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Minnesota Fringe Festival 2010 press resources

Current press releases

All press releases are in PDF format.

Monday, August 24: Minnesota Fringe benefit, Fringe Bacchanalia, Sept. 23 (PDF)

Monday, August 16: Minnesota Fringe 2010 sets festival record (PDF)

Press kit

All the basic information for the 2010 Minnesota Fringe Festival in one handy PDF.

Press FAQ

This as a reference guide for fact checks about the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Last updated May 18, 2010.

• Name: Minnesota Fringe Festival (first reference), Minnesota Fringe or Fringe
• Dates: Thursday, August 5 through Sunday, August 15, 2010
• Shows: 169 different productions, 876 performances
• Running time: All shows no more than 60 minutes
• 2010 is the 17th anniversary
• Web site: fringefestival.org
• Location: 19 stages in Minneapolis-St. Paul
• Tickets: $12 plus $4 admission button; kids’ tickets (12 and under) are $5 and don’t require a button; discounts and multi-show passes available. Tickets on sale July 1 from OvationTix at (866) 811-4111 or at fringefestival.org and at the box office 30 minutes before performance.
• About us: Minnesota Fringe is an annual performing arts festival in Minneapolis-St. Paul. For eleven days, over a thousand artists present works in every discipline and genre. No one selects the participating shows. Instead, a lottery determines which of nearly 400 applicants win production slots in the festival.

Photo collections

Collections from the 2007, ’08 and ’09 festivals are available for download. Thousands more available on request.

• Photos from '09 captions/credits in metadata (compressed ZIP, 50mb)
• Photos from '08 with captions/credits (compressed ZIP, 25mb)
• Photos from '07 with captions/credits (compressed ZIP, 23mb)

Press release archives

All press releases are in PDF format.

2010

Tuesday, July 6: Minnesota Fringe begins Aug. 5 (PDF)

Thursday, February 18: Minnesota Fringe announces 2010 lottery results, venue lineup (PDF)

Monday, February 1: 386 applications set new Fringe record (PDF)

2009

Friday, November 13: Minnesota Fringe 2010 application released (PDF)

Friday, November 13: Midwest Fringe circuit formed (PDF)

Monday, August 10: Minnesota Fringe sets new attendance record (PDF)

Monday, August 3: Fringe first-weekend attendance jumps 19 percent (PDF)

Monday, July 27: 16th annual Minnesota Fringe opens Thursday (PDF)

For more information, contact:

Matthew Foster
Communications Director
matthew@fringefestival.org
(612) 872-1212