Festival Lottery Applications Now Open
Apply now to the Festival Lottery for the chance to be an Indoor Artist or Oudoor Artist at the 2025 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival.
Fringe Theatre Season
Music as an act of rebellion and resistance, midwinter stories told in circle and ceremony, and queer expression on the prairies. The Fringe Theatre Season celebrates bold new work by independent Artists.
Rent Space at the Arts Barns
Located in the heart of Old Strathcona’s theatre district, the Fringe Theatre Arts Barns is a versatile venue capable of hosting everything from cozy intimate gatherings for 25 to large, snazzy events for 315 people.
Share your Festival Theme ideas
Help us name the 2025 Festival. Submit your wacky, weird, and whimsical theme suggestions. Please submit by November 7.
Fringe Blog
From interviews with Artists, to Fringe news and happenings, the Fringe Blog is the place to be to keep up with all things Fringe.
Fringe with us 365 days a year
From our curated Fringe Season to the more than 500 events we host in the Arts Barns year-round, to North America’s largest, longest running Fringe Theatre Festival, there’s always something happening here. If you like fringing with us in August, you’ll love what we do the rest of the year.
Find Your Fringe
Let’s get creative together
Our Fringe Grounds Cafe is your place to meet and create. Open five days a week, you’re invited to catch a break while you sip a fresh cuppa joe or hunker down for a few hours while you work on your next great creative project. Fringe Grounds Cafe is a loiter-positive space designed just for you. We enthusiastically invite you to host your knitting club, meeting, talk-back, or jam at Fringe Grounds for FREE.
The Fringe Festival Returns August 14 – 24, 2025
Find Your Fringe
The 43rd annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival spot lit 216 theatre productions across 38 venues, with performances by more than 1,600 Artists from right here at home, across Canada, and more than 11 countries. Thank you for joining us!
As North America’s largest, longest-running Fringe Theatre Festival, each summer we invite you to enjoy live theatre, outdoor performances, ice-cold beer, green onion cakes, our ATB Golden Ticket contest, unpredictable Albertan summer weather, and so much more.
Edmonton Fringe is possible thanks to the generous support of our Funders, Donors, Sponsors, and Volunteers. Special thanks to Lead Festival Partner, ATB Financial.
The 2025 Festival happens August 14 – 24, 2025. We can’t wait to see you there!