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Typically, conventional festivals use a jury selection process, whereas many fringe festivals do not use a jury process in their selection criteria, hence the descriptor unjuried or open-access. There are exceptions to this; some fringe festivals (e.g., New York International Fringe Festival) do employ a jury-based selection process. [6] [7] [8]
Many festivals, such as those in the fringe theatre movement, promote the work of beginning playwrights (called "new writing") and performers. This is a list of theatre festivals around the world: Theatre festivals
The Festival Fringe Society of Perth was established in 1983 and was the forerunner to the Fringe World Festival. The Society held an annual Fringe Festival up until 1988 at which time the organisation decided to move the Fringe from summer to spring and to re-brand it as Artrage, an annual festival dedicated to the presentation of alternative independent arts – a format that was followed ...
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe, the Fringe or the Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest performance arts festival, which in 2024 spanned 25 days, sold more than 2.6 million tickets and featured more than 51,446 scheduled performances of 3,746 different shows across 262 venues from 60 different countries.
Adelaide Fringe, formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival, is Australia’s biggest arts festival and is the world's second-largest annual arts festival (after the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Between mid-February and mid-March each year, it features more than 7,000 artists from around Australia and the ...
In 2014, Orlando Fringe hosted the CAFF and USAFF Conferences, welcoming representatives from 70 fringe festivals from around the world. [ 18 ] In 2015, an economic impact study showed Orlando Fringe's impact surpassed 2 million dollars in local revenue. [ 19 ]
Bentley, who has led the festival since 2017, said that she would be ecstatic if the Fringe draws 30,000 patrons now. "In days gone by, 30,000 would've been a rough year," she said.
The Edmonton Fringe is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals. Fringe Theatre is a charitable arts organization, Fringe Theatre brings community together through the power of storytelling. Fringe supports Artists by giving them the tools and platform they need to put on their productions and reach audiences. [2]