A gathering like no other, the Oddities & Curiosities Expo brings together a global community of artists, collectors, and makers who celebrate the strange and unconventional. Inside, you’ll find an ever-shifting landscape of curiosities — from preserved specimens and taxidermy to dark illustrative works, rare objects, handcrafted jewellery, alternative fashion, and beautifully haunting artefacts. It’s a space where the unusual is not just accepted, but celebrated.

For 2026, Fringe Group Studios is expanding both its scale and creative direction, introducing a new range of handcrafted jewellery, sculptural pieces, and event-only collectibles designed to feel rare, personal, and a little otherworldly.

This year also marks an exciting evolution within our creative team — Meanjin-based artist THISTLE SANCTUARY officially joins Fringe Group Studios as a permanent member. No longer a guest collaborator, her distinctive illustrative style is now deeply woven into the studio’s ongoing vision. Her latest works will be featured across a new series of prints, wearable designs, and exclusive collaborative pieces developed especially for the 2026 tour.

Join us in Brisbane on 14–15 November and Melbourne on 21–22 November 2026, and step into something a little darker, stranger, and entirely new.