The Dunedin Fringe Festival closed with one hell of a party at the Fringe Festival Awards Party. The awards celebrated two weeks of incredible performers and were held at the mainstay of the Fringe this year, The Fringe Lounge in the Museum Reserve.

Local bands Haunted Love and Fea St Hustle entertained the crowd, along with a reprise of Spirals of Man, a cameo from Irish gypsy fiddler Aindrais de Staic, and the unmistakable MC Keith 'The Numbers' Preene from the Golden Goose comedy bingo show.

But without further delay… the winners of this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival are…

ARTFORM AWARDS
· BEST COMEDY: Golden Goose – The Comedy Bingo Show! (Christchurch)
· BEST DANCE: 3 Kiwi’s and a Spic (Auckland, Argentina, Christchurch)
· BEST OUTDOOR: Grave Era (Hamilton)
· BEST MUSIC: Whyt (Wellington)
· BEST THEATRE: Faust Chroma (Christchurch)
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GENERAL AWARD CATEGORIES
· BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Whyt (Wellington)
· BEST PR: Golden Goose – The Comedy Bingo Show! (Christchurch)
· MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT: Trapt (Dunedin)
· BEST SOLO PRODUCTION: On the Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark Taking Me as her Young Lover (Wellington)
· STAND-OUT PERFORMER: Tanya Drewey (Wellington)
· PEOPLE’S CHOICE: We Dance Good 08 (Dunedin)
· BEST OF FRINGE: Heavenly Burlesque: The Untamed Oddities Tour (Wellington)

NIGHT VISION AWARDS
· BEST SHORT FILM: Grumpy Old Bastard
· BEST SUPER SHORT FILM: The Tale of Three Stadiums
· BEST MUSIC VIDEO: The Sneaks – I’m Lame
· PEOPLE’S CHOICE: At Low Tide

Director Paul Smith says, “The awards are a wonderful way to close the festival. It’s great to have all the performers together in one place to celebrate what they’ve acheived. It’s also an opportunity to celebrate all the hard works that’s gone in to the festival, from staff, volunteers and sponsors.”

Dunedin Fringe may be over for this year but now that the Festival is annual expect to be hearing from the Festival team again soon!