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Adelaide Fringe delivers $68.8 million to SA economy

A 9% increase in audience and 21% increase in ticket sales helped deliver a bumper 2015 Fringe.

17 Jun 2015

Richard Watts

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Adelaide Fringe Parade: photo by Tony Virgo

Adelaide Fringe’s total economic expenditure, generated through ticket sales, overall attendances, accommodation, transport and hospitality, has delivered $68.8 million to the South Australian economy in 2015, an increase of $2.5 million on the 2014 figure of $66.3 million.

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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