Fringe Club
14 Nights of Free Entertainment
A home for audiences and artists, let the Fringe Club be your base for launching into the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Join us to share the stories, relish the night and get the inside knowledge about what’s rocking the Festival.
Adding spectacular to awesome, the Fringe Club supplies the ground support to ease you into the Festival through 14 nights of FREE entertainment. With never-to-be-repeated live music, comedic political perspectives, mass dance classes or simply sensational good times, the Fringe Club has what you need.
To smooth the transition between the dreary real world and the Fringe fantasy, start and finish your night at the Fringe Club. But don’t delay getting amongst it because it is strictly 14 nights only.
Browse the Fringe Club program below
Introducing ... The Warren
Everyone loves a place to call their own. An intimate space to share with friends. Come down the rabbit hole and into The Warren: a quieter place for you and your mates to talk and have a drink before, between and after shows.
The Warren is the perfect complement bar to the Fringe Club: a gentle escape made for talking. Crawl into a nook to debate, discuss and dispute your favourite Melbourne Fringe shows of 2011.
A refuge from the swarm, something out of the norm, somewhere warm. And as a special treat there’s a surprise or two hidden inside.
Opening Night Party
Get amongst it
Marking the opening of the Fringe Hub, we celebrate by showcasing bite-sized tasters, from many of the shows on offer over the next 14 nights....
FUGLY!
Coz you are beautiful / No matter what they say
This ain’t drag like your grandaddy did it. FUGLY is a one-night art-drag armageddon, where you can tranny-out alongside the crème de la femme...
Everybody's Talkin'
Presented by Crikey
QandA untamed, The 7pm Project uncensored, The Insiders cranked up to 11!Crikey luminaries Sophie Black and First Dog on the Moon are joined by...
JUMP Info Session
This talk will be Auslan interpreted.Mentoring is an important component of the Melbourne Fringe Artist Development Program. JUMP is our...
The Melbourne Fringe History Project
If you have ever been involved with Melbourne Fringe - from 1982 to today - we want to meet you! Richard Watts (journo, RRR presenter and former...
Atlas, String and Melbourne Fringe
Hear Melbourne Fringe designer, David Campbell, in conversation with this year's keynote project Atlas artists and Creative Producer, Neal Harvey,...
Your Show is 15 Minutes Too Long
Arts reviewing and criticism in the digital age
Are we using new media to the best of our ability? Who’s responsible for the tone and content of a public, digital arts discussion? A forum for...
The Polyphonic Comic Frolic
Musical comedians come to play
For one night only, join comedy band Anyone for Tennis? as they unleash an action-packed evening of musical comedy onto the Fringe Club. With a...
CAB SAV
Sydney's underground performance, drenched in wine
Dance, music, performance, wine, …. extremely entertainment! Born out of Sydney’s underground DIY scene, CAB SAV is an artist collective,...
3RRR and Music Victoria present: Jewels & Bullets
Australia’s forgotten classics covered
Much has been made of the best Australian albums and songs of all time lately, with the best of these 'best of' lists sparking debate and creating...
Variety Fringe Trim
The Thousands Melbourne presents a party for your part
Inspired by the spirit of Fringe - and spirits and fringes - the writers behind The Thousands Melbourne present an amateur variety night of DJs,...
Rock und Roll Circus
Hosted by Die Roten Punkte
From the team that brought you last year's Fringe Club hit 'Circus vs Sideshow', Die Roten Punkte are back to rock the socks off the Melbourne...
Women of Letters
Melbourne's loveliest literary event™ presents 5 artists performing live missives
Women of Letters return to present a very special Melbourne Fringe edition. Relax as they take over the Fringe Club with 5 brilliant artists in a...
You're Over-thinking It
Film Criticism Now
Why can’t we enjoy films without tearing them apart? Who do critics think they are, anyway? Can reviewers and critics ever play nicely? Join...
From Audience to Artist
A head start on producing a 2012 Fringe show
A workshop for volunteers, artists and producers who want to be a part of next year’s Festival. Hear about our year-round Artist and Producer...
Arts Volunteering
How Can I Get Involved in the Arts?
Volunteering is one of the best ways to immerse yourself in the arts and gain valuable new skills for future employment, meet some extraordinary...
The Last Tuesday Society
Presents: Do you remember the first time?
For one night only the motley crew of The Last Tuesday Society recreate the moments that broke their theatrical hymens. School eisteddfods, dance...
Political Asylum
Seriously scathing satirical stand-up
Enjoy an evening of topical laughs with this caucus of Australia's best political comedians. They watch The Bolt Report so you don't have to, all...
3RRR and Music Victoria present: Jewels & Bullets
Australia’s forgotten classics covered
Much has been made of the best Australian albums and songs of all time lately, with the best of these 'best of' lists sparking debate and ...
Shut up and Dance.... 3!
An onslaught of free radical moves and record breaking audience challenges
Join Unruly hosts The Town Bikes, Flash Dan & his mum Bev for part rambunctious dance class, part social dance, part dance spectacular. Learn...
Fringe Awards & Closing Party
Missing this may cause festival regret
As another fantastic fringe festival comes to an end, it is time to congratulate those who made it possible. Join the artists, judges,...
