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MAR 21, 2017 – Announcing the 5th Annual San Diego International Fringe Festival

March 23, 2017

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…

2016 Coverage

July 08, 2016

Garin, Nina. “The 20 Best Arts Events in San Diego this Summer.” KPBS.KPBS, 21 May 2016.http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/may/27/summer-arts-events/ Cornelius, Coree. “Coronado Residents’ Creative Work Taking Center Stage at the San Diego International Fringe Festival.” The Coronado Times.The Coronado Times, 3 Jun 2016.coronadotimes.com/news/2016/06/03/coronado-residents-creative-work-taking-center-stage-san-diego-international-fringe-festival/ Dixon, David. “Fringe Fest Returns.” San Diego Downtown News.San Diego Community News Network, 3 Jun. 2016.http://sandiegodowntownnews.com/fringe-fest-returns/ Schwawrtz, Dani. “Youngest Producers in San Diego’s Fringe Festival Hail from Coronado.” The Coronado Times.The Coronado Times, 5 Jun 2016.https://coronadotimes.com/news/2016/05/16/youngest-producers-san-diegos-fringe-festival-hail-coronado/ Dixon, David. “Fringe Fest – Experiments in Story Telling.” Gay San Diego.San Diego Community News Network, 10 Jun. 2016.http://gay-sd.com/fringe-fest/ Martens, Joel. “San Diego Fringe Festival – A Performance Smörgåsbord.” Rage Monthly Magazine.Rage Monthly Magazine, 14 Jun. 2016.www.ragemonthly.com/2016/06/14/san-diego-fringe-festival/ Saur, Chris. “Accomplished Canyon Crest Academy student modernizes play for film festival.” Del…

JUNE 1, 2016 – PRESS PREVIEWS AND OPENING NIGHT EVENTS

June 07, 2016

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,…

MAR 22, 2016 – Announcing the 2nd Annual Emerging Fringe Contest

May 23, 2016

For Immediate Release March 22, 2016 Announcing the 2nd Annual Emerging Fringe Contest Sunday June 26 and Sunday July 3, 2016 The San Diego International Fringe Festival is thrilled to announce its 2nd Annual regional competition for performing artists – grades 7-12 – to showcase original works created and performed by Emerging Fringe student artists of any performing arts discipline or genre. In addition to cash prizes for the first through third place winners, the 1st Place Winner of Emerging Fringe is entered to win the $1000 Jonathan Dunn-Rankin Scholarship, presented by Actors Alliance of San Diego, to help with costs for producing a full-length show in SDIFF17. The Emerging Fringe Application deadline is May 1, 2016. The competition dates are Sunday, June 26 and Sunday, July 3, 2016. For complete rules and requirements click: www.sdfringe.org/emergingfringe.html SPECIAL THANKS to County Supervisor Dave Roberts for helping make these…

2015 Coverage

July 03, 2015

Online Editors. “Musical written by Irish student (22) picked up for San Diego Fringe Festival.” Independent.ie Newsdesk.Independent.ie., 25 Feb. 2015.http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/musical-written-by-irish-student-22-picked-up-for-san-diego-fringe-festival-31022214.html Burstein Hewitt, Lonnie. “A Family Affair: La Jolla couple brings daughter’s play to San Diego Fringe Festival.” La Jolla Light.Union Tribune Community Press, 15 Jul. 2015.http://www.lajollalight.com/sdljl-fringe-festival-advance-2015jul15-story.html Del Mar Times. “Student’s play previews July 19 at Canyon Crest Academy before opening at Fringe Festival.” Del Mar Times.Union Tribune Community Press, 16 Jul. 2015.http://www.delmartimes.net/lifestyle/events/sddmt-jacob-surovsky-play-san-diego-fringe-festival-2015jul16-story.html http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/sdut-san-diego-international-fringe-festival-preview-2015jul17-htmlstory.html “San Diego Fringe Festival.”http://www.coronadonewsca.com/news/coronado_island_news/san-diego-fringe-festival/image_29cd2590-3172-11e5-8365-eb58bcf38e96.html…

2014 Coverage

July 04, 2014

Sonka, Bud. “San Diego Fringe Festival Needs Housing for Artists.” San Diego Free Press.San Diego Fringe Press, 7 Jun. 2014.http://sandiegofreepress.org/2014/06/san-diego-fringe-festival-needs-housing-for-artists/ Smith, Jeff. “Streetcorner to Spreckels and back – Internationalized SD Fringe Fest an update on the international arts scene.” San Diego Reader.San Diego Reader, 29 Jun. 2014.http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/jun/29/theater-fringe-festival-2014/# Smith, Jeff. “SD Fringe: The Hideout Haste delivers a must-see from the ‘boudoir of Dionysus.’” San Diego Reader.San Diego Reader, 8 Jul. 2014.http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/jul/08/theater-fringe-hideout/…

2013 Coverage

July 05, 2013

Smith, Jeff. “San Diego Fringe Festival.” San Diego Reader.San Diego Reader, 22 Jun. 2013.http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/out-and-about/2013/jun/22/san-diego-fringe-festival/ Lopez, Manny. “First San Diego Fringe Festival unearths Downtown.” San Diego Downtown News.San Diego Community News Network, 1 Jul. 2013.http://sandiegodowntownnews.com/first-san-diego-fringe-festival-unearths-downtown/ Printer, Andrew. “A Medley of Juicy LGBT Shows at the San Diego Fringe Festival.” San Diego LGBT Weekly.LGBT Weekly, 2 Jul. 2013.http://lgbtweekly.com/2013/07/05/a-medley-of-juicy-lgbt-shows-at-the-san-diego-fringe-festival/ King, Anthony. “Melding words and dance.” San Diego Uptown News.San Diego Community News Network, 5 Jul. 2013.http://sduptownnews.com/melding-words-and-dance/…