PortFringe - Maine's Fringe Festival

03/01/2026

ON SALE NOW // Tickets to the Pop-Up PortFringe performances of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Little Mermaid” are now available at www.portfringe.com 🎟️
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Returning to a TWO show format, we’ll have a High Tide performance (1:30pm) and a Low Tide performance (7:30pm) with the usual whimsy you can expect from a PortFringe event like schmoozing over drinks and snacks, bidding on the best “bad art”, and more!
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Visit the link in our bio for a direct link to tickets sales and we look forward to diving under the sea with you all on March 21st at Rising Tide Brewing!

12/21/2025

☀️ Happy Solstice!! Solstice Santa Flome would like to announce/remind you that applications for PortFringe Festival 2026 open on January 1st!
☀️ Application fees are as follows:
January 1-19 - $25
January 20-31 - $35
☀️ Festival Dates are June 11-20, 2026 🦝
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12/13/2025

The announcement you’ve all been waiting for! Our incredible lottery-selected artists who will be bringing Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid to life at PortFringe: Pop-Up 2026!
Pine State Pitches

Eric Darrow Worthley

A Third Funny Thing

Sararose Willey

Hal Cohen

The Fitzgerald Folk Trio

The Content Collective

Bad Dog Productions

Mark Shaughnessy

Brianna Del Mar

12/07/2025

So many PortFringe announcements on the horizon (Pop-up artists, 2026 festival applications…and more!) but there are so many shows playing RIGHT NOW so we’d very much like to reshare this message ✨🫶
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What have you seen? What are you going to see? What should we go see?! Tell us who, what, when, and where 📝👇

11/01/2025

Applications are now closed! Thank you to all who applied.
Stay tuned for more news about our line-up for Pop-Up

10/31/2025

Applications for Pop-Up PortFringe 2026: Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid close at midnight tonight! Do you have your application in?

10/28/2025

10/28/2025

What's your favorite quote from Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid?
We'll go first: "We have no immortal souls; we have no future life; we are just like the green seaweed, which, once cut down, can never revive again!"

Applications are only open for 3 more days until October 31st! Links to apply in bio.
Have questions about Pop-Up? DM us!