Perth Fringe World
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| Genre | Arts/Fringe |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Perth, Western Australia |
| Years active | 2011 to Present |
| Previous event | 22 January 2016 – 21 February 2016 |
| Next event | 20 January 2017 – 19 February 2017 |
| Organised by | Artrage |
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Coordinates: 34°55′24″S 138°35′44″E / 34.92343°S 138.59565°E
Fringe World is an annual multi-arts fringe festival held in Perth, Western Australia during the city's buzzing summer festival season of January/February. Fringe World is recognised as the third largest Fringe in the world and one of the best things about Perth. The 2016 Festival recorded over 350,000 tickets sold, valued at $9.3 million and attendance at free and ticketed events was almost one million.
The annual program of events features artists and acts from a range of styles including circus, cabaret, comedy, music, dance, theatre, film and visual art. Fringe World is produced by Artrage who is recognised as one of the largest and most successful arts organisations in Western Australia.
Fringe World is an open access Festival, which means that artists from anywhere in the world can register to be part of the Festival. The open access policy is similar to that of the Adelaide Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe festivals.
The Festival features many unique 'pop-up' venues, such as De Parel Spiegeltent, which was purchased by Artrage in 2011 with the assistance of Lotterywest. The full name of Fringe World's spiegeltent is De Parel Van Vuren or 'The Pearl of Fire', it was built in 1905 by Belgium's renowned Klessen family. The venue is a unique architectural jewel with a long touring history in Europe. Fringe World is the only fringe festival in the world to own its own spiegeltent. In 2016, Fringe World facilitated the purchase of a spiegeltent for Edith Cowan University; the venue will be re-named The Edith Spiegeltent.
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