Plan ahead with media opportunities + entire schedule 

 

Rochester, NY – The 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival opens tomorrow and runs for 12 days through Saturday, September 21. The eighth annual Rochester Fringe will offer more than 575 performances and events – over 150 of which are free – in 25+ downtown venues. 

High-resolution photos, video and other press assets – including a link to request reviewer tickets – may be found at https://www.rochesterfringe.com/press. 

Tomorrow’s official media opportunities:

  • 3:45-4:15 PM: The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls (Granite Mills Commons, 74 Browns Race). This specially commissioned story by well-known podcaster Nate DiMeo will make its world premiere tomorrow at 4 PM at High Falls and continue for 84 additional performances throughout the entire 12-day festival. Using Fringe-provided headphones, listeners will be able to experience the FREE, transportive, 10-minute piece based on a historical event that took place right where they’re standing. Attending media only will be provided with the digital audio file, and Festival Producer Erica Fee will be available for interviews. Following Fringe, the story will be available worldwide at http://thememorypalace.us/.
  • 7ish-8ish PM: Fringe’s opening night celebration at One Fringe Place (corner of E. Main and Gibbs Streets, across from Eastman Theatre). Check out the 2019 Spiegelgarden – home of the Theatre Bar, Box Office, food trucks, lawn games/furniture, firepit and more – with the first performances of Dashboard Dramas and Bushwhacked British Bake Off as well as free fun that includes the Ask Us Anything Booth and Pedestrian Drive-In’s opening film, RBJ. Get interviews w/ Festival Producer Erica Fee and others, and join the Launch Party inside the Spiegeltent, where you can also catch some of the preview performance of a world-premiere production created especially for Fringe: Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion. (Note: preview performance may not be reviewed.)
  • 6:30-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden
  • 7-8pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden
  • 7-9pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden FREE
  • 7:30-9pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent
  • 8-9:38pm • RBG Spiegelgarden FREE 

Tomorrow’s entire schedule includes many other media opportunities:

4-4:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word
4:30-5pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word
5-5:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word
5-10pm • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Artists The Little: Café Lobby • FREE • Visual Arts & Film
5-10pm • Photo House: Exposed The Little: Café Lobby • FREE • Visual Arts & Film
5:30-6pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word
 SOLD OUT  5:30-6:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI Spiegelgarden • $24.00 • Theatre
6-6:30pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word
6-7pm • Siena Facciolo Nox • $14.00 • Music
6:30-7pm • The Memory Palace On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls High Falls • FREE • Spoken Word
 SOLD OUT  6:30-7:20pm • Dashboard Dramas VI  • $24.00 • Theatre
6:30-7:30pm • Something From Nothing (Marfa) Geva Theatre Center • $7.00 • Multidisciplinary
7-7:45pm • The Theater World of John W. Borek MuCCC • $5.00 • Multidisciplinary
7-8pm • Altar Boyz Lyric Theatre: Cabaret Hall • $15.00 • Theatre
7-8pm • BardBending: Fight Club Edition The Avyarium • $10.00 • Theatre
 SOLD OUT  7-8pm • Bushwhacked British Bake Off Spiegelgarden • $26.00 • Comedy
7-9pm • Ask Us Anything Booth Spiegelgarden • FREE • Comedy
 SOLD OUT  7:30-9pm • Cirque du Fringe: D’illusion Spiegeltent • Standard: $35.00 , VIP Booths (Seat 6): $189.00 • Multidisciplinary
8-9pm • Notes from the Field Java’s Cafe • FREE • Spoken Word
8-9pm • The Unethical Dalai Lama Geva Theatre Center • $15.00 • Multidisciplinary
8-9:38pm • RBG Spiegelgarden • FREE • Visual Arts & Film
8:30-9pm • You are (Still) No Match for Me Nox • $10.00 • Comedy
 SOLD OUT  8:30-9:30pm • Bushwhacked Backyard BONFIRE Spiegelgarden • $20.00 • Comedy
8:30-9:30pm • Muffin Theatre Presents: A Show With Cookies The Avyarium • $12.00 • Multidisciplinary

Everything Fringe can be found at rochesterfringe.com, which also features a variety of helpful search options (search shows by venue, age, dates, free, ASL interpreted, etc.). The free, 120-page Fringe Guide is currently at more than 40 Rochester locations (full list at https://rochesterfringe.com/visitor-info/festival-guide). The free Fringe app is now available for download via Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Tickets may be purchased online (no fees), by phone at 585-957-9837 (phone fees apply), or in person at the Fringe Box Office (corner of Main & Gibbs Streets, schedule here: https://rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/box-office) and at the venue door one hour before show time (if tickets remain). 

From its five-day debut in 2012, the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival has become one of the fastest-growing and most-attended fringe festivals in the U.S. Attracting more than 78,000 attendees in 2018, it is also the largest multi-arts festival in New York State. As a bifurcated festival, it allows for a combination of headline entertainment curated by the non-profit Rochester Fringe Festival as well as an open-access portion programmed by the venues themselves. Renowned among the world’s 200+ fringe festivals for its spectacular, outdoor, free events as well as its large number of free performances in general, Rochester’s Fringe was also the first in North America to feature a Spiegeltent. From comedy to theatre, from music to dance, from visual art and film to spoken word, and from children’s entertainment to multi-disciplinary collaborations, the festival’s diversity also extends to venues that span the gamut from parked cars to grand theatres. 

Rochester Fringe Festival connects and empowers artists, audiences, venues, educational institutions, and the community to celebrate, explore, and inspire creativity via an annual, multi-genre arts festival. It was pioneered by several of Rochester’s esteemed cultural institutions including Geva Theatre Center, the George Eastman House and Garth Fagan Dance; up-and-coming arts groups like PUSH Physical Theatre and Method Machine; and higher-education partners such as the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology. The organization’s overarching mission is to make arts readily accessible to audiences, as well as to provide a platform for artists to share their ideas and develop their skills, while stimulating downtown Rochester both culturally and economically.

Rochester Fringe Festival, a not-for-profit, 501(c)3 corporation, is made possible with support from New York State through Market NY/Empire State Development under the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Other 2019 Fringe sponsors include: KeyBank; I Love New York; New York State Council on the Arts; University of Rochester; RIT; Rochester Area Community Foundation; Waldron Rise Foundation; City of Rochester; Ames Amzalak Memorial Trust; National Endowment for the Arts; Imagine Monroe; Estate of Marianne L. Rohack; Richard U. & Elaine P. Wilson Foundation; Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation; Nocon & Associates; Konar Properties; SUNY Geneseo; Ronald Fielding; Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation; Hyatt Regency Rochester; The Pike Company; Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk Foundation; Big Slide Creative; 13WHAM TV; CITY Newspaper, D&C Digital; Broccolo Tree & Lawncare; McCarthy Tents & Events; Nazareth College; The College at Brockport; St. John Fisher College; The Rubens Family Foundation; Genesee Beer; Wegmans; Fred & Floy Willmott Foundation; Gouvernet Arts Fund at the Rochester Area Community Foundation; Visit Rochester; Wilson Foundation; ESL Charitable Foundation; Hamilton A/V; Scott Miller; House of Guitars; City Blue; Yelp!; WXXI; KidsOutandAbout.com; Midtown Athletic Club; Mary Cariola Children’s Center; Canandaigua National Bank; and the YMCA of Greater Rochester. Also supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. 

About KeyBank: KeyBank’s roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, KeyCorp is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $144.5 billion at June 30, 2019. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,100 branches and more than 1,500 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.

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