Melbourne Fringe Festival
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| Tue 30 Sep |
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Location 
Festival Hub: Trades Hall
54 Victoria St
Carlton 3053
Price and bookings
From free to $50
Accessibility
All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.
Part of Melbourne Fringe Festival
Sh!t Theatre: Or What's Left of Us
Folk music and grief collide in this award-winning true crime tale.
Geraldine Quinn: Bastard Joy
A brand new electroclash club cabaret from the high priestess of underground music comedy.
Power Move: Request Fest
You bring the vibe, Fringe brings the volume – where the people of Melbourne run the playlist.
Power Move: Prance Battles
Lace up your party sneakers and prepare for a fabulous dance-off like no other.
Unwoman (The Protest)
A durational artwork celebrating the multitude of experiences around birth, fertility and pregnancy.
Not Without Right: Shakespeare's Secrets
Shakespeare and his Muse battle to prove that he is the true author of the Complete Works.
Power Move: Killer or Filler - Home DJ Takeover
Move your body, power the party. Not a pro? Not a problem.
Barney Pollock: King of the Pigs
Expertly crafted solo character carnage from the Thank God You're Here comedian.
What Doesn't Kill You
This award-winning comedy show arrives in Melbourne after selling out Edinburgh Fringe.
Adore Händel’s Cautionary Tales
Brings beloved standards and new works to life with wit, drama and 18th-century glam.
Poems of a Transsexual Nature
A new play on the reckless escapades of a transmasc with a god complex.
Mafia The Game: The Show
The hit roleplaying game comes to life as Fringe's funniest bullsh*t their way to win.
Blak Sovereignty
Natisha Tabua creates works at the convergence of traditional practice and contemporary techniques.
Opening Night Gala
Opening the city's most fearless festival, this 90-minute spectacle is everything Fringe does best.
Murder in the Graveyard: An Improvised Whodunnit
Bring out your dead! Melbourne's award-winning improvised whodunnit returns in time for Halloween.
Tomas Clifford Got Stood Up
The award-winning musical-cabaret lands in Melbourne/Naarm, and not without some stories to tell.
Loud Jazz Will Fix Me
Singer, actor and silly guy Dylan McBurney shows burnout is more fun with a jazz underscore.
Requiem
Réquiem is a dance-theatre work that unravels the nexus between grief, memory and mythology.
Club Fringe: HRTthrob I Want it That Way
You’ve been to the protests, now come to the party. HRTthrob is the trans boy band of your dreams.
Power Move: Groove is in the Heart
Your middle of the day invitation to shake off the stress, drop the grind and dance like it's 1990.
The Square
A fun, live, participation event hosted by young people to map and celebrate human truth.
Silently Screaming
Silently Screaming is a powerful one-woman show about a girl's journey to adulthood.
The Migration Office: An Ethnic Comedy Hour
An hour of ethnic comedy that is thought-provoking, absurd and just the right level of spice.
How to Art
An award-winning clown-fruit-mash-up about making art, surviving and chasing mass a-peel.
Power Move: Cypher Quest - Interactive Dance Battle
You're invited to gear up and get down for an epic battle where dance and video games come together.
Club Fringe: Awards Ceremony and Closing Night Party
Closing the curtain on Melbourne Fringe Festival 2025, and you're invited to the grand finale.
Echoes of Descent
Dynamic contemporary dance show by emerging artists, exploring falling as collapse and liberation.
Elephant Rope
Scary Goats Theatre presents a world first, dark horror-comedy debut for Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Fringe Flavours Night Market
Sink your teeth into sizzling street performance at Queen Victoria Market.
Elysian Blues II
The vibrant guzheng, piano and percussion collide in this intimate, genre-blending performance.
Club Fringe: Three Minutes to Save the World
The end is nigh. Take shelter under the neon glow at this apocalyptic talent show.
Geraldine Quinn: The Passion of Saint Nicholas
A hilarious and heartbreaking show about sibling rivalry and keeping the dream alive.
Leave the Light On
Witness a touching or tumultuous family story unfold in this completely improvised play.
Silent Hand Catches Silver Bell
An exhibition celebrating 25 years of radical sonic invention by Speak Percussion.
FreeSteps: Grand Canyon
Part dance, part kinetic installation, transforming public space into a living sculpture.
Messy and Meaningful: Shaping an Inclusive Future of Design
Join the conversation helping to shape the bold new future of Design Fringe.
Kit Kat Prov: The Improvised Cabaret
Impro Melbourne's favourite late night improvised cabaret show returns for the Melbourne Fringe!
Club Fringe: Creatures of the Night
Unleash your inner creature in this magical, immersive club night of dance, fantasy, and play.
Lowest Prices are Just the Beginning...
The aisles are longer, the mysteries deeper and the prices are still suspiciously low.
Jane Austen Improvised
Straight from a sold out season at the Comedy Festival, Jane Austen returns for Melbourne Fringe.
Power Move: Meet Me at the Disco
The dance floor comes alive with a celebration of 70s music, filled with high energy disco moves.
Power Move: Mulan's Tea Party
A vibrant fusion of dance, art and music celebrating queer Asian identity through Mulan's legacy.
Checked Out: The Musical
A musical comedy about the mundane lives of supermarket workers in a cost of living crisis.
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Club Fringe: PC1 Divas
A party celebrating the divas of then and now with some of Melbourne's best drag artists.