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Heidi & Matt Morgan in 2020’s Cirque du Fringe: Quarantini.   Rochester, NY – Rochester Fringe Festival, Inc. – the not-for-profit organization that produces the  KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival – has been approved for a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support its 2021 festival, the largest National Endowment for the Arts award in […]

Shotspeare Presents: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare…sort of Tickets now on sale with themed cocktail option created by Cure’s Donny Clutterbuck   Rochester, NY – KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival announces a special New Year’s Eve encore performance of the improvised Shakespearean comedy, Shotspeare Presents: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare…sort of on December 31 […]

“Bushwhacked British Bake Off: Holiday Edition” has 2 virtual performances Just 40 tickets on sale at 3 PM today at rochesterfringe.com   Rochester, NY – KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival announces its first-ever, off-season offering with a special, virtual holiday show created by Fringe comedy favorites Kerry Young and Abby DeVuyst: Bushwhacked British Bake Off: Holiday […]

Tenth Fringe will take place September 14 – 25, 2021   Rochester, NY – Rather than taking over more than 25 downtown Rochester venues this year, the ninth annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Sept. 15-26) connected artists and audiences from all over the world in the safety of their own homes. “Our mission as a […]

Free FringeTalk topics include BLM, Comedy, Science & Future of Performing Arts Featured guests: SNL’s Tim Meadows, Maria Bamford & many more   Rochester, NY – Rather than taking over more than 25 downtown Rochester venues this year, the ninth annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Sept. 15-26) will engage performing arts fans from all over the […]

2020 lineup features 170+ virtual productions Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Saturday, Sept. 26   Rochester, NY – Organizers of the 2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival announced the entire lineup of their ninth annual festival (Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Saturday, Sept. 26) via a streaming, virtual BIG REVEAL press conference this morning. For 12 days, KeyBank […]

Health & safety concerns inspire a one-of-a-kind Fringe Virtual Fringe show application runs June 18 – July 31 Rochester, NY – Organizers of the 2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival announce that their ninth annual festival will take place as planned on Tuesday, September 15 – Saturday, September 26, but major changes are required in order […]

MARCH 1 – APRIL 15, 2020 Fringe #9: Sept. 15-26, 2020   Rochester, NY – Organizers of the 2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Tuesday, September 15 – Saturday, September 26) will open this year’s show-submission process on Friday, March 1, 2020 at 9 a.m. (EST). Through April 15 at 11:59 p.m. (EST), artists and producers […]

On Nate DiMeo’s The Memory Palace podcast Rochester, NY – After making its world premiere during The Memory Palace: Live at the 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival on September 19 & 21 in Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall, creator and Peabody-nominated podcaster Nate DiMeo has released his transporting tale about George Eastman entitled “Dotting […]

Fringe #9: Sept. 15-26, 2020 · Submissions open in Feb. 2020 Rochester, NY – The 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival broke attendance records again, this time with upwards of 100,000 visitors – more than 25% over last year’s estimated 78,000. Ticket sales were also the highest ever.  “We’re thrilled that our eighth annual Fringe was […]