Melbourne Fringe Festival

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. It is celebrated at many venues around Melbourne.

Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2025 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.

With more than 450 events in the Festival, it can be hard to know where to start.

Club Fringe

When the sun goes down, things get a little playful at Club Fringe. Join Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights for Fringe’s wildest high-concept art parties ever.

Get suited and booted for the Fringe Formal and submerge yourself into the swampy marsh with Creatures of the Blak Lagoon. The extra spicy weekend parties mean your end-of-week frivolity is sorted with big tunes, hot art, and heaps of sweaty dancing.

Round out your night on the Fringe with one last stop at Club Fringe, open Fri – Sun ’till late.

Deadly Fringe

Deadly Fringe centres First Nations voices and perspectives, showcasing incredible First Nations talent. Catch some of the very best new First Nations work in the country at Deadly Fringe.

Feminist Events

Fancy a side serve of smashed patriarchy with your Festival?

Check out the Feminist Guide to Fringe for a full banquet of shows and events serving you hot feminist themes through the classic medium of Fringe.

Festival Hub Events

The Festival Hub at Trades Hall is the perfect place to start your night with a show (there are over 100 of every shape and size, playing in over a dozen different rooms and spaces), swap show tips with mates over a drink in the bars (signature cocktails served ice cold), or pop in on the way home for one of their cheeky late-night events (and dance til stumps at Club Fringe).

Out & About Events

Let’s get this show on the road. Literally… Some of these shows will take you down a few different roads actually.

Get up out of your seat and come along for the ride with these outdoor, site-specific and roaming shows that could literally take you on a journey.

This arts and cultural festival features Melbourne artists and many from Australia. So you can expect to see various art forms at the exhibition. Many thriving contemporary art communities also participate in the event.

The Melbourne Fringe Festival also provides support to artists who are 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.

So many events are 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.