Adelaide Fringe Festival

Adelaide Fringe Festival

Coordinates: 34°55′24″S 138°35′44″E / 34.92343°S 138.59565°E / -34.92343; 138.59565

The Adelaide Fringe is the largest annual arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere, held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. For 24 days and nights during February and March, the annual open-access festival features more than 4,000 artists from around Australia and the world, featuring world premieres, hit shows and new artists. Over 900 events are staged in pop-up venues in parks, warehouses, lane-ways and disused buildings as well as established venues such as theatres, hotels, art galleries and cafes over the entire city.

The festival includes contemporary work in art forms spanning cabaret, comedy, circus and physical theatre, dance, film, theatre, puppetry, music, visual art and design.

Adelaide Fringe begins with free opening night celebrations, including a street parade running down the centre of the city and parties at various venues. In the following three weeks the Adelaide Fringe is joined by WOMADelaide, a world music festival and the Adelaide Festival.

Street theatre artists from all over the world participate in four days and four nights of events as part of The Adelaide Fringe Street Theatre Festival.

The festival attracts interstate and overseas visitors: 6% percent of the Fringe’s 1,560,000 audience members are visitors to the city. As an open-access festival, anyone can perform or apply. Artists pay a one-off registration fee to the Fringe as well as pay the presentation costs of their performance, season, event and/or exhibition. To help participating artists present their work, the Adelaide Fringe provides information, facilitates and bring festival directors and producers from around the world to see artists' shows as part of the Honey Pot program.

The Adelaide Fringe is governed by the Adelaide Fringe Board.