The Edmonton Fringe Festival is an annual event held every August in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. It was established in 1982 as the first "fringe festival" in North America, on the model of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It has since become the largest in North America. The emphasis is mostly on theater, but the atmosphere is that of "anything goes." More than 1500 performers take part in the festival each year.
Unlike the Edinburgh festival in which artists are responsible for finding their own venues, the Edmonton Fringe implements a system in which for a relatively low set fee, the Edmonton Festival provides artists with a venue, a set number of performances, two technicians, and front-of-house and ticketing services.
The contemporary fringe phenomenon began in Edinburgh in 1947 when a number of performing artists who were dissatisfied with what they considered the elitist programming of the Edinburgh International Arts Festival decided to create an event of their own.
Fringefestivals across the country depend for their success on the willingness of artists to self-produce their work.
However, because fringe theatre is artist-generated, unlike other cultural events that depend heavily upon government funding and critical approval, the future of fringefestivals will depend upon the activities and energy of small independent theatre companies and artists and on their ability to continue to excite and attract audiences.
The EdmontonFringeFestival is an annual event held every August in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada.
It was established in 1982 as the first "fringefestival" in North America, on the model of the Edinburgh FringeFestival.
Unlike the Edinburgh festival in which artists are responsible for finding their own venues, the EdmontonFringe implements a system in which for a relatively low set fee, the EdmontonFestival provides artists with a venue, a set number of performances, two technicians, and front-of-house and ticketing services.
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