Melbourne Fringe Festival 2013

Overview

Every year the Fringe Festival gives Melbourne the chance to show itself off with exhibitions, performances and live art filling up the city’s humming laneways, theatres, and unconventional spaces. The upside of an uncurated festival is access to the unlimited scope, diversity, and imagination of the independent scene, but sometimes the sheer number of events and artworks on offer can be a bit overwhelming. Running between September 18 to October 6, this year the Fringe has over 300 shows on offer.

Now that it’s become a Melbourne institution, it would be easy for the festival to rest on its laurels, but a great number of these artists stand out for their sense of risk. Shows like Kids Killing Kids and Viet Kieu are testament to the increasing value Melbourne audiences are finding in cross-cultural performance, while Digital Outlawed, Momentum: Live and the Fringe’s own Digital Gardens show us a tantalising glimpse of the possibilities on the next frontier for contemporary art.

Have a look at the full program here, or check out our list of top picks here.