The Darwin Fringe Festival is thrilled to announce its hybrid open-access callout for the 2025 Festival! Scheduled to take place 11 – 20 July 2025, the Fringe is back and looking for provocateurs, creators, performers, and innovators of all skill levels, working in any art form, to join this vibrant celebration of emerging, independent and experimental arts.
Whether you’re an established artist or just starting out, this is your chance to showcase your work, experiment, and connect with an audience in a unique, supportive environment. You can team up with any venue around town to put on a show or request to be a part of the curated program.
The Darwin Fringe Festival has become a home for boundary-pushing work across every imaginable genre, including but not limited to theatre, music, dance, comedy, circus, cabaret, visual art, literature, and multimedia. This year will be our 10th Festival in this format and we invite you to be a part of it.
Why Apply?
Exposure & Community: The Fringe draws audiences from across the Northern Territory and beyond, making it a fantastic platform for reaching new fans and connecting with a community of like-minded creatives.
Supportive Space to Experiment: The Darwin Fringe is dedicated to giving artists a subsidised, safe, flexible space to explore ideas, take risks, and test new work.
Gain skills: Build confidence, experience and knowledge presenting in a Festival setting whilst elevating your professional capacity through free workshops, resources and advice.
All Art Forms Welcome: No idea is too small or too bold. If you’re passionate about it, we want to hear from you!
For Everyone, By Everyone: From emerging artists to seasoned professionals, the Fringe values diversity and encourages submissions from all creative backgrounds.
How to Apply
Applications are open now, and we invite creatives of all disciplines to apply via the website. If the online form is not accessible for you we also accept various forms of submission from audio and video replies to emails and can even dictate your responses over the phone. Just reach out.
There are three application types.
Hub = for shows wanting to be presented in Brown’s Mart, Dom’s Bar & Lounge or the Darwin Entertainment Centre.
Performance = for pop-up, roving or musical acts not looking to present a full length show but instead perform as a part of a Fringe event or as a part of the courtyard program.
General = for shows looking to be presented anywhere around town.
“This Festival is a platform for creative freedom. No matter your experience level or medium, if you’re driven to create, we welcome you to bring your vision to life with us at Darwin Fringe.” ~ Hannah Illingworth, Director
Key Dates
Applications open now
Hub & Performance Applications close January 5th 2025
General Applications close March 9th 2025.
