Fringe in the Bridge is set to hit Murray Bridge from 21 February to 21 March 2026, bringing a reimagined local festival experience to the heart of the town.
The month-long celebration will bring the community together across five vibrant venues, all within walking distance, with a packed program of comedy, live music, exhibitions, workshops, a venue trail adventure and more.
Featuring local talent alongside leading South Australian and national artists, Fringe in the Bridge will present eighteen diverse free and ticketed events for audiences of all ages.
At Murray Bridge Performing Arts + Function Centre, experience Eddy Ray: Lack of Judgement Day an hilarious all original live music and film combo, and Moovin’ Melvin Brown’s musical journey through 50s-90s Black Music, in song, tap dance, story and comedy. Also, a Murray Bridge original and rising star theatre Director Hannah Smith presents two moving performances in B*TCH BOXER theatre show and unmothered song cycle.
Bridgeport Hotel offerings include great comedy with Granny Flaps – The Retrospective Roadshow and Straight Outta Church, as well as a night of iconic songs with American Road Trip, a Neil Diamond Experience featuring Troy Harrison in Song Sung Blue, and travel back to the birth of rock‘n’roll and beyond with Heatwave a high-energy show loaded with timeless hits. Also, try your hand at painting with fluoros and sipping in style at the NEON Paint and Sip workshop.
Always free to enter, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery presents two great exhibitions. skopos by Susie Althorp is an immersion in the sublime world of our oceans, commissioned by Country Arts SA through the 2025 Breaking Ground Award. Beyond the Stone Age by thirteen SA Stone Sculptors Association artists, showcases a collective 200 years of sculpting applied to materials up to millions of years in the making. There is also the opportunity to learn directly from SASSA members in a Limestone Sculpting Workshop.
Murray Bridge Library offers all free activities for all ages, from Knot Your Grandma’s Cross Stitch, to a Lolly Jar Circus class and Children’s Drawing Workshop with Illustrator Paul Rutter, as well as a musical performance by Henry Olonga, former international cricketer turned operatic tenor.
Enjoy Little Fringe @ The Station, a free cosy, creative, community micro-Fringe night to chill, create and support young local artists, with youth music, live art and quirky bite-sized performances.
Hop, Skip, Stamp is a venue trail and colouring-in competition for kids. Pick up a map at any of the Fringe in the Bridge venues from 21 February, then visit each venue, stamp your map and grab a free goodie! Coloured-in maps with the full set of stamps can go in the running for a fun prize!
Book your tickets now to comedy and live music shows, creative workshops and free activities. Tickets are available via FringeTix at https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix.
Full programs are available from Murray Bridge Regional Gallery in Sixth Street, Murray Bridge Library and online at Fringe in the Bridge.