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Melbourne Fringe respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live, work, play and hold our Festival and events. We pay our respects to the people of the Kulin Nations and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.

2026 Festival 29 Sept-18 Oct

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Events

The Ship

A haunting multilingual thriller about memory, madness, and a man who plays chess to survive.

to disappoint a god.

A Chinese creation deity confronts a world in turmoil in this bold Asian-futurist dance-theatre.

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75 Reid St

Abbotsford Convent - Magdalen Laundry

Abbotsford Convent - Oratory

Altona Civic Centre Laneway Gallery

ANVAM (Australian National Veterans Arts Museum)

Architectural Fragment - Petrus Spronk

Artemisia Gallery & Event Space

Artitude Studio

ArtPlay

Arts Centre Melbourne - Members Lounge

Arts Centre Melbourne - The Show Room

Arts Centre Melbourne - Theatres Forecourt

Arts House

Bar Open

Bard's Apothecary

Blak Dot Gallery

Blue Hippo Laundry - Point Cook (SOHO Village)

Bluestone Church Arts Space

Brunswick Uniting Church

Chapel Off Chapel - The Loft

Chinese Museum - Level 1

City of Stonnington - Prahran

Clocktower Centre - Lounge Bar

Clocktower Centre - Theatre

Club Voltaire

Coates Community Arts

Coconut Palms Restaurant

Collingwood Yards

Commonwealth Reserve

Coronation Park

Curate Space

Dancehouse - Sylvia Staehli Theatre

Dancehouse - Upstairs Studio

Digital Fringe

Elephant and Wheelbarrow

Ellora

Fed Square - Power Move

Fed Square - The Edge

Festival Hub: Trades Hall

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Archive Room

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Festival Hub: Trades Hall - ETU Ballroom

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Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Paddy's Gallery

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Solidarity Hall

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Carpark

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Square

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

Fitzroy Town Hall

Footscray Community Arts - Roslyn Smorgon Gallery

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Gasworks Arts Park - Gasworks Theatre

Gasworks Arts Park - Studio Theatre

Geelong Arts Centre - The Open House

Grainger Museum

Grouse Melbourne - Room 7

Guild Theatre

Haus of Ooze

Immigration Museum - The Long Room

Impro Melbourne Theatre

Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub - Yarra-me Djila Theatrette

JMC Dance Lab

Jungle City Creative Space

Koorie Heritage Trust - Level 2 Listening Lounge

Lamp Post Outside the Fitz

Lawn 10 - Carlton Gardens

Louis Joel Arts & Community

Mamma Chen's

Martyn Myer Arena

Meat Market - Blackwood Box

Meat Market - Cobblestone Pavilion

Meat Market - Craft Room

Meat Market - The Stables 1

Meat Market - The Stables 2

Melbourne Museum

Miscellania

Montsalvat

National Institute of Circus Arts - National Circus Centre

Nevermind Bar

Nicholson St Mall

Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre - Main Hall

Our Lady Help of Christians Hall

Piazza Italia

Prahran Square

Queen Victoria Market

Queen Victoria Women's Centre - Wayi Djerring

Queensberry Cup

Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

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Unsettling Events

The Ship

to disappoint a god.

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Melbourne Fringe respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live, work, play and hold our Festival and events. We pay our respects to the people of the Kulin Nations and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.