WHAT: Organizers of the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival will announce the entire lineup for the 10th anniversary Fringe in a mix of information and fun they call the “Big Reveal.”
WHERE: the Dawn Lipson Canalside Stage at the JCC, behind the Louis S. Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester (1200 Edgewood Ave.)
WHEN: 12:30 – 1 PM, followed by interviews. Tickets will go on sale at 1 PM, when the entire schedule goes live at rochesterfringe.com.
WHO: Guest speakers: Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer’s Regional Director Christopher Zeltmann, and City Councilmember Mitch Gruber. Performers: Thomas Warfield, PUSH Physical Theatre, Aerial Arts of Rochester, and Rosa Boemia.
WHY: Let’s celebrate! The 10th annual Fringe will be both in-person and online as well as safe and spectacular. Share this good news with your audience.
From its five-day debut in 2012, the 12-day KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival has become one of the fastest-growing and most-attended fringe festivals in the U.S. It is also the largest multidisciplinary performing arts festival in New York State. As a bifurcated festival, it allows for a combination of headline entertainment curated by the non-profit Rochester Fringe Festival as well as an open-access portion based on the 74-year-old Edinburgh Fringe model. Last year’s Virtual Fringe offered more than 170 online productions, both live-streamed and on-demand, giving artists a platform and connecting audiences throughout our community and beyond. The 2019 Fringe featured more than 650 performances and events – over 200 of them free – in 25+ downtown venues and broke all previous attendance records with more than 100,000 visitors.
Rochester Fringe Festival connects and empowers artists, audiences, venues, educational institutions, and the community to celebrate, explore, and inspire creativity via an annual, multi-genre arts festival. It was pioneered by several of Rochester’s esteemed cultural institutions including Geva Theatre Center, the George Eastman Museum and Garth Fagan Dance; up-and-coming arts groups like PUSH Physical Theatre and Method Machine; and higher-education partners such as the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology. The not-for-profit organization’s overarching mission is to provide a platform for artists to share their ideas and develop their skills while also offering unparalleled public access to the arts. It strives to be diverse and inclusive, and to stimulate downtown Rochester both culturally and economically.
Hope to see you there!
