Fringe: 2024 Impact

The Adelaide Fringe has once again confirmed its status as the internationally leading arts festival. Over the past decade the growth and impact of Adelaide Fringe inspires those alike across the globe, this year generating $121M in new money to South Australia, up from $18M in a 2014—6-fold increase. The 2024 season brought in $27M in box office, with all this revenue paid to artists and venues.

2024 Key Facts and Figures:

• $121M in new money to South Australia (up from $18M in 2014—6-fold increase)
• 13,553 direct and indirect jobs created (up from 1,930 in 2014—7-fold increase)
• 306,318 visitor nights created (up from 61,217 in 2014—5-fold increase)
• $27M total Box Office – this is not kept by Fringe, it is paid out to artists and venues to offset their costs of their show (10 years ago, the Adelaide Fringe Box Office was $11M)
• $187M total media value

Download the 2024 Impact Report here, or for a plain text copy of this document, click here.