Each year, Brighton Fringe offers a series of bursaries in collaboration with various local, national and international organisations. 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. Most bursaries require you 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].
Bursaries will be offered in two waves:
If you are awarded a bursary after you have paid your registration fee, you will be refunded in full.
See below for the Brighton Fringe 2024 wave two bursaries.
Whilst The Pebble Trust is no longer funding the administrative organisation behind Brighton Fringe (Brighton Fringe Limited), they continue to support Brighton Fringe artists and the local arts ecosystem through their various bursary schemes.
This application is for the Brighton Fringe International Touring Bursary in Association with The Pebble Trust.
This bursary is to support an international production in coming to Brighton Fringe 2024, the winner will receive £3,000 from The Pebble Trust.
To be eligible to apply, your production needs to be a 2022-2023 award-winning show from one of the World Fringe member festivals: http://www.worldfringe.com/
After completing your application, please make sure to email across a supporting press release or tour pack to: [email protected]
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All unsuccessful applicants are still entitled to a free registration for Brighton Fringe 2024. Contact the Artist Services team at [email protected] to find out more.
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This is a bursary for anyone creating alternative comedy (ie, not traditional stand-up) whose background or identity is underrepresented in this genre. You could be an individual or a group, you could be a clown, drag artist, poet, musical comedian or something that totally defies description.
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Criteria:
Offer:
We will pay the fee for your Brighton Fringe registration. For those already registered, we will reimburse.
Application process:
Please fill in this application form by 5pm, 22nd January 2024. Video and audio applications are also accepted – please send a link to these in the form when requested.
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Deadlines:
The successful applicant will be selected by a panel of nice people in comedy industry, cross-medium, but all with an interest in alternative comedy.
Unsuccessful applicants will also be contacted by this date.
If you have any questions, or would like to speak to a member of the team about your application or access needs, then please do feel free to get in touch at [email protected]
We are delighted to announce applications are open for the Brighton Fringe Bursary for 2024. The award is open to any artist or company whose work has choreography at it’s heart.
The successful recipient will receive:
This support is worth over £600
Criteria:
You do not need to be a dance artist/company to apply; and the show’s lead art form might be cabaret, circus, burlesque, physical theatre etc – but we are particularly interested in supporting work that has choreography at it’s heart and artists who are carefully considering the choreographic nature of their work.
In order to be considered for the bursary, you must have a show in development and provide evidence that you have either confirmed your venue or are in conversation with a venue who will host your Brighton Fringe show in 2024.
This bursary is specifically to support those who have never presented work at the Brighton Fringe and we do not currently fund student or youth work.
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Bird and Blend are delighted to announce applications are open for this year’s SustainabiliTEA 2024 Bursary. There will be two awarded from the applications.
Criteria: 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:
The Bursary includes:
Deadlines:
To apply, please complete the form below.
Brighton Fringe Chair of Trustees Duncan is offering two bursaries for Brighton Fringe 2024. One of the bursaries is for Brighton Fringe shows/events where one of more of the performers or crew involved have a disability.
The winner will receive:
Please note, artists will still need to arrange a venue to host the event independent of the bursary and secure a contract with said venue agreeing ticket split or hire fee.
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Artist Services Assistant Sarah French is offering a bursary for Brighton Fringe 2024.
The winner will receive:
Please note, artists will still need to arrange a venue to host the event independent of the bursary and secure a contract with said venue agreeing ticket split or hire fee.
Criteria:
To be eligible for this bursary you must be putting on an event within the Cabaret & Variety genre and/or be an event that includes cabaret performances.
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Encore Insure in conjunction with Brighton Fringe are very pleased to announce the encoreinsure.com Brighton Fringe Bursary Scheme to reflect their support of Fringe performance and the creative zeal of new makers to produce fantastic work without extortionate budgets.
The Offer:
Criteria:
Your event must fall under one of the following categories:
Deadline:
The bursary winners will be selected by a panel of Encore Insure Staff. The schedule is as follows:
Please visit our Insurance page or www.encoreinsure.com to learn more about our preferred Insurance Supplier and the cover you need for your Brighton Fringe event.
encoreinsure.com is an online facility brought to you by Tysers.
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The bursary from Ironclad Creative CIC exists to celebrate the memory of Brighton writer and creative Michael Graney who was passionate about writing, the arts and science-fiction.
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Former Fringe staff member and all-around legend Robert Batson has generously offered a bursary for one Fringe event taking part in 2024. The winning event must be from Brighton & Hove.
The successful recipient will receive:
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Brighton Fringe Sales & Development Manager Vicky is offering one bursary for Brighton Fringe 2024.
The winner will receive:
Please note, artists will still need to arrange a venue to host the event independent of the bursary and secure a contract with said venue agreeing ticket split or hire fee.
Criteria:
To be eligible for this bursary one or more people involved in your event (or yourself if a one-person show e.g. stand up) must identify as LGBTQ+.
Deadlines:
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