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Portfringe

Welcome to PortFringe, sweating and raw with light. We are a by-lottery, non-juried fringe festival. We support new, edgy, and experimental work. We celebrate the imaginative and the weird. We are inclusive, intersectional, and unafraid. We seek to eliminate financial and logistical barriers so that artists can focus on their work (and even make money doing so). We celebrate and contribute to Maine’s vibrant performance art community. We do this out of love and passion – for art, for creativity, for cardboard props, and packed houses. We are over one hundred performances crammed into the city of Portland, Maine. Plus, it’s super fun.
PORT FRINGE WEBSITE
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 Festival Overview

Type of Festival

PortFringe venues are a mix of traditional and non-traditional performance spaces. Our smallest venues have seating for roughly 30 people, and our largest venues can accommodate about up to 100. ​

About our Audience

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Festival Stats

Top ticket price is $11.00.

​Audience members have the option of purchasing multi-show punch cards for a modest volume discount.

Most PortFringe sales are single tickets or 3-show punch cards. 

Artist Information

How Artists are Accepted

We are a completely unjuried / uncurated festival, with all participants chosen as part of a fair selection lottery, weighted to ensure a balance of local and non-local artist representation.

Benefits of Applying

100% box office payout
billeting
review (of first or second performance)
artist discount badge for tickets and merchandise
opportunities to present workshops for our community and fellow artists
Fringe Central daytime artist hangout (wi-fi, treats, coffee)
Awards
social events. 

Costs and Deals

$25 Application Fee.

$150-$200 production fee.

​100% Box Office returned. 

Tech Information

PortFringe offers basic lighting and sound capabilities in each venue.

​Some venues also have projectors.

Performance Schedule

Single-billed shows must be 40-60 minutes in length.
PortFringe also warmly welcomes short-format work (5-35 minutes in length), and will pair short shows to create a one-hour "multi-feature" production (with box office revenue being shared equally between participating companies).

​PortFringe offers artists a minimum of four performances.

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PORTLAND, MAINE

The Downtown, bayside, and arts district neighborhoods
portland, maine

Portland (the largest municipality in Maine at just 65,000 residents) is a vibrant coastal city bursting at the seams with character and charm. From the colorful working waterfront, to the cobblestone streets of the historic Old Port, to the sweeping panoramic ocean vistas of Munjoy Hill, and all of the quirky neighborhoods in between, you will be smitten with Portland. PortFringe venues – all walkable from one another – are tucked into architecturally stunning historic buildings surrounded by restaurants, coffee shops, microbreweries and independent retailers. The words “Buy Local” and “Small Business” still mean something here in this fiercely independent, authentic city, and PortFringe is proud to be part of what keeps Portland weird.

www.PORTFRINGE.COM


 Important Dates for this Fringe

2019 - Current Year

Festival Dates

June 15-22, 2019

Application Dates

December 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019

Other Important Dates

 2018 - Past Year for Perspective

Festival Dates

JUNE 16-23, 2018

Application Dates

DECEMBER 1, 2017 - JANUARY 31, 2018

Other Important Dates

2020 - Future Year

Festival Dates

June 13-20, 2020

Application Dates

DECEMBER 1, 2019 - JANUARY 31, 2020

Other Important Dates


Past Festivals

Check out past portfringe festival information here! http://portfringe.com/past-festivals/​

CHECK THIS OUT!

PORTFRINGE 2018 JUNE 16-23 from PortFringe on Vimeo.


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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Fringe Story
    • Fringe Definition
    • FAQ for Artists
    • FAQ for Festival Organizers
  • Festivals At-A-Glance
    • World Fringe Calendar
    • USAFF Calendar
    • Alphabetical List of US Fringes