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For Immediate Release
May 17, 2017

Emerging Fringe Competition
Unprecedented Opportunity for Emerging Performing Artists
as part of the Fifth San Diego International Fringe Festival

I love seeing students participating and contributing to the performing arts and I’m excited to see what they have created this year. Student crafted performances never fail to fascinate me.
–Andrea Lemaitre

The San Diego International Fringe Festival 2017 (#sdiff17) is pleased to announce that this year’s Emerging Fringe Competition will be lead by teacher and dancer, Andrea Lemaitre. Ms. Lemaitre has taught internationally in the both the studio and the classroom for over 18 years. This year, she’s leading San Diego Fringe’s unparalleled opportunity for youth to perform at the Historic Spreckels Theatre, and among national and international artists during the San Diego Fringe Fest. Students enrolled in grades 7-12 are invited to submit their own original performance for the Emerging Fringe competition by June 1, 2017. Submissions can be original works of drama, comedy, improv, spoken word, music, dance, magic, and/or puppetry. All accepted applicants will perform at the semi-finals on June 25, 2017, and selected performers will go on to the finals on July 2, 2017.
Prizes for Emerging Fringe Winners include:

• First Place: $500 Scholarship, a trophy, and a waiver for production fees for FIVE performances in the 2018 San Diego International Festival
• Second place: $300 Scholarship and a trophy
• Third place: $200 and a trophy

Last year’s Emerging Fringe Winner, Ashley Yang, will be producing her first full-length show, Desire as a part of this year’s festival.

Call, text, and message your friends and get your act together for the 2017 Emerging Fringe Competition!
 

ABOUT SAN DIEGO FRINGE: San Diego International Fringe Festival is a project of Contact Arts, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2003 along with Actors Alliance of San Diego with the purpose of building a network of creativity & communication. San Diego Fringe is a member of the World Fringe Network, the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals, and the United States Association of Fringe Festivals. Contact Arts & AASD aim to connect ideas with social action through progressive performance & community engaged projects.
 
THE MISSION OF THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
The San Diego International Fringe Festival focuses on artists and creating community. We encourage the development of San Diego as a destination for innovative artistic expression — and a great opportunity to witness Local, National and International emerging artists. In its first year, the festival won the “Bravo SD Award,” a “Best of San Diego Award,” and the San Diego Theatre Critic Circle’s award as an “Outstanding Special Event.”

Contact:
Candice Caufield
Managing Director / Press Contact
candice@sdfringe.org
www.sdfringe.org

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And the winner of the 2017 Family Fringe / Youth Poster Art Competition is: Kayla Swift.

As the San Diego International Fringe Festival focuses on providing a platform for artists to present new cutting edge works (primarily in theatres) throughout San Diego & Tijuana; it also has been working on providing more and more free programming and engaging family audiences. In turn, Producer Christa Kay thought it would be a great idea to take the initiative to provide opportunities for young artists. In fact, after attending the World Fringe Congress in Montreal, and seeing what other festivals (such as Edingburgh & Brighton) have done to showcase young artists, she opted to jump in and create a new opportunity for young ‘San Diego’ visual artists. Hence; the 1st Annual “Youth Poster Art Contest.”

So, here it is…., drum-roll…., the WINNER Kayla Swift (14 y/o student from Scripps Ranch High School) will be seeing her art plastered around the festivities of Family Fringe taking place at the City Heights Performance Annex (in San Diego) on June 25th, 2017. She will also be receiving a $100 scholarship with her award.

CONGRATULATIONS Kayla!

NZ Fringe Wellington is thrilled to announce a new award partnership with San Diego International Fringe that will see local lads Allergic to Love head over to perform in July this year.

A late addition to the NZ Fringe awards this year is a new partnership that will see an exchange of art between San Diego and Wellington, the San Diego International Fringe Festival TOUR READY AWARD will see the Californian festival host a New Zealand show that premiered in NZ Fringe in July, with NZ reciprocating the award here in the 2018 NZ Fringe Wellington.

The award winning show for this inaugural award is Allergic to Love, written and performed by Tom Knowles., Sam Logan, Josh Logan and Jed Parsons.

Tom said of receiving the award “Talk about living on a prayer! We are absolutely thrilled and super excited to be given the chance to rock the souls, to melt the faces and to break the hearts of America! This beast has well and truly been let out of the cage and like a bat outta hell, we are ready to rock. We had such great support and an amazing response for the NZ Fringe Festival that we all can’t wait to continue the winning streak and represent all the people that have got us this far. This is a show by the people, for the people- He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata- we are forever thankful for everyone’s help and support thus far and I am so glad that it’s a joint consensus; the show must go on!

Although written over the last 10 years, mostly in our small town of Blenheim, I have a great sense of this show almost returning home to where this genre of music was most successful and birthed some of our absolute idols. We are electrified for this once in a life time opportunity from San Diego International Fringe Festival and in the late words of my main man Freddy, We WILL Rock you!”

Tom and the band will be furiously fundraising over the coming months to get to San Diego and NZ Fringe can’t wait to see them take flight!

Executive Director, Kevin Charles Patterson, of San Diego International Fringe Festival says, “I love the idea of having more and more of these cultural exchanges that create such great opportunities for artists.”

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For Immediate Release
25 April 2017

The San Diego International Fringe Festival 2017 (#sdfringe17) is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting another free Family Fringe event this year with the City Heights Performance Annex. Family Fringe will take place on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at the City Heights Performance Annex. The bold performances and activities at Family Fringe aspire to connect and engage the local community with hands-on arts and crafts, interactive workshops and exciting live performances.

Nigel Brookes, the City Heights Performance Annex Manager, spoke about hosting Family Fringe this year, saying , “The City Heights Performance Annex is proud to host the San Diego Fringe Festival’s Family Fringe event. It is a free event for the community that builds connective tissue with the larger festival, establishes relationships between artists and residents and grows the cultural literacy of all participants. We are happy to partner with the Fringe to grow art in City Heights.”

Whether you have a child, or are a child at heart, Family Fringe will have performances and hands-on activities that will inspire and engage all. Mark you calendars and celebrate the arts in City Heights with Family Fringe on June 25, 2017.

For Family Fringe Sponsorship opportunities, please contact Rhianna Basore at rhianna@sdfringe.org

For Family Fringe Engagement and Performance opportunities, please contact Christa Kay christakay@sdfringe.org

ABOUT SAN DIEGO FRINGE: San Diego International Fringe Festival is a project of Contact Arts, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2003 along with Actors Alliance of San Diego with the purpose of building a network of creativity & communication. Contact Arts & AASD aim to connect ideas with social action through progressive performance & community engaged projects.

THE MISSION OF THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
The San Diego International Fringe Festival focuses on artists and creating community. We encourage the development of San Diego as a destination for innovative artistic expression — and a great opportunity to witness Local, National and International emerging artists. In its first year, the festival won the “Bravo SD Award,” a “Best of San Diego Award,” and the San Diego Theatre Critic Circle’s award as an “Outstanding Special Event.”

Announcing the 5th Annual San Diego International Fringe Festival Eleven Days of Bold, Beautiful, and Bizarre Shows
June 22 – July 2, 2017

For the 5th year in a row, the San Diego International Fringe Festival (SDIFF) is thrilled to announce our festival dates for 2017: June 22-July 2, 2017.

“We’re excited to be show casing international, national, and local uncensored and innovative live performing artists in San Diego for the 5th year in a row”, said Kevin Patterson, Executive Producer. “This year we are expanding our festival to include over 90 shows, and adding venues in beautiful Balboa Park, which is well known for its artistic atmosphere”.

The 2017 San Diego International Fringe Festival will present over 500 performances from over 90 different local, national, and international artists. The Festival aims to fully support artists by giving 100% of ticket proceeds to the performing artists. Because 100% of ticket sales go back to the artists, attendees must buy a $5 Fringe Tag, good for all 11 days, as general festival admission. This helps SD Fringe raise funds to continue to provide an affordable platform for artists and audiences to engage in Fringe shows, and gives attendees a little Fringe of their own to remind them of the festival, long after it is over.

SDIFF is one of over 200 unique Fringe Festivals produced worldwide. Stay tuned for more exciting news from SDIFF and make sure you mark your calendars for SD Fringe dates: June 22- July 2, 2017.

Press Contact: Candice Caufield
Managing Director / Press Contact
candice@sdfringe.org

ABOUT SAN DIEGO FRINGE: San Diego International Fringe Festival is a project of Contact Arts, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2003 along with Actors Alliance of San Diego with the purpose of building a network of creativity & communication. Contact Arts & AASD aim to connect ideas with social action through progressive performance & community engaged projects.

THE MISSION OF THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
The San Diego International Fringe Festival focuses on artists and creating community. We encourage the development of San Diego as a destination for innovative artistic expression — and a great opportunity to witness Local, National and International emerging artists. In its first year, the festival won the “Bravo SD Award,” a “Best of San Diego Award,” and the San Diego Theatre Critic Circle’s award as an “Outstanding Special Event.” For more information on marketing and underwriting sponsorships, contact karen@sdfringe.org.

For Immediate Release
June 1, 2016

San Diego International Fringe Festival
PRESS PREVIEWS AND OPENING NIGHT EVENTS
Monday, June 20, 2016
at The READER’S Spreckels Mainstage

Check-in and Hosted Happy Hour begin at 6:30 p.m.
Ribbon Cutting and Opening Remarks are followed by Fringe Show Previews at 7:30 p.m.

It’s time to kick off our FOURTH YEAR of eyeball-busting shows! Come celebrate with San Diego Fringe, and get a sneak peek of the array of offerings from FRINGE on Monday, June 20, 2016, at The Reader’s Spreckels Mainstage (923 First Ave., San Diego, CA 92101) — as we bring the beautiful, the bizarre and the unexpected to San Diego’s performing arts scene.

Check-in and Hosted Happy Hour begin at 6:30 p.m., and we’re ecstatic that our ribbon cutting ceremony will be hosted by our incredible Honorary Chair, Supervisor Dave Roberts, at 7:30 p.m.

After that begins the lively two-minute sneak previews of assorted and diverse Fringe Shows that will be performed during our 11-day Fringe Festival that runs from June 23 – July 3, 2016.
Save your seat soon by sending your RSVP to candice@sdfringe.org!

ABOUT SAN DIEGO FRINGE: San Diego International Fringe Festival is a project of Contact Arts, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2003 along with Actors Alliance of San Diego with the purpose of building a network of creativity & communication. Contact Arts & AASD aim to connect ideas with social action through progressive performance & community engaged projects.
THE MISSION OF THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
The San Diego International Fringe Festival focuses on artists and creating community. We encourage the development of San Diego as a destination for innovative artistic expression — and a great opportunity to witness Local, National and International emerging artists. In its first year, the festival won the “Bravo SD Award,” a “Best of San Diego Award,” and the San Diego Theatre Critic Circle’s award as an “Outstanding Special Event.”
Contact:
Candice Caufield
Managing Director / Press Contact
candice@sdfringe.org
www.sdfringe.org