Fringe Theatre

Edmonton Fringe is a grassroots, DIY movement that cultivates ongoing collisions between community and art. They are Edmonton-grown and Edmonton’s own. At Fringe Theatre, they believe in the power of story. Storytelling strengthens communities and crosses divides. It is a starting point, a journey, a celebration. The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival is the largest, longest-running Fringe Theatre Festival in North America. As an event with an international presence, they rank among the top 5 Fringe Festivals in the world alongside Edinburgh, Scotland, and Adelaide, Australia. The magic of Fringe lives with the people who built this Festival from the ground up, and who continue to nurture it 40 years later. The vibrant success of the Edmonton Fringe Festival is thanks to the more than 40,000 artists who have bravely taken an artistic risk with them since they exploded onto the scene in 1982. It’s thanks to the more than 800,000 fringers who take creative risks with them every August. It’s thanks to the more than 1,600 volunteers who continue to help build one of North America’s most influential art movements. But the Festival is just 11 days of activity. They are home to art 365 days a year. The Fringe Theatre Arts Barns is a space for brave conversations and great creative risk. This is where chance encounters grow into meaningful collaborations, where messy first inklings become brilliant realizations. This is a loiter-positive space where you are invited to eat, meet, and create year-round. Fringe Theatre is for you because fringing is for everyone.