Calls for Artists: Fringe

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW closed FOR THE 2022 TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL LOTTERY, and lottery winners have been drawn! 

The 2022 Festival will take place July 6-17, 2022 across up to 13 indoor theatre venues in Toronto, ON.

The Toronto Fringe is programming main indoor performance venue slots only for 2022. Capacity and allowed activities will be determined in accordance with local public health requirements and COVID-19 restrictions, and at the Festival’s discretion. We are not accepting applications to the site-specific category for 2022. Due to the cancellation of the 2020 Fringe Festival, the 2022 festival will be filled by a majority of deferred companies who were offered first-right-of-refusal slots in the next in-person festival. There are limited and waitlist only slots available for certain lottery categories.

Click here to learn more and see list of lottery winners!

WHY DO WE PROGRAM THE FESTIVAL VIA LOTTERY?

Because we, along with all other Canadian Fringe Festivals, believe that every voice has an equal right to be heard. It's not about who you know or how much you know. Your project holds just as much weight in the Fringe Lottery as anyone else's. The power of the Fringe Movement is that there are no gatekeepers. It's a platform for everyone to learn about and experiment with the arts.

Why Produce Your Show at Fringe?

Fringe covers part of the cost of producing a show, which can otherwise be $10,000+ if self-producing. Together, we can help lower the costs for everyone involved.

A participant pays approximately $760 for their slot in the mainstage Fringe Festival (Site-Specific fees vary). For this fee, you receive a performance venue with technical staff*, box office staff, front of house staff; also ticket sales service, venue insurance, and a share of our festival marketing. Participants are expected to cover artist fees, royalty fees, set/costume costs, show-specific marketing, and other production costs. 

*Venue and tech labour are not included for the Site-Specific Category.

It’s Better Together

This shared producing model allows your dollar to stretch further, because we are pooling our resources and working together. As always, you take home 100% of the ticket revenue and Fringe takes a small surcharge on each ticket.

When you produce a show at Fringe, you're joining a community – this isn’t simply a co-production agreement. Being part of the Fringe community means access to a step-by-step Producing 101 pathway, greater reach for your show due to our province-wide marketing campaigns, and hands-on support from our fabulous team.

If you are drawn in the Lottery, you enter into a shared producing model with the Fringe.