Melbourne Fringe

Melbourne Fringe develops, champions and celebrates the independent arts. We present the annual Melbourne Fringe Festival, and we work year-round to provide artists with the tools to create, present and promote their work, building a vibrant community of audiences and artists devoted to artistic discovery. Melbourne Fringe has grown and evolved over 33 years and is now one of Australia's largest multi-artform festivals, each year featuring 400+ events by 6000+ artists in 160+ venues across Melbourne and regional Victoria to audiences of over 300 000 people. Through our core values of participation, inclusivity and accessibility, Melbourne Fringe provides opportunities to collaborate through our open-access independent arts program, our curated spaces at the Festival Hub and Festival Club, and our creative program and commissioned artworks. Throughout the year, our artist development program supports festival participants as well as independent artists at all stages of their career. We throw parties to remember. We provide context so that risks can be taken. We make meaning through our commissioned artworks. We democratise art-making through open-access opportunities. We make lots of noise. We celebrate independence, artistic expression and bravery.