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FringeArts is Philadelphia’s home for contemporary performance, presenting progressive, world-class art that stretches the imagination and boldly defies expectation. As the city’s lead experimenter in the arts, FringeArts exposes audiences to unpredictable dance, theater and music performances by accomplished and emerging innovators who are pushing the boundaries of art-making and redefining the artistic landscape worldwide. Year-round programming is presented at FringeArts’ state-of-the-art center on the Delaware River Waterfront—a renovated historic building that also houses a restaurant, La Peg, and b**r garden. Each September, the organization presents the annual Fringe Festival, a 17-day celebration that fills the city’s neighborhoods with more than 1,000 curated and independently produced contemporary performances.

THIS SATURDAY OCTOBER 17 - We will be offering the return of one of our most beloved, funky cocktail AMATEUR CORN for on...
10/16/2026

THIS SATURDAY OCTOBER 17 - We will be offering the return of one of our most beloved, funky cocktail AMATEUR CORN for one night only!

This is not only to celebrate Weirdo Fest, happening in and around our neighborhood, but also to preview the drink we will be serving at Feastival on Wednesday October 28.

Philly’s Top Culinary Event is a night of spectacular acts, bites + drinks from some of Philadelphia’s most inventive creators. It takes place FringeArts and some of the participating restaurant & bars are a.kitchen, Almanac, Amy’s Pastelillos, Banshee, Habibi, High Street, Kiddo, Luk Fu, Manong, Poi Dog, Post Haste, REUBY, Side Eye, South Philly Barbacoa / Casa Mexico, Side Eye and more!

You can get tickets to Feastival via the link in our bio AND you can get 25% off using the promo code FriendsofFEAST.

Hope to see you this weekend, and at Feastival on the 28th!

10/14/2026

Ditch your average night in for an extraordinary night out!
FEASTIVAL is THE can’t-miss party of the year, and it’s right around the corner. Join us Wednesday, October 28 at FringeArts + Fringe Bar for one hell of a night out 🎊

Featuring 30 of the region’s most creative restaurants and bars + performances by JUNK West Philadelphia Orchestra

FEASTIVAL is where Philly’s flavors and creativity come alive! AND, your night out gives back to the Philly arts community — every dollar raised helps make the future of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival possible and supports Philly’s vibrant community of working artists all year long ❤️

🎟️ Celebrate with us — get your tickets at FringeArts.com/FEASTIVAL

We’re thrilled to be a host for The Nicole Brewer Crafting Theatrical Collaboration Book Tour! Author Nicole Brewer is j...
10/07/2026

We’re thrilled to be a host for The Nicole Brewer Crafting Theatrical Collaboration Book Tour! 

Author Nicole Brewer is joined by Amy Smith Hannah Fenlon and our very own Nell Bang-Jensen for a dynamic and honest conversation about how we get freer — and what it takes to build more equitable, transformative ways of creating together.

✨ RSVP it’s FREE and open to all!
📍 FringeArts — Tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 8 at 6:30PM

Visit FringeArts.com for more info

🏆 Introducing the 2026 Artist Choice Awards!This year, we asked participating Fringe artists to vote for their favorite ...
10/06/2026

🏆 Introducing the 2026 Artist Choice Awards!
This year, we asked participating Fringe artists to vote for their favorite show (excluding their own). The five shows with the most votes are our inaugural Artist Choice Award recipients!

✨ The Groundhog — “This show rocks… It’s a love letter to the students that live in artists everywhere.”
✨ Tuzluk — “Their characters are razor sharp, and their connection with the audience is a true marker of their brilliance as a clown.”
✨ FORIEGNER — “I will never be the same…”
✨ My Allowance — “The performance reminded me of the sacredness of objects, how much they can hold, beyond just being props.”
✨ Dickie Dickie Dicky Donnie — “Distal appreciation of human behavior mirroring the experiment.”

Congratulations to all Artist Choice Award recipients 🎊

🎉 The 2026 Fringies Winners are here! 🎉We’re thrilled to celebrate this year’s audience-voted fan favorites! Congratulat...
10/06/2026

🎉 The 2026 Fringies Winners are here! 🎉

We’re thrilled to celebrate this year’s audience-voted fan favorites! Congratulations to all our 2026 Fringies Winners

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There’s still MORE to celebrate 🎉Join us in raising a glass at this year’s FEASTIVAL🥂This isn’t your average fundraiser ...
09/29/2026

There’s still MORE to celebrate 🎉
Join us in raising a glass at this year’s FEASTIVAL🥂
This isn’t your average fundraiser — it’s a culinary and arts extravaganza where your night out helps support the Fringe Festival!

It’s our largest party and we hope to see you there 😉
Wed, Oct. 28, 2026 at FringeArts 📍
🎟 Get yours at FringeArts.com/FEASTIVAL


Photo c. andrew piccone 📸

Ari Miller Councilmember Rue Landau Cristina Martinez South Philly Barbacoa Bondfire Media JUNK

The Week 3 Fringies Frontrunner picks are in 🌟Recipients of the 2026 Fringies award will be announced next week! There’s...
09/28/2026

The Week 3 Fringies Frontrunner picks are in 🌟

Recipients of the 2026 Fringies award will be announced next week! There’s still time to vote for your Fringe favs — complete your post-show surveys by THIS Sunday.

   

There are ONLY two performances left of “How does it feel to look at nothing” — don’t miss this world premiere! A blend ...
09/26/2026

There are ONLY two performances left of “How does it feel to look at nothing” — don’t miss this world premiere! 

A blend of live and improvised classical and experimental music with DIY noise. Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon explore the disintegration of language and embodying entangled identities: deity, witness, child, parent, memory.

TODAY → Sat. Sept. 26 at 7:30pm +
TOMORROW → Sun. Sept. 27 at 2pm
At FringeArts📍
🎟 Tickets available at PhillyFringe.org/Howdoesitfeel

Photo c. Johanna Austin

We lost the incomparable Dito van Reigersberg—founder of Pig Iron, drag artist, dear friend—this summer. The Philly Frin...
09/26/2026

We lost the incomparable Dito van Reigersberg—founder of Pig Iron, drag artist, dear friend—this summer. The Philly Fringe’s excellence, abundance, and collaborative spirit are all a testament to the incredible community which Dito helped to shape, ever since the first festival in 1997. 

Tomorrow, Sunday, September 27, the closing night of the 2026 fest, our longtime partners at Pig Iron Theatre Company, along with us, the Martha Graham Cracker Band, the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, and Ensemble Arts, will host an evening of performance at the Miller Theater celebrating Dito and featuring many of his closest artistic collaborators. 

The evening will include performances from: The Bearded Ladies, Johnny Showcase, Natalie Palamides, Geoff Sobelle, Heather Christian, Ethan Lipton, Ballet X, Selections from Pig Iron’s Poor Judge and Love Unpunished, Nichole Canuso, Songs from Lashed but Not Leashed, and many more.

Sunday, Sept. 27 at 7:30pm at the Miller Theater 📍
🎟Tickets are PWYC ranging from $10–$250; all net proceeds will be donated to Blood Cancer United.

Pig Iron Theatre Company Ensemble Arts Philly ❤ Bearded Ladies Cabaret ❤ BalletX Johnny Showcase Ethan Lipton Nichole Canuso Dance Natalie Palamides Geoff Sobelle Heather Christian

It’s the last weekend of the 2026 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Featured are just a handful of the 148 shows that are st...
09/25/2026

It’s the last weekend of the 2026 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Featured are just a handful of the 148 shows that are still running! 
It’s not too late to fill your weekend with the spectacular, the weird, the unexpected — the fringey.

See the full lineup at PhillyFringe.org/events and get your tickets 🎟️

09/25/2026

Virtuosic composer-performers, multi-instrumentalists, and married couple Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon present the world premiere of an elemental new opera.

Shaped by Holland and yuniya’s lived experiences as partners and trans artists of color, this multidisciplinary performance engages questions of q***r parenthood, trans pregnancy, and socio-political disintegration through a poetic, mythological lens.

“How does it feel to look at nothing”
Sept. 25–27 at FringeArts 📍
🎟 PhillyFringe.org/Howdoesitfeel
Walk-up tickets will be available at the box office one hour before each performance.

09/24/2026

Have you ever seen live theater in a planetarium? 💫
Utopian Hotline is part experimental musical and part immersive theater bringing audiences together to imagine a more perfect future! 

“An understated yet engrossing essayistic musical on a variety of scientific mysteries.” — The New Yorker 

Join us and THEATER MITU at the Fels Planetarium The Franklin Institute from Sept. 24-26
Part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Come experience something unlike anything you’ve ever seen before! 🎟️ PhillyFringe.org/UtopianHotline

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140 N. Columbus Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA
19106

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Monday 10am - 10pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 10:30pm
Friday 10am - 11:30pm
Saturday 10am - 11:30pm
Sunday 10am - 10pm

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