The Castlemaine Fringe Festival is a 16-day biennial multi-arts festival celebrating contemporary regional creativity across Castlemaine and Mount Alexander Shire.
The festival is deeply community-driven, with strong representation from LGBTQIA+, First Nations, CALD, intergenerational and all-abilities communities embedded throughout the program. Featuring free and ticketed performances, exhibitions, live music, a shire-wide arts trail, workshops and community-led events across more than 75 venues, the Castlemaine Fringe Festival attracts local, intrastate and interstate visitors to regional Victoria.
Castlemaine Fringe strengthens the region's reputation as a vibrant cultural tourism destination renowned for creativity, inclusivity and distinctive regional experiences.