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The Melbourne Fringe Festival is an annual multi-arts festival, held in late September, early October every year. They offer advice and support for developing Fringe Festival events, as well as an extensive marking campaign. Their artist resources page contains a number of links to artist resources including venue information, other festivals, local council grants, even job advertisements with the festival itself.

The next Wave Festival happens every two years (next one in 2010) and is aimed at helping new and youth artists get their work out into the community. It aims to provide a platform to encourage innovative and engaging artworks and performances across a range of genres and provide not only stage space but also support and guidance to those in the industry. Once on the page, also click on "Our Programs" to read about 'Kickstart' which happens in non festival years and helps artists to develop their works in the lead up to the next festival.

This is not art is an annual festival which happens in Newcastle, NSW. It bills itself as an "independent, emerging and experiemental arts festival". 'This is not art' actually encompasses several smaller festivals which take place under its banner. The festival's aims are to allow artists to "meet and collaborate, share ideas, passions and skills, and showcase...work". Artists can respond to the calls for proposals if they would like to exhibit or perform, or they can also get involved through volunteering. CH

Whitehat aims to to be a comprehensive listing of every thing to see and do in Melbourne. No one site is going to be able to cover everything, but Whitehat does a give a very good overview. Its particular strength is its market listings, but it also covers festivals, music, exhibitions, theatre and more.

Craft Victoria is offering opportunities for emerging artists called Hatched and some mini festivals like White Box

With over 600 companies on their subscription list, Arts Hub is a subscription based service that offers "access to the latest creative jobs, industry news and reviews, events and now even a dedicated classifieds service for the creative sector." Personal membership costs $100 per year and is able to be paid quarterly.\n(Arts Hub 2009 Simon Baker's Classified Ad Ventures. Australia viewed 4 May 2009 http://www.artshub.com.au/au/about-arts-hub.asp)

Maribyrnong City Council offers free Arts Hub Access - they would appreciate if you filled in a feedback form though):\n"To Access Arts Hub\n Visit one of the Maribyrnong Library branches (you can only access Arts Hub from a library computer)\n When you are at the branch go to the Maribyrnong Library home page\n Select Online Databases and Weblinks\n Then choose the Arts Hub link