Welcome to the fabulous 
Nelson Fringe Festival

Nelson Fringe is an annual festival of ideas, experiments, adventures
and general fringey awesomness.

Our next festival will be in March 2025 - we'll have those dates confirmed asap.
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Jessie and Other Stories

Thu 6 & Mon 10 Mar at 6:00pm
Words & Music

Rubber Gloves: The Glad Rags Story

Thu 6 & Fri 7 Mar at 6:00pm; Sat 8 Mar at 9:00pm
Theatre
Book tickets

The Girmit

Thu 6 & Fri 7 Mar at 6:00pm
Theatre
Book tickets

My Life is Based on a True Story

Thu 6 & Thu 13 Mar at 7:30pm; Fri 7 Mar at 9:00pm
Theatre

Rampage – the true story of a drug fuelled adventure at Nelson Hospital

Thu 6 & Fri 7 Mar at 7:30pm; Mon 10 Mar at 9:00pm
Stand Up
Book tickets

Can’t Hear Her Voice

Thu 6 & Fri 7 Mar at 7:30pm
Theatre
Book tickets

Silly Skitts (previously Double Bill)

Thu 6 at 9:00pm & Fri 7 Mar at 7:30pm
Theatre
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SPACE HOLE

Thu 6 & Fri 7 Mar at 9:00pm
Stand Up

William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

Fri 7 Mar at 5:00-6:45pm
Theatre

Spinster

Fri 7 & Sat 8 Mar at 6:00pm
Stand Up

BOTTOM SURGERY

Fri 7 & Sun 9 Mar at 9:00pm
Cabaret
Book tickets

Robert Haley – ELIXIR

Fri 7 & Sat 8 Mar at 9:00pm
Magic

Free Fringe Outdoors

Sat 8 & Sat 15 Mar at 11:00am-1:00pm
Free

Zine Making Workshop hosted by Guerrilla Publishing

Sat 8 & Sat 15 Mar at 11:15am-1:15pm
Workshop
Book tickets

For My Family, And Yours

Sat 8 Mar at 6:00pm
Words & Music
Book tickets

Frankenstein Abridged

Sat 8 & Sun 9 Mar at 6:00pm
Theatre
Book tickets

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Sat 8 & Sun 9 Mar at 7:30pm
Theatre

Steiner and the Snake

Sat 8 & Sun 9 Mar at 7:30pm
Theatre
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What you didn’t know you didn’t know about physics

Sat 8 & Tues 11 Mar at 7:30pm
Stand Up
Book tickets

Cheese Wraps & Blueberries

Sat 8 & Sun 9 Mar at 7:30pm
Theatre

A Stand-up Show!

Sat 8 & Tues 11 Mar at 9:00pm
Stand Up
Book tickets

Up Late Cabaret

Sat 8 & Sat 15 Mar at 9:00pm
Cabaret
Book tickets

Tell Tales Collective

Sun 9 Mar at 6:00pm
Improv
Book tickets

Creating Character through Physical Theatre

Sun 9 Mar at 1:00-4:00pm
Workshop
Book tickets

Nilguen Yalay: When the Dragonfly Emerges

Sun 9 Mar at 4:00pm & Sat 15 Mar at 5:30pm
Theatre
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The Extra

Sun 9 Mar at 4:30pm & Mon 10 Mar at 6:00pm
Youth
Book tickets

Lines & Lyrics: Poems & Songs by Mark Raffills & Leigh Strange

Mon 10 Mar at 6:00pm
Words & Music
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Midlife Crisis

Mon 10 Mar at 7:30pm
Stand Up

A Year and a Day

Mon 10, Tues 11 & Wed 12 Mar at 7:30pm
Theatre
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Passing Through

Mon 10 & Tues 11 Mar at 7:30pm
Theatre
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The Brilliance of Broken Glass

Mon 10 & Tue 11 Mar at 9:00pm
Theatre
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22 (Brooke’s Version)

Tue 11 Mar at 6:00pm
Stand Up
Book tickets

Songs and Chats

Tues 11 Mar at 6:00pm
Words & Music

The Elephant in the Room

Tues 11, Wed 12 & Thu 13 Mar at 6:00pm
Theatre

The Uber-cool Musical

Tues 11, Wed 12 & Thu 13 Mar at 6:00pm & 7:30pm
Out of the Box

Dance with Dementia

Wed 12, Thu 13 & Fri 14 Mar at 6:00pm
Theatre
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I’m Proud of You

Wed 12 Mar at 6:00pm
Improv
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I Was a Teenage Racist

Wed 12 & Thu 13 Mar at 7:30pm
Stand Up
Book tickets

Only Bones – Daniel Nodder

Wed 12 & Thu 13 Mar at 7:30pm
Dance/Physical Theatre
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Accordion Ryan’s Pop Bangers

Wed 12, Thu 13 & Fri 14 Mar at 9:00pm
Cabaret
Book tickets

VOID – work in progress

Thu 13 Mar at 6:00pm
Stand Up
Book tickets

Laser Kiwi Good Time – work in progress

Thu 13 & Fri 14 Mar at 9:00pm
Cabaret
Book tickets

Captain Houndstooth

Thu 13, Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar at 9:00pm
Words & Music
Book tickets

The Magic Shop

Fri 14 Mar at 4:30-5:40pm
Out of the Box
Book tickets

Pommie Funny Fillies! Sajeela Kershi & Suzy Bennett

Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar at 6:00pm
Stand Up
Book tickets

blip

Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar at 6:00pm
Theatre
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Would You Like Me More If I Was Less Like Me?

Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar at 7:30pm
Stand Up
Book tickets

Tekau (10)

Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar at 7:30pm
Improv
Book tickets

THE KIDS MIGHT DIE (a tale told by an idiot)

Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar at 7:30pm
Theatre
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Zeelowsguys Kids Show

Sat 15 Mar at 11:00am
Kids
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FunnYouth

Sat 15 Mar at 4:30pm
Youth
Book tickets

Itay Dom: Half-Baked Ideas

Sat 15 Mar at 9:00pm
Stand Up
Book tickets

What's been happening

Fringe merch!

T-shirts, singlets, a hoodie & a tote bag. We could all be lookin' so fancy! Order through Printmighty and your…

14 February, 2025

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We have a new venue!

We are absolutely ecstatic to announce that Yaza Café in Montgomery Square will be our new Comedy Club for the 2025 Fringe. Yaza will stay…

21 October, 2024

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The Elephant in the Room

Join us for a reading of Breffni O'Rourke's new play, The Elephant in the Room. If you're curious about how a…

6 September, 2024

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