Fringe Facts and Past Events
The Adelaide Fringe began in 1960 as an alternative to the 'mainstream' Adelaide Festival of Arts. The latter was seen to offer limited opportunity for local and smaller-scale artists. The Adelaide Fringe is an open access event, allowing anyone with ideas and enthusiasm to register in the program, and so to showcase their arts to the public. For many years the two events were inextricably linked and together created an atmosphere of electric excitement across the city. From 2007 onwards, the Adelaide Fringe became an annual event in its own right.
- Adelaide Fringe is an open access event which means that anyone can take part.
- The first Adelaide Fringe activity recorded in 1960 included a mixture of 60 official and unofficial events.
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