The Capital Fringe Festival, also referred to as the DC Fringe Festival, is an annual performing arts event in Washington, DC featuring more than 100 performances in a variety of venues around Washington, DC. The Capital Fringe Festival introduces risk-taking art and non-traditional performances including theater, dance, music, poetry, puppetry and more. In addition to the roster of performances, there is merriment to be had at the Fort Fringe under the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar, where fanatics can enjoy food, drinks, entertainment, and catch the latest buzz about all the Fringe performances.
See Photos of the Capital Fringe Festival and get a glimpse of a few of the offbeat performances.
The concept of the festival dates back more than sixty years to Scotland's famed Edinburgh International Festival. "Fringe" was the name taken by performance groups excluded from this prestigious event. Undaunted and determined, these companies created makeshift theatres on the outskirts - or "fringe" - of the established festival. Soon the Fringe Festival gained a large and loyal following, outstripping the mainstream festival.
The Fringe Festival concept migrated to Canada in the 1980s, and today that country boasts Fringe Festivals from coast to coast. In the early 1990s, the fringe concept was embraced in the United States, and today Fringe Festivals are annual events in Orlando, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York.
Capital Fringe Festival Locations
The Festival is located within three city blocks between Penn Quarter and Mount Vernon Square in Downtown Washington, DC. See a map- Fort Fringe - The Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar, 607 New York Ave NW, The Shop, 610 L Street NW and Redrum, The Bedroom, 612 L Street NW
- The Apothecary - 1013 7th Street NW
- Warehouse - 1019 7th Street NW
- Mountain at Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church - 900 Massachusetts Ave NW
- Goethe - Insitut - 812 7th Street NW
- Studio Theatre, meade theatre, 1501 14th Street, NW
- 1409 Playbill Cafe, 1409 14th Street, NW
- DC Arts Center, 2438 18th Street, NW
- District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th Street, NW
- Chief Ike's Mambo Room, 1725 Columbia Rd, NW
- Source, 1835 14th Street, NW
- Wonderbox, 629 New York Ave, NW
- Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th Street, NW
- Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th Street, SE
- Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes, 1217 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
- Lamont Bishop Gallery, 1314 9th Street, NW
- Wooly Mammoth Theatre, 641 D Street, NW
Tickets
$17 plus $7 admission button; discounts and multi-show passes available. Tickets will be on sale June 20.To purchase tickets, call (866) 811-4111 or purchase tickets online or visit the Festival Box Office at 607 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC.
See a full list of participating artists and performance times at www.capfringe.org.
