Missoula Fringe Festival August 15th thru 17th
Anyone can perform, anywhere in Missoula.
Missoula Fringe Festival 2013 is Missoula’ s first annual performance arts festival. Continuing the Fringe legacy that began in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947, the Missoula Fringe Festival will celebrate and honor alternative theater in various venues throughout Missoula, August 15 – 17 th, 2013. This year’ s Missoula Fringe Festival will be focusing on helping the arts community grow and showcasing Missoula as a venue for artists to perform.
The Missoula Fringe Festival is a self-produced, non-juried performing arts festival. It is an avenue for performers to showcase bold, fresh, and original live works that explore the edges of their work and provide audiences the opportunity to experience the outer-limits of performing arts. The Missoula Fringe Festival does not produce any shows, run any venue or pay any fees to artists. All applicants are accepted. Anyone can perform.
The only limitations to the artists are show duration and ticket price. All shows are limited to 60 minutes or less. Production costs are the responsibility of the producers and artists keep 100 % of the door. Ticket prices must be kept to $ 12 or under. Of course, the law of the land and gravity also apply.
The festival is open to anyone with a show to present and a venue to host them. Venues can be anywhere; in a taxi, a public restroom, a sidewalk, street corner, river shore, mountain top, parking garage, a traditional theater, a front porch, a park swing, an alley …
A $ 20 basic application fee is required for each production. This fee goes towards promotional materials. Participants who wish to use the Stensrud Events Center, Crystal Theater, the Loft, the Downtown Dance Collective, the alley between the Rhino and the Top Hat, or the Monk’ s Bar for their venue must book with Michelle at 406-544-4606. It is first come, first serve. No venue fees apply.
Artists may perform ANYWHERE! It is up to the performing artist to decide where and when the show will be held.
As long as the show is 60 minutes or under, and ticket price is kept to $ 12 or under, ANYTHING GOES! Of course, laws of the land and gravity always apply.
An artist may perform at sunset on the“ M”, or from a boat on the Clark Fork River, under the bridge, in an alley, bathroom, taxi! Use your imagination. ANYTHING GOES!
Venues secured by the Missoula Fringe Festival are the Loft, the Downtown Dance Collective, Crystal Theater, Stensrud Building, Zootown Arts Community Center, Missoula Community Access Television, Elbow Room, the“ Blues Alley” between Main and Front Street, and the Monk’ s Club. Booking is first come first serve. Call 406-544-4606 to book your venue. No venue fee applies. First come, first serve.
Porchfest Missoula is currently matching musical artists with porches. Contact porchfestmissoula @ gmail. com to connect with it’ s organizers.
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