Please Note: The following Resource contains information from the 2024 Adelaide Fringe season. Updated 2025 information for Street Performers will be provided soon. Watch this space!
Adelaide Fringe is excited to be taking registrations for street performers and buskers alike for Adelaide Fringe 2024!
This resource will outline how to make the most out of your 2024 Adelaide Fringe season, including busking locations, what permits and insurance are required and your best points of contact.
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How to register
Being a Street Performer
The Adelaide Fringe street performer support program provides artists with the opportunity to register as an official Adelaide Fringe Artist with a heavily discounted registration fee of $50 per participant, which includes benefits, such as:
Adelaide Fringe 2024 Artist Pass
This gives the holder:
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Access to the FringeWORKS Daytime Program of workshops, networking opportunities, talks and other pass-only activities
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Free FringeWORKS services
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Free and discounted tickets to Fringe events
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Professional Development Sessions
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Exclusive Artist Discounts to shops, cafes, restaurants and services all over Adelaide
FringeWORKS
You’ll be included in our FringeWORKS mailing list to keep you informed of everything that’s happening in the lead-up to and during the festival. You’ll be the first to know about any special Fringe deals, pop-up performance opportunities and happenings across all areas of the festival.
Additional Performance Opportunities
With your permission, we will pass your information onto councils, activations and events looking for street performers to Fringe-ify their events and activations. The online listing of registered street performers will also be used by Adelaide Fringe Producers when they require artists for Fringe-managed events.
Visa Support
If you are an international artist coming over for Adelaide Fringe, our Artist and Venue team can help guide you through the visa process and even save you money. Please view our visa application how-to guide and find more information here.
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Adelaide Fringe will provide a Letter of Support required as part of the visa application process. Apply for a letter of support here.
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Adelaide Fringe is a registered ACNC charity, which means if accepted your visa application fee will be waived
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Access to the FringeWORKS support team, including the Visa Coordinator who can help answer any tricky visa application questions.
Artist Agreement
Please make sure that you are familiar with the Adelaide Fringe 2024 Artist Agreement. This is an agreement between you and Adelaide Fringe and outlines your responsibilities as an Adelaide Fringe participant.
Adelaide Fringe is an open-access festival. This means we do not book events, but rather provide a festival framework for independent artists to present their work.
You understand that by taking part in Adelaide Fringe you agree to the terms and conditions outlined in the Artist Agreement.
Adelaide Fringe may terminate your participation in the festival if Adelaide Fringe determines that you are not compliant with the 2024 Adelaide Fringe Artist Agreement. Likewise, by registering and participating you acknowledge that ultimately securing performance spots, permits and insurance are your responsibility.
Insurance
Artists are responsible for their own Public Liability Insurance. Please find a list of recommended public liability insurers here, and reach out to artists@adelaidefringe.com.au for advice if you need. Some busking permits require you to submit public liability insurance with your application.
Permits
In most places that you busk, you will require a busking permit. Often councils waive the busking fees for Adelaide Fringe Street Performers. Each council will have different application processes, rules and regulations for busking.
Anyone can busk in the City of Adelaide, you just need to apply for a free permit first. You can apply online, or in person at the City of Adelaide Customer Centre during office hours. See all terms and conditions here.
If you are interested in busking in the City of Adelaide, the form is available to be completed here.
City of Adelaide specifically requires $20 million Public Liability insurance for those wishing to perform dangerous acts. This insurance letter should note the City of Adelaide as an interested party, the performance it is covering and the dates the insurance is covering. If you have any questions, please contact the Adelaide City Council Customer Centre on (08) 8203 7203, Monday to Friday between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm or email them at customer@cityofadelaide.com.au
Where can I busk?
South Australia consists of 68 Councils across the state and regional communities. Each Council will have different application processes, rules and regulations for busking. You can find a full list of councils and links to their websites here. There is also an interactive map to help see where exactly these locations are.
This AVR page will be updated with busking locations as they are confirmed.
Artist Passes
All street performers will be able to access a digital artist pass through logging into their AVR account and selecting 'Pass' on the home page, on a mobile phone. Physical Artist passes will be available for street performers to pick up from the 15th of February at FringeWORKS at ILA (63 Light Square, Adelaide). These are available to all street performers who registered before the 17th of January.
FringeWORKS is open:
Mon-Tues: 10am - 6pm
Wed-Sat: 10am - 8pm
Sun: 12pm - 5pm
Storage
Storage is available in the CBD for Street Performers registered through East End Unleashed. This is a seperate application to apply, and this storage is up to the East End Unleashed team.
Visas
Any international artist wishing to perform in Australia is required to have a valid Visa. The most appropriate visa is the Temporary Activity Visa 408 - Entertainment Stream. Please read more at our resource here.
If you need assistance with the application please get in touch with us via visas@adelaidefringe.com.au or +61 08 8100 2022
Accommodation
Our Accommodation Directory on our Artist and Venue Registration platform (AVR) has listings from local Adelaide hosts. Adelaide Fringe only provides a platform for artists and hosts to connect, but we do not facilitate these relationships. We encourage all artists to reach out directly to their hosts.
Contact Us
If you have any questions at any point, or need to update details as they are confirmed, please reach out to Lily from the Artists & Venues Team on 8100 2022 or via email artists@adelaidefringe.com.au
Image Credit: East End Samuel Graves, 2023