Some of the best home-grown and national talent in cabaret will descend on the city of Adelaide when the Cabaret Fringe Festival kicks off later this month.

The open access, independently run festival takes place from May 29 to June 28 and will coincide with the big sister Adelaide Cabaret Festival which opens in June.

This year marks the 10th Cabaret Fringe Festival, which debuted to humble beginnings in 2003 in the Weimar Room on Hindley Street and has grown to incorporate over 100 artists, 42 events and 14 venues across the city.

The Opening Night Gala on May 29 will pay homage to the very first Cabaret Fringe Festival, with hosts Berlin Cabaret who performed at the debut event back in 2003. Transforming the German Club into a Weimar-era speakeasy, the stars of Berlin Cabaret will invite this year’s performers to take to the stage in a tantalising teaser of the 2015 program.

Highlights of this year’s event include Adult-ish, fronted by local burlesque star Luna Eclipse and tackling the ever-growing struggle to master the art of being a grown-up; Food Court, a satirical look at fad eating regimes, celebrity chefs, refugee policy and food porn by Adelaide’s Catherine Campbell, Carol Young, Rachel Kirkman and Matt Russell; A Postmodern Striptease, a one-woman cabaret show/sexy lecture in performance theory and psychoanalysis by Irene Nicola; and Geek Pop Quiz featuring questions, riddles and music about and by the anti-heroes of pop music, beginning with the godfather of geek Buddy Holly.

For the full program and ticket information head to cabaretfringefestival.com.