ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival
August 6 – 10, 2025
ON THE EDGE Fringe is back for another amazing, exciting, and off-the-wall week of Fringe fun in the heart of downtown North Bay! This is our 12th Fringe Festival, and we have so many great shows and events lined-up we don’t even know where to begin! We’ve tried to put all of the information about this year’s festival on this page in a somewhat logical order, but if you have questions about anything, feel free to contact us. You can also find up-to-date information on our Facebook and Instagram pages as well.
2025 Festival Schedule
Click the button below for a PDF of this year’s schedule.
2025 Fringe Shows
Click the links below to find out more information about each of the shows in this year’s festival.
A Most Pitiful Ambition
A Most Pitiful AmbitionCompany: Tethersend Productions
Runtime: 55 Minutes
Venue: The Warehouse
Genre: Comedy
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
Burning Loose Ends
Burning Loose EndsCompany: Silver Lining Theatre Company
Runtime: 35 Minutes
Venue: The Basement
Genre: Theatre
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
Dormitory Blues: A Double Feature Special
Company: Bear & Rogue Theatre
Runtime: 45 – 60 Minutes
Venue: The Kennedy Gallery
Genre: Comedy, Theatre
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
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her.Company: Stephanie Kast
Runtime: 50 Minutes
Venue: The Kennedy Gallery
Genre: Dance/Physical Theatre, Multi-Disciplinary, Performance Art, Spoken Word/Storytelling, Theatre
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
Intertwined, Sewn Together
Company: Alyssa Levac
Runtime: 20 Minutes
Venue: The Kennedy Gallery
Genre: Dance/Physical Theatre
Audience Level: General Audiences
Juicy Woo-Woo!
Company: SOBOLTALK
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Venue: The Warehouse
Genre: Cabaret/Variety, Music, Spoken Word/Storytelling
Audience Level: General Audiences
Online Presence
Online PresenceCompany: Hard Times
Runtime: 45 Minutes
Venue: The Basement
Genre: Spoken Word/Storytelling, Theatre
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
Pasquale
PasqualeCompany: Paint the Stage
Runtime: 45 Minutes
Venue: The Basement
Genre: Comedy, Multi-Disciplinary, Theatre
Audience Level: Mature Audiences
Polygraph
PolygraphCompany: Trip the Light Theatre Collective
Runtime: 55 Minutes
Venue: The Betty Speers
Genre: Dance/Physical Theatre, Multi-Disciplinary, Theatre
Audience Level: Mature Audiences
Satsuki Sakurai and the Blade of Broken Bonds
Satsuki Sakurai and the Blade of Broken BondsCompany: Blue-Tinted Fortress
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Venue: The Betty Speers
Genre: Theatre
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
Tickets & Passes
Show tickets are $14 per show and Festival Passes (which give you access to all shows) are $120. Both are being sold exclusively through the Capitol Centre, and may be purchased in-person, over the phone, or through their website (www.capitolcentre.org). To keep transaction fees low, the festival is encouraging folks to pay with cash or debit if possible, although credit cards are also accepted. Patrons are also encouraged to purchase their passes or tickets in advance to avoid long line-ups. Seating is still first come, first served for all shows and events, so plan accordingly!
2025 Duality Program
For this year’s Duality program, we have six amazing offerings for y’all starting with a live musical performance by Davi Aquino on August 6th at 9:30 pm at the Himalayan Cafe. We’ll be back at the Himalayan Cafe on Thursday afternoon for a Coffee House Chat with artist Sadie Berlin, and on Friday night we’ll be rolling the dice with everyone’s favourite D&D adventurers The Highwaymen in the Map Room at Cecil’s. Saturday is chock full of Duality events starting bright and early with a Sunrise Performance by Sadie Berlin & Clayton Windatt at the North Bay waterfront at 6 am. Saturday evening we have a presentation of Conversations: Hidden Stories by Aanmitaagzi Story Makers and Vanguardia Dance Projects at 7 pm followed by a live musical performance by Fauxcils at 9 pm in our Warehouse space.
To find out the full details for this year’s program, click the button below!
2025 Fringey X-Tras
If you thought 10 Fringe shows and 6 Duality offerings were enough, think again! We’ve also got a bunch of extra events we like to call Fringey X-Tras taking place as part of this year’s festival. From trivia, to drag, to play readings for seniors, there’s a lot of fringey fun coming up this Fringe Week. To find out more, click the button below.
2025 Fringe Awards Ceremony
2025 Fringe Awards CeremonyAugust 10th @ 5:00 pm
Capitol Centre “Fringe-tini” Lounge
The annual Fringe awards ceremony is one of the high points of the Fringe festival. Each year we bring in three industry professionals to determine which artists or companies will receive awards. We also have an audience choice award that is given to the show with the most votes. We all gather in the Martini Lounge after the last show of the festival ends to find out who has won. A full list of our Fringe awards can be found by clicking the button below.
If your interested in finding out who this year’s jurors are, check out this post!
INTRODUCING: FRINGE FRIES!
INTRODUCING: FRINGE FRIES!This year the some of North Bay’s downtown restaurants are Fringing with us! During Fringe week, Cecil’s, The Northern Himalayan Cafe, The Moose, and The Block are all going to take a creative spin in the kitchen and put together their own version of “Fringe Fries.” For every purchase of an order of Fringe Fries, you get a ballot to vote for your favourite one! The ballots can be dropped in the ballot box at the Capitol Centre and the winner of Fringiest Fries will be announced during our festival awards ceremony.
It’s fun, fringey, and delicious! And as an added bonus, Fringe Pass holders get 15% off their fries! So much winning!
Make sure to follow Cecil’s, The Northern Himalayan Cafe, The Moose, and The Block to get a peek at their creations!
Important Locations
Pictured clockwise from top left:
1. Capitol Centre – 150 Main St E, North Bay, ON
2. Fringe Warehouse Space (old HE Brown Building) – 150 McIntyre St E, North Bay, ON
3. Northern Himalayan Cafe – 113 Main St E, North Bay, ON
4. Cecil’s Brewhouse & Kitchen – 300 Wyld St, North Bay, ON
5. North Bay Waterfront – Memorial Dr, North Bay, ON
6. La Casa de Maria – 246 First Ave W, North Bay, ON
7. Gateway City Brewery – 490 Gormanville Rd, North Bay, ON
2025 Festival Funders
ON THE EDGE Fringe wishes to acknowledge the Government of Canada, through the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Summer Jobs program, and the Ontario Arts Council for their generous support of this year’s festival.
2025 Festival Sponsors & Community Partners
ON THE EDGE Fringe thanks all of the amazing artists, staff, volunteers, patrons, funders, sponsors, supporters, the Fringe community, and the community of North Bay for helping us to make this festival happen. Stay Fringey, everyone!
Looking for ways to help or support the Fringe?
There are many ways to get involved with the ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival. Check out our Support page to find out how you can help make Fringe the Fringey-est it can be!