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Need a grant to present at Adelaide Fringe 2025? Read on!

Arts Unlimited raises funds to support artists, venues, producers and marginalised communities to participate in Adelaide Fringe. We encourage bold ideas to take shape, aim to elevate diverse voices, and support all forms of expression that enrich our festival offerings.

This funding round is to support artists, collectives, producers and venue operators to present shows for Adelaide Fringe 2025.

First Nations, emerging, and diverse artists are particularly encouraged to apply.

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What Can I Apply For?

Grants are available for up to $5,000 each within two streams:

  • Participate

Open to Australian and International Artists, Collectives, Producers, and Venues.

  • Australian First Nations Grants

Open to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists, Collectives, Producers, and Venues.

Please Note: Applications for funding to the First Nations grants streams must come from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals, collectives, venues and organisations. More than 50% of the key creatives must identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

Applicants have the option of applying for multiple funding streams, but we will aim to distribute our resources to as many applicants as possible and are unlikely to fund multiple grant applications from a single individual, collective or organisation.

What Will We Fund?

You can apply for funding within one of these three categories:

  • Operational, Development & Marketing Costs

  • Artist & Audience Access

  • Regional & Remote Touring

Please Note: Applicants will need to specify what these funds will be used to cover, we will also want to see a full budget, with all costs related to your 2025 Fringe season considered. While we will only fund a single funding category, we want to see that your show is financially viable and thoroughly considered. We are looking for an overall picture of your show and how these funds will support your 2025 season.

Who Can Apply?

  • South Australian, Australian and international creatives presenting an Adelaide Fringe Show
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creatives
  • Producers and programmers
  • Adelaide Fringe Venues (Venues must be hosting a minimum of three shows, with a minimum of twelve sessions to be eligible)

Eligibility

  • Applicants are not eligible to apply for a 2025 Fringe Fund grant if the proposed show was a successful recipient of a 2024 Adelaide Fringe Artist Fund grant, and they are applying for the same type of funding (this does not apply to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants). If a show received funding through the 2024 Adelaide Fringe Fund grants, we will only fund Regional Touring and Artist & Audience Access for that show. However, we will not fund Regional Touring and Artist & Audience Access if this form of funding was recieved for the 2024 festival. 

  • We strongly recommend that applicants ensure proposed plans are achievable and realistic. Evidence of a strong financial strategy and the inclusion of quotes or actual costings will be looked upon favourably.

  • Applications with secured project income from alternative sources are favourable.

  • Applications from South Australian emerging creatives will be prioritised in this funding round. 

How to Apply

Please read our 2025 Applicant Guide before you begin your application.

After you have read the guide and considered which grant is right for you, you can begin your application through Good Grants: https://adelaidefringe.awardsplatform.com

Key Dates

  • 1st August (1pm ACST) Fringe Fund Grant Applications OPEN
  • 1st August – 5 September Artist and Venue Team 1:1 Support Sessions – Book a time to discuss the application process here
  • 20th August Show Registrations Open
  • 10th September Fringe Fund Applications CLOSE midnight (ACST) (Please note administrative and technical support will end at 5pm ACST)
  • First week of October Application Outcome Notification: Fringe will begin notifying successful applicants from this date.

Support

If you have any questions about applying please contact the Artist and Venue team by email artists@adelaidefringe.com.au or call +61 8 8100 2022

Need help filling out the form? Book a 1-on-1 support session with the Artist and Venue team to help you over the phone, or online via Zoom. 

FringeCHAT - Funding Your Fringe

Learn about fundraising principles, creating a compelling case for support and strategies for running a successful digital fundraising campaign. The Adelaide Fringe Artist and Venue team also sharing Fringe Fund information ahead of it's 2025 launch. Facilitated by Adelaide Fringe's Lisa Waite and features Hannah Kothe, the State Manager of Development and Partnerships (SA/NT) at Creative Australia.

Check out our other FringeCHAT sessions.

 

Mental Health Commissioner Grants

In 2024 the Mental Health Commissioner of South Australia, offered the Mental Health Commissioner's Performers Grant to facilitate the participation of a diverse range of performers and entertainments in the Adelaide Fringe Festival. This initiative was to support performances that tackle mental health themes or foster dialogue and understanding around mental health issues.

We are working collaboratively in the hope of delivering a similar program for 2025 Adelaide Fringe. Those who are applying to the initial 2025 Fringe Fund round can indicate their interest in these grants and apply within their Fringe Fund application. Find more information here.

 

Image: Traffic. Photo: Chris Herzfeld, Camlight Productions, Adelaide Fringe 2021 

Image Description: Dancers performing in an outdoor carpark are in mid action with their bodies in angular shapes as they dance before a pair of guitarists. A dancer in the foreground wears dark coloured clothes. Three dancers behind them wear olive green, white and beige, each in a simple pair of trousers and shirt. Red light lights up the musicians at the edges whilst in the distant backgound spectators watch the scene from their cars.