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2025 Lottery Now Open!
Hey, Fringers! The moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived! Yes, that’s right. It’s lottery time! From now until November 30th, we are accepting submissions for our 2025 Fringe Lottery. To toss your hat in the ring, and put your name in the hat, you will need to fill out our super easy application Read more about 2025 Lottery Now Open![…]
Meet our 2024 Festival Award Jurors!
This year’s Fringe Awards Ceremony will take place on August 18th at 5 pm in the Capitol Centre’s Martini Lounge. We have five awards to give out, three of which will be adjudicated by our amazing 2024 jurors! This year’s jurors are Rod Carley, Francis Hanover, and Stephanie Kast, and the three awards they will Read more about Meet our 2024 Festival Award Jurors![…]
Creepy Boys
Creepy Boys So.Glad Arts August 16 @ 9:30 pm & August 17 @ 8:30 pm The Warehouse 150 McIntyre St. E You’re invited: The Creepy Boys, are throwing their 13th birthday party. It will have everything. Games. Gifts. Possibly Satan. Probably Cake. Combining 2000s sexy songs, satanic rituals, and Willam Dafoe, these horny little boys Read more about Creepy Boys[…]
Just Between Ourselves
Just Between Ourselves, a text-based happening by John Arthur Sweet August 15 from 6 :30 – 9 :00 pm August 16 from 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm August 17 from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm, artist talk back session to follow Capitol Centre Martini Lounge 150 Main St. E, North Bay, ON In Just Between Read more about Just Between Ourselves[…]
ALL MY R(el)ATIONS
ALL MY R(el)ATIONS Aanmitaagzi Story Makers August 13th @ 8 pm Green Space beside the Dionne Quints Museum 181 Oak St W, North Bay, ON For this year’s Duality program, Aanmitaagzi will be presenting a live multi-arts performance from their current multi-year project ALL MY R(el)ATIONS. The presentation will include dancing, storytelling/spoken word, singing, drumming, Read more about ALL MY R(el)ATIONS[…]
ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival continues to grow after 11 years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 31, 2024 ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival continues to grow after 11 years North Bay, ON – ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival is gearing up to present another exciting week of shows and events in downtown North Bay. The festival will run from August 14th – 18th at the Capitol Centre Read more about ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival continues to grow after 11 years[…]
Who Drinks Mocktails on the Beach?!
Who Drinks Mocktails on the Beach?! Company: Painted Fern Productions Writer: Sara Mayfield Director: Damon Bradley Jang New work: Yes Runtime: 60 Minutes Why drink a mocktail when you can have the real thing? Told in the style of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag with an early 2000’s pop-punk soundtrack, this one-woman comedy follows party-girl Candace as she runs away Read more about Who Drinks Mocktails on the Beach?![…]
Treading the Boards
Treading the Boards Company: Dressing Room Collective Created by: Dressing Room Collective Director: Michelle Jackett New work: Yes Runtime: 45 Minutes Oscar Wilde once said, “It is only in the Theatre that I lived”. A place where life happens for a fleeting moment in all of its honesty and grit, but does the story need you? Or do Read more about Treading the Boards[…]
The Worst Date Ever
The Worst Date Ever Company: Good Pine Productions Writer: Nick Moss Director: Nick Moss New work: Yes Runtime: 55 Minutes We all know the perils of modern dating culture, hours of extra screen time, low emotional investment on both ends, and vicious, unceasing judgment; but we often forget something our parents taught us oh so long ago, Read more about The Worst Date Ever[…]
The Quickest Gun in the North
The Quickest Gun in the North Company: Bird on Stage Productions Writer: Garrett M. Ryan Director: Garrett M. Ryan & Robert Leitner New work: Yes Runtime: 60 Minutes Once upon a time in Northern Ontario… a Southerner in pursuit of vengeance arrives in Mattawa seeking the help of the outlaw known as The Quickest Gun in the North. Read more about The Quickest Gun in the North[…]