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. We have 10 Fringe shows, Duality presentation, and loads of Fringey X-tras to keep you busy this August. We’re still hammering out some of the details, so keep checking back for more information.
2025 Festival Schedule
Information coming soon!
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: TBD
Genre: Comedy
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
Burning Loose Ends
Burning Loose EndsCompany: Silver Lining Theatre Company
Runtime: 35 Minutes
Venue: TBD
Genre: Theatre
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
Dormitory Blues: A Double Feature Special
Company: Bear & Rogue Theatre
Runtime: 45 – 60 Minutes
Venue: TBD
Genre: Comedy, Theatre
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
her.
her.Company: Stephanie Kast
Runtime: 50 Minutes
Venue: TBD
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: TBD
Genre: Dance/Physical Theatre
Audience Level: General Audiences
Juicy Woo-Woo!
Company: SOBOLTALK
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Venue: TBD
Genre: Cabaret/Variety, Music, Spoken Word/Storytelling
Audience Level: General Audiences
Online Presence
Online PresenceCompany: Hard Times
Runtime: 45 Minutes
Venue: TBD
Genre: Spoken Word/Storytelling, Theatre
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
Pasquale
PasqualeCompany: Paint the Stage
Runtime: 45 Minutes
Venue: TBD
Genre: Comedy, Multi-Disciplinary, Theatre
Audience Level: Mature Audiences
Polygraph
PolygraphCompany: Trip the Light Theatre Collective
Runtime: 55 Minutes
Venue: TBD
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: TBD
Genre: Theatre
Audience Level: Parental Guidance Suggested
2025 Duality Program
Information coming soon!
2025 Fringey X-Tras
Information coming soon!
2025 Fringe Awards Ceremony
2025 Fringe Awards CeremonyAugust 10th @ 5:00 pm
The Martini 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.
Important Locations
Information coming soon!
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!
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
Information coming soon!
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!