Calling Street Performers! Buskers! Street Artists!

Adelaide Fringe offers the opportunity for local and international street performers, buskers and entertainers to delight our audiences as part of the next Adelaide Fringe!

Street Performer registrations are completed through our AVR (Artist and Venue Registration) website.
Street Performer Registrations are now open!
Sign up to the FringeWORKS mailing list to be the first to know!

Busking during Adelaide Fringe

East End Unleashed

Opportunities available Friday-Sunday, aligned with Rundle Road closures. Public liability insurance required. Participation by application only. If accepted, acts will meet at 4pm on each day of road closure for a Lottery. Lottery will be held at the Nth East side of Hindmarsh Square.

Apply for East End Unleashed here.

Rundle Mall

Opportunities available Monday - Sunday. Daily lottery held at 10am at Gawler Place for times and locations. City of Adelaide Busking Permit required.

Apply for a free permit here.
Street Performer Registration Includes...

Street Performer Registration

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 only $50 per participant and includes HUGE benefits, such as:

Adelaide Fringe 2024 Artist Pass!

This gives the holder: 
  • Access to the FringeWORKS Daytime Program of workshops, networking opportunities, talks and a heap of other pass-only activities
  • FringeWORKS services for free
  • Free and discounted tickets to Fringe events
  • Exclusive Artist Discounts to shops, cafes, restaurants and services all over Adelaide
  • PLUS you get to be a part of the Adelaide Fringe Family!!

FringeWORKS

You’ll be included in our FringeWORKS mailing list to keep informed of everything that’s happening in the lead-up to and during the festival. You’ll be the first to know about special Fringe deals, pop-up performance opportunities and happenings across all areas of the festival.

Visa Support

If you are an international artist coming over for Adelaide Fringe we can help guide you through the visa process and maybe save you some $$$!
  • Adelaide Fringe will provide a Letter of Support, required as part of the visa application process.
  • Adelaide Fringe is a registered ACNC charity, which means the visa application fee will be waived – saving you $310!
  • Access to the FringeWORKS support team, including the Visa Coordinator who can help answer any tricky visa application questions.

Additional Performance Opportunities

We will pass your information on to 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.
Banner image: East End 2023. Photo: Samuel Graves, Adelaide Fringe 2023.