26 February 2020 | Queen + Adam Lambert | The Rhapsody Tour |
| 8 | 41,569 | 2 March 2010 | AC/DC | Black Ice World Tour |
| 9 | 40,000 | 1 December 1993 | Madonna | The Girlie Show World Tour |
| 10 | 37,500 | 18 March 1998 | Elton John/Billy Joel | Face to Face |