Rochester Fringe Festival
rochester fringe festival held annually rochester ny since one three mostattended fringe festival united state festival attracted attendee held day september festival feature performance quarter free charge established venue theatre art gallery cafe well popup sitespecific show street parking lot tent throughout rochester east end neighborhood art district near downtown rochester rochester fringe member united state association fringe festival festival title sponsor currently keybank first year held september – first niagara rochester fringe festival featured performance attracted attendee course fiveday run headliner included comedian patton oswalt harlem gospel choir aerial dance troupe bandaloop danced side one hsbc plaza manhattan square park bandaloops performance viewed people first niagara rochester fringe festival expanded day held september – drew attendee performance venue headliner included comedian marc maron dave barry cirque du fringe cirque du soleiltype show created festival friday fringe free outdoor public event featured free performance bandaloop seen people festival also added new popup venue spiegeltent curated show within including cirque du fringe headphonebased nightly dance party called silent disco fringe held september – grew attendee performance spiegeltent performance included comedian jay pharoah comedy clown penny circus newly created circus show mardi gras cirque du fringe return popular silent disco annual outdoor friday fringe event held newlyrenamed martin luther king jr park featured performance canada circus orange entitled tricycle specifically designed rochester park layout architecture festival also included free outdoor performance spoon river rochester based edgar lee master spoon river anthology poem featured nearly actor costume throughout gibbs street closed traffic occasion adjoining park day first niagara rochester fringe festival september – increased attendance ticket sale featured performance featured act included comedian jamie lissow sitcom real rob cirque show cabinet wonder spiegeltent sitespecific liveart theater experience called remote rochester created specifically rochester berlin artist rimini protokoll free friday fringe event featured performance aerial dance troupe grounded aerial fringe september – drew attendee free friday fringe moved downtown empty parcel featured brooklyn streb extreme action company act mindblowing spectacle” reported frank deblase city newspaper fringe street beat allstyles dance competition made debut speigeltent featured world premiere miracle cure remote rochester returned final time total sellout democrat chronicle’s jeff spevak called fringe “the thinking person’s entertainment” festival september – renamed keybank rochester fringe festival attracted attendee featured u premiere tour france immersive inflatable street theatre company plasticens volants parcel friday saturday fringe drawing audience member two performance big bang emmy awardwinning writer comedian john mulaney headlined kodak hall spiegeltent featured cirque du fringe eclectic attraction bicycle men silent disco disco kid fringe afternoon tea keybank rochester fringe festival september – extended day offered almost event performance largest multiarts festival new york state broke previous ticket sale sellout record friday saturday fringe featured north american premiere uk massaoke parcel kodak hall hosted comedy headliner eddie izzard keybank rochester fringe festival expanded day september – breaking record attendee highest ticket sale ever plasticens volants returned u premiere pearl secret sea friday saturday fringe expanded fringe finale weekend featured return massaoke u premiere night musical closing night headliner included comedian mike birbiglia peabodynominated podcaster nate dimeo performed memory palace live show well creating specially commissioned sitespecific piece rochester high fall keybank rochester fringe festival sept virtual one due covid pandemic health safety risk entire lineup online show announced via livestream august edt rochester fringe festival nonprofit organization run board director made representative rochester art cultural institution university business chairman rochester attorney justin vigdor producer erica fee rochester native produced directed performed edinburgh festival fringe well london’s west end bifurcated divided two branch festival partially curated fringe – several headliner free outdoor event – vast majority show curated venue submission made artist submission process take place via fringe website wwwrochesterfringecom march april venue work artist directly create fringe lineup may june rochester’s fringe unjuried festival selection committee therefore type performance may participate besides headliner show usually run hour less technical aspect kept minimum ticket price low usually ranging free