August 13 – 23, 2026
Fringing is for everyone and everyone is fringing.
The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival happens August 13 – 23, 2026. We can’t wait to see you there!
The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival is the largest, longest-running Fringe Festival in North America, and one of the most celebrated worldwide. Fringing is 11 days of theatre, music, magic, comedy, and community, where anyone can be an Artist and everyone belongs.
See Theatre Shows: 209 indoor theatre shows (more than 1,300 live performances!). All tickets $20 or less! From storytelling to musical theatre, improv to drama, the Fringe Festival showcases bold, original work from local, national, and international Artists.
Explore pêhonân: Indigenous Artists and stories local to Treaty 6 and the Métis homeland share stories, workshops, and more at the Community of Tipis, located on the greenspace south of the Strathcona Community League. pêhonân is FREE!
Visit KidsFringe: performances, workshops, crafts, and more created especially for kids 12 and under and their caregivers. KidsFringe is FREE!
Enjoy FREE Fringe Music Series: featuring an electrifying concert lineup of local and touring musical talent in ATB Park.
Travel FREE on the Fringe Shuttle: thanks to the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Transit Service (ETS), free shuttle service connects the main Festival Grounds and the French Quarter.
Roam the Festival Grounds: exciting Outdoor Artists, unique Food & Artisan vendors, plus family-friendly Fringe Patios featuring local brews.
Discover live theatre in the heart of Old Strathcona and beyond: shows are performed all over the city including the French Quarter, 124th Street, Downtown, and more!
We can’t wait to fringe with you!
Festival Guides on Sale: July 29, 2026
Tickets & Passes on Sale: Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Your Fringe Festival Experience
Where does the Festival happen? What is there to do? How much are tickets? Find out these answers (and then some) right now with our How to Fringe guide!
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Fringe Unforgettable
Celebrating 45 years of North America’s largest, longest running Fringe Theatre Festival
Every August, something happens here. Right here.
And what happens here doesn’t happen anywhere else in the world.
This is where anything - anything - can happen.
Where any space can be a stage.
Anyone can be an Artist.
And everyone has a story to tell.
Where a street corner becomes a standing ovation.
A stranger becomes a friend.
A moment becomes a memory. Becomes unforgettable.
Unforgettable is what happens when a memory leaves it mark.
When an experience stays with you long after it’s over.
And Fringe has left its mark on our city in indescribable ways.
Because that’s what happens when a whole darn city decides to play.
For 45 years, the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival has been a grassroots, do-it-yourself creative rebellion built on storytelling, curiosity, and the simple, radical idea that art is for you.
Yes. YOU.
Because fringing is for everyone and everyone is fringing.
Say yes to the unexpected.
Make Fringe Unforgettable with us.
un·for·get·ta·ble [ən-fər-ˈge-tə-bəl]
: very special, unusual, beautiful, etc., and therefore difficult or impossible to forget; incapable of being forgotten; memorable
Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival
Whether you’re fringing for the first time, or are a seasoned pro, there’s something for everyone at Fringe! – Explore the links below for more info on how to Fringe to your fullest.
Please note: most of the following information is specific to the 2025 Festival; dates and details will change but this still gives you a good idea of the Festival experience.
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You may have heard of us before…
About Edmonton Fringe
The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival is the largest, longest running Fringe Theatre Festival in North America and one of the top five worldwide.
We exist because theatre exists and what exists here doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world. We are Edmonton-grown and Edmonton’s own. Fringe is a grassroots movement that cultivates creative collisions between community and art. We make space for out-of-the-ordinary, unconventional, and boundary-pushing art.
Fringe Artists receive 100% of the profit from the ticket sales. Since 1982, we have created exceptional artistic experiences, supported 45,000 + Artists, and kept Edmonton on the map as a destination and creative engine.
Every August, we welcome more than 800,000 site visits to the heart of Old Strathcona and ignite more than $20Million in local economic impact. From our free outdoor Music Series, to our more than 200 ticketed theatre performances, to our free KidsFringe Festival within a Festival for children ages 12 and under, there’s something for everyone.
Sustain Fringe
We believe in the transformative power of the arts and are committed to maintaining our impact. To achieve that, we need your help. As a charitable organization, we depend on the generous support of Fringers like YOU to ensure we’re here for generations to come. When you buy a ticket to a Fringe show, you are supporting the Artists on the stage. When you donate to Fringe Theatre, you ensure Artists have access to all the essentials they need – the stage, the lights, the sound, the Technicians, the Audience – to tell their stories and propel their careers.
Fringe Around the World
The Edmonton Fringe is a proud member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF). CAFF unites, supports, empowers, and strengthens its 30+ member festivals to cultivate and foster independent artistic exploration for artists and audiences across North America.
Fringe Theatre is also a proud member of FAME (Festivals and Major Events Canada), an organization which seeks to increase political awareness of the importance of festivals and events in Canada as an economic driver, key export industry, and a sector of future growth and development.
