Locals were treated to a vignette of performance art, art installations, music and fashion at the sold out return of the Abandoned art event last weekend.

Only 200 tickets were available, with the location and most other details surrounding the night kept a closely guarded secret.

When the night arrived, the secret location was revealed to ticketholders to be the old wool stores on Portland-Nelson Road, now largely unused.

The many rooms in the office building had been transformed by the artists into an undersea scene, a sheep themed speakeasy, or a stage for a musical performance while an area in the enormous mostly empty shed attached became a dancefloor and fashion runway, with paintings, sculptures, films, and other art installations throughout.

The night culminated in the op shop runway show, with outfits curated Tina Biggs, Andrew Bryant, Velia Terrance, Therese Coffey and Emma Van Smale.

All up, through ticket sales and other fundraising on the night, the event organisers say they raised approximately $8,000 raised for community arts projects.

United Way Glenelg, together with the artists, will determine how the funds raised can empower local people to grow through community arts projects, using the abandoned theme.

United Way CEO Nicole Carr, who has been kept busy organising the event in recent months, says she saw an overwhelmingly positive reaction from attendees on the night.

“I think it went really well, it was obviously a lot of work and I want to thank everyone who was involved, and all the artists,” she said.

Ms Carr says they are planning to give the event a rest next year, to keep the idea fresh and interesting.

“It was great to sell all the tickets, 200 people came and that’s a good number I think we don’t feel that we need to make it any bigger, it will always be a smaller intimate event.”