How to Fringe

Jump Down to: Get the Program • Choose Your Shows • Get a Visa Button
Get Tickets • Love Your Lineup • Rules • Buzz • TAKE THE SURVEY • Fringe for Kids

Get the Free Fringe Program Guide

Peruse the shows by venue, show schedule, program updates or festival events schedule online
Download the entire Fringe 2009 Program (PDF, 3.4 MB) & Important Program Updates (PDF, 2 pgs, 1.7 MB)
Get the Victoria Fringe iphone application at the app store on iTunes! (itunes will open)
Get a hard copy program at one of these locations, or many others throughout Greater Victoria.

Downtown - Fringe TIcket Centre / Intrepid Theatre, 1609 Blanshard St (noon-7 pm daily)
Floyd's Diner, Yates & Quadra
Brickyard Pizza, 702 Yates St
Paul's Motor Inn, 1900 Douglas St
Fernwood - Cornerstone Cafe 1301 Gladstone Ave
Cook 'n' Pan Polish Deli, Cook & Grant
Oak Bay - Ivy's Bookshop, 2188 Oak Bay Ave
Quadra Village - Caffe Fantastico, 965 Kings Rd
Cook St. Village - Moka House, 345 Cook St

(Sorry, we do not mail program guides any more, except to our donors. MAKE A DONATION TO INTREPID THEATRE and we will mail you a program for 2010 )

Choose Your Shows

There are 50 international performing companies in this year's Fringe, most of them are doing six performances over the 11 day festival. Browse through the Shows, or use the Daily Schedule to see what's on when you're available. Also, check out the Special Events page for previews, one-night-only shows, Fringe-ing for families, aprez-Fringe parties and more - some of these events are FREE!

Get a Visa Button - $5

ALL TICKET HOLDERS 13+ YEARS MUST HAVE A FRINGE VISA BUTTON.
Show it whenever you enter a Fringe venue.
OPENING NIGHT SALE: Buttons are 2-for-$5 on August 27 at any venue.

Get Your Tickets

View Tickets and Passes for details on how to buy tickets, purchase Fringe Munch Cards, or buy discount 10-show Frequent Fringer Passes!

Love Your Lineup

For popular shows, you might have to line-up if you don't have advance tickets. This is a normal and healthy part of Fringe-ing. Take this opportunity to ask the people around you what they've seen that's good.

Four Fringe Rules

You must have a ticket and a Fringe Visa Button to enter a Fringe Venue. (See the Tickets & Passes for details)
NO LATECOMERS - Fringe shows start on time. If the doors are closed when you arrive, we cannot let you in, even if you have a ticket.
All ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless show is cancelled.
CASH ONLY or passes for tickets at the door.

Contribute to the Fringe Buzz

The Fringe is all about word of mouth. So if you want to read reviews and tell everyone about your must-see shows, you can:

Read and write reviews on the Craig Online forum, hosted this year by Plank Magazine
Follow the Fringe on Twitter
Check out the Times-Colonist’s Fringe coverage, reviews, articles and festival blog
Read the CBC Radio Blog coverage of the Fringe and listen to artist interviews
Read Monday Magazine's Fringe reviews and articles
Listen to artist interviews on CFUV 101.9 FM and Village 900
Write about shows on your own blog and drop us a line!
See Fringe Buzz for more!

Take the Survey, in line or online!

The friendly fringe survey crew would like to know what you think about the fringe! This helps us improve the festival, get to know our audience and inform our sponsors and funders about the importance of the Fringe to our community. Please help us by taking the survey (it passes the time while you stand in line) or take the survey now online!

Fringe for Kids

We recommend the free FringeKids Fest on August 29 in Market Square for families and Fringers under 12 years.
Most ticketed shows at the Fringe are adult-oriented.
Performers include suitability ratings/warnings in their show descriptions.
Shows rated ALL AGES may not be suitable for young children.
Performers have the right to enforce an ADULTS ONLY or 14+ rating.
Small children and babes-in-arms require tickets, and will not be admitted at Adults Only events.
Minors may not be admitted to licensed Venues 5 and 12.