2026 Darwin Fringe Festival

The biggest platform for emerging, independent and experimental artists in the NT, Darwin Fringe is your community arts Festival with bite.

A showcase of the Top End’s creative heartbeat explore the city and beyond as hundreds of artists entertain and enlighten you over 10 days in the wonderful dry season, known as Dinidjanggama (heavy dew time) to the Larrakia people.

The program is generally 70% local with 70-100 shows presenting 140-170 unique experiences and events over the 10 days making it the best way to connect with the scaly underbelly of local creativity and culture.

The 2026 Program will go on sale May 1st.

If you'd like to be a part of it Artist Applications are currently open: https://darwinfringe.org.au/applications/

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