Melbourne Fringe is proud to ride side-by-side with independent artists. They are spirited stallions of innovation, maverick mares of imagination – and right now we need your support to help ensure their stable future.

Because while we love a little horseplay, when it comes to the struggles artists are facing, we’re not horsing around.

Instead of galloping free, artists are jumping hurdle after hurdle, all while being flogged with the whip of financial burden. Time to dream up big ideas? Gobbled up by extra shifts to make ends meet. Capacity to harness artform-expanding technologies? Chewed up applying for grants from overstretched arts bodies. Fair wages for all creatives? Eroded by the rising cost of materials.

Melbourne Fringe is steadying the course with vital initiatives like the Fringe Fund, Deadly Fringe, XS, Radical Access, Tour Ready and Access Fringe. These programs support artists with commissions and grants both big and small, touring matchmaking to extend the life and viability of artworks, sector development programs that grow the independent arts landscape, and essential cost bursaries to help artists facing disadvantage leap over financial barriers.

But we can’t do all this alone. Help artists take their ideas from a trot to a full-blown gallop. Donate now.

Your tax-deductible EOFY donation goes directly to supporting Melbourne Fringe’s vital work enabling the best conditions for artists to thrive.

Artists tell us all the time that support from Melbourne Fringe is the difference between making art, and not. Neigh-ver underestimate the power of your donation to make great art happen.

DONATE NOW. Giddy up!