Bursaries

Each year, Brighton Fringe offers a series of bursaries in collaboration with various local, national and international organisations. We also have a range of Staff Bursaries, covering a whole range of genres. Bursaries ensure that those who may not normally take part in Brighton Fringe can do so.

Bursaries cover the cost of event registration alongside a variety of other support in the form of monetary support, mentoring support or marketing support.

Each bursary will have a different set of criteria you are required to meet to apply, set by the bursary provider. To apply for a bursary, you will be required to fill out a short application form explaining your eligibility for the bursary. If you require support to fill out the form, please contact our Artist & Venue Services Team at [email protected].

AVAILABLE BURSARIES

Brighton Fringe 2025 Staff Bursaries

• Amy's Children & Young People Bursary
• Duncan's Artist with a Disability Bursary
• Duncan's Artist of the Global Majority Bursary
• Hannah's Musical Theatre Bursary
• Megan's Comedy Work in Progress Bursary
• Rich's Mental Health Bursary
• Sarah's Cabaret & Variety Bursary
• Vicky's LGBTQ+ Bursary

Every year, Brighton Fringe offer a number of bursaries to make the festival more accessible for those who otherwise wouldn't be able to take part. In the past two years, we introduced Brighton Fringe Staff Bursaries - a chance for our staff to offer a bursary around something they are passionate about.

All That Bex 'Everyone Loves an Underdog' Bursary

Local legend and seasoned Fringe performer, Aiden Bexley, is offering this bursary for any performer who might consider themselves an underdog. This could involve a lack of experience, no formal training, being relatively new to performing, and feeling a bit lost with how to run a successful show at Brighton Fringe.

Find out more about the criteria on the application form.

Bird and Blend - CommuniTEA Bursary 2025

The award is open to any artist, company or organisation whose Brighton Fringe show encompasses one of the following points: 

• Engages with a local community
• Is organised by/or benefits a community group/ organisation 
• The event connects with a community theme/topic

Bird and Blend - SustainabiliTEA Bursary 2025

As Bird & Blend have grown over the years, they are proud to always try to keep people & the planet at the forefront of their decision making process. But they acknowledge they aren’t perfect - sustainability isn’t easy, it’s an ever evolving process. This bursary is for any artist, organisation or person trying to include sustainability in their event in any of the following ways:

• Connects with Sustainability within their event 
• Educates an audience surrounding sustainability topics
• Considers sustainability within their event operations (e.g. travel, production etc) 

More details can be found on the application form below.

We will be announcing further bursaries throughout Autumn 2024. To stay up to date, please sign up to our newsletter.

We will update this page and send regular mailouts as and when bursaries are announced. You can join our mailing list here.

To ensure as many people can apply as possible, all bursary applications will remain open until Monday 3 February 2025. Announcements will be made on Friday 7 February 2025.

If you are awarded a bursary after you have paid your registration fee, you will be refunded in full.