FRINGE CLUB
FRINGE HUB
Fringe Club is the beating heart of the Festival,
featuring a 400-capacity purpose-programmed
space with 14 free events for artists, audiences
and industry to meet, mingle and celebrate
the arts.
With
shows, bars and club, the
Fringe Hub was the epicentre of the Festival.
A collaborative approach to programming
saw rise to three new Club events: the queer,
mash-up film extravaganza, CULT; El Tarro, an
explosion of colour and culture; and The Side
Part – an evening of contemporary dance and
performance program presented in conjunction
with Arts House. Fringe Club Underground
provided an alternate space for more intimate
programming, including Indigenous showcase
Wilin Warriors and storytelling events The Dad
Show and Barefaced Stories.
people across the precinct.
Across the course of the Festival,
28,000
380 performers take
patrons watched over
to the Fringe Club stages.
Melbourne Fringe Festival 2015 Festival Report
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14 nights, 15 venues played host to
431 artists who presented work to 50,329
Over
FRINGE FAMILIES
AT THE HUB
A new Families at Fringe Hub program
profiled seven lovingly curated works to
feature circus, puppetry, comedy, theatre…
and even a lesson in how to be a rock star.
The colour, music and dance of Bollywood
was celebrated in a special participatory
event for kids, presented in partnership with
Multicultural Arts Victoria. Having a good
time was compulsory.
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