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A Philadelphia Fringe Festival performance.

The first Philadelphia Fringe Festival was presented in 1997 by the organization now known as FringeArts, with the intention of providing opportunities for contemporary performing artists to connect with audiences in an exciting social environment. The first Festival took over Philadelphia’s Old City for five days, and featured 60 performing groups that presented their work in theaters, nightclubs, galleries, alleys, abandoned buildings and at least one parked car.

Today, the annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival features more than 1,000 performances by national, international and Philadelphia-based artists of all disciplines. For one month, these innovators fill the public and private spaces across the city with nonstop, wild creativity for audiences of more than 40,000.

Included in the festival are hundreds of independently produced performances and events, work presented by partnering Festival Hubs and producers, and a slate of programs curated by FringeArts. In the true spirit of the international “Fringe” movement, there is no limit to the ways that artists and audiences can participate in and experience the festival.

Note: The following descriptive information came from the event's Fringe Story page.

In The News

Philly Fringe 2025: Lightning Rod Special presents Alice Yorke and Scott R. Sheppard’s Lions, Broad Street Review, September 16, 2025.
Nick Stuccio on the Good, the Bad, and the Very Tense Moments in Philadelphia Fringe Festival History, Philadelphia Magazine, September 4, 2021.

Info

Volunteer: What does it mean to volunteer in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival?

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-{{toplink|url=http://fringearts.com/all-presentations/|name=fringearts.com/all-presentations}}The '''Fringe Festival''' is described by its organizer [[FringeArts]] as "a 17-day, city-wide celebration of innovation and creativity in contemporary performance. Each September, the Festival explodes into every nook and cranny in neighborhoods across Philadelphia with more than 1,000 artistically daring performances, including national and international performances curated by FringeArts, and works that are produced by independent artists and promoted by FringeArts. The party continues late night, every night, with music, food and drink at FringeArts’ center on the Delaware River waterfront. This vast assemblage of curated and self-produced innovators offers an unparalleled opportunity to see a cross section of the world’s greatest experimenters at one time, in one city."<br><br>It is described by [[Visit Philadelphia]] as <blockquote>one of Philadelphia’s signature fall arts events with progressive performances from artists across the globe.<br><br>Presented by FringeArts, the Fringe Festival features hundreds of dance, theater, visual arts, music and spoken-word performances in traditional venues, but also on street corners, cars, galleries, cabarets and restaurants. It’s offbeat, daring and avant-garde with lots of artistic cross-pollination.<br><br>Curated and organized by FringeArts, the festival features presented performances and neighborhood shows open to all artists. The festival’s performances and complementary events span an incredible range of genres, often pushing limits beyond traditional artistic boundaries.<br><br>Influenced by Edinburgh, the granddaddy of all Fringe Festivals, five Philadelphia artists banded together in 1997 to create an outlet for other contemporary and experimental performers to present their works. What began as a five-day event, the Fringe Festival has grown into more than two weeks of high-quality, highly innovative artistic presentations.</blockquote>
+<big>{{toplink|url=https://www.phillyfringe.org|name=phillyfringe.org}}</big>[[File:PhiladelphiaFringeFestival.webp|400px|thumb|right|A Philadelphia Fringe Festival performance.]]The first '''Philadelphia Fringe Festival''' was presented in 1997 by the organization now known as FringeArts, with the intention of providing opportunities for contemporary performing artists to connect with audiences in an exciting social environment. The first Festival took over Philadelphia’s Old City for five days, and featured 60 performing groups that presented their work in theaters, nightclubs, galleries, alleys, abandoned buildings and at least one parked car.
+Today, the annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival features '''more than 1,000 performances by national, international and Philadelphia-based artists of all disciplines'''. For one month, these innovators fill the public and private spaces across the city with nonstop, wild creativity for audiences of more than 40,000.
+Included in the festival are hundreds of independently produced performances and events, work presented by partnering Festival Hubs and producers, and a slate of programs curated by FringeArts. In the true spirit of the international “Fringe” movement, there is no limit to the ways that artists and audiences can participate in and experience the festival.
+''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The following descriptive information came from the event's [https://phillyfringe.org/about/fringe-story/ Fringe Story] page.
 ==In The News==
+*[https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/philly-fringe-2025-lightning-rod-special-presents-alice-yorke-and-scott-r-shepards-lions Philly Fringe 2025: Lightning Rod Special presents Alice Yorke and Scott R. Sheppard’s Lions], Broad Street Review, September 16, 2025.
 *[http://www.phillymag.com/news/2021/09/04/nick-stuccio-philadelphia-fringe-festival/ Nick Stuccio on the Good, the Bad, and the Very Tense Moments in Philadelphia Fringe Festival History], Philadelphia Magazine, September 4, 2021.
-*[http://www.uwishunu.com/2017/09/complete-guide-philadelphias-2017-fringe-festival/ A Complete Guide To Philadelphia’s 2017 Fringe Festival], Uwishunu, September 6, 2017.
-*[http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/shapiroontheater/item/106872-the-philly-fringe-festival-unfolds-at-age-21- The Philly Fringe Festival unfolds, at age 21], Newsworks, September 5, 2017.
+==Info==
+*Volunteer:&emsp;[https://phillyfringe.org/volunteer/ What does it mean to volunteer in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival?]
 ==See Also==
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