Every South Australian venue in our directory is in central Adelaide, split between Hindley Street in the West End and a few addresses in the East End and on North Terrace. No single statewide rulebook covers them; they sit where liquor licensing and planning law overlap. For how South Australia compares with the other states, see our Australia overview.
How South Australia regulates strip clubs
Alcohol service falls under the Liquor Licensing Act 1997, administered by Consumer and Business Services. Every licensee must follow the Liquor Licensing General Code of Practice, which aims to minimise alcohol-related harm and bans promoting irresponsible drinking. The Act allows conditions to be attached to individual licences, so the rules on contact, performance areas and similar matters are set in each venue’s own licence conditions — do not assume they match another state’s.
Planning law is the second layer. In June 2023 the State Government added a separate land-use definition for adult entertainment premises to the Planning and Design Code, expressly excluding premises used for prostitution. Turning a bar into a strip club now counts as a change of use that needs approval. In 2024 Adelaide City Council consulted on a code amendment covering where new adult venues could open, then dropped the proposed buffer zones in favour of written assessment criteria. Existing venues were not affected.
Adelaide
Hindley Street is Adelaide’s traditional late-night strip. Its best-known strip club, Strats, closed in 2023 after 28 years, and InDaily reported in 2024 that the West End’s remaining clubs were Crazy Horse Revue and The Palace. The directory lists:
- Crazy Horse Revue — 141A Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000
- The Palace — 111 Hindley Street, Adelaide SA 5000
- Madame Josephine’s (male revue) — listed at 128 Hindley Street, Adelaide
- The Firm — 142 North Terrace, Adelaide
- The Pole Position — 289 Pirie Street, Adelaide SA 5000, in the East End
What to check before you go
- Confirm the venue is still trading. Adelaide has lost several clubs in recent years, and some listings are old. Check the address and hours with the venue directly.
- Treat house rules as licence conditions. Rules on contact, where performances take place and phone use come from each venue’s licence. Staff cannot waive them.
- Do not confuse strip clubs with sex work venues. South Australia’s planning definition of adult entertainment premises excludes prostitution. A venue offering more than dancing is operating in a different legal category.