The residents of Melbourne come together every year to celebrate the famous Melbourne Fringe Festival.
This unique event welcomes unique and talented independent artists to participate and display their finest artwork and is celebrated at many venues around Melbourne.
Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2024 Dates, Ticket Prices, Events & Venues
Set amongst the lively atmosphere of Melbourne’s iconic Queen Victoria Market, experience your Fringe fantasy in this pop-up play space carefully crafted by the Headfirst Acrobats.
Catch world-class acrobatics and side-splitting comedy and cabaret acts, all while enjoying the buzz of the bustling beer garden under the stars, noshing on delicious grub from local food trucks, and pushing your boundaries at Testing Grounds’ Public Art Park—all smack bang in the heart of Melbourne.
This arts and cultural festival features Melbourne artists and many from Australia. So you can expect to see a wide variety of art forms at the exhibition. Many thriving contemporary art communities also participate in the event.
The Melbourne Fringe Festival also provides support to artists participating. In addition, artists get access to a wide array of new artworks by thousands of other experienced artists. Organisers of the festival also help many new artists to represent their exhibitions for the first time.
There are so many events being held during the week that it’s impossible to mention them all here. Please check out the official event program for a full list of events, dates, times, venues, ticket types and prices.
Got the 2017 dates yet, please?
G’day Liz,
No dates announced as yet. Check back with us and I will update the Melbourne Fringe Festival page and the 2017 dates once they are announced.
Kind regards,
Jess
We are a secondary school from New Zealand. We are keen to watch and/or perform in your Fringe Festival in 2017. What are your dates? How do we go about entering a potential performance? Robyn
Hi Robyn,
The 2017 dates are yet to be advised. I suggest you contact the organisers at [email protected] for entry details. I understand the organisers are on leave until 16th of Jan, so you will need to await a reply.
Best regards,
Jess
Hello, I am looking for a map of all the venues. The reason being that there is generally very limited parking and public transport is mostly ideal. There are 4 of us all needing to plan our own transport routes. It would be very helpful if such a map was available and tram route numbers also please.
Hi Faye,
The organisers have not produced a map of all the venues as there are around 100 venues in the CBD, Footscray, Frankston, Northcote and everywhere in between.
You can search all the shows here (left hand side of the page) and filter by location. If you need to work out public transport, I recommend you use the Journey Planner at the PTV website here which is very helpful to show trains, trams and buses available between two locations that you input.
Regards,
Jess
Hi wondering where I can pick up a paper copy of the guide
Hi Karen,
You can get a hard copy from one of the designated pick up points:
Coffee Palace Backpackers, St Kilda
Corner Hotel, Richmond
Fire Station Café, Preston
Gypsie Hideout, Northcote
Northside Records, Fitzroy
Paradise Cutters, Brunswick
Readings, Hawthorn and Carlton
The Corner Shop, Yarraville
Visitors Centre, CBD
Yellow Bird Café, Prahran
Regards, Jess