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2026 Festival 29 Sept-18 Oct

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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.


Free Events

Curated Program

Pushing the comfort zone

Parties & Social Events

Civic

Dance

Community

Participatory

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

Dynamic

Joyful

Uplifting

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.


Inside the comfort zone

Experimental

Installation

Public Art

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

Epic

Vibrant

DECADENCE: 10 Years of YUMMY


Name: DECADENCE: 10 Years of YUMMY
Subtitle: An unmissable, wild night out celebrating a decade of world class cabaret.
Tags: Drag,Gender Diversity,Line-ups & Variety Nights,Queer Culture,Pop Culture
Vibes: Cheeky,Raunchy,Uplifting
Programs: Meat Market
Guides: LGBTQIA+ Guide to Fringe
Credits:
Presented by YUMMY Productions
 
 
Description:
A drag, burlesque, and circus variety show.
