YEG Provides Landing for Local Festivals
Edmonton International Airport offers Festival City so much more than airspace.
It’s hard to fit a Fringe in a broom closet. Try as we might, the Fringe Theatre Arts Barns attic just won’t hold all the stuff required to deliver North America’s largest and longest-running Fringe Theatre Festival after August — that’s why we’re thrilled to have Edmonton International Airport as one of our Sponsors.
With the largest landmass of any major airport in the country, YEG is able to offer Fringe a wee bit of storage space year-round; this means the Arts Barns has space for all 500+ arts and community events we host outside of the Festival dates each year.
YEG is also providing Fringe with an in-kind advertising partnership through the over 300 flight information display screens across the airport terminal. Throughout the year, YEG partners with over 90 event and festival organizations in similar capacities, playing an integral role in the identity of Festival City.
“When visitors fly into Edmonton, we want them to see the fun and memorable festivals that they can participate in during their stay. It also offers a great reminder to the 23,000+ team members across airport campus of the incredible festivals we have at our fingertips,” notes Amanda Shah, YEG’s Community Relations and Events Advisor.
“We may be biased, but we believe we have some of the best festivals in the world right here in Edmonton. Being a Festival City helps to attract new visitors to our beautiful region, and that is something important for us to invest in as an airport and key partner in promoting Edmonton as a destination,” adds Shah. “One of our values is ‘Doing the Right Things Right,’ and showing support for festivals that add vibrancy to our community is one of those things!”
“We’re incredibly grateful to Edmonton International Airport for providing us with space to store our essential gear,” says Chris Kavanagh, Fringe Theatre’s Director of Operations. “This generous support plays a crucial role in helping the Fringe Festival run smoothly — keeping our stages equipped, our site safe, and the Festival experience seamless for Artists and Audiences alike.”
YEG Facts
- YEG is the largest major Canadian airport by land area, generating an economic output of over $5.3 billion and supporting 23,500 jobs;
- YEG is committed to being net-zero by 2050 or earlier, and is using its vast space to develop the infrastructure required to accommodate hydrogen fuel technology and bridge the future to a net-zero aviation and transportation industry;
- On its Airport City Sustainability Campus, YEG has one hive of honey bees — which is home to up to 50,000 Italian honey bees — and two wild bee hotels;
- YEG was Canada’s first airport to integrate drone logistics into its operations, and was the first airport in the world to integrate a drone bird, called RoBird, which is used to drive birds away from the airport.
Thank you YEG for being a vital part of making the magic of Fringe happen!