Minnesota Fringe Festival
Watch one-of-a-kind performances at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, August 1-11, 2024
What is it?
Nearly 50,000 seats filled annually, over 1,000 artists, dozens of works, hundreds of performances at over a dozen venues and spanning almost 20 genres. With those numbers, it seems pretty obvious that Minnesota's annual Fringe Festival is the largest performing arts festival in the Midwest.
Find modern twists on classic tales, politically driven story lines, crying-tears-of-laughter comedic productions, and surprisingly relatable narratives. With performances for all ages, the Minnesota Fringe Festival is a unique and spirited celebration of diversity, artistic expression and voice that connects adventurous artists with adventurous audiences on both a local and national level.
The Fringe Festival is produced by Minnesota Fringe, a publicly supported nonprofit that supports and connects communities through bold risks and new ideas.
How it works:
Fringe Festival performances will take place at different theaters within four different geographical hubs, Northeast, Phillips, Uptown and Cedar-Riverside.
Purchase a button & tickets
A Fringe button is your entry to the Minnesota Fringe Festival (and more*). Your one-time $5 button purchase is your Festival entry fee — wear your button proudly everywhere you go to make seeing shows easier. Fringe buttons are available at all box offices during the Festival. All box offices are cashless, so bring a credit card or a check.
Instead of paper tickets, you will receive a reusable tokens at each venue. You will receive your seat token at the box office when you buy or redeem your ticket, then turn it in to the usher when you enter the theater.
Learn more about purchasing a buttons and tickets.
2024 Shows
See a list of all of this years shows.
Fringe After-Hours
The official post-show hangout destinations throughout the festival take place each night from 11:00pm(ish)-12:30am(ish) at various locations throughout the festival. All Fringe After Hours events are free and open to the public. See the official schedule for each event. And don't forget on August 11, 2024 to check out the ULTIMATE Fringe After Hours: The Minnesota Fringe Festival Closing Night Party at Can Can Wonderland.
Performances to check out:
- Barry Potter and the Magic of Wizardry: From 20 x Fringe Fest award winner Tim Motley, Marvel at real live wizard MAGIC with messenger owls, robed wizards, and flying broomsticks!
- Beanie Baby Divorce Play: At the peak of the Beanie Baby craze, a family’s messy divorce case is turned upside down when an ancient, hungry entity known as the Beanie Thing appears...
- How to Train a Queen: A play-in-a-play about the youthful Margaret d'Anjou at the dawn of the Wars of the Roses. Guests at The Wife of Bath Tavern step into roles, led by a traveling falconer who knew the Queen during her reign.
- One Tree HELL: High school is BRUTAL. Being a teen is HEAVY. Puberty makes you a DISGUSTING MONSTER. Enroll at Venomspire High and experience an improvised teen drama set in the unforgiving hell dimension that is...adolescence
- The Flowers You Gave Me: An evening of dances that explore the fleeting, ephemeral nature of our lives as we seek connection, experience loss, and return to each other through the memories we carry with us.
- Transition: A Story of Two Trans People Becoming Themselves: Two trans people experience the joy of living authentically, face internalized transphobia, overcome their self-doubts to find happiness outside of the gender binary, and sing with music from a live orchestra!
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