The New Orleans Fringe Festival Starts on November 19th! Fringe theater is a tradition that started in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947 when eight performing groups were excluded from the mainstream annual arts festival. They decided to perform anyway, finding inexpensive or free venues on the fringes of the city. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival has since grown into one of the largest arts festivals in the world, eclipsing the original festival that was too afraid for fringe. These are the roots of the New Orleans Fringe Festival – the festival of the wild, weird, fresh, and original. New Orleans has always been a city that embraces artists, where creativity has flourished and the off-the-wall has gravitated. For more information on the festival visit: nofringe.org/index.php
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:00:01 +0000