Events

4 weeks. A city alive with contemporary performance.
September 9–October 3, 2021
The Philadelphia Fringe Festival is a 4-week long, city-wide celebration of innovation and creativity in contemporary performance. Each September, the Festival explodes into every nook and cranny of Philadelphia with more than 1,000 artistically daring performances, including national and international performances curated by FringeArts, and works that are produced by independent artists and promoted by FringeArts.
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Health & Safety
The 2021 Fringe Festival will take place predominantly in-person. To help protect the health and safety of audiences, artists, staff, and our greater community, patrons are required to wear masks at all indoor performances.
Additionally, all indoor FringeArts Curated events will require proof of vaccination to attend. Audience members will be asked to show proof of vaccination before entering a performance venue. Accepted forms for proof of vaccination include a physical vaccine card with your name on it or a digital photo of your vaccine card on a cell phone.
Some independently produced shows also require proof of vaccination. Please reference individual event details for show-specific health and safety guidelines.
If you are feeling unwell, experiencing any COVID-related symptoms, or come into close contact with someone who has COVID-19 up to 14 days before a performance, please stay home.
These guidelines may evolve depending on local health and safety recommendations.
Find Shows

How Many Times
Leah Friedman, Roy Aizen, Jesse Antonoff, Jake Pettit
ReVisioning the Arts Podcast
Julia Brandenberger, Rogue Theology
The Birth of Jawn: Exploring Philly with a King
Jawn Wooders
PADA PRESENTS The Greatest Showman
Pennsylvania Academy of Dance Arts
10 x 10 – Walk Around Philadelphia
JJ Tiziou
Bon Appétit! By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby (During a Pandemic!)
Aurora Classical
Dear Donald/Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence)
Sally Vahle and Bob Hess
Expansions Presents: Bridging the Distance
Expansions Contemporary Dance Ensemble
International Women's Public Safety Clown Army
Stephanie Parker & Friends
Into the Absurd: A Virtually Existential Dinner Conversation
The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium
KCBC x KCBCII: Return to Müvment
Klassic Contemporary Ballet Company
Quarantined Ill At Ease: Covid-19 Allstars
Quarantined Ill At Ease
Wild Women Of Planet Wongo
Wild Women Of Planet Wongo
Lovers and Madmen: Visions of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Forgotten Lore Theatre w/ Lone Brick Theatre Company
The Great Philadelphia Comedy Magic Walk
Robert Malissa, Walking Magician
Art Room Outdoors: REAP What You Show
Leah Stein Dance Company
Not Yet Rated: An Improvised Movie
Crossroads Comedy Theater
CANCELED: Mask Arts Symposium / Casts, Masks and Play!
Barbara Gegson
Study Hall: Comedy Inspired By Lectures
Crossroads Comedy Theater
A Patchwork of Stories for GrownUps
Patchwork: A Storytelling Guild
Borrowed Time featuring Jake Mattera, Hoffman, and NYTEshift
Crossroads Comedy Theater
Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Beth Jucovy/Dance Visions NY
CANCELED Wings Over Water- A Diasporic Bird Play
Three Birds Flying Collective
No Diggity: Improv Inspired By Old School Hip Hop and R&B
Crossroads Comedy Theater
CANCELED: Mask Arts Symposium/Intro. to the Brahe Mask Method
Benjamin Bass
CANCELED: Mask Arts Symposium/Create a Neoprene (Industrial Latex) Clown Mask
Craig Jacobrown
Latinx 2044: A Hispanic Heritage Month Comedy Special
Crossroads Comedy Theater
CANCELED: Mask Arts Symposium/ArcheDream For Humankind/Blacklight Lecture and Demo.
Alan Bell
The Philadelphia Matter Screening at Neighborhood House
Christ Church Preservation Trust
CANCELED: Mask Arts Symposium/ ArcheDream for Humankind /Blacklight Mask and Movement
Patricia Dominguez
Sun & Sea
An opera-performance byRugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė and Lina Lapelytė
Presented by Arcadia Exhibitions

Incredible Dreamz Presents: Friendship Movie Club II
Incredible Dreamz
Rhopalocera: a digital opera (New-work-in-progress)
L&P Productions
Crossover: A New Pop Musical
Chelsea Cylinder and Danielle MooreBe Part of the Story
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