Fringe Common Rooms, Trades Hall
Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton VIC 3053
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne Fringe Festival 2026
29 September – 18 October 2026
Melbourne Fringe Festival is an open-access arts festival run by Melbourne Fringe, the organisation behind the year-round Fringe Common Rooms, with its festival hub at Trades Hall in Carlton. Hundreds of independently made shows, comedy among many art forms, fill theatres, pubs, shopfronts and community halls across the city, alongside a smaller curated program.
The 2026 festival
The Melbourne Fringe Festival 2026 runs 20 days, from Tuesday 29 September 2026 to Sunday 18 October 2026, in Melbourne, Australia. On its stages: comedy among the other arts of a fringe. Tickets, times and the full programme are on the festival's own site.
Where the shows are
Fed Square
Swanston St & Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000
The Capitol
113 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Questions
When is the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2026?
29 September – 18 October 2026 in Melbourne, Australia.
Where does the Melbourne Fringe Festival happen?
Fringe Common Rooms, Trades Hall, Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton VIC 3053; Fed Square, Swanston St & Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000; The Capitol, 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne.
Where do I book for the Melbourne Fringe Festival?
On the festival's own site, melbournefringe.com.au, which also has the latest programme and any changes.