A week after the Melbourne Fringe Festival wraps, Fringe Encore: Ballarat will bring a stellar line-up of independent artists to regional Victoria for four days of surprising art.
The program includes a mix of regional exclusives, returning favourites and hand-picked Melbourne Fringe highlights, unfolding across Ballarat from 22-25 October 2026.
Ballarat will host the world premiere of One Fell Swoop Circus' Degustation, an ambitious collision of circus and cuisine.
Throughout the show, audiences enjoy five courses created with chef Shu Liu of SHU Restaurant (a Sichuan-inspired kitchen in Collingwood). This is a celebration of sensation where the meal and the acrobatics shape each other, course by course.
Grab your butterfly clips and low-rise bumpsters, as we rewind the clock to the eve of the millennium with fabulous drag comedy parody play Fountain Lakes: Y2K.
Will Kath find her dream spunk rat? Will Kim go through with her upcoming connubials? Will Sharon score a midnight pash before the millennium bug gets her? A prequel to Thomas Jaspars' smash hit Fountain Lakes in Lockdown, this brand new show guarantees noineteen-noinety-noine levels of camp.
Fresh from its Deadly Fringe premiere in Melbourne, Na Djinang Circus’ Ocker will appear alongside a curated selection of Open Program works presented at historic Ballarat venues.
For four days, Fringe Encore: Ballarat invites you to take a chance on something new. Stack your calendar, grab some delicious bites between shows and see where the adventurous spirit of Fringe will take you.
Get 25% off full-priced tickets to Fountain Lakes: Y2K and Degustation with Melbourne Fringe Festival's 48 Flash Sale which ends 6pm Sunday 9 August 2026.
More Fringe Encore events will be announced so check back for all the dets closer to the festival.
