PortfringeWelcome 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.
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Festival Overview
Type of FestivalPortFringe 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.
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About our Audience
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Festival StatsTop 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 AcceptedWe 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.
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Benefits of Applying100% 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 InformationPortFringe offers basic lighting and sound capabilities in each venue.
Some venues also have projectors. |
Performance ScheduleSingle-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, MAINEThe 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 DatesJune 15-22, 2019
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Application DatesDecember 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019
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2018 - Past Year for Perspective
Festival DatesJUNE 16-23, 2018
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Application DatesDECEMBER 1, 2017 - JANUARY 31, 2018
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2020 - Future Year
Festival DatesJune 13-20, 2020
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Application DatesDECEMBER 1, 2019 - JANUARY 31, 2020
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Past Festivals
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PORTFRINGE 2018 JUNE 16-23 from PortFringe on Vimeo.
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