Take part in Wandsworth Arts Fringe
Wandsworth Arts Fringe is an annual extravaganza of arts and culture, popping up in surprising spaces all over the borough. This year will be our most ambitious festival to date as Wandsworth becomes London Borough of Culture 2025.
Registrations to be part of Wandsworth’s flagship annual arts festival from 6—22 June 2025 are now open!
On this page, you can find out more about Wandsworth Arts Fringe festival plus key information and guidance on how to take part. Make a start on your registration before 5pm on Thu 9 Jan 2025 to take advantage of our Early Bird rates, and make sure to complete and submit your registration by Fri 14 Feb 2025.
Register Your Event
Ready to go? Create a Welcome To Wandsworth account and register your WAF2025 event. If you already have an account, please log in here.
What’s Fringe?
Wandsworth Arts Fringe is an open-access festival, which means that no matter who you are or where you come from, everyone is welcome!
Unlike other arts festivals, no-one’s in charge of deciding which shows get to take part. We don't have curators or programmers, and there are no themes or content criteria that artists have to fulfil when registering an event. Anyone with a story to tell and a venue to host them is invited to register.
Why WAF?
Wandsworth Arts Fringe is an opportunity to test new ideas, showcase your work, attract new audiences, and explore new spaces. Wandsworth Council is committed to supporting artists to build their practice, so we offer registration fees from as little at £15 for performers under 26, and from just £30 for everyone else. We also offer packages of support across marketing, PR, venue booking, ticketing, accessibility, sustainability, fundraising and evaluation. Each year we offer up to £2000 to projects that meet our strategic goals and engage meaningfully with our residents through our grants scheme. Wandsworth is London Borough of Culture 2025, which means WAF2025 is going to be bigger and better than ever, with more grant funding, new artist commissions, and more professional development opportunities than ever before.
How To Take Part
Dates and Deadlines
- Expressions of Interest & Grants opened: 9 September 2024
- WAF Grants applications closed: 30 October 2024
- WAF Grants decisions: mid-December 2024
- Early Bird Registration open: Thu 12 December 2024
- Expressions of interest close: Thu 12 December 2024
- Early Bird registration closes: Thu 9 January 2025, 5pm
- Final registration and copy deadline: Fri 14 February 2025, 5pm
- WAF festival dates: Fri 6 to Sun 22 June 2025
Expressions of Interest
Express your interest in taking part in WAF2025 until Thu 12 December 2024. This form is a quick and easy way of letting us know your ideas, and signs you up to receive practical updates from festival producers, links to join the WAF Creatives Sessions, and reminders for upcoming deadlines.
Venues
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How To Register
Everything you need to know about registering your event as part of WAF2025. Find out about registration fees and discounts, information about ticketing, a checklist of what you’ll need to have ready to complete your listing, and a step-by-step guide through the online registration process.
Registrations for Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2025 will be open Thu 12 December 2024 - Fri 14 February 2025.
