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Perth’s Fringe World posts $70.9 million economic impact

In just four years the festival has become a major event in the West Australian capital, attracting an audience of 660,093.

14 Jul 2015

Richard Watts

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Audiences flocked to Fringe World 2015 in record numbers. Photo by Chris Benson.

Fringe World 2015’s Festival Impact Report documents the Festival’s significant economic contribution to the state, and emphasises the event’s rapid growth since it was first presented in 2012.

According to the Festival Impact Report, the total gross economic movement achieved by the Festival in Western Australia was almost $70.9 million, value-adding $51.73 for every $1 of state government investment in the event.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts