A large FRINGE word-art sculpture in a bike lane during the festival.

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Festival Themes

Have YOUR say on the Festival Theme for 2025

That Was Then, This is Fringe. Together We Fringe. Find Your Fringe.

Every great Fringe deserves a great theme (and there’ve been a few wild ones over our 43 years…!).. Help us name the 2025 Festival. You have until November 7 to submit your wacky, weird, and whimsical theme suggestions:

Fringe Festival Theme Archive

2024

Find Your Fringe

2023

Fringe 42 – The Answer is Fringe!

2022

Destination Fringe

2021

Together We Fringe

2020

The Fringe that Never Was

2019

Where the Wild Things Fringe

2018

Fringe’O’Saurus Rex

2017

A Midsummer Night’s Fringe

2016

That Was Then, This Is Fringe

2015

SupercaliFRINGEilistic

2014

Fringed and Confused

2013

From Fringe With Love

2012

Village of the Fringed

2011

Fringeopolis

2010

We’ll Show You Ours

2009

Fringe, Stage a Revolution

2008

The Big Kahuna

2007

Live and Let Fringe

2006

Hi Yo Fringe Away!

2005

Celebrating 25 Years of Fringing!

2004

La Vie En Fringe

2003

Attack of the Killer Fringe

2002

See Spot Fringe

2001

A Fringe Odyssey

2000

Cirque du Fringe

1999

Bride of FrankenFringe

1998

A Clockwork Fringe

1997

Planet of the Fringe

1996

Fringe Unhinged

1995

14 Karat Fringe

1994

FrankenFringe

1993

Rex the WonderFringe

1992

The Fringe Also Rises

1991

X Marks the Fringe

1990

The Fringe that Roared

1989

Born to Fringe

1988

Fringe Daze

1987

Gone Fringe

1986

Fringe the Fifth

1985

Home on the Fringe

1984

The Fringe Strikes Again!

1983

Return of the Fringe

1982

A Fringe Theatre Event