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3 – 22 Oct

Melbourne Fringe Festival

  • Festival
  • Film

Come outside and have a play, Melbourne. The Melbourne Fringe Festival is back this October, with over 450 events to discover across the city from cutting-edge independent artists.

This October the city is your own art adventure playground, with three weeks of groundbreaking new events, art and bold ideas (and just a dollop of mischief and mayhem) set to bring out the cheeky and artistic spirit of Melbourne. With 20 days of comedy, cabaret, dance, drag, music, and the simply undefinable, there’s something for everyone at Fringe.

This year’s Festival is all about reminding everyone of something that kids innately know: that fun and play can be found around every corner, and rules were made to be broken.

Hours

Date Times
Tue 3 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Wed 4 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Thu 5 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Fri 6 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Sat 7 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Sun 8 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Mon 9 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Tue 10 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Wed 11 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Thu 12 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Fri 13 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Sat 14 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Sun 15 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Mon 16 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Tue 17 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Wed 18 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Thu 19 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Fri 20 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Sat 21 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am
Sun 22 Oct
  • All day 12:00am - 12:00am

Location

Trades Hall Place
Trades Hall Pl
Melbourne 3004

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Price and bookings

From free to $60

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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9660 9600
  • email address: info@melbournefringe.com.au
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Zaffé

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3 – 22 Oct

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Visit Melbourne’s iconic Queen Victoria Market to experience your Fringe fantasy.

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Solace: The Sensory Experience

Find solace in this new digital, sensory experience at State Library Victoria.

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A photographic exhibition at the intersections of place and Blak identity.

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  • Art
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What writing a poem a day for six will do to a person (in a good way).

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