The Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust is a non-profit charitable trust. Established in April 2004, the Trust provides governance and contributes to the successful delivery of the various projects coming out of Fringe HQ.

NZ Young Writers Festival

Held in the heart of Dunedin – UNESCO City of Literature, produced by the Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust, the festival includes workshops, performances, panel discussions, and bookish social festivities. 

NZYWF is an annual festival, where we join playwrights and poets; comedians and historians; critics and consciences. By and for young writers of all ages!

The next festival dates are September 29 – October 2, 2022.

Click below to check out our website for images, video and audio of past events.

Amped Music Project

AMPED Music Project is a free 7-week music mentorship programme that aims to encourage and empower young musicians.

We run free all ages, alcohol free gigs and workshops for high school bands/solo acts to play at. Students learn about how to organise gigs, manage their band and various aspects of sound and performance among other skills. 

Amped 2021 took place over August - September.

Click below to check out the website for images resources.

The Dunedin Fringe Festival is an annual event which happens every March timed to coincide with other fringe festivals in New Zealand and Australia. The Dunedin Fringe attracts artists from throughout New Zealand and overseas with a mix of established and emerging artists. 

White Box is Dunedin’s newest little gallery space, providing a window to the arts in Princes Street.. soon to relocate to George st.

Aiming to support and showcase a diverse range of engaging and experimental projects, enabling arts practitioners, students, writers, curators and community projects to present work free from commercial and criterion restraints. 

White Box is in a highly visible location, giving a wide spectrum of viewers the opportunity and encouragement to engage with the arts.

For information on making a proposal click below for the White Box@ fringe HQ page.

Fringe HQ 19 George st, Dunedin

At Fringe HQ, we run the Dunedin Fringe Festival, the Amped Music Project, NZ Young Writers Festival, White Box window gallery, and provide support to the art community from our central and warm office space. 

We also provide opportunities for young people to work with us as staff and interns. 

Volunteers are an essential part of the Fringe HQ team and we recruit volunteers year round, but especially in January through to March.

The Goal at Fringe HQ is to share our resources and infrastructure with Dunedin’s creative sector. If you or your organisation are keen to talk to us about using our space, find out more here: