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Early Fringes The earliest Fringe-type drama festival in Calgary was the Plan B Festival, held in 2000 at a variety of locations in both Calgary's downtown and the neighbouring community of Inglewood. The Plan B Festival arose after the 2000 Calgary Fringe Festival was cancelled due to administrative difficulties, and involved (and was organized by) many of the same artists that were originally planning on partaking in the aborted Fringe. The first offical Fringe festivals in Calgary took place in 2001 and 2002, organized primarily by the Loose Moose Theatre company, and based entirely in the inner-city neighbourhood of Inglewood. These were short, three-day festivals, held the weekend after the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. However, after the completion of the 2002 festival, Loose Moose lost their lease on the Garry Theatre, and were thus unable to produce the Fringe in subsequent years. Fringe theatre is a term used to describe alternative theatre, or entertainment not of the mainstream. ...
Inglewood is a neighbourhood in central Calgary, Alberta, centered on 9th Avenue for several blocks east of the Elbow River. ...
The Loose Moose Theatre Company (LMTC), was co-founded in 1977, by Keith Johnstone and Mel Token. ...
The Edmonton Fringe Festival is an annual event held every August in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. ...
Reestablishment A new license to produce a Fringe in Calgary was secured from the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals in 2005 by a new team headed by Blair Gallant, and a new Fringe was held in the summer of 2006. Many elements have changed from the earlier Fringes, including time, scope and locations. The Fringe is now a full-length 10-day Fringe, and is situated in the calendar with the first weekend overlapping with the end of the Saskatoon and Minneapolis Fringes, and the second weekend overlapping with the start of the Edmonton Fringe -- a number of shows were performed at both Fringes, either closing in Calgary early or opening in Edmonton late. In addition to the theatrical performances (greatly increased to 36 from the roughly dozen in the 01 and 02 Fringes), the 2006 Calgary Fringe included street performances and vendors (typical for a Fringe) as well as a film festival, visual arts displays and live music (less common). The 2006 Calgary Fringe was held at a number of venues; the festival elements, film, visual art and music were held on 17th Avenue in the Beltline district, with the theatrical performances split between the nearby Calgary Opera rehearsal hall and the more distant EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts, located in the downtown. Saskatoon nickname: The Bridge City, The Hub City Broadway Bridge in Saskatoon Area - Total Metro. ...
This article is about the city in Minnesota. ...
Victoria Park was named after Queen Victoria, who is pictured above, as part of a monument to the Boer War. ...
The EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts is an arts venue in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ...
See also Fringe theatre is a term used to describe alternative theatre, or entertainment not of the mainstream. ...
External links - Official Calgary Fringe Festival Site
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