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The 2024 Adelaide Fringe Poster has been revealed, showing artist Rebecca Davis’ take on the theme "Arts Unlimited" as a vibrant, marching band of animals.

Artists, arts organisations and audiences can come together, literally and figuratively, around the ideas expressed in a manifesto.

A request to shut down Rundle Rd for six weeks during the 2024 Adelaide Fringe has been withdrawn following community consultation.

A scheduling overlap between a government-backed motorsport event and the Adelaide Fringe has prompted concerns over noise levels, with one organiser already flagging they'll have to adjust their programming.

Adelaide Fringe organisers have asked for Rundle Road to close for six weeks next year in order to expand the Garden of Unearthly Delights and Gluttony to include two new venues of 800 and 1000 seats.

The organisers of popular Fringe venue Gluttony say they'll have to consider how they operate, charging entry or shrinking in size after an Adelaide City Council decision to re-introduce fees for hiring the park lands for events.

Adelaide’s festivals are continuing to prove a powerhouse for the state’s economy with the Fringe releasing more record figures today showing interstate visitors pushed a 40 per cent increase in economic expenditure at this year’s event to $105.5 million. At the same time, it made the top 10 mentioned brands on Instagram.

As the storm over that review rumbles on, veteran critic John Lethlean rejects accusations of sexism.

The Fringe has already sold a record 930,000 tickets and Adelaide Festival has well exceeded its 2023 box office target ahead of the final weekend of South Australia's 'Mad March' festival season.

As the storm over that review rumbles on, veteran critic John Lethlean rejects accusations of sexism.