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2026 Festival 29 Sept-18 Oct

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Power Move: Groove is in the Heart


Name: Power Move: Groove is in the Heart
Subtitle: Daylight is for dancing! Dance like everybody is watching, and nobody cares...
Tags: Interactive,Pop Culture
Vibes: Dynamic,Exciting,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
Concept by Linda Catalano for Quiet RIOT
 
Description:
Featuring community dance ensembles, programmed slots.


Free Events

Curated Program

Pushing the comfort zone

Parties & Social Events

Participatory

Dance

Music

Daylight is for dancing! Dance like everybody is watching, and nobody cares...

Dynamic

Exciting

Vibrant

Power Move: Request Fest


Name: Power Move: Request Fest
Subtitle: You bring the vibe we’ll bring the volume. At Request Fest, the people of Melbourne run the playlist
Tags: Interactive
Vibes: Dynamic,Joyful,Uplifting
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
Concept by Linda Catalano for Quiet RIOT
 
Description:
Dance floor in Fed Square. Audience can request/cue up a song and have a dance on the floor. This is non-programmed time for audience to play.


Inside the comfort zone

Experimental

Public Art

You bring the vibe we’ll bring the volume. At Request Fest, the people of Melbourne run the playlist

Joyful

Uplifting

Power Move: Meet Me at the Disco


Name: Power Move: Meet Me at the Disco
Subtitle: A celebration of 1970s music and disco moves, filled with high energy fun!
Tags: Disability Stories,Pop Culture
Vibes: Feel-good,Joyful,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
Created and Performed by BoilOver Performance Ensemble
Sound Design Ciaran Frame
Description:
This work steps inside a dream of a bored and lonely young man who after finding a dusty old record player under his grandparent’s bed wakes to find himself in a 1970s nightspot. This is a celebration of all things dance, disco, self-expression and coming together.


Short & Sweet

A celebration of 1970s music and disco moves, filled with high energy fun!

Feel-good

Power Move: Prance Battles


Name: Power Move: Prance Battles
Subtitle: Lace up your party sneakers and prepare for fabulous combat.
Tags: Interactive,Pop Culture
Vibes: Dynamic,Exciting,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
Concept by Linda Catalano for Quiet RIOT
 
Description:
Prance Battles are facilitated dance "battles" between 2 styles. 


Lace up your party sneakers and prepare for fabulous combat.

Power Move: Mulan's Tea Party


Name: Power Move: Mulan's Tea Party
Subtitle: A vibrant fusion of dance, art & music celebrating queer Asian identity through Mulan's legacy.
Tags: Drag,Feminism,Gender Diversity,Interactive,Queer Culture,Pop Culture
Vibes: Heartfelt,Joyful,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
Created and Performed by Charlie Wan & Dyan Tai
 
Description:
A 20-minute outdoor performance blending original music by Dyan Tai with choreography by Charlie Wan. The show uses Mulan as a thematic base to explore queer Asian identity through live hyperpop, dance, drag, Chinese opera visuals, and storytelling. Family-friendly, no nudity, amplified sound.


Dance & Physical Theatre

Theatre

A vibrant fusion of dance, art & music celebrating queer Asian identity through Mulan's legacy.

Heartfelt

Power Move: Non Stop Go-Go


Name: Power Move: Non Stop Go-Go
Subtitle: Shake off the ordinary and step into the shimmy!
Tags: Interactive
Vibes: Dynamic,Uplifting,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
Concept by Linda Catalano for Quiet RIOT
Hosted by Anna's Go-Go Academy
Description:
All day go-go dancing on the Power Move stage. Guided sessions and demonstrations to get people moving!


Party

Shake off the ordinary and step into the shimmy!

Welcome to Country and 2025 Festival Opening


Name: Welcome to Country and 2025 Festival Opening
Subtitle: Festival Opening Event
Tags: 
Vibes: Inspiring,Uplifting,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
 
 
Description:
Festival opening - speeches by key stakeholders and Simon. Preceded by Welcome to Country. All artists invited.


Community

Festival Opening Event

Inspiring

Power Move: Power Up - Daily DJ


Name: Power Move: Power Up - Daily DJ
Subtitle: Kickstart your day with a surge of sound and sweat at Power Up!
Tags: Interactive,Pop Culture
Vibes: Dynamic,Joyful,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
Concept by Linda Catalano for Quiet RIOT
 
Description:
Daily DJ session to start the day at Power Move.


Kickstart your day with a surge of sound and sweat at Power Up!

Power Move: Killer or Filler - Home DJ Takeover


Name: Power Move: Killer or Filler - Home DJ Takeover
Subtitle: Not a pro? Not a problem.
Tags: Games or Gamified Performance,Interactive,Pop Culture
Vibes: Dynamic,Feel-good,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
Concept by Linda Catalano for Quiet RIOT
 
Description:
Home DJs contribute their own playlists. Played at Power Move to see if your playlist fills the dancefloor.


Not a pro? Not a problem.

Power Move


Name: Power Move
Subtitle: Move your body, power the party. This dancefloor turns your groove into green energy.
Tags: Games or Gamified Performance
Vibes: Dynamic,Joyful,Uplifting
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Fed Square
Concept by Linda Catalano for Quiet RIOT
 
Description:
Dance floor in Fed Square.


Move your body, power the party. This dancefloor turns your groove into green energy.

Voices


Name: VOICES
Subtitle: Let the choir sing! VOICES celebrates connection through music and play.
Tags: Interactive
Vibes: Epic,Joyful,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe, Hobsons Bay City Council and Maribyrnong City Council with support from Arts Centre Melbourne
Artist Pulsing Heart
Music by Ekrem Eli Phoenix 
Description:
A public art installation. Spinning light tubes affixed in an oval around a shipping container. When you spin a tube, a voice is activated. The more tubes you spin, the more voices you hear, and the sound of a choir comes to life. Active in the day and evenings.


Installation

Let the choir sing! VOICES celebrates connection through music and play.

Epic

Power Move: Cypher Quest - Interactive Dance Battle


Name: Power Move: Cypher Quest - Interactive Dance Battle
Subtitle: An epic battle where dance and video games come together.
Tags: Games or Gamified Performance,Interactive,Pop Culture
Vibes: Epic,Exhilarating,Feel-good
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe, ACMI, Fed Square and Big Games Night Out
 
 
Description:
ACMI is working with Cypher Culture to stage 5 rounds of 2vrs2 dance battles. 
Dancers will use moves from video games in their dances and a DJ will provide a curated playlist packed with remixes and original tracks from popular video games.
Spectators can vote for which dancer goes through to the next round. There will be an MC so everyone can follow what is happening.


Hip Hop

An epic battle where dance and video games come together.

Exhilarating

How I See You


Name: How I See You
Subtitle: 'How I See You' is an expression of connection, reflection, and deep introspection.
Tags: First Nations Stories
Vibes: Beautiful,Heartfelt,Transcendent
Programs: Curated Program,Deadly Fringe
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and The Koorie Heritage Trust
Artist Madeline Mercer
In Association with Deadly Fringe
Description:
A weaving exhibition created by Madi Mercer for Deadly Fringe. The exhibition will include at least 7 woven works/sculptures, and will be held at The Koorie Heritage Trust.


Visual Arts & Film

Deadly Fringe

Exhibition

'How I See You' is an expression of connection, reflection, and deep introspection.

Beautiful

Transcendent

The Winner Takes It All: Exhibition


Name: The Winner Takes It All: Exhibition
Subtitle: A photographic showcase of a grand slam queer takeover of the sporting world.
Tags: Drag,Gender Diversity,Queer Culture,Sport
Vibes: Joyful,Subversive,Vibrant
Programs: Curated Program,Civic
Guides: 
Credits:
Presented by Melbourne Fringe and the City of Stonnington
Created by The Huxleys
 
Description:
An outdoor free poster exhibition of photographs from The Winner Takes It All.


Photography

Public

A photographic showcase of a grand slam queer takeover of the sporting world.

Subversive

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