The 23rd Macao City Fringe Festival will be held in March 2025 and the organiser, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), is now calling for proposals for programmes and performance venues, inviting all local artists, art and cultural associations, curators, producers and other art creators to join.
The call for submission will run until 5 pm on 6 November.
The open call for the upcoming Fringe Festival accepts applications from non-profit art and cultural associations registered at Macau’s Identification Services Bureau (DSI) or holders of a valid Macau Resident ID Card aged over 18, according to IC.
The open call includes two programme categories: “Programme Showcase” and the “Crème de la Fringe” Curatorial Project. In order to further deepen the ties between the Fringe Festival and the city and to encourage artists to make use of the small city’s characteristics in their works, proposals for the “Programme Showcase” must be steeped in the culture of the local community or connected with the context of local community development.
They can be an individual programme or a series of programmes and related outreach performances or activities, and the budget for the production of each selected programme ranges from MOP 70,000 to MOP 130,000.
In addition, in order to encourage more artistic and cultural associations and artists to break the barriers of traditional theatre venues, explore the possibilities of different venues, and boost the synergistic effects of culture and tourism, the “Programme Showcase” which is presented at a commercial venue will be granted a venue rental subsidy of up to MOP 10,000.
For the “Crème de la Fringe” Curatorial Project, a “mini-festival” integrated in the Fringe Festival, must integrate no less than three programmes and two outreach activities. The maximum budget for the entire project is MOP 500,000. Priority will be given to site-specific artistic performances, outdoor performances, and new productions which are neither a revival or sequel nor have been staged in Macau and will be premiered at the Macao City Fringe Festival.
The regulations, application forms for programme proposals, and the Fringe venue registration form can be downloaded from IC’s website.
Applicants may submit the completed application forms and relevant documents in person at IC’s building at Tap Seac Square during office hours, by post, or by email to fringe@icm.gov.mo – marked with “Attn: Division of Performing Arts, Cultural Affairs Bureau, Call for Proposals of Programmes for 23rd Macao City Fringe Festival”.
Applicants who propose performance venues may also submit the completed Fringe venue registration form to the abovementioned email address. For more information visit IC’s website.
Source and Image: IC
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