National Cultural Policy
CEO Patrick Kennedy and the National Fringe Festivals Alliance have put this to the Federal Government: recognise open-access festivals as national infrastructure.
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LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY
Sydney Fringe is Sydney’s leader in addressing prohibitive issues facing local artists. We advocate, activate and agitate for reform. Each year we drive a number of key projects and submissions in partnership with local and state governments, and major stakeholders to build a more viable, vibrant and sustainable sector.
ADVOCACY PROJECTS
NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy - Creative Communities
To round off 2023, NSW Government launch the Creative Communities 10-year arts, culture and creative industries policy. Our CEO & Festival Director ensured independent artists were imbedded in the policy via her role on the Ministerial Advisory Panel helping to shape the policy.
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WorldPride - Pride Amplified
Our reputation as a leading expert in the open access and non-curated space was acknowledged in 2022 via a partnership with Sydney WorldPride and Mardi Gras. our team provided the back-end systems and support for their open access program Pride Amplified.
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Plug & Play City
Sydney Fringe CEO & Festival Director, Kerri Glasscock spearheaded a new initiative to make local public areas easier to ‘plug & play’ and increase live music offerings across the city.
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2020 Liquor Amendment Bill
After nearly a decade of advocacy by The Sydney Fringe and our colleagues, in November 2020 a sweeping set of reforms for the sector were passed through the NSW Parliament.
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Inner West Live Music and Performance Census 2019
The project was undertaken by the Live Music Office in partnership with The Sydney Fringe Festival and mapped live music and performance across art forms and comedy.
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Fringe HQ
FRINGE HQ at 5 Eliza St was the old home of the Sydney Fringe Festival. In 2023, we moved our Fringe HQ home to Marrickville Town Hall and set up a cosy listening haven in the basement.
AN ANTHOLOGY OF SPACE 2015-2018.
Three years of research led by Sydney Fringe investigating the prohibitive barriers for the re-adaptive use of buildings as temporary performance space.
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HPG Festival Hub
In partnership with property owners HPG Australia and the NSW Government Sydney Fringe transformed a 7000m2 industrial warehouse into a pop-up independent arts hub in Alexandria.
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Off Broadway Precinct
In 2016 we managed the conception and direction of a new creative arts precinct OFF BROADWAY in partnership with the Inner West Council.
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