Melbourne Fringe Festival

Over 400 shows are held at over 100 venues from bars, clubs and independent theatres to high-profile locations.

The Network offered support such as venue advice, shared resources and advocacy.

The Melbourne International Festival of the Arts emerged from the Spoleto Festival as a result, and in 1986, the Fringe Arts Network reclaimed its independence from Spoleto and reoriented itself as Melbourne Fringe.

In 2006, the Melbourne Fringe Club moved upstairs into the North Melbourne Town Hall's Main Hall, with a free nightly Fringe Club program.

[1] Melbourne Fringe also established a year-round program at its Trades Hall venue.